DAVID BOWIE DIAMOND DOGS OZ & NZ RCA INTERNATIONAL GREEN LABEL HERBIE FLOWERS NM

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DAVID BOWIE  -  " DIAMOND DOGS "  

RARE AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND c1980 REISSUE RELEASE  VINYL LP IN PICTURE COVER, INNER PLASTIC LINER, ALL INSIDE ORIGINAL OUTER PLASTIC SLEEVE

THIS IS AN EVEN RARER RECORD THAN OTHER SIMILAR VERSIONS : 

- IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN AUSTRALIA FOR/BY & DISTRIBUTED BY RCA LIMITED, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA AND AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND   

- IT WAS MADE FOR DISTRIBUTION IN BOTH AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND WITH SEPARATE COUNTRY CODES, ON THE BACK COVER, FOR AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND. THIS RECORD HAS THE AUSSIE CODE  A782F (Rev.)

- IT HAS GREEN LABELS, NOT THE NORMAL TAN LABELS.

- IT HAS A DIFFERENT TRACK LISTING FOR TRACK 1, SIDE 1 ON THE LABEL COMPARED TO THE BACK COVER, WITH "BEWITCHED" LISTED AS TRACK 1(b) ON THE LABEL

- THE COVER HAS THE NAME "BOWIE" FRONT & BACK, WHEREAS THE LABELS & SPINE REFER TO "DAVID BOWIE" AS THE ARTIST   

- IT HAS THE NORMAL SINGLE (MATT) COVER / SLEEVE NOT GATEFOLD AS PER EARLER ISSUES.

- IT HAS BEEN STORED INSIDE AN OUTER PLASTIC SLEEVE, INNER PLASTIC SLEEVE & ORIGINAL COVER SINCE NEW

TRACK LISTING: (AS PER BACK COVER)

1984                          Guitar – Alan Parker

* LABEL LISTS AS :

(a) FUTURE LEGEND

(b) BEWITCHED

PERSONNEL                                

• David Bowie - vocals, guitars, saxes, Moog synthesizer, Mellotron, producer, mixing engineer
• Earl Slick - guitar on "Rock 'n' Roll with Me"
• Mike Garson - keyboards
• Herbie Flowers - bass guitar
• Tony Newman - drums
• Aynsley Dunbar - drums
• Alan Parker - guitar on "1984"
• Tony Visconti - strings, mixing engineer
• Keith Harwood - engineer, mixing engineer

Album Notes

" After George Orwell's widow refused Bowie the right to use 1984 as the title of his forthcoming album, he instead used the novel as a conceptual blueprint for what became DIAMOND DOGS.

Accompanied only by keyboardist Mike Garson, bassist Herbie Flowers, and drummers Aynsley Dunbar and Tony Newman, Bowie played guitar, sax, Moog, and Mellotron, in addition to his contributions as vocalist, composer, arranger, and producer of the album.

With the Orwellian themes as a loose backdrop, DIAMOND DOGS has much of the apocalyptic sense of future shock that informed ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS.While the album doesn't have the musical punch or the songwriting strengths of ZIGGY, its gems make it more than worthwhile. The lush strings and dominant wah-wah guitar of "1984" seem like a nod to Isaac Hayes, while Bowie's howls and snarling sax on the title track make it instantly memorable. The glam rock classic "Rebel Rebel," with its edgy guitar riff and strutting 4/4 beat, is the disc's highlight, and one of Bowie's all-time great songs.

Amidst the imagery of a gray, totalitarian future, Bowie injected some optimism by including the nostalgic "Rock 'N' Roll With Me," a good time, rootsy number that presaged his next transformation into the blue-eyed soul singer of YOUNG AMERICANS. "

MATRIXES                

· Runout  (side 1 [HAND ETCHED]):      CPL1  0576A -2

· Runout  (side 2 [HAND ETCHED]):      CPL1  0576B -2

CONDITION (SEE SCANS)

RECORD IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, MINOR SLIGHTLY VISIBLE SCUFFS

SLEEVE  VERY GOOD,  MINOR CORNER / EDGE WEAR (MAINLY SPINE);  VERY MINOR PART OUTER RING IMPRESSION / WEAR TO FRONT & BACK;  FEW VERY MINOR SMALL CREASES;  ORIGINAL PRICE STICKER ON FRONT

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