DAVID BOWIE PINUPS LP EARLIEST GENUINE 1st PRESS RCA UK 1T/1T VINYL
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David Bowie
'Pinups'
Matrices - 1T/1T
On offer here is a VERY rare LP by David Bowie called "Pin Ups" and is an GENUINE 100% ORIGINAL 1973 COMPLETELY ENGLISH (NOT FRENCH OR CANADIAN) UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press RCA label!!!! 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 (LIKE THIS!)!!!! JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!! BACK IN 1973 WHEN THIS LP WAS FIRST RELEASED, IT ONLY EVER SOLD IN ABSOLUTELY TINY AMOUNTS (AS A 1ST PRESSING!) - AND WAS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY CHANGED!!!! AS A RESULT, IT IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE TODAY!!!! HOWEVER, THIS IS ONE OF DAVID BOWIE'S RAREST LPs EVER!!!! AND I WILL EXPLAIN WHY:
BEFORE THIS LP WAS RELEASED IN 1973, THE OIL CRISIS IMMEDIATELY HIT THE UK. THIS MEANT VAST QUEUES FOR PETROL AT PETROL STATIONS, OIL STOCKS ALMOST RAN OUT, AND RATIONING WAS INTRODUCED. WHICH CLEARLY MEANT THAT THERE WAS NO UK OIL AVAILABLE TO MAKE VINYL WITH - OR THAT ANY OIL THAT WAS AVAILABLE WAS HUGELY EXPENSIVE. RECORD COMPANIES THAT HAD WORLDWIDE CONNECTIONS IMMEDIATELY TOOK ACTION. EMI FOR EXAMPLE HAD THEIR RECORD MADE IN FRANCE AND IMPORTED IN THE UK. AND IN RCA'S CASE THEY IMPORTED CANADIAN, FRENCH, AND GERMAN RECORDS TO USE IN THE UK FOR THIS LP!!!! AND THESE WERE IMPORTED PRIOR THIS LPs RELEASE IN THE UK - SO THE CHANCES OF ACTUALLY GETTING A UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'DAY OF RELEASE' WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE!!!! THIS WAS BECAUSE THE OIL CRISIS HIT, AFTER ONLY 2 OR 3 DAYS OF UK PRESSINGS HAD BEEN MADE FOR RELEASE - WAY BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE!!!! AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHY 99% OF COPIES ON THE RELEASE DATE ACTUALLY HAD FOREIGN PRESSINGS INSIDE UK COVERS!!!! THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING POSSIBLE IS THIS ONE WITH THE UNIQUE 1T/1T MATRIXES. 99% OF THE UK 'DAY OF RELEASE' 1ST PRESSINGS HAVING FOREIGN VINYL INSIDE THEM - IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A 100% GENIUNE 'EARLIEST' DAY OF RELEASE 1ST PRESSING WITH 1T/1T MATRIX ENDINGS (AS BARELY ANY EXIST!)!!!!
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THE SOUND REPRODUCTION IS BEAUTIFULLY RICH, DEEP AND WARM SOUNDING!!! AS IF BOWIE’s IN THE ROOM WITH YOU!!! THIS IS DUE TO THE ENTIRELY ANALOGUE SIGNAL PATHWAY THAT IT WAS MADE WITH. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1973 UK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING ON THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS RCA LABEL, 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 1T/1T MATRIX AND 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'UK' COVER!!!! THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!! The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl. The Cat. No is RS 1003 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press RCA label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos!)!!!!
The record labels are in great condition (see pictures) with little wear, NO writing, and only a few VERY light spindle marks!!!! The record has been well loved with many hairlines and scuffs and a couple notable marks. HOWEVER, these barely hinder the audio! It is also great to find that the record plays with barely ANY clicks AT ALL, only one or two pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and some good ole' warm vinyl crackle on side two. Despite this, the sound quality is otherwise simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!! The record must grade very good if not better!!!! The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'UK' Cover has plenty of wear along the spine and sides with a couple of splits, but the front and back covers are clean! It has NO sticker tears, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!! Even the back of the cover is in decent condition with NO grubbiness, NO yellowing, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, and NO writing!!!! Despite the overall wear and no insert, THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!
THIS RECORD WAS ONE OF THE FIRST EVER PRESSED, AND THEREFORE THE MASTER RECORDING TAPE AND STAMPER PLATES WOULD HAVE BEEN BRAND NEW. THE LATER PRESSINGS ARE NOT AS HIGH FIDELITY TO THE ORIGINAL INTENDED SOUND REPRODUCTION QUALITY AS THIS RECORD IS - THIS IS BECAUSE OVER TIME THE MASTER TAPE AND STAMPERS GET WORN DOWN. THIS RECORD WAS PRESSED WHEN THE MASTER TAPE AND STAMPERS WERE COMPLETELY BRAND NEW!!!!!!!
THIS RECORD IS ALSO CONSTANTLY APPRECIATING IN VALUE !
It is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE LP!!!! THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1973 UK 'EARLIEST' DAY OF RELEASE 1ST PRESSING OF "PIN UPS" BY DAVID BOWIE!
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