Sound + Vision (box set)

Sound + Vision is the first box set by English musician David Bowie, released by Rykodisc in 1989.

[6] Sound + Vision was originally conceived in January 1988 as a career retrospective, modeled on Bob Dylan's Biograph[7] and Eric Clapton's Crossroads,[8] that launched the then-upcoming Rykodisc CD reissue campaign covering Bowie's output from 1969 to 1980.

The "rarities" originally included on the 1989 edition of Sound + Vision—rare single versions of "Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud" and "Rebel Rebel", and previously unreleased studio outtakes "London Bye Ta-Ta", "1984/Dodo", "After Today" and "It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City"—were exclusive to this box set.

[11] Rolling Stone said the boxset "stood above the rest [of the 1989 boxset releases]" and called the release a "promising harbinger" for the then-upcoming re-release of Bowie's RCA back catalogue on CD by Rykodisc,[12] for which Bowie launched a worldwide supporting tour.

[13] It exists in two primary editions, each of which has been released in an original version and a subsequent repackaged version: All tracks are written by David Bowie unless where notedAll songs written by David Bowie except where noted.