tracks 3-9 to 3-13, 4-1 to 5-12 12-string acoustic guitar David Bowie
acoustic guitar Keith Christmas
tracks 4-10, 5-11 arco bass Paul Buckmaster
tracks 3-10 to 3-13, 4-1 to 5-12 arranged by David Bowie
tracks 4-1, 4-10, 4-14, 5-1, 5-11, 5-12 arranged by Paul Buckmaster
tracks 3-1, 3-2, 3-8, 3-12, 3-13, 4-2 to 4-9, 4-11 to 4-13, 5-2 to 5-10 arranged by Tony Visconti
tracks 4-9, 5-10 backing vocals Bob Harris
tracks 4-9, 5-10 backing vocals David Bowie
tracks 4-9, 5-10 backing vocals Marc Bolan
tracks 3-3 to 3-7 backing vocals Steve Peregrin Took
tracks 4-9, 5-10 backing vocals Sue Harris
tracks 3-3 to 3-7 backing vocals Tony Visconti
tracks 4-9, 5-10 backing vocals Tony Woollcott
tracks 3-9 bass Dave Clague
bass Herbie Flowers
bass John Lodge
bass Tony Visconti
design Scott Minshall
tracks 3-1, 3-2 drums Andy White
tracks 3-3 to 3-7 drums Barry Morgan
tracks 3-8 drums Chris Karan
drums John Cambridge
tracks 3-9 drums Tat Meager
tracks 4-1, 4-14, 5-1, 5-12 drums Terry Cox
electric organ [rosedale electric chord organ] David Bowie
tracks 3-3 to 3-7 engineer Allen Harris
tracks 3-10 to 3-13, 4-1 to 4-10, 5-1 to 5-11 engineer Barry Sheffield
tracks 3-1, 3-2 engineer Gus Dudgeon
tracks 3-8, 3-12, 3-13, 4-1 to 4-9, 4-11 to 5-10, 5-12 engineer Malcolm Toft
tracks 3-3 to 3-7, 3-14 to 3-16 engineer Pete Ritzema
tracks 3-14 to 3-16 featuring Junior's Eyes
tracks 3-9 flute Colin Wood
flute Tim Renwick
tracks 1-13 to 3-8, 3-14 to 3-16 guitar David Bowie
tracks 3-8 guitar Hermione Farthingale
tracks 1-13 to 1-20, 2-1 to 2-10, 3-8, 3-9 guitar John Hutchinson
tracks 3-3 to 3-7 guitar John McLaughlin
guitar Mick Wayne
guitar Tim Renwick
harmonica Benny Marshall And Friends
tracks 1-1 to 1-12 instruments [all instruments] David Bowie
kalimba David Bowie
tracks 3-3 to 3-7 keyboards Alan Hawkshaw
liner notes David Bowie
liner notes George Underwood
liner notes John Hutchinson
liner notes Junichi Yamada
liner notes Kevin Cann
liner notes Tony Visconti
liner notes Toshikazu Ohtaka
liner notes Tristram Penna
liner notes Vernon Dewhurst
liner notes ['conversation piece' song lyrics translated by] Masato Wakatsuki
liner notes ['space oddity' album lyrics translated by] 北沢杏里
liner notes [booklet translation] 石川真男
liner notes [the 'mercury' demos] Mark Adams
tracks cd4 mastered by Peter Mew
mastered by Ray Staff
tracks cd4 mastered by Tristram Penna
mastered by [with thanks to] Cicely Balston
tracks cd5 mastered by [with] Tony Visconti
tracks 3-9 mellotron Colin Wood
tracks 4-1, 4-14, 5-1, 5-12 mellotron Rick Wakeman
tracks 4-11 to 4-13 mixed by [with] Ken Scott
orchestra [14 musicians] The Tony Visconti Orchestra
tracks 3-1, 3-2 organ [hammond] Alan Hawkshaw
tracks 3-9 organ [hammond] Colin Wood
photography by [p.108, 109] RTÉ Archive
photography by [p.11-14, 99] Tony Visconti
photography by [p.17, 20, 21, 27, 59, 67, 104, 105] Ray Stevenson
photography by [p.3, 19, 37, 89] Kenneth Pitt
photography by [p.54, 55] Vernon Dewhurst
photography by [p.62, 63] Harry Goodwin
