David Bowie / Diamond Dogs North American Tour 1974 / 9CD Box Set

David Bowie / Diamond Dogs North American Tour 1974  / 9CD Box Set / Diamond Doghouse

Dress Rehearsal: Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY, June 8, 1974 & O’Keefe Auditorium, Toronto, ON, Canada. Evening Show, June 16th,1974.

 

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Tracklist

Disc 1
Dress Rehearsal: Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY, June 8, 1974
1-1 Toni Basil Instructions
1-2 Moonage Daydream
1-3 Sweet Thing
1-4 Changes
1-5 Suffragette City
1-6 Aladdin Sane
1-7 All The Young Dudes
1-8 Diamond Dogs
1-9 Panic In Detroit
1-10 Big Brother
1-11 Time
1-12 The Jean Genie

Disc 2
O’Keefe Auditorium, Toronto, ON, Canada. Evening Show, June 16th,1974.
2-1 1984
2-2 Rebel Rebel
2-3 Moonage Daydream
2-4 Sweet Thing
2-5 Candidate
2-6 Sweet Thing (Reprise)
2-7 Changes
2-8 Suffragette City
2-9 Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)
2-10 All The Young Druds
2-11 Cracked Actor
2-12 Rock ‘n’ Roll With Me
2-13 Watch That Man

Disc 3
3-1 Drive-In Saturday
3-2 Space Odditiy
3-3 Future Legend
3-4 Diamond Dogs
3-5 Panic In Detroit
3-6 Big Brother
3-7 Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family
3-8 Time
3-9 The Width Of A Circle
3-10 The Jean Genie
3-11 Rock ‘n’ Suicide

Disc 4
Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa, FL July 2nd, 1974
4-1 1984
4-2 Rebel Rebel
4-3 Moonage Daydream
4-4 Sweet Thing
4-5 Candidate
4-6 Sweet Thing (Reprise)
4-7 Changes
4-8 Suffragette City
4-9 Alladin Sane (1913-1938-197?)
4-10 All The Young Dudes
4-11 Cracked Actor
4-12 Rock ‘n’ Roll With Me
4-13 Watch That Man

Disc 5
5-1 Space Odditiy
5-2 Future Legend
5-3 Diamond Dogs
5-4 Panic In Detroit
5-5 Big Brother
5-6 Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family
5-7 Time
5-8 The Width Of A Circle
5-9 The Jean Genie
5-10 Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide

Disc 6
Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, CA September 5th,1974
6-1 Intro
6-2 1984
6-3 Rebel Rebel
6-4 Moonage Daydream
6-5 Sweet Thing-Candidate-Sweet Thing (Reprise)
6-6 Changes
6-7 Suffragette City
6-8 Aladdin Sane
6-9 All The Young Dudes
6-10 Cracked Actor

Disc 7
7-1 Knock On Wood
7-2 It’s Gonna Be Me
7-3 Space Oddity
7-4 Future Legend
7-5 Diamond Dogs
7-6 Big Brother
7-7 Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family
7-8 Time
7-9 The Jean Genie
7-10 Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide
7-11 Band Introduction
7-12 John, I’m Only Dancing (Again)

Disc 8
Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WI October 11th,1974
8-1 Memory Of A Free Festival
8-2 Rebel Rebel
8-3 John, I’m Only Dancing
8-4 Sorrow
8-5 Changes
8-6 1984
8-7 Moonage Daydream
8-8 Rock ‘n’ Roll With Me
8-9 The Jean Genie
8-10 Future Legend
8-11 Diamond Dogs
8-12 Young Americans
8-13 Can You Hear Me
8-14 It’s Gonna Be Me
8-15 Somebody Up There Likes Me
8-16 Suffragette City
8-17 Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide

Disc 9
Omni Arena, Atlanta, GA, December 1, 1974
9-1 Memory Of A Free Festival (Mike Garson Band)
9-2 Rebel Rebel
9-3 John, I’m Only Dancing (Again)
9-4 Sorrow
9-5 Changes
9-6 Young Americans
9-7 1984
9-8 Win
9-9 The Jean Genie
9-10 Moonage Daydream
9-11 Band Intro
9-12 When You Rock ‘n’ Roll With Me
9-13 Panic In Detroit
9-14 Suffragette City
9-15 Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide
9-16 Knock On Wood
9-17 Footstompin’
9-18 Diamond Dogs
Notes
This is a great collection of live recordings from Bowie’s North American Diamond Dogs tour in the Summer an Fall of 1974. All are audience recordings and they range from good to excellent.
Limited Edition of 450 copies only.

