DAVID BOWIE - Space Oddity

Item Description

Vinyl, , Indianapolis Pressing
LP Album Reissue Stereo

[l=RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis], first pressing, identified by a serifed "I" stamped in runouts. Remainder of runouts stamped.

Orange RCA Victor "dynaflex" labels. RCA logo on jacket.

Issued with a magenta-colored printed inner sleeve with lyrics and photo.
Initial copies came with a full-color poster and a white-on-black sticker on the front stating "David Bowie Poster Enclosed".

Promotional copies have a rectangular approximately 4"×6" sticker marked "PROMOTIONAL ALBUM - NOT FOR SALE" with titles and song timings.

Back sleeve shows the timing for track A2 as 6:55, but the RCA reissues used a shortened 6:09 version (without the "Yeah yeah baby yeah..." coda). The promo sticker timing is shown correctly as 6:09.

On back cover:
Recorded in 1969

On front cover:
Previously released as "Man of Words, Man of Music" on Mercury SR61246

℗ 1972 RCA Records
© 1972 RCA Records

Produced Courtesy of Straight Ahead Productions
Recorded at Trident Studios, London, England
David Bowie - A Mainman Artist

Track publishers from inner sleeve:
A1, A2, B3: © Copyright 1969 Essex Music International Ltd., London and Tro-Andover Music Inc., New York.
A3, A4, B1, B2, B4: © Copyright 1972 Vaudeville Music Ltd.
B5: © Copyright 1970 Essex Music International Ltd., London and Tro-Andover Music Inc., New York.