Sound + Vision (box set)
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| Released | 19 September 1989 (original) 2 December 2003 (reissue) | |||
| Recorded | 1969–1980 (original) 1969–1997 (reissue) | |||
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| Length | 196:38 (original) 298:03 (reissue) | |||
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| David Bowie chronology | ||||
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Sound + Vision is the first box set by English musician David Bowie, released by Rykodisc in 1989. By the end of the 1980s, the rights to Bowie's pre-1983 catalogue (originally issued by Phillips/Mercury Records and RCA Records) reverted to Bowie and his former management company, MainMan. Rykodisc had approached Bowie in 1988 to re-release his albums on CD and Bowie agreed, and in September 1989 the Sound + Vision box set was released. By April 1990, the box set had sold over 200,000 copies, which, for a set costing $50–$60 (or about $130 today), was considered "phenomenal".