Εμένα πάντως η εισαγωγή του κομματιού Prettiest Star (από το Aladdin Sane) πάντοτε μου θύμιζε συρτάκι. Τώρα αν ήταν ηθελημένο από μέρους του Μπόουι--γιατί το έγραψε για την Angie, που είχε Ελληνοκυπριακές ρίζες--ή είναι τυχαίο (ενδέχεται να έγραψε την εισαγωγή ο Marc Bolan), αυτό δεν το ξέρω.Bowie had written ["The Prettiest Star"] for Angela Barnett, reputedly playing it down the telephone as part of his proposal to her.The track featured Marc Bolan on guitar, with whom Bowie would spend the next few years as a rival for the crown of the king of glam rock. Producer Tony Visconti, who brought the two aspiring pop stars together in the studio, recalled that the session went well until the end when Bolan's wife June remarked to Bowie, "Marc is too good for you, to be playing on this record!"[1]Despite receiving good notices, the single reportedly sold fewer than 800 copies, a major disappointment on the back of the success of "Space Oddity". A more glam-influenced version, recorded in New York in December 1972,[2] was included on the album Aladdin Sane, with Mick Ronson recreating Bolan's original guitar part almost note-for-note