DAVID BOWIE “The Man Who Sold The World” Vinyl 1st US Pressing 1970
$
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David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World Mercury SR-61325 Matrix is Stamped
This US release is the first release on LP of The Man Who Sold the World. This is the 1st pressing released in 1970 by Mercury Records. NOT THE COUNTERFEIT 1973 PRESSING that you usually see on eBay!! At the time of this listing there’s not another one up for sale.
“The US Mercury album was counterfeited in the early 1970's after Bowie became popular. It was possible for a potential buyer to choose between the official RCA reissue and the counterfeit, such was the wide distribution of the counterfeit.”
The following visual indicators can be used to confirm an original US Mercury LP:
* The matrices in the runout space between the label and the grooves are stamped. (the counterfeits are etched/hand drawn)
* The space between the final lyric line of The Supermen and the cartoon bubble "Oh By Jingo" on the rear cover is slightly less than one text line wide (the counterfeits are much wider).
Rights Society :ASCAP
Matrix / Runout Side A, Runout, Stamped:SR 61325-A- M2
Matrix / Runout Side B, Runout, Stamped:SR 61325-B- M1
Vinyl is VG - no issues. Plays all the way through.
Cover is VG
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