“Diamond Dogs rule, OK”
In the same way that we recently set the cat among the pigeons with a revised release date for Aladdin Sane, we’re doing the same today with Diamond Dogs.
Despite most celebrations of the release taking place on April 24 and a few others waiting till next week, we’re pretty convinced the album was unleashed in the UK on May 24, 1974.
We won’t send you to sleep with the whys and wherefores of our conclusions again, suffice to say, scroll the images here for a glimpse of the release sheet from 1974 with today’s date on it.
Obviously we have more ‘evidence’ than that, but if you’re really that interested then send us a postcard addressed ‘Dog Lovers’ with your questions on it.
If you’ve resisted the charms of this canine beauty thus far, let the dogs lick you to death over on Spotify.
Pictured here is a print of Guy Peellaert’s original artwork and the withdrawn RCA sleeve before the poor pooch’s emasculation.
FOOTNOTE: In Diamond Dog years, the album is in fact 280 today!