DAVID BOWIE Ziggy Stardust LP 1972 RCA 1st Press + INNER MINT

	£		233
	$		308

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by David Bowie called "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" and is an ORIGINAL 1972 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press RCA label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF DAVID BOWIES RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE (LIKE THIS!)!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs ON THE RCA LABEL - AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSING EVER MADE (AND IN AMAZING CONDITION!)!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  INCREDIBLY - THIS IS QUITE SIMPLY ONE OF THE VERY 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET, AND WAS DEFINITELY PURCHASED AT THE TIME OF RELEASE BACK IN 1972!!!!  FIRSTLY THIS LP HAS NO 'MAINMAN' CREDIT ON ANY PART OF THE LP (LATER ONES DO!)!!!!  SECONDLY THE COVER, THE 'PICTURE/LYRIC' INNER SLEEVE, AND THE LABELS - ALL HAVE THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'TITANIC MUSIC/GEM PRODUCTION' CREDITS, WHICH WAS CHANGED ON ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!  AND LASTLY THE LABELS ARE THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'MIRROR-LIKE' SHINY ORANGE RCA LABELS (LATER ONES ARE SEMI-MATT OR MATT) WITH THE CORRECT 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'LARGER' TYPEFACE (LATER ONES WERE SMALLER!) AND MEGA THICK QUALITY VINYL (LATER ONES ARE MUCH THINNER!)!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSING OF THIS AMAZING LP YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET!!!!

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THIS LP IS IN AWESOME CONDITION - AND HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1972 UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS 'SHINY' ORANGE RCA LABEL, 1ST PRESS NO 'MAINMAN' CREDITS, 1ST PRESS 1E/2E MATRIXES, 1ST PRESS 'PICTURE/LYRIC' INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'ROBERT STACE' COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL RCA UK 1st Pressing from 1972 and is in AWESOME condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl!!!!  The Cat. No is SF 8287 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 SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in absolutely AWESOME condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable.  This one is NOT and has NO scratches, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, only 2 or 3 absolutely ULTRA light TINY surface traces, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS AMAZING!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade MINT(Minus)!!!!  AWESOME RECORD!!!!  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 'Picture/Lyric' inner sleeve which is in STUNNING condition - with NO damage AT ALL!!!!  The ORIGINAL  'Earliest' 1st Press 'Robert Stace' Cover is in STUNNING condition for once!!!!  It has NO edge wear, NO spinal wear (side words PERFECT for once!), NO sticker marks, NO sticker tears, barely ANY corner wear AT ALL (NOT through the colour!), NO splits, only a VERY few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), barely ANY rubbing AT ALL (virtually ZERO!), NO annotations, only some very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to the corner tips, NO rips, NO tears, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the back of the cover is in STUNNING condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL (virtually ZERO!), and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  SUPERB COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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