David Bowie 1972 RCA Space Oddity LP Unique Mick Rock Cover & Bio + DJ Set List

	£		287
	$		380

UNIQUE 1972 SPACE ODDITY LP, RCA FIRST PRESSING WITH UNIQUE MICK ROCK COVER & BIO + DJ SET LIST & TIMINGS
This iteration was issued in very small numbers in the Southern most part of South America, the original David Bowie 1972 Space Oddity LP, and not only a rare first pressing from RCA Argentina (catalogue LSP-4813) but featuring a cover unique to this pressing adopting a B&W air brushed rendition of Mick Rock's famous Ziggy Stardust session photography.  
The rear sleeve includes a unique and lengthy artist biography (see LP COVER description below) which was never seen on any other US, EU or UK pressings by RCA, either before or since.
The track list/running order and track timings are visible to radio programmers and DJ's published on the rear cover. 
The vinyl has no visible signs of having been played and has been stored in a Japanese anti-static sleeve separated from the picture sleeve. 

REAR SLEEVE BIO TRANSLATION "....Finally you don't have the words, only the music talks, they cannot elucidate or illuminate, sounds enter through the ears, but only the music travels along the entire body to animate it. David Bowie in the world of music, as all Bowie's music is static. It is situated in the consistent paradoxical odyssey of Bowie. Your experience will be personal and universal, perhaps galactic, microcosmic, and macrocosmic...."

TRACK LIST
A1 Rareza Del Espacio = Space Oddity (5:15) A2 Sin Lavar Y Algo Deslumbrador = Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed (6:55) A3 Carta A Hermoine = Letter To Hermione (2:28) A4 Comite Cygnet = Cygnet Committee (9:33)
B1 Janine (3:18) B2 Un Sueño Ocasional = An Occasional Dream (2:51) B3 El Niño De Ojos Salvajes De La Nube Libre = The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud (4:45) B4 Dios Sabe Que Soy Bueno = God Knows I'm Good (3:13) B5 Memoria De Un Festival Libre = Memory Of A Free Festival (7:05)
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records Record Company – RCA S.A.I.C.
LP COVER The official 1972 reissue of the Space Oddity LP by RCA was produced for the world market in a non laminated card sleeve with a new cover design featuring the then in vogue Ziggy Stardust era colour photography of Mick Rock and printed in England by their trusted partner Robert Stace. 
However this LP was assembled using the far more makeshift methods of RCA S.A.I.C. at the time - and apparently from different stock, almost like a jigsaw, featuring different rear B&W cover artwork showing Bowie not with his hair in the traditional spikey Ziggy style, but instead he is wearing his hair in a rather more well groomed fashion.  This may have occurred during the photo session or more likely later by the magic of the 70's advertising agency air brush. 

CATALOGUE NUMBER  LSP 4813
MODE / SPEED Stereo / 33.3 rpm
VINYL WEIGHT Original 130 gram vinyl. Today, Audiophile reissues are sometimes pressed on 180 gram vinyl. Only a small percentage of early vinyl was ever pressed to this specification. Records pressed in the 1960s averaged 140 to 150 grams. Records pressed in the 1970s were usually lighter and some records pressed around 1973 were very light due an oil crisis at the time. 
COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE Argentina. The company was a branch of Radio Corporation Of America and renamed from RCA Victor Argentina S.A. around January 1950 when it began operating RCA sublabels RCA Victor, RCA Victor Red Seal, "X", Vik, 60s era Groove, RCA Camden and a homegrown sublabel called RCA Vik.
Officially the Argentine Republic, the country is bordered by Chile to the west, Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast, and is washed by the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Then as now, the capital Buenos Aires still serves as the political, cultural, and economic center of the country. 
By the 70's RCA S.A.I.C. played a significant role not just in the Argentine music scene but in world music. It was a major label releasing a diverse range of music, including rock, pop and folkloric artists and enjoyed a growing presence in the country until it eventually became fully owned by Sony after the restructuring of Sony/BMG in 2008. 
MATRIX NUMBERS The LP was produced by David Bowie and Tony Visconti and pressed by RCA in Argentina with unique factory stamped matrix numbers BPRS 4501 1S and BPRS 4502 2S (please see the large photographs provided).
Fifty three years on and these factory matrix numbers are still not documented on contemporary collectors sites such as Discogs. 
MUSICIANS Bass – Herbie Flowers, Honk (3), Tony Visconti Cello – Paul Buckmaster Drums – John Cambridge, Terry Cox Engineer – Barry Sheffield, Ken Scott, Malcolm Toft Flute, Recorder – Tony Visconti Flute, Recorder, Guitar – Tim Renwick Guitar – Keith Christmas, Mick Wayne Harmonica – Benny Marshall And Friends Mellotron, Electric Harpsichord – Rick Wakeman Vocals, Twelve-String Guitar, Stylophone, Kalimba, Organ [Rosedal Electric Chord], Written-By, Arranged By – David Bowie
GRADING & CONDITION The vinyