Released in the UK on May 17, 1974, Arnold Corns’ “Hang On to Yourself,” backed with “Man In The Middle,” appeared as a 7-inch vinyl single on B&C Records (CB 189). Although issued in 1974, the recordings dated back to 1971 and represented one of David Bowie’s earliest attempts at shaping the Ziggy Stardust aesthetic. The Arnold Corns project — fronted by fashion designer Freddie Burretti but effectively performed and directed by Bowie with Ronson, Bolder, and Woodmansey — se

A glam‑proto blueprint disguised as a cult obscurity, “Moonage Daydream” introduced the earliest incarnation of Bowie’s Ziggy‑era sound through the Arnold Corns project. Raw, strange, and theatrically charged, it stands as the embryonic form of one of Bowie’s most iconic compositions. Released on April 30 1971 by B&C Records (CB 149), the single paired “Moonage Daydream” with “Hang On to Yourself,” both early versions of songs later re‑recorded for *The Rise and Fall of Ziggy