デヴィッド・ボウイさんのインスタグラム写真 - (デヴィッド・ボウイInstagram)「JOHN I'M ONLY DANCING (AGAIN) 45 IS 40 TODAY “Boogie down with Daddy now...” Hard to imagine these days just how big a deal the release of John I’m Only Dancing (Again) (JIODA) was to the Bowie faithful in December 1979. Aside from the fact that the record was Bowie’s very first UK 12" 45, JIODA was legendary among fans aware of the song’s existence, but who hadn’t actually heard it until this release. The track evaded bootleggers and this release provided the full length version, (along with an edited version for the 7") not to mention a new mix of the original Ziggy Stardust sessions version of John I’m Only Dancing (JIOD). This 1979 remix of the original 1972 Ziggy version of JIOD created a third version of the track. The first version was released by RCA as a UK 45 on September 1st 1972, there was no US release at this time. This version was superseded by a second version recorded during the Aladdin Sane sessions which eventually came to be known as the Sax Version. It seems the Sax Version was issued without fanfare soon after the release of Aladdin Sane in 1973. Though Bowie's RCA singles remained on catalogue for many years after their release, for a time JIOD was unavailable. It would appear that once JIOD was made available as a back catalogue single once more, it was the Sax Version, and not the Ziggy version, that unsuspecting buyers got. Either way, both had the same RCA 2263 catalogue number. In fact, it wasn’t until one or two thousand (depends where you read it) ‘mispressed’ copies of the 1976 CHANGESONEBOWIE album were released with the Sax Version included that the different versions became known to fans. Indeed, there’s no mention, anywhere, of the Sax Version before the CHANGESONEBOWIE mispress. Therefore, the 1979 remix created a third version, albeit a very slight variation of the original Ziggy version. To confuse matters further, when RCA pressed black label variations of their 45s in the UK (including the Lifetimes series) they inadvertently created a fourth version by swapping the stereo channels! Coincidentally, both the 1972 and 1979 45s reached #12 on the UK single chart. #JIOD #JIODagain #BowieJohn」12月8日 8時50分