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WE CURRENTLY HAVE NEARLY 1,000 LISTED ITEMS Click here to see ALL our ROCK auctions Our PSYCH PROGRESSIVE auctions Our PUNK NEW WAVE auctions Our JAZZ auctions Our BLUE NOTE JAZZ auctions Our BLUES auctions Our CLASSICAL auctions Our COUNTRY auctions Our FUNK auctions Our LATIN auctions Our METAL auctionsOur REGGAE auctions Our SOUL auctions Our STILL SEALED ITEMS Our PROMO auctions Our AUDIOPHILE auctions DAVID BOWIE THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - ORIGINAL NOT A BOOTLEG OR COUNTERFEIT 1970 MERCURY RECORDS STEREO LP SR-61325 ORIGINAL U.S.
PRESSING 100 GENUINE, AUTHENTIC, ORIGINAL PRESSING WHITE LABEL PROMO ORIGINAL MERCURY LABEL, EARLY 70s STYLE, WHITE PROMOTIONAL VERSION THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S.
PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
THICK CARDBOARD COVER, AMERICAN STYLE.
COVER IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK CELLOPHANE WRAP CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL DEAD WAX OF THE RECORD.
MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL DEAD WAX ENDS WITH -1/-2 .
ON SOME LABELS, SUFFIX 1 DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on.
This is NOT a recycled image from our previous auction.
What you see is what you ll get.
GUARANTEED Even though it contained no hits, The Man Who Sold the World, for most intents and purposes, is the beginning of David Bowie s classic period.
Working with guitarist Mick Ronson and producer Tony Visconti for the first time, Bowie developed a tight, twisted heavy guitar rock that appears simple on the surface but sounds more gnarled upon each listen.
The mix is off-center, with the fuzz-bass dominating the compressed, razor-thin guitars and Bowie s strangled, affected voice.
The sound of The Man Who Sold the World is odd, but the music is bizarre itself, with Bowie s bizarre, paranoid futuristic tales melded to Ronson s riffing and the band s relentless attack.
Musically, there isn t much innovation on The Man Who Sold the World -- it is almost all hard blues-rock or psychedelic folk-rock -- but there s an unsettling edge to the band s performance, which makes the record one of Bowie s best albums EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY STEPHEN THOMAS ERLEWINE, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/ Bowie s Man who sold the world was one of only two albums he released for Mercury label and is one of his rarest.
What makes this particular title so rare is a very unusual combination: about 95 of all pressings are either: a COUNTERFEIT, BOOTLEG PRESSINGS recognizable by the shoddy, uneven-looking label and hand-stamped matrix number in the trail-off vinyl , OR: b Subsequent reissues on RCA label with completely different covers .
Only a handful of surviving copies are genuine, authentic MERCURY pressings, and good luck finding a copy in a condition as beautiful as the one we proudly present here.
NEAR MINT WHITE LABEL PROMO? NOT A CHANCE THE WHITE LABEL PROMO, RADIO STATION-, AUDITION OR DEMONSTRATION COPIES AND RELEASES such as the one we have here were often distributed to the radio stations before the record was released to the public, sometimes as much as four months ahead.
These records are generally considered to be the first among equals : the VERY FIRST generation and the VERY FIRST pressings of the particular title a PROTOTYPE and the earliest known official pressing of the record.
For additional historical or discography information on this album, including track listing click here TO SEE IF WE HAVE OTHER LISTED ITEMS BY THIS GROUP OR ARTIST CLICK HERE CONDITION: RECORD IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded we grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight a WE GRADE THE VINYL AS NEAR MINT.
The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.
b The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings.
Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic.
Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording c White Promo Label version of this title is much rarer that a regular, commercially released, version of this title.
We estimate that stock copies of this album outnumber promo copies by a ratio of at least 200:1.
d The record comes in a poly-lined stock inner sleeve, which has - apparently with success - shielded the vinyl from the harmful impact of elements over many years e Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording COVER COVER IS STRONG NEAR MINT, STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover: - Cover has some tiny, faint writing on its back side a microscopic price code written in one corner NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER: - No split seams - No ring wear - No cut-out drill holes.
- No cut-out corners - No saw-marks or indents - No dirt/dust rubbing stains friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers - No wrinkles or creases - No yellowing from aging - No stamps - No tearing: no chips, dents or nicks on the seams - No peel-off marks - No stains - No mold or mildew spots - No stickers or labels the small price sticker on the back side is affixed to the shrink wrap, NOT to the cover itself - No water damage - No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or cuts.
- No warping - No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover - No glue traces or wax residue.
- No bar codes - No RIAA stamps or stickers.
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