DAVID BOWIE-ORIGINAL 1972 UK WHITE LABEL TEST PRESSING ZIGGY STARDUST ALBUM .
  £   1,449
  $   1,920

 


£ 1449 Sold For
Sep 22, 2026 Sold Date
Sep 17, 2026 Start Date
23   Number Of Bids
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Description

DAVID BOWIE
TEST PRESSING 1972
ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS
WHITE LABEL
MATRIX NUMBERS BGBS 0865-1T RASPUTIN AND BGBS 0864-1T BOBIL
PLEASE READ COMMENTS ON DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY
This is an extraordinary piece of music history! Widely considered one of the holy grails of David Bowie vinyl collecting: an original 1972 UK white-label test pressing for The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.  What makes THIS copy particularly incredible are the matrix engravings in the dead wax:

  • "BOBIL" and "RASPUTIN": These are the mastering signatures of legendary RCA engineers Bob Hill ("Bobil") and Ray Staff ("Rasputin"). They manually etched their nicknames into the lacquers they cut at Trident Studios in London.
  • The "1T" Suffix: This indicates a very early test lacquer or experimental cut before the final commercial stampers (which usually bore the "-1E" or "-2E" suffixes for the Washington, UK pressing plant) went into full production.
*CONDITION*
DESPITE PLAYING SUPERBLY IN MOST PARTS THERE ARE UNFORTUNATELY A FEW SCRATCHES AND HAIRLINES. MOST DO NOT AFFECT PLAY. A COUPLE CREATE LIGHT CLICKS FOR SHORT PERIODS. THERE IS HOWEVER ONE SCRATCH HIGHLIGHTED IN PHOTOS THAT CAUSES STARMAN TO STICK. SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT ON STYLUS WEIGHT WILL ALLOW IT TO PLAY WITHOUT STICKING BUT IT IS CERTAINLY AN ISSUE WORTH RAISING AND SADLY REDUCES THE GRADING. ALSO LAST TRACK OF SIDE 2 HAS LIGHT CLICK FOR MOST OF THE SONG. APART FROM THESE ISSUES LARGE PARTS OF THE RECORD PLAY WELL
COMES IN PLAIN WHITE PAPER SLEEVE


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