Disc One: Dress rehearsal
Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY, June 8, 1974

This recording is taken from one of two days spent preparing For the tour at the Capitol Theater.

Discs Two and Three:

O’Keefe Auditorium, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Evening show, June 16th,1974.

This was the third show of the tour and the final Canadian date after Montreal and Ottawa. He played afternoon and evenings shows – this was the evening show.

Discs Four and Five:

Curtis Hixon Convention Hall, Tampa, FL July 2nd, 1974

The driver transporting the tour’s gear was stung by a bee on the way to this show – the truck overturned and much of the gear was wrecked. “The concert you are going to see tonight is not the show we had planned for you,” says a man address the restless-sounding crowd, the show almost two hours late.
Due to an unfortunate road accident, half of our stage scenery, costumes, lighting equipment, is in a local swamp 15 miles north off here. There was talk of cancelling tonight’s performance, but David Bowie would not hear of it, and insisted we go on in handicapped condition.

BAND LINE-UP FOR THE FIRST FIVE DISCS:
David Bowie – vocals
Earl Slick – guitar
Michael Kamen-oboe
Mike Garson – piano, mellotron, electric piano, synthesizers
David Sanborn – alto saxophone, flute
Richard Grando – baritone saxophone, flute
Herbie Flowers – bass
Tony Newman – drums
Pablo Rosario – percussion
Gui Andrisano – backing vocals
Warren Peace – backing vocals

A week after this show the band rolled into Upper Darby, PA where they played six shows at the Tower Theater which were recorded and became the “David Live” album.

Soon after Bowie took the month of August 1974 off, during which time he Begans recording his follow-up studio album, Young Americans. After this, songs from that album would be incorporated into the band’s setlists.

Discs Six and Seven:

Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, CA September 5th,1974

This was the fourth of seven concerts played at the legendary L.A. venue. Supposedly a pre-FM recording, the sound is especially good on this show. It was never broadcast though, so if this is an audience recording, it’s a phenomenally good one.

BAND LINE-UP FOR THE L.A. SHOW:
David Bowie – vocals
Earl Slick – guitar
Carlos Alomar – rhythm guitar
Mike Garson – piano, mel otron
David Sanborn – alto saxophone, flute
Richard Grando – baritone saxophone, flute
Doug Rauch – bass
Gre Errico – drums
Pablo lgosario – percussion
Gui Andrisano – backing vocals
Warren Peace – backing vocals
Ava Cher – backing vocals
Robin Clal‘k – backing vocals
Anthony Hinton – backing vocals
Diane Sumler – backing vocals
Luther Vandross – backing vocals

On October 1oth, Bowie abandoned the extravagant theatrical set and re-branded the tour “The Soul Tour,II which would continue through the end of the North American leg in December.

Disc Eight:
Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WI October 11th,1974

Disc Nine:
Omni Arena, Atlanta, GA December 1st,1974

The very last night of the tour, this concert features the first and last ever live performance of the song “Win”.

BAND LINE-UP FOR THE LAST TWO DISCS:
David Bowie – vocals
Earl Slick – lead guitar
Carlos Alomar – rhyt m guitar
Mike Garson – piano, mel otron
David Sanborn – alto saxophone, flute
Willie Weeks- bass
Dennis Davis – drums
Pablo Rosario – percussion
Warren Peace – backing vocals
Ava Cher – backing vocals
Robin Clark – backing vocals
Anthony Hinton – backing vocals
Diane Sumler – backing vocals
Luther Vandross – backing vocals

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