DAVID BOWIE Man Who Sold The World UK LP DRESS COVER
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DAVID BOWIE - THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD
UK ORIGINAL PRESSING ON THE MERCURY LABEL
ULTRA RARE DRESS COVER
CATALOGUE NUMBER 6338041
MATRIX NUMBERS: 6338041-1Y/1 /6338041- 2Y/1
THIS INDICATES A FIRST PRESSING.
WELL THIS CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED A CLASSIC BOWIE PRESSING.
PRESSED ON THE MERCURY LABEL AND WITH A VERY HARD TO FIND SLEEVE, THIS 1971 PRESSING WAS REISSUED IN 1972 WITH A TOTALLY DIFFERENT COVER, AND ON THE RCA LABEL, MAKING THIS THE ORIGINAL VERY SOUGHT AFTER.
THE SLEEVE
THE REASON THIS IS SO COLLECTIBLE IS MAINLY FOR THE SLEEVE WHICH DEPICTS MR BOWIE LOUNGING ON A BED WEARING A DRESS!!. NO WONDER THEY CHANGED THE COVER ON THE 72 REPRESS. THE SLEEVE IS A NON LAMINATED BUT TEXTURED SLEEVE WHICH IS ONE OF THE WORST TYPES TO KEEP IN GREAT CONDITION. THIS ONE HAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF SHELF WEAR ALONG THE EDGES, BUT NOTHING HORRIBLE. ALSO A LITTLE RIPPLING NEAR THE OPENING EDGE. I THINK YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS OUT IN THE PICTURE. NO WRITING ETC ON THE COVER WHICH MUST GRADE AS VG+
THE LABELS
JET BLACK MERCURY LABELS IN SUPER CONDITION. NO SPINDLE HOLE WEAR, AND ONLY A FEW LIGHT SPIDER LINES WHICH INDICATE TO ME THAT THIS LP WAS CAREFULLY LOOKED AFTER BUT WAS PLAYED A MINIMUM OF 15 OR SO TIMES.
LABELS GRADE EX+
THE RECORD ITSELF
AS USUAL I PUSHED THE VOLUME RIGHT UP TO LISTEN FOR ANY DISTORTION CAUSED BY WORN GROOVES, OF WHICH THERE WAS NONE. SOME VERY LIGHT BACKGROUND NOISE IN THE QUIETEST PASSAGES, BUT NOTHING TO SPOIL THE AUDIO PERFORMANCE. VERY CLEAR AND SHARP AUDIO CLARITY.
THE SURFACE OF THE DISC SHOWS A COUPLE OF LIGHT HANDLING MARKS, WHICH ARE SUPERFICIAL, AND DO NOT CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS ON THE REPRODUCTION.
VERY GLOSSY SURFACE, AND HAS THAT NEAR NEW LOOK.
A FINE EXAMPLE OF THIS SOUGHT AFTER LP, WHICH I WOULD GRADE AT EX
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