DAVID BOWIE - LOVE YOU TILL TUESDAY, 1967 Deram DEMO 7"
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DAVID BOWIE - LOVE YOU TILL TUESDAY / DID YOU EVER HAVE A DREAM, DERAM/The Decca Records Co Ltd. (DM 135 - DR 40599/DR 39654). DEMONSTRATION SAMPLE, NOT FOR SALE, 1967.
This an ultra rare "Demo Copy" of one of Bowie's earliest singles under the name he went on to make legendary, produced by Mike Vernon and according to the label, scheduled for release on 14/7/67. To the best of my knowledge this demo copy is basically the same as the commercial issue... (i.e. the track mixes and the run-times are the same; side A = 3.00 mins, side B = 3.45 mins). But most importantly this is not the commercial issue, but the demo pressing, never intended to be sold to the general public.
The standard issue of this single is so scarce and so desirable that the new Record Collector Price Guide lists it as being worth £200 and often it will sell for a higher figure than that. This demo is much, much rarer and will no doubt be worth more - exactly how much I don't know, so I am listing this item at £0.99 start price and I am quite happy to see how far the bidders wish to take it!
Comes with it's original generic white paper sleeve and the much cleaner new white paper sleeve I put it in after cleaning on my Moth professional record cleaning machine.
CONDITION: EXCELLENT- (This is actually quite a hard record to grade so please read this description carefully! The vinyl has clearly had fairly few spins - it still has a lovely sheen to the vinyl, the white/turquoise labels are pretty clean with only a couple of faint spindle trails, etc. However, there are a couple of defects to mark it down - firstly, under my bright grading lamp I can see a few light paper scuffs across the record from it being pulled in and out of it's paper sleeve, as is usually the case with this sort of mark, they do not sound during playback. Secondly, there is a minute amount of surface noise during the silent run-in which becomes inaudible once the music starts and is almost certainly the result of the original pressing, not mistreatment. Thirdly, this particular single has a small "Blip" in the vinyl - a tiny lump that protrudes slightly at the same point on both sides of the record. However, I have thoroughly tested this record on both my turntables - a Technics SL-1200 and my Linn LP12 Sondek - and it plays perfectly on both machines... although it is clearly a tiny obstruction that could affect about three to four grooves, it neither dislodges the needle or makes any kind of audible "thunk" on the way round. I would expect this from my 1200, but the LP12 is a famously sensitive machine that usually highlights any minor discrepency, so I guess it's not much of an issue after all! NOTE: whilst I cannot give guarantees of exactly how this record will sound on the winning bidders turntable, I hope my test gives potential bidders a better idea of what I am offering here)
NOTE: it is probably worth pointing out that we are a long standing physical secondhand record shop, with literally decades of record trading/grading experience between us. Please read my description carefully, and if you like what you read, bid with confidence - don't be put off my my honest and accurate gradings... in many cases, items I have marked down are still in much better shape than those so-called "excellent" and "mint" items listed by the new breed of overnight internet traders and self-proclaimed experts that currently plague ebay.
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