A few words about the RealAudio files below. All songs except rarities from Baal and the Italian version of Space Oddity have been edited to about one third of their original length to reduce storage and load on my ISP's server.

Unlike some samplers which give you a random chunk of the song, great care has been taken to trim the music so you experience the whole song in "Readers Digest condensed" form. First priority has been given to strong album cuts not appearing on compilations.

Parasite Spank: Don't ask for mp3's. Don't ask me to send you stuff. If you want the full version, buy it like I did. That's why they're edited.

Liza Jane (0:28)	Early On
Take My Tip (0:56)	Early On
I Dig Everything (1:13)	Early On
The Laughing Gnome (1:09)	The Deram Anthology
Love You Til Tuesday (0:43)	The Deram Anthology
The Little Bombardier (1:29)	The Deram Anthology
Ragazzo Solo Ragazza Sola (Space Oddity in Italian) (4:54)	Rare
Space Oddity (1:38)	Space Oddity
Queen Bitch (1:19)	Hunky Dory
Hang Onto Yourself (1:00)	Ziggy Stardust
Panic In Detroit (1:36)	Aladdin Sane
Don't Bring Me Down (0:44)	Pin Ups
Everything's Alright (0:54)	Pin Ups
1984 (1:17)	Diamond Dogs
Rebel Rebel (with intro from Sweet Thing Reprise) (2:48)	Diamond Dogs
Win (1:45)	Young Americans
Stay (1:58)	Station to Station
TVC15 (1:36)	Station to Station
Speed Of Life (:56)	Low
Weeping Wall (1:21)	Low
Abdulmajid (1:15)	"Heroes" bonus track
Red Sails (1:13)	Lodger
Kingdom Come (1:33)	Scary Monsters
Remembering Marie A. (2:06)	Baal
The Dirty Song (:38)	Baal
Blue Jean (1:02)	Tonight
The Glass Spider (1:43)	Never Let Me Down
Heaven's In Here (1:49)	Tin Machine
Baby Universal (1:20)	Tin Machine II
Looking For Lester (1:40)	Black Tie White Noise
Sex and the Church (2:07)	Buddha of Suburbia
I'm Deranged (1:32)	1.Outside
Dead Man Walking (1:59)	Earthling
We All Go Through (1:01)	Thursday's Child CD Single 1
No One Calls (1:12)	'hours...' bonus track
Medley: 1917 /     Thursday's Child (2:23)	Thursday's Child CD Singles
We Shall All Go     To Town (1:16)	Thursday's Child CD Single 1
The Pretty Things Are     Going To Hell (0:57)	hours....
Brilliant Adventure (0:43)	'hours...'
Custom edit combining English and Mandarin versions
7 Years In Tibet /   A Fleeting Moment (4:00)	Earthling

 
I had to include my favorite recording of all time

My all-time favorite recording is by a guy called Ken Nordine. I first heard Ken Nordine in the middle of the night. I'd gone to bed with the radio on in the background. As I was sleeping I became aware of this voice, and as I woke up, I heard this strange....well, You'll hear the same thing I did if you listen to the RealAudio clip below, What Time Is It. If you're a late night kind of person like I am, there's no replacement for Ken Nordine.

A couple years later I was going through the used album bins and I saw an unusual album cover with no title. I pulled it out, and sure enough, there was that name, Ken Nordine. I snagged that treasure; it's been my favorite album for years. That compilation of Ken's best, a two LP set called How Are Things In Your Town is long out print, as are the original "Word Jazz" albums that Ken recorded in the late 1950's. But a few years ago Rhino pulled some of Ken's best stuff into a collection called The Best of Word Jazz, Vol. 1. What Time Is It is included. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

What Time Is It (3:48)

by Ken Nordine Best of Word Jazz

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