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Future Legend: David Bowie's "Diamond Dogs" Returns to Vinyl for 45th Anniversary, "Rebel Rebel" Single Remastered

April 1, 2019 By Joe Marchese 4 Comments

45 years ago this May 24, David Bowie unleashed Diamond Dogs on the world.  Now, on May 24, 2019, 45 years to the day since the album's original release date, Parlophone will release a limited, one-run red vinyl pressing of Bowie's classic album, utilizing the 2016 remaster.  It follows gold vinyl versions of Hunky Dory and The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars and a silver vinyl release of Aladdin Sane released 45 years to the day of their first issue.  The Diamond Dogs vinyl will only be available at brick-and-mortar retailers.

In addition, Parlophone will issue on the same day a one-track digital single of the original single mix of "Rebel Rebel."  Its release having preceded the album by over three months, the rock anthem made it all the way to No. 5 on the U.K. Singles Chart.  In North America, the original single mix was replaced by a shorter, "phased" New York Remix with alterations to the arrangement as well as overdubbed vocals.

Preceding the album by more than three months, "Rebel Rebel" peaked at number five on the official U.K. singles chart. The original single mix was substituted by the shorter, "phased" New York Remix single version in North America, featuring a new arrangement and overdubbed vocals.   On the 2016 boxed set Who Can I Be Now?, the original single mix of "Rebel Rebel" was sourced from a pristine copy of the vinyl single. The original master tape, which had been missing since the mid-1970s, has now been newly discovered and remastered for this digital single.

Diamond Dogs originally peaked at No. 1 on the Official Albums Chart in the U.K. and No. 5 on the Billboard album chart in the United States.  You can rediscover it on May 24 from Parlophone.  The track listing is below!

David Bowie, Diamond Dogs (RCA APL1-0576 (U.K.)/CPL1-0576 (U.S.), 1974)

Side One

  1. "Future Legend"
  2. "Diamond Dogs"
  3. "Sweet Thing"
  4. "Candidate"
  5. "Sweet Things (Reprise)"
  6. "Rebel Rebel"

Side Two

  1. "Rock 'n' Roll With Me"
  2. "We Are the Dead"
  3. "1984"
  4. "Big Brother"
  5. "Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family"

Categories: News Formats: Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: David Bowie

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Joe Marchese

JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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Comments

  1. IAN ROBB says

    April 5, 2019 at 10:42 am

    Do you have a price for the diamond dogs vinyl reissue yet ?
    Also the rebel rebel single, would be much appreciated
    Ian, Dundee ( not my fault lol )

    Reply
    • Avatar photoJoe Marchese says

      April 5, 2019 at 11:02 am

      Prices will vary; these releases will only be available at brick-and-mortar record stores rather than on Amazon and online retailers.

      Reply
  2. Don says

    April 6, 2019 at 12:19 pm

    Hi Joe, do you know if the album jacket will be a reprise of the first press "X-rated" cover that was discontinued? It'd be nice even to have the repro rather than spend big bucks on the original.

    Thanks,

    Don

    Reply
    • David T. says

      May 24, 2019 at 10:05 pm

      Just picked it up, the dog body is not neutered 🙂

      Reply

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