DAVID BOWIE: "DIAMOND DOGS" Vinyl 1974 LP AUTOGRAPHED BY BOIE
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DAVID BOWIE'S EIGHT STUDIO ALBUM "DIAMOND DOGS'
VINYL - 1974 - LP - ORIGINAL - 1st PRESSING ON RCA RECORDS WITH THE RARE AND ORIGINAL GATE-FOLD SLEEVE!
IF ONE IS GOING TO BUY THIS ON VINYL, THE ORIGINAL GATE-FOLD SLEEVE IS A MUST , WITH BOWIE PAINTED AS A STRIKING HALF-MAN AND HALF DOG, AND IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST KNOW GATE-FOLD ROCK ALBUM COVERS.
'DIAMOND DOGS' IS A CONCEPT ALBUM, A MARRIAGE OF THE BOOK 1984 BY GEORGE ORWELL AND DAVID'S OWN GLAM-TINGED VISION OF A POST-APOCALYPTIC WORLD.
THE FRONT OF THE COVER HAS BEEN SIGNED IN PERSON BY DAVID BOWIE!
THIS IS AN AUTOGRAPH I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD EVER GET, BEING THAT WHEN I DID GET BOWIE'S AUTOGRAPH, BOWIE WAS A SUPER STAR AND HAD ONLY PLAY HUGE STADIUMS FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS, SO YOU COULDN'T GET ANYWHERE NEAR HIM.
THIS ALL CHANGED WHEN BOWIE DECIDED TO FORM A NEW BAND CALLED TIN MACHINE AND PLAY SMALL VENUES ON THEIR UK TOUR.
ALTHOUGH THERE WERE MORE SECURITY THAN USUAL WHEN THEY PLAYED HE WAS MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE AND FOUND IT QUITE EASY TO GET HIS AUTOGRAPH BY USING MY FAVOURITE AND ALMOST 100 % SUCCESSFUL PLAN, GET TO THE GIG REALLY EARLY AND SNEAK INTO THE VENUE WHEN THEY ARE CARRY THE EQUIPMENT IN TO SET-UP AND DO THE SOUND CHECK, THIS CAN SOMETIMES BE A BIT BORING WAITING FOR THE SOUND MEN TO GET THE PERFECT SOUND, AND MOST BANDS ARE ONLY TOO HAPPY TO TALK TO FANS AND SIGN AUTOGRAPHS WHILE WAITING AROUND!
THIS AUTOGRAPH WAS SIGNED BY BOWIE ON THE 29 JUNE 1989 DURING THE SOUND CHECK AT THE NATIONAL BALLROOM KILBURN LONDON.
BOWIE HAS SIGNED HIS NAME IN THICK SILVER INK ALSO ADDING THE YEAR 89, SOMETHING BOWIE HAD BEEN DOING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW.
I CAN REMEMBER THINKING IT WAS A BIT COMPACTED AND WITHOUT THINKING SAYING, SO, WITH BOWIE REPLYING THAT THE PEN WAS VERY THICK, BUT THAT HE FELT HE HAD SOMETHING HERE AND MAYBE THE NEXT EVOLVEMENT IN MY SIGNATURE.
BOWIE THEN OPENED THE COVER AND SIGNED HIS NAME MUCH MORE IN THE STYLE I RECOGNISE AS BOWIE'S AUTOGRAPH , THEN ADDED KISSES, A PRIVATE MESSAGE 'WELCOME TO THE TOUR' IN THAT DISTINCTIVE BOWIE HANDWRITING I HAD GOT TO KNOW OVER THE YEARS & LASTLY THE YEAR 1989.
THE INSIDE BOWIE AUTOGRAPH AND MESSAGE MAKES THIS BY FAR ONE OF BOWIE'S BEST, BEING HE USUALLY NEVER WRITES ANY MORE THAN HIS NAME AND DATE OF YEAR!
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY RARE ITEM OF DAVID BOWIE MEMORABILIA, BEING TOTALLY UNIQUE AND VERY MUCH ONE OF A KIND, ONE FOR THE HARDCORE FANS!
AN ORIGINAL DIAMOND DOGS 1st PRESSING ON RCA RECORDS WITH ORIGINAL GATE-FOLD SLEEVE SEEMS TO SELL FROM £20.00 TO £30.00
SO WILL START BIDDING AT £30.00 WITH NO RESERVE, BUT UNLIKE THOSE OTHER DIAMOND DOGS ALBUMS THIS ONE HAS TWO DAVIS BOWIE AUTOGRAPHS WITH ONE BEING UNIQUE ....
Track listing
All songs written by David Bowie, except where noted.
Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Future Legend" 1:05 2. "Diamond Dogs" 5:56 3. "Sweet Thing" 3:39 4. "Candidate" 2:40 5. "Sweet Thing (Reprise)" 2:31 6. "Rebel Rebel" 4:30Side two[edit]
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Rock 'n' Roll with Me" Bowie, Warren Peace (for the music) 4:00 2. "We Are the Dead" 4:58 3. "1984" 3:27 4. "Big Brother" 2:0023:21 5. Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family"
"Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family" 2.00
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