Item Description
From 1971,out of Great Britain,comes David Bowie with his album The Man Who Sold The World on Mercury 6338041 UK black label.
ULTRA RARE ORIGINAL PRESS OF THE INFAMOUS DRAG COVER This cover was withdrawn shortly after it came out due to controversy.
Textured cover ORIGINAL.
On the rear cover is a small inkstamp reading Made in Great Britain down Bowie s nose see last photo .
The rear cover is also textured.
The record is a thick press with a stamped matrix.
The matrix stamps are as follows: Side 1:6338041 1y 1 inverted triangle symbol,420,1 1 1 the last 1 is stamped further on .
Side 2: 6338041 2y 1 inverted triangle symbol, 420 1 1 1.
This album features nine songs, including All The Mad Men and of course,The Man Who Sold The World and more ULTRA RARE ORIGINAL DRAG COVER IN GREAT CONDITION This may be your last chance to get one on ebay ALL ITEMS GRADED VISUALLY WITH 150 WATT BULB AND 36 PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE I GRADE VISUALLY ONLY, PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME HOW THE LP SOUNDS REGARDING POPS,CLICKS,ETC.
I DO NOT PLAY THE LPS.
THE GRADING I GIVE THE LP IS MEANT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT HOW IT WILL SOUND ANY AND ALL FLAWS WILL BE LISTED AND DESCRIBED IN DETAIL BEFORE THE GRADING IS GIVEN.
IF THERE IS NO PARTICULAR FLAW LISTED, THEN IT IS NOT PRESENT IN THE ITEM IF THERE ARE NO FLAWS LISTED AT ALL, THEN THE ITEM IS EITHER MINT MINUS, STILL SEALED OR NEW AND NEVER PLAYED.THE DEFINITION OF VG IS THAT THE RECORD HAS SOME MARKS BUT WILL PLAY FINE AND HAS MANY PLAYS LEFT.THE DEFINITION OF VG IS THAT THE RECORD MAY HAVE A MARK OR TWO, BUT LOOKS EXTREMELY CLOSE TO NEAR MINT AND HAS A LOT OF LIFE LEFT THE DEFINITION OF MINT MINUS IS THAT THE ITEM HAS BEEN TOUCHED BY HUMAN HANDS AND PERHAPS PLAYED ONCE.
NOTE REGARDING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VINTAGE RECORDS AND NEW RE-ISSUES :MANY OF THE VINTAGE RECORDS WERE NOT PRESSED ON VIRGIN VINYL, NOR 180 OR HIGHER GRAM VINYL AS NEW RECORDS ARE THEREFORE,PLEASE BE AWARE THAT AN VINTAGE RECORD WILL NOT SOUND THE WAY A NEW REISSUE ONE DOES.
MANY REISSUES HAVE A CLEAN SOUND AND HAVE BEEN PRESSED ON 180 OR HIGHER GRAM VINYL.
FLAWS: Stray spindlemark.
GRADING: BOTH COVER AND RECORD ARE MINT MINUS Any glares/reflections/shadows in photos are just from my camera SHIPPING FOR MULTIPLE WINS WILL BE COMBINED ON MY INVOICE.
IF YOU WIN SEVERAL ITEMS,PLEASE DON T PAY TILL YOU RECEIVE THE INVOICE, OR YOU MAY PAY TOO MUCH SHIPPING WILL BE HIGHER FOR DOUBLE AND TRIPLE LPS.
SEE BELOW.
COMBINED SHIPPING FOR U.S.
SALES BASICALLY CONSISTS OF THE COST OF USPS MEDIA MAIL PLUS .50 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL LP.
YOU ALSO HAVE THE CHOICE OF PRIORITY MAIL SHIPPING, WHICH COSTS 9.99 FOR THE FIRST LP AND 2.25 PER ADDITIONAL LP.
COMBINED SHIPPING FOR INTERNATIONAL SALES BASICALLY CONSISTS OF THE COST OF USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL WHICH IS 20.45 FOR 1 LP AND 3.50 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL LP UP TO FOUR.
AFTER FOUR LPS,PLEASE WAIT TO HEAR FROM ME BEFORE PAYING.
A PACKAGE OF MORE THAN FOUR LPS MUST GO PRIORITY MAIL INTERNATIONAL AND IT IS A MUCH COSTLIER SHIPPING SERVICE.
GLOBAL EXPRESS AND REGISTERED MAIL ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR AN ADDITIONAL AND MUST BE REQUESTED BEFORE YOU PAY.
I CHARGE ONLY WHAT THE POST OFFICE CHARGES NO HANDLING FEES lt div style text-align:center gt lt a style text-decoration:none href gt lt img src border 0 gt lt /a gt lt /div gt ShipSaver On Nov-08-14 at 09:37:00 PST, seller added the following information: There is another rarity on this record--on the label, Tony Visconti s name is misspelled as Tonny and this happened ONLY on the first pressing Later presses were corrected to Tony.
This information was provided to me by a very kind fellow ebayer.
