DAVID BOWIE 'HUNKY DORY' LAMINATED SLEEVE GENUINE 1ST PRESSING
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DAVID BOWIE 'HUNKY DORY' LAMINATED SLEEVE GENUINE 1ST PRESSING
THE ALBUM CORRESPONDS WITH ALL THE IDENTIFICATION MARKS IN THE DESCRIPTION BELOW WHICH WAS FROM A RECENT EBAY SALE OF ANOTHER COPY PLEASE SEE AFTER FOR DETAILS OF CONDITION OF THIS COPY
DAVID BOWIE - HUNKY DORY
THE ULTRA RARE 1ST PRESS WITH THE LAMINATED SLEEVE!!!
- CATALOGUE:RCA SF 8244
- MATRIX: APRS 5917-3T / 5918-3T
- BOBIL / A1AL ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 1
- RASPUTIN / A1AB ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2
- 1971 PRESS. HEAVYWEIGHT SOLID (BARELY FLEXIBLE) DISC
THIS IS ARGUABLY THE RAREST DAVID BOWIE ALBUM EVER!! AND VERY HARD TO COLLECT
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 THE ZIGGY STARDSUT PERSONA 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 FIRST PRESSES VERY RARE INDEED
SO CLEARLY A FIRST PRESS CAN BE EASILY IDENTIFIED IN THIS MANNER, WHAT ABOUT THE VINYL THOUGH?
WELL FIRSTLY A GENUINE FIRST PRESS HUNKY DORY MUST BE ON HEAVY VINYL, AGAIN LATER ISSUES WERE FAR THINNER. SECONDLY THE LABELS MUST BE GLOSSY AND NOT MATT, AND THIRDLY THE MATRIX IN THE RUN OFF MUST BE APRS 5917-3T / 5918-3T. ANYTHING OTHER THAN THIS IS NOT A FIRST PRESS
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
NO MAINMAN PUBLISHING CREDITS,JUST CHRYSALIS MUSIC/TITANIC MUSIC
THE SLEEVE
LAMINATED ROBERT STACE SINGLE SLEEVE - 1ST PRESS NO MAINMAN CREDITS
THE LYRIC INNER SHEET IS CORRECTLY MATCHED TO THE 1ST ISSUE WITH THE GEM PRODUCTION CREDITS IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER
THE SLEEVE IS IN VG/VG+ CONDITION,IT HAS SOME 'RING WEAR' SOME SLIGHT CREASES,AND WEAR ON THE CORNERS OF THE SPINE. THE SPINE IS LEGIBLE.
NO WRITING ANYWHERE ON COVER.
LYRIC SHEET IS EXCELLENT CONDITION
LABELS HAVE NO WRITING ON AND ARE GLOSSY AND BRIGHT,NO DISCERNABLE SPINDLE WEAR.
THE VINYL HAS NO MAJOR SCRATCHES THAT I CAN SEE .
THERE IS A MARK ON SIDE 2 THAT I CAN BEST DESCRIBE AS 'CLOUDING',IT MAY HAVE COME FROM CONTACT WITH SOMETHING STICKY?,IT'S ON LAST PART OF TRACK 1 AND ACROSS TRACK 2. VIEWING FROM CERTAIN ANGLES IT CAN'T BE SEEN AT ALL. APART FROM THIS I WOULD DESCRIBE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT.
I CAN ,FOR THE WINNING BIDDER HAVE THE RECORD CLEANED ON A VPI RECORD CLEANING MACHINE.
STARTING THIS WITH NO RESERVE,SO WHO KNOWS YOU MAY JUST GET A BARGAIN! ,HAPPY BIDDING.
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