photography by [p.72, 73] Jojanneke Claasen
photography by [p.80, 115, 117] David Bebbington
photography by [p.80] Rainer Schelling
photography by [p.82, 83, 86, 88] Alec Byrne
tracks 3-3 to 3-7 producer Bernie Andrews
tracks 4-14, 5-12 producer Claudio Fabi
tracks 4-1, 4-10, 4-14, 5-1, 5-11, 5-12 producer Gus Dudgeon
tracks 3-9 producer John Weston
tracks 3-14 to 3-16 producer Paul Williams
tracks 3-1, 3-2, 3-8, 3-12, 3-13, 4-2 to 4-9, 4-11 to 4-13, 5-2 to 5-10 producer Tony Visconti
project manager [project produced for release by] Aisha Cohen
project manager [project produced for release by] Nigel Reeve
tracks 4-1 to 4-9, 4-11 to 5-10, 5-12 recorded by [with] Ken Scott
recorder Tim Renwick
tracks 5-1 to 5-12 remix Tony Visconti
tracks 1-1 to 1-23 restoration [audio] Andrew Walter
restoration [photo scanning & retouching] Gavin O'Neill
tracks 3-14 to 3-16 rhythm guitar Tim Renwick
tracks 1-13 to 1-15, 2-1, 3-9, 4-1, 4-14, 5-1, 5-12 stylophone David Bowie
tracks 1-1 to 2-10 transferred by [tape transfers] Sean Brennan
vocals David Bowie
tracks 3-8 vocals Hermione Farthingale
tracks 1-13 to 1-20, 2-1 to 2-10, 3-8, 3-9 vocals John Hutchinson
tracks 1-1 to 1-19, 1-21 to 2-7, 2-9, 3-1 to 5-12 written-by David Bowie
Record Company Warner Music Japan
Record Company Warner Music Group
Phonographic Copyright (p) Parlophone Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC
Copyright (c) Parlophone Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC
Licensed To Parlophone Records Ltd.
Mastered At Air Mastering
Produced For Warner Music
Produced For RZO Music
Designed At Gas Associates
The Japanese edition of this set is the shrink-wrapped EU-produced box inside a resealable bag containing a full-back obi (with catalogue number and barcode for Japan) and a twenty-four page booklet featuring two sets of liner notes in Japanese, a translation of the original English text, and lyrics to the David Bowie (AKA Space Oddity) album and the song 'Conversation Piece' in English and Japanese.

All other content is the same as Conversation Piece.
Barcode: 4 943674 305391 (On obi for Japan)
Barcode: 0190295389291 (On box insert)
Rights Society: JASRAC (On obi for Japan)
Rights Society: GEMA / MCPS (On CDs)
Label Code: LC3049
Other: 20.5.26 (Deletion date (Japan))
Matrix / Runout: 0190295389291 - 1 (CD1 (onbody))
Matrix / Runout: 0190295389291 CD1 56894 (CD1)
Matrix / Runout: 0190295389291 - 2 (CD2 (onbody))
Matrix / Runout: 0190295389291 CD2 56895 (CD2)
Matrix / Runout: 0190295389291 - 3 (CD3 (onbody))
Matrix / Runout: 0190295389291 CD3 56896 (CD3)
Matrix / Runout: 0190295389291 - 4 (CD4 (onbody))
Matrix / Runout: 0190295389291 CD4 56897 (CD4)
Matrix / Runout: 0190295389291 - 5 (CD5 (onbody))
Matrix / Runout: 0190295389291 CD5 56898 (CD5)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LN13 (CDs 1 to 5)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 3705 (CDs 1, 3)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 3722 (CDs 2, 4, 5)