via www.davidbowie.com:

The classic David Bowie album, Diamond Dogs, is to be afforded the treatment given to the recent re-issues of Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane with a 30th Anniversary double disc edition.

The package will come as a miniature reproduction of the original sleeve, housed in a slipcase with a booklet of rare pictures and related information, including a bonus disc of currently unavailable and hard-to-find tracks.

Diamond Dogs (30th Anniversary Edition) is scheduled for May, but we don't have a definite date just yet. Below is the tracklisting for both discs:

David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (30th Anniversary Edition)


CD 1:
01 Future Legend (1.07)
02 Diamond Dogs (5.56)
03 Sweet Thing (3.38)
04 Candidate (2.40)
05 Sweet Thing (reprise) (2.32)
06 Rebel Rebel (4.30)
07 Rock 'n' Roll With Me (4.02)
08 We Are The Dead (4.54)
09 1984 (3.27)
10 Big Brother (3.20)
11 Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family (2.04)

CD 2:
01 1984*/Dodo** (5:27)
02 Rebel Rebel (U.S. Single Version) (2.58)
03 Dodo (2.53)
04 Growin' Up (2.23)
05 Alternative Candidate (a demo for proposed 1984 musical) (5.05)
06 Diamond Dogs (K-Tel Best Of Edit) (4.37)
07 Candidate (Intimacy mix) (2.57)
08 Rebel Rebel (2003) (3.10)

Anxiety said:

Thanks for posting this.

Not impressed with most of the bonus tracks - except for the "1984 Musical" version of "Candidate". Rebel Rebel 2003 is a pile of crap.

"David Live" and "Stage" will also be reissued on SACD around the same time.

Now, bring on Deluxe versions of "Young Americans" and "Station To Station".

Can someone explain to me why anyone on the planet would want to re-buy this album for a couple of tracks you can easily get on the net and some cheesy liner notes? The sound on the 1999 release is great.

WatchThemFall said:

To keep the collection complete.

I love this album & got great childhoodmemories
when my sister had the poster up on her room with
Bowie half man & half dog & my brother had posters of Kiss.
I remember looking up 2 these thinking....wow....they must B
from outerspace or something.I truly dig the artwork 4 "Diamond dogs"
/peace Manki

TRUE BEAUTY!!!

I'm really cynical about these Bowie reissues. Is there ANY bowie fan alive who doesn't already own the extra tracks?

What a cool artcover this is!
/peace Manki

I'm just curious as to why Space Oddity, The Man Who Sold The World & Hunky Dory didn't get this treatment.

Maybe they're saving those for the 35th anniversery editions.

I was expecting sometime more interesting.
I already got all the tracks on previous releases but the 2 edit (and honestly I can live without them), and knowing that much material from this DB period is closed in the vault make me think of this release like another lost occasion.
Anyway I think it's a good deal for who don't own the DD Rykodisc edition and the S+V box set.

noepie said:

Yeah probably. I love Bowie but damn him and all his re-releases.

I for one am happy about this one. I love what they did with the Ziggy and Aladdin Sane reissues last year, and Diamond Dogs is a huge favorite...I look forward to the extensive liner notes and pics. And yeah, I have most of the bonus tracks, though a couple were on the Ryko reissue of DD that I slept on and don't own (such an idiot I am), and as for the rest...all I can say is that it'll be nice to have 'em all on the same disc.

If you wanna talk about CYNICAL, let's talk about the deluxe reissue of "Black Tie White Noise"...

Anxiety said:

I didn't bother getting that. Was it remastered?

I know the lyrics were absent.

Cloudbuster said:

Because they'll reissue them next year in "SUPER SUPER LIMITED deluxe-digipack-with-sugar- on-top" packaging. Which will be replaced in 2006 by "The Definitive Edition". 2007 will see "The Even-More Definitive Edition (Whoops, We Forgot Something!)".
[This message was edited Fri Feb 27 15:14:15 2004 by VoicesCarry]

Cloudbuster said:

Well, there was a pretty jam-packed bonus disc of remixes and the like, and a DVD of the "Black Tie White Noise" promo long-form video that was released w/ the album. The bonus mixes are pretty boring, but at least I finally have a copy of "Real Cool World" in my collection, for what that's worth. And the video is boooorrrringgg, but you know how it is when you need your fix of staring at Bowie...at least he looks pretty, all tanned and coifed-up (though I think he's far prettier pale and death-like, but that's just me). It was kind of a ridiculous excuse for a reissue, but there are some treats on it.

Wait....SACDs???? I thought these were going to be DVD-Audio only, not SACD....hmm....I HOPE they're SACD! Stage and David Live sound like shit on CD.

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[This message was edited Fri Feb 27 13:22:04 2004 by klaatu]

klaatu said:

Gee, Klaatu, thanks for your AMAZING answer....