DAVID BOWIE Scary Monsters 1980 UK RCA 1st PRESS Nr MINT
£
150
$
179
£ 150
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Nov 25, 2013
Sold Date
Nov 15, 2013
Start Date
£ 22
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Great Britain
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DAVID BOWIE Scary Monsters 1980 UK RCA 1st PRESS Nr MINT
ONCE PLAYED - MATT SLEEVE w/GATEFOLD INSERT - TOP COPY
DAVID BOWIEScary Monsters
UK RCA (BOW LP 2) FIRST PRESSING (September 1980) OF DAVID BOWIE'S "Scary Monsters"
IN ESSENCE AN END OF DECADE SUMMATION OF HIS 70s WORK ENCOMPASSING MAJOR TOM, GLAM AND THE BERLIN AVANT-GARDE
LOVELY CONDITION - ONCE PLAYED
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE RCA MATT BLACK LABELS
MATRIX: BOW LP 2 - A - 3 (etched "I CANT THINK....") / BOW LP 2 - B - 3 (etched "....OF ANYTHING") with "TOWNHOUSE" stamped on both run-offs
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT SLEEVE © 1980
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL GATEFOLD LYRIC INSERT
AND PLAIN WHITE RCA COMPANY INNER SLEEVE, DIE-CUT WITH TWO FLIPBACKS
David Bowie returned to relatively conventional rock & roll with Scary Monsters, an album that effectively acts as an encapsulation of all his '70s experiments.
Reworking glam rock themes with avant-garde synth flourishes, and reversing the process as well, Bowie creates dense but accessible music throughout Scary Monsters.
Though it doesn't have the vision of his other classic records, it wasn't designed to break new ground -- it was created as the culmination of Bowie's experimental genre-shifting of the '70s
Side 1:
It's No Game (No. 1) (4:17)
Up The Hill Backwards (3:13)
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (5:10)
Ashes To Ashes (4:24)
Fashion (4:48)
Side 2:
Teenage Wildlife (6:55)
Scream Like A Baby (3:35)
Kingdom Come (3:42)
Because You're Young (4:51)
It's No Game (No. 2) (4:20)
LABELS: MINT-
Clean, unmarked labels with one spindle trace per side
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like-new - under bright some harmless light wispy hairlines are visible
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Outstanding audio quality throughout with a crystal clear, deep, rich and detailed sound - beautifully recorded and engineered with a nice loud cut and my play-check at volume found no issues of any kind during the music itself - just a touch of surface on the run-ins and one 'pop' on the Side One run-in caused by a pressing bubble (all before the music starts)
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
A fine example - no wear to speak of - all edges are crisp, square and unworn and all spine text is clear and bold
INSERT: MINT
The gatefold lyric insert is clean, unmarked and appears completely untouched
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £4.50 (1st Class Recorded Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £13.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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