DIAMOND DOGS (50th ANNIVERSARY) (HALF SPEED MASTER)

Diamond Dogs (Half-speed Master)David Bowie50th Anniversary 12 AlbumGenre: Rock/PopLabel: ParlophoneDescription: 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.