Item Description
On offer here is a VERY rare LP especially in this condition by David Bowie called The Man Who Sold The World and is an ORIGINAL 1971 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Mercury label THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND THIS IS ONE OF DAVID BOWIE S RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE BACK IN 1971 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED - IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS ONLY A FEW HUNDRED COPIES AT THE VERY MOST , AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DELETED AS A RESULT, IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT THIS IS A 100 GENIUNE 1971 UK 1ST PRESSING - AND DEFINITELY NOT ONE OF THOSE DODGY LATER RE-PRESSINGS IT SHOULD BE FAIRLY OBVIOUS EVEN TO THE UNTRAINED EYE THAT THIS LP IS 100 GENIUNE - AS THE DODGY ONES ARE NOT VERY GOOD AT ALL DESPITE POPULAR BELIEF AND LOOK TERRIBLE THAT SAID IT IS EXTREMELY SIMPLE TO SHOW THAT THIS LP IS INDEED A 100 GENIUNE 1971 UK 1ST PRESSING I WILL EXPLAIN:- 1.
FRONT COVER - on this 100 GENIUNE 1st Pressing Bowie s feet are well away from the opening edge - where as they actually touch the right opening edge on later covers.
2.
COVER TEXTURE - As you can clearly see from my pictures, the texture is 100 CORRECT in pattern and is VERY clearly defined Whereas dodgy later covers have a different poorly defined pattern.
3.
SPINE - on this 100 GENIUNE 1st Pressing the order of the spine text is:- RECORD LABEL / ARTIST / TITLE / CAT NUMBER running down from the top.
Later ones are different 4.
RECORD LABELS - this 100 GENIUNE 1st Pressing has the colour in BLACK later ones are grey , is PERFECTLY printed later ones arent , NO silver edge later ones do , has P 1971 later ones have R 1971 instead , and the word BROADCASTING is correctly spelt later ones insert a space for no particular reason .
5 MATRIXES - most importantly the matrixes on the record are MACHINE STAMPED and are:- 6338041 1Y//1 420 6338041 2Y//1 420.
And the MOTHERS STAMPERS are 114 111.
Whereas later ones have etched matrixes, and NO mother and stampers SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS INDEED A 100 GENIUNE UK 1ST PRESSING AND ONE OF THE RAREST DAVID BOWIE LPs EVER MADE NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND FOR ONCE THE COVER HAS BARELY ANY RUBBING AT ALL MOST DO JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1971 UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS MERCURY LABEL, 1ST PRESS MACHINE STAMPED 1/1 MATRIX ENDINGS, 1ST PRESS INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS FULLY TEXTURED COVER THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY This is the ORIGINAL Mercury UK 1st Pressing from 1971 and is in BRILLIANT condition The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl.
The Cat.
No is 6338 041 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press Mercury label see picture and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing there were NO Monos The record labels are in SUPERB condition see pictures with NO wear, NO writing, and only a few VERY light spindle marks IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASN T BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL The vinyl is in BRILLIANT condition Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable.
This one is NOT and has NO scratches, only 2 or 3 VERY light hairlines, NO scufflines, only 1 absolutely TINY surface mark, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL JUST PRESSED LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO skips, only a few VERY light clicks though mostly NONE , NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either The record must grade Very Good if not better BRILLIANT RECORD Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to Brillant The record also comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press inner sleeve which is in BRILLIANT condition The ORIGINAL 1st Press FULLY Textured Cover is in BRILLIANT condition It has NO sticker marks, NO sticker tears, only some VERY minor evidence of touching in to the VERY edges spine ONLY, NO ringwear, only slight corner wear NOT through the colour , NO rips, NO tears, only a VERY few light creases cover is VERY flat looking indeed , barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, NO annotations, and NO writing The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL Even the textured back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL virtually NONE , and NO writing The cover must grade Very Good if not better THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE It really is a GREAT looking LP and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1971 UK 1ST PRESSING OF THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD BY DAVID BOWIE, IN BRILLIANT CONDITION Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs and contact me with any queries you may have.
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Thanks again - Graham XXXRecords.
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