David Bowie 1st Press UK LP Dimaond Dogs EX ’74 RCA APL10576 A1/B1 “oly" “oly" Original 1st Press UK LP released in 1974 on RCA Victor Records. Cat: APL10576. Comes in matt thick gatefold sleeve. Matrick numbers are ARL1-0576A-1 oly/ ARL1-0576B-1 oly.
Diamond Dogs is famously one of the Bowie albums that's really for fans, and it's probably his most utterly distinctive work (even Low sounds like other art-rock albums of the time): melodramatic, raw, challenging, and ambitious even when crammed with catchy songs. And as he later noted it was extremely influential on the British punk scene in sound and scope. Bowie's violent, amateruishly scraping guitar playing here would be echoed in the late-70's post-punk bands and Diamond Dogs' concept of street gangs roaming London was echoed in the gleeful nihilism of the Sex Pistols. Notably Bowie made much of the album itself, including guitar and sax, and the musicianship here is unconventional, playful, a little off-kilter (one suspects Bowie was listening to Here Come The Warm Jets closely). Diamond Dogs is the goofy, abrasive place where punk and art-rock meet, dance a little, and depart. 

 
Tracks: Future legend/ Diamond dogs/ Sweet thing/ Candidate/ Sweet thing (Reprise)/ Rebel rebel/ Rock ’N roll with me/ We are the dead/ 1984/ Big brother/ Chant of the ever circling skeletal family.

  Labels have no signs of spindle marks. Record has some light scuff marks that cause a few light crackles mostly only noticeable between track and is in Excellent condition. Thick matt finish gatefold sleeve has very minor scuffing on corners and a few tiny surface tears around edges and is in Excellent condition.

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