“Bow-wow, woof woof, bow-wow, wow”
In the run up to the release of the David Bowie – Who Can I Be Now? (1974 – 1976) box set, we’re running a week by week album focus for the LPs contained within it.
This week we’re looking at Diamond Dogs and today we’re specifically looking at the version of the sleeve that some didn’t want us to see at all.
One of the plaudits received for last year’s Five Years box set was the attention to detail in the reproduction of the album covers. Generally the UK versions were the starting point, but sometimes the American versions of the sleeves had something slightly more desirable going for them.
Diamond Dogs is a case in point, as it was the US version of this particular sleeve which was withdrawn on account of the immodest prominence of the hounds doo dah.
Pictured here are the original sleeve (top) and the new Parlophone reproduction, which favours the same image as the original of the uncensored pooch, before the offending part was airbrushed out.
The sleeve art was created by Guy Peellaert, based on photographs by Terry O’Neill of Bowie’s top half and the lower half of an unnamed canine.
More on this story over the coming days, meanwhile don’t forget the Who Can I Be Now? playlist here.
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