🔘A Divine Symmetry – LP: Feb. 2023

A 50th‑anniversary alternate journey through Hunky Dory, reimagining Bowie’s 1971 masterpiece.

🔘 – Overview

Released on February 24, 2023, A Divine Symmetry (An Alternative Journey Through Hunky Dory) presents a standalone vinyl LP offering a compelling “what if” reconstruction of David Bowie’s 1971 classic. Rather than a simple remaster, this edition assembles alternate mixes, early versions, and BOWPROMO selections, forming a parallel vision of Hunky Dory as it might have existed in late 1971.

Issued as part of the album’s 50th anniversary celebrations, the LP distills highlights from the expansive A Divine Symmetry CD/box set into a cohesive alternate tracklist. The release showcases Bowie’s evolving songwriting, Ken Scott’s production fingerprints, and the embryonic forms of songs that would become cornerstones of his early‑70s catalogue.

The tri‑fold insert features three Brian Ward portraits from the original Hunky Dory cover session on the exterior, with lyrics and credits printed inside — a thoughtful archival touch that deepens the sense of stepping back into Bowie’s 1971 creative world.

For collectors and historians, this LP stands as a fascinating companion piece: not a replacement for Hunky Dory, but a window into its formation.

🔘 – Track List

LP — Parlophone — [Catalogue Unspecified] — 2023

Side 1

1. Changes (2021 alternative mix) — 3:38

2. Oh! You Pretty Things (BOWPROMO mix) — 3:12

3. Eight Line Poem (BOWPROMO mix) — 2:52

4. Life On Mars? (original ending version) — 4:01

5. Kooks (BOWPROMO mix) — 2:53

6. Quicksand (2021 mix – early version) — 5:01

Side 2

1. Fill Your Heart (2021 alternative mix) — 3:12

2. Bombers (2021 alternative mix) — 2:42

3. Andy Warhol (original mix)

4. Song For Bob Dylan (2021 alternative mix) — 4:22

5. Queen Bitch (BOWPROMO mix) — 3:16

6. The Bewlay Brothers (2021 alternative mix) — 5:26

🔘 – Variants

LP — Parlophone — Standard Black Vinyl — UK — 2023

LP — Parlophone — Tri‑Fold Insert Edition — UK — 2023

🔘 – Chart Performance

(No official chart placement recorded for this standalone LP.)

🔘 – Context & Notes

• Alternate 50th‑anniversary reconstruction of Hunky Dory

• Includes BOWPROMO mixes originally circulated in 1971

• 2021 mixes created by Ken Scott for the Divine Symmetry project

• Tri‑fold insert features Brian Ward photography from the original cover session

• Tracks 2, 3, 5, 9, 11 produced by Ken Scott

• Tracks 1, 4, 6–8, 10, 12 produced by David Bowie & Ken Scott

• Recorded at Trident Studios, London

• Mixed by Ken Scott (Oct–Nov 2021)

• Serves as a companion to the larger A Divine Symmetry box set

🔘 – Visual Archive

Promotional artwork for A Divine Symmetry (2023), celebrating the 50th anniversary of Hunky Dory.

🔘 – Related Material

• Hunky Dory (1971)

• BOWPROMO Acetate (1971)

• A Divine Symmetry (CD/Box Set, 2022)

• The Width of a Circle (2021)

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🔘 – Discography

The Man Who Sold the World — 1970

Hunky Dory — 1971

A Divine Symmetry — 2023

Ziggy Stardust — 1972

🔘 – Mini‑Timeline

✦ 1971 — Hunky Dory sessions at Trident Studios

✦ 1971 — BOWPROMO mixes circulated

✦ 2021 — New mixes prepared by Ken Scott

✦ February 24, 2023 — A Divine Symmetry LP released

🔘 – Glam Flashback

A Divine Symmetry feels like stepping into Bowie’s creative workshop — a glimpse of the moment before Ziggy, before superstardom, when he was still shaping the sound that would define the decade. It’s Bowie in chrysalis form: playful, searching, and quietly revolutionary.

🔘 – Closing Notes

More than a commemorative release, A Divine Symmetry offers a rare alternate lens on one of Bowie’s most beloved albums. For collectors, it stands as an essential archival companion — a beautifully curated “other” Hunky Dory.

🔘 – Excerpt Text

🔘 – Sources & Copyright

Primary reference sources: davidbowie.com, Discogs, AllMusic, Wikipedia, Parlophone Records.

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