Bowie - Diamond Dogs - Very Good Plus 1974 Gatefold LP - RCA Victor - APL1-0576

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Bowie - Diamond Dogs - Very Good Plus 1974 Gatefold LP - RCA Victor - APL1-0576

Label: RCA Victor - APL1-0576, RCA Victor - APL1 0576

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold

Country: UK

Released: 31st May 1974

Genre: Rock

Style: Glam, Art Rock, Rock & Roll

Condition: from a well-cared-for large private collection; 

  Vinyl: Very Good Plus (VG+) - superficial handling scuffs, a few pops and clicks- nothing too distracting;

  Printed (not paper) Labels: Very Good Plus (VG+) - side one’s label has a some varnish smearing and side two a very small streak; both sides have very small shallow surface pits (which sometimes occurred during pressing) where the varnish coat is missing;

  Card Gatefold Sleeve: Very Good (VG) - very slight wear to corners, two nicks on the spine (legacy of a Siamese cat); light tea spatter stains to back cover, a slight crease near the spine (hard to photograph) and a slight impression of the disc towards the top and lower parts of the panel; inner gatefold spread is near mint apart from a slight crescent crease to the right-hand panel and very slight yellowing with age; 

  Inner Paper Sleeve: Good (G) - heavy yellowing with age, some creasing and tea spatter marks on one side, otherwise intact with no seam splits or tears.  

Tracks:

A1a. Future Legend    1:00

A1b . Bewitched

A2. Diamond Dogs    5:50

A3. Sweet Thing    3:29

A4. Candidate    2:39

A5. Sweet Thing (Reprise)    2:32

A6. Rebel Rebel    4:21

B1. Rock 'N Roll With Me    3:54

B2. We Are The Dead    4:48

B3. 1984    3:24

B4. Big Brother    3:25

B5. Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family    1:48

Arranged and Produced by: David Bowie

Written by: David Bowie (tracks: A1a, A2 to A6, B2 to B5)

Written by: Richard Rogers (track: A1b)

Lyrics Written by: David Bowie (track: B1)

Music Written by: Warren Peace, David Bowie (track: B1)

Strings Arranged by: Tony Visconti (tracks: B3)

Guitar, Saxophones, Moog Synthesizer, Mellotron: David Bowie

Bass: Herbie Flowers

Drums: Aynsley Dunbar, Tony Newman

Guitar: Alan Parker (tracks: B3)

Keyboards: Mike Garson

Engineered by: Keith Harwood

Recorded at: Olympic Studios, London

Recorded at: Island Studios, London

Recorded at: Studio L Ludolf, Machineweg 8-12, Hilversum, Holland

Mixed by: David Bowie, Keith Harwood (tracks: A6 to B2), Visconti (tracks: A1 to A5, B3 to B5)

Record Company: Mainman

Record Company: RCA Limited

Produced for: MainMan

Phonographic Copyright ℗ RCA Records

Copyright © Mainman

Copyright © Chrysalis Music Ltd.

Pressed by: RCA Records Pressing Plant, Washington, UK

Published by: MainMan

Published by: Chrysalis

Published by: Chappell Music

Manufactured by: RCA Ltd.

Notes:

Liner Notes by: David Bowie

Sleeve Design by: AGI

Cover Painting by: Guy Peellaert

Inside Cover Photography Montage by: Leee Black Childers

Issued in a gatefold sleeve without the printing company text on the back, orange RCA Victor labels printed direct to the vinyl with "Bewitched" listed on side A, individual publishing credits below each track and "Stereo” printed at top of labels. 

A1a, A2 to B6: MainMan/Chrysalis

A1b: Chappell Music

Labels:

A MainMan Production

℗ 1974 RCA Records

Manufactured by RCA Limited, England from master recordings of RCA Records. Trademarks used under authority of RCA Corporation.

Gatefold inside:

‘Future Legend’ lyrics Bowie '74

© MainMan/Chrysalis

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode: none

Matrix / Runout (Side A label): APL1 0576 A

Matrix / Runout (Side B label): APL1 0576 B

Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched): ARL1-0576A -1 oly A2AC

Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched): ARL1-0576B -1 oly A4Z

Price Code (Rear of sleeve): HH

Other (Spine): 0698

Important: The item in the photos is the actual item.  

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