Early in 1997, David Bowie sold the rights to his RCA catalog to EMI, & the first release to appear under the new agreement was The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974, which was part of EMI's limited-edition 100th Birthday series. Instead of playing it straight, the 20-track set offers both the predictable classics -- " The Jean Genie, Space Oddity, Starman, Drive-In Saturday, Ziggy Stardust, Suffragette City, Changes, Sorrow, The Man Who Sold the World" -- & relative obscurities,