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Diamond Dogs is a concept album by David Bowie, originally released in 1974 on RCA Records, his eighth studio album. Thematically, it was a marriage of the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and Bowie’s own glam-tinged vision of a post-apocalyptic world. Bowie had wanted to make a theatrical production of Orwell’s book and began writing material after completing sessions for his 1973 album Pin Ups, but the author’s estate denied the rights. The songs wound up on the second half of Diamond Dogs instead where, as the titles indicated, the Nineteen Eighty-Four theme was prominent.

Watch David perform Rebel Rebel on Dutch TV show ‘Top Pop’ in 1974:

https://davidbowienews.com/2014/02/rebel-rebel-toppop/

Watch Future Legend & Diamond Dogs Live in L A in 1974:

https://davidbowienews.com/2014/05/future-legend-diamond-dogs-la-74/

Press ad for the 1974 tour

Watch Diamond Dogs TV commercial from 1974:

https://davidbowienews.com/2014/05/diamond-dogs-tv-advert-1974/

The Year Of The Diamond Dogs:

https://davidbowienews.com/2014/05/the-year-of-the-diamond-dogs/

David Bowie Is… Halloween Jack:

https://davidbowienews.com/2014/05/david-bowie-is-halloween-jack/

Watch Big Brother performed live in 1987 on the Glass Spider tour:

https://davidbowienews.com/2014/05/big-brother-live-1987-this-was-left-off-the-official-dvd-release/

Here’s some of the shots taken from the Diamond Dogs photo session by Terry O’Neill

Diamond Dogs  RCA promo instore stand

Stage set model for the Diamond Dogs Tour © David Bowie Archive/V&A

Read ‘Diamond Dogs at 40’ by David Buckley for Mojo magazine:

https://davidbowienews.com/2014/04/bowie-was-like-orson-welles-diamond-dogs-at-40-by-david-buckley/

Read all about the Diamond Dogs recording sessions via the excellent ‘Year of the Diamond Dogs’ website:

http://www.freewebs.com/theyearofthediamonddog/diamonddogssessions.htm

Watch Sweet Thing live in 1974:

https://davidbowienews.com/2014/03/sweet-thing-live-1974/

Watch Cracked Actor live in 1974:

https://davidbowienews.com/2014/03/cracked-actor-la-1974/

Watch Diamond Dogs live in 1996:

https://davidbowienews.com/2014/04/diamond-dogs-1996/

Listen to the demo of Candidate:

https://davidbowienews.com/2014/05/candidate-demo/

Listen to the US single version of Rebel Rebel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAoofSjaJgE

Watch 1984 live in 1974:

https://davidbowienews.com/2014/05/1984/

Watch the full Dick Cavett Show from 1974:

https://davidbowienews.com/2014/02/dick-cavett-show-1974/

Here’s the original painting of the Diamond Dogs sleeve by Guy Peellaert  © David Bowie Archive.

1974 RCA press release for Diamond Dogs

NME ad for Diamond Dogs

US poster for the album and tour

Watch a 2nd tv ad for Diamond Dogs:

https://davidbowienews.com/2014/05/diamond-dogs-tv-ad-2/

Designed by Freddie Burretti, this is the outfit David wore during the Diamond Dogs tour

Diamond Dogs Wikipedia page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Dogs