DAVID BOWIE ZIGGY STARDUST LP 1ST PRESS RARE ‘LOUD CUT’ VERSION

£ 32

$ 42

£ 32 Sold For

Jul 8, 2012 Sold Date

Jul 1, 2012 Start Date

£ 9 Start price

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DAVID BOWIE

'THE RISE & FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST.....' LP

AMAZING 1ST PRESS MEGA RARE ‘LOUD CUT’ VERSION

1972 RCA RECORDS SF 8287

MATRIX 1E/2E

HEAVYWEIGHT 150 GM VINYL

LOW STARTING PRICE – NO RESERVE!!

THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!! THIS IS ONE OF DAVID BOWIE'S RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!! IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs ON THE RCA LABEL - AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE!!!! BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS WITH EVERY SINGLE 1ST PRESS DETAIL FROM THE VERY 'DAY OF RELEASE' BACK IN 1972!!!! ONLY A TINY HANDFUL OF 1ST PRESSINGS - WERE EVER MADE LIKE THIS, BEFORE DETAILS ON THIS LP WERE IMMEDIATELY CHANGED!!!! I WILL EXPLAIN WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT TO OTHER SO-CALLED 1ST PRESSINGS.

FIRSTLY THIS LP HAS NO 'MAINMAN' CREDIT ON ANY PART OF THE LP (LATER ONES DO!)!!!! SECONDLY THE COVER, THE 'PICTURE/LYRIC' INNER SLEEVE, AND THE LABELS - ALL HAVE THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'TITANIC MUSIC/GEM PRODUCTION' CREDITS, WHICH WAS CHANGED ON ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!! THIRDLY THE LABELS ARE THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'MIRROR-LIKE' SHINY ORANGE RCA LABELS (LATER ONES ARE SEMI-MATT OR MATT) WITH THE CORRECT 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'LARGER' TYPEFACE (LATER ONES WERE SMALLER!) AND MEGA THICK QUALITY VINYL (LATER ONES ARE MUCH THINNER!)!!!! AND LASTLY & MOST IMPORTANTLY - THE MATRIXES END IN 1E/2E (LATER ONES HAVE HIGHER MATRIXES!), CLEARLY SHOWING THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE.

SO, YOU'RE GETTING ALL THE ABOVE BUT RECENT RESEARCH HAS UNCOVERED FURTHER ANOMALIES WHICH HAVE POINTED TO TWO VERSIONS THAT HAVE ONLY THE TITANIC CREDITS & GLOSSY LABELS. THE ARTWORK FOR THE EARLIEST COPIES IT HAS NOW BEEN DISCOVERED WAS SUPPLIED BY THE NEW YORK OFFICES OF RCA AND HAS GLARING DIFFERNCES TO LATER SO-CALLED 1ST PRESSINGS. FIRSTLY THE ARTWORK IS BLURRED ON TRUE 1ST PRESSINGS AND THE RCA LOGO ON THE FRONT COVER IS CLEARLY A CUT AND PASTE JOB WHICH LATER VERSIONS DID NOT HAVE. THESE ARE ALL PRESENT ON THIS COPY - SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING OF THIS AMAZING LP YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET!!!!

REGARDING THE MUSIC THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT AND CRUCIAL DIFFERENCES FROM 1ST PRESSINGS TO LATER ISSUES. MOST IMPORTANTLY THE EARLIEST PRESSINGS CAME FROM THE 'ORIGINAL' MASTER TAPES BEFORE THEY BECAME DAMAGED. THIS COPY THEREFORE HAS THE THE MUSIC AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED WITH THE 'LOUD' CUT OF STARMAN' AND 'SUFFRAGETTE CITY' WITHOUT THE DROPOUT HEARD ON LATER VERSIONS.

THIS LP IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, SOUNDS FANTASTIC DUE TO THE DEEP CUT PRESSING ON HEAVY DUTY VINYL - AND IS 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL 'PICTURE/LYRIC' INNER SLEEVE!!!! JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!! THE SLEEVE HAS MINOR STORAGE CHAFING AND LIGHT RINGWEAR AND THE VINYL HAS SOME LIGHT SURFACE SCRATCHES BUT THEY DO NOT IMPAIR WHAT IS A SUPERB SOUNDING LP AND WHICH TO MY EARS STILL KNOCKS SPOTS OFF CD VERSIONS NO MATTER WHAT TRICKERY THEY USE!!

THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND DIFFICULT TO LOCATE - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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