DAVID BOWIE HUNKY DORY 1st PRESS LAMINATED COVER + INSERT w GEM LOGO
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DAVID BOWIE - HUNKY DORY - 1st PRESS SUPER RARE!!!
CATALOGUE:RCA SF 8244 MATRIX: APRS 5917-3T / 5918-3T BOBIL / A1T ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 1 RASPUTIN / A1M ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2 1971 PRESS. HEAVYWEIGHT SOLID (BARELY FLEXIBLE) DISC LABELS - SHINY, WITH NO MAINMAN CREDITS - "RCA Victor" ON LABELS - CHRYSALIS/TITANIC MUSIC CREDITS INSERT - NO MAINMAN CREDITS, AND CHRYSALIS/TITANIC MUSIC CREDITS LAMINATED ROBERT STACE SINGLE SLEEVE - 1ST PRESS NO MAINMAIN CREDITS, 2nd VARIANT COVER WITH GEM LOGO ON REAR
CONDITION: LABELS - Clean and bright - no staining RECORD - Lovely condition - VG+ - hairline (paper sleeve) scratches/marks when held under strong light. Sounds fantastic, no flaws - only the tiniest amount of crackle/surface noise between tracks. Stereo sound is undistorted and clean as whistle! INSERT: Very nice - no staining, crisp edges LAMINATED COVER: Great - 8 or 9 small creases in laminate along spine, and a couple of smallish ones across the face of the cover, and one smallish diagonal crease along the top (following the shape of the record). Top right of front has some slight laminate lift - a few tiny specks, nothing major. You really need to look closely under strong light to see all of these. Record entrance edges are crisp with only the slightest wear. Spine is great, a slight area of rubbing to the left hand corner (so top of spine) and evidence of slight shelf wear - but NO laminate splitting along the bottom. Back cover is VG+ no yellowing or foxing, just a tiny vague black mark (half a fingerprint?) in white area, midway down in bottom right corner. I HAVE TRIED TO BE AS HONEST AS POSSIBLE WITH THIS DESCRIPTION - THIS IS A TRULY WONDERFUL COPY OF THIS ALBUM, AND WITHOUT LOOKING EXTREMELY CLOSELY, YOU CAN BARELY SEE ANY OF THE ABOVE LAMINATE CREASES/MARKS. THE COVER IS BEAUTIFUL AND REALLY SHOWS THE COLOURS IN THE ARTWORK AS THEY WERE MEANT TO BE... NOTHING LIKE THE POOR QUALITY PRINT OF THE MATTE ISSUES AND BEYOND. BOWIE'S FACE SHOWS THROUGH WITH THE LOVELY DEEP PINKS AND YELLOWS OF THE AIRBRUSHING.
THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 1971, AND WAS BOWIES FIRST RELEASE ON RCA RECORDS. VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN THE ALBUM BARELY SOLD. THE SINGLE 'CHANGES' WAS TAKEN FROM THE ALBUM AND AGAIN FAILED TO MAKE AN IMPACT WITH THE UK BUYERS
IT WAS NOT UNTIL LATE 1972 THAT BOWIE FOUND FAME WITH ZIGGY STARDUST AND WAS SUDDENLY HOT PROPERTY
THE HUNKY DORY ALBUM WAS RE RELEASED AND MADE NUMBER 3 IN THE UK CHART, LIFE ON MARS WAS TAKEN FROM THE ALBUM AND WENT ON TO BECOME A BOWIE CLASSIC
HOWEVER THE REISSUE DID NOT HAVE THE LAMINATED SLEEVE THAT THE ORIGINAL 71 PRESSES HAD AND WAS AN INFERIOR, THINNER NON LAMINATED VERSION, MAKING THE NOW DELETED LAMINATED ISSUES VERY RARE INDEED.
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