DAVID BOWIE Space Oddity 45 1969 1st STEREO

	£		55
	$		73

On offer here is a VERY rare single indeed (especially in this condition!!!!) called "Space Oddity" by David Bowie and is an ORIGINAL UK 1969 1st Pressing on the 1st Press Philips label!!!! The B side is called 'Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud'.  THIS SINGLE IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER DAVID BOWIE 45s EVER - AND IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS 45 REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - AND 1ST PRESSED IN MEGA RARE STEREO!!!!  WHEN THIS 45 WAS FIRST RELEASED - 99% OF 1ST PRESSINGS WERE MADE IN COMMON MONO & HAD NO CENTRE.  THEY WERE PRESSED ON VERY THIN VINYL - AND ARE WELL WORTH AVOIDING!!!!  BUT THIS ONE IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE - AND IS RADICALLY DIFFERENT!!!!  FIRSTLY IT IS PRESSED ON MUCH THICKER VINYL - AND HAS A FAR FAR BETTER AUDIO SOUND!!!!  AND SECONDLY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IT HAS A 'SOLID CENTRE' - CLEARLY SHOWING THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES 45 EVEN RARER STILL IS THAT IT IS 1ST PRESSED IN MEGA RARE STEREO!!!!  UNLIKE THE COMMON MONO VERSION - IT HAS NO MONO PRINTED ON THE LABELS (MONO ONES DO!) AND EXACTLY THE SAME STEREO BASED MATRIXES AS THE STEREO DEMOS!!!!  AND HERE COMES THE VERY INTERESTING POINT!!!!  AS MANY BOWIE FANS MAY ALREADY KNOW - THE STEREO DEMO VERSIONS OF THIS 45 HAD THE '5.14' STEREO ALBUM VERSION ON THEM.  AND WHILST THE STEREO DEMOS OF THIS 45 ARE UNDOUBTED RARE - THE '5.14' MIX THEY CARRY IS IDENTICAL TO THE ALBUM VERSION (WHICH IS READILY AVAILABLE!)!!!!  BUT WHEN THE SINGLE WAS DUE FOR RELEASE (BEFORE PRESSING OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS STOCK COPIES BEGAN) - THE ENGINEERS EDITED THE SINGLE DOWN TO THE '4.33' VERSION FOR RELEASE (NOT ON THE ALBUM!).  BOTH MONO & STEREO STOCK 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS VERSIONS HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME '4.33' VERSION - BUT WHAT SHOWS THIS TO BE THE ULTRA RARE STEREO 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING - IS THAT IT HAS EXACTLY THE SAME MATRIXES AS ANY OF THE STEREO DEMOS!!!!  THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BEING A '2' REPLACING THE '1' ON EITHER SIDE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE 'MIX CHANGE' FROM '5.14' TO '4.33'.  BUT APART FROM THAT THE MATRIXES '304201 1F//2 420 1 B SIDE S 304201 2F//2 420 1' - ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE STEREO DEMO MATRIXES - CLEARLY SHOWS AN ULTRA RARE STEREO 1ST PRESSING!!!!  AND PLEASE NOTE - THESE ARE THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS STEREO MATRIXES - BECAUSE NO 1/1 MATRIXES EXIST - APART FROM ON DEMOS!!!!  I HAVE EVEN PLAYED THIS 45 WITH MY SURROUND SOUND ENGAGED - AND IT PLAYS AMAZINGLY - WITH INCREDIBLE SOUND QUALITY!!!!  AND AS MANY PEOPLE WILL ALREADY KNOW - SURROUND SOUND SIMPLY DOES NOT WORK WITH MONOS (THEY SOUND TERRIBLE!)!!!!  AND WITH THE SURROUND SOUND ON - THIS STEREO 1ST PRESSING GIVES INCREDIBLE AUDIO - AND YOU CAN TRULY HEAR THINGS YOU SIMPLY CANNOT HEAR ON OTHER VERSIONS!!!!   SO NOT ONLY IS THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE (WITH AN IMPOSSIBLY RARE 'SOLID CENTRE'!) BUT IT IS ALSO 1ST PRESSED IN ULTRA RARE STEREO!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1969 UK STEREO 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS PHILIPS LABEL, 1ST PRESS STEREO LABELS & MATRIXES, AND 1ST PRESS PHILIPS COMPANY SLEEVE!!!!  THIS SINGLE IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL UK Phillips 1st Pressing on the 'Earliest' 1st Press 'Solid Centred' Philips label and the Cat No is BF 1801.  Any fan of David Bowie, or 60s music in general, will want to have this in their collection!!!!

The record labels are in STUNNING condition (see pictures) with NO writing, NO wear, and only a few light spindle marks!!!!  The record is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  Most of these 60s singles had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable. This record is NOT and has NO scratches, only 2 or 3 MEGA light hairlines, NO scufflines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is great to find that the playing of the record is as STUNNING as the visual!!!!  It plays with NO pops, NO jumps, NO sticks, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO groovewear and NO distortion either!!!!  The single must grade Very Good++++ if not better!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!! I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!! Brillant!!!!  The record comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press Company sleeve which is SUPERB condition!!!!  THIS SINGLE IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!

HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURES - I DO MY BEST TO SHOW THE RECORD FROM ALL ANGLES AND MAKE THE PICTURES AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE - THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE!!!!  It really is a great looking record and it is truly rare to find any copies of this MEGA RARE single!!!!  THIS WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BUY AN ORIGINAL 1969 PHILIPS UK 'EARLIEST' STEREO 1ST PRESSING OF "SPACE ODDITY" BY DAVID BOWIE, IN BRILLIANT CONDITION!!!!  Dont forget to take a look at all my other items including many other TOP LPs & 45s and contact me with any queries you may have. P&P £1.50 in the UK, £2 Europe, £3 Rest Of The World.  Paypal, Bank Transfers, Cheques, International Money Orders, and Postal Orders accepted. Thanks for looking! Cheers!!!!!

 

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