BOWIE - DIAMOND DOGS - 45th Anniversary Limited Edition Red Vinyl. 2019 Reissue of the 2016 Remaster, in gatefold sleeve.
Bowie recorded The Midnight Special for U.S television from The Marquee in October 1973, superbly, and very imaginatively titled as “The 1980 Floor Show”, as George Orwell’s widow wouldn’t allow Bowie to use “1984” as the title for a proposed musical.
Bowie performed the track 1984 there for the first time, and with Mick Ronson and Trevor Bolder, for just about the last time.
Then, very much on his own, (William Burroughs famously paying Bowie a home visit in November for their discussion, that was published in Rolling Stone), Bowie, having done some early work at Trident, decamped to Olympic Studios in Barnes, south of the river, to record, arrange, produce and play most of the instruments on Diamond Dogs. Bowie’s last studio album to be primarily recorded in England.
Bowie/Diamond Dogs
Side one Side two
Future Legend (1:00) 1. Rock n’ Roll with me (3:54)*
Diamond Dogs (5:50) 2. We are the dead (4:48)
Sweet Thing (3:29) 3. 1984 (3:24)
Candidate (2:39) 4. Big Brother (3:25)
Sweet Thing (2:32) 5. Chant of the Ever
(reprise) Circling Skeletal
6. Rebel Rebel (4:21) Family (1:48)
Tony Newman……………………………………Drums
Aynsley Dunbar………………………………….Drums
Herbie Flowers……………………………………..Bass
Mike Garson…………………………………Keyboards
Bowie..Guitar……. Saxes, Moog and Mellotron
Written, arranged and produced by Bowie,
*(except Rock n’ Roll with me; word by Bowie; music by Bowie/Peace)
Engineer Keith Harwood
Tracks 1-5. Side one, 3,4,5 Side two
mixed by Bowie and Visconti
Tracks 6 . Side one, 1,2 Side two,
mixed by Bowie and Keith Harwood.
Strings on 1984 arranged by Tony Visconti
Guitar on 1984 * Alan Parker
Recorded at Olympic and Island Studios, London
and
Studio L Ludolf
Machineweg 8-12
Hilversum, Holland
Design: AGI
Cover Painting: Guy Peellaert
Inside Photograph: Leee Black Childers.
Parlophone Cat. No. DB74761 2019
BOWIE - DIAMOND DOGS - 45th Anniversary Limited Edition Red Vinyl. 2019 Reissue of the 2016 Remaster, in gatefold sleeve.
Bowie recorded The Midnight Special for U.S television from The Marquee in October 1973, superbly, and very imaginatively titled as “The 1980 Floor Show”, as George Orwell’s widow wouldn’t allow Bowie to use “1984” as the title for a proposed musical.
Bowie performed the track 1984 there for the first time, and with Mick Ronson and Trevor Bolder, for just about the last time.
Then, very much on his own, (William Burroughs famously paying Bowie a home visit in November for their discussion, that was published in Rolling Stone), Bowie, having done some early work at Trident, decamped to Olympic Studios in Barnes, south of the river, to record, arrange, produce and play most of the instruments on Diamond Dogs. Bowie’s last studio album to be primarily recorded in England.
Bowie/Diamond Dogs
Side one Side two
Future Legend (1:00) 1. Rock n’ Roll with me (3:54)*
Diamond Dogs (5:50) 2. We are the dead (4:48)
Sweet Thing (3:29) 3. 1984 (3:24)
Candidate (2:39) 4. Big Brother (3:25)
Sweet Thing (2:32) 5. Chant of the Ever
(reprise) Circling Skeletal
6. Rebel Rebel (4:21) Family (1:48)
Tony Newman……………………………………Drums
Aynsley Dunbar………………………………….Drums
Herbie Flowers……………………………………..Bass
Mike Garson…………………………………Keyboards
Bowie..Guitar……. Saxes, Moog and Mellotron
Written, arranged and produced by Bowie,
*(except Rock n’ Roll with me; word by Bowie; music by Bowie/Peace)
Engineer Keith Harwood
Tracks 1-5. Side one, 3,4,5 Side two
mixed by Bowie and Visconti
Tracks 6 . Side one, 1,2 Side two,
mixed by Bowie and Keith Harwood.
Strings on 1984 arranged by Tony Visconti
Guitar on 1984 * Alan Parker
Recorded at Olympic and Island Studios, London
and
Studio L Ludolf
Machineweg 8-12
Hilversum, Holland
Design: AGI
Cover Painting: Guy Peellaert
Inside Photograph: Leee Black Childers.
Parlophone Cat. No. DB74761 2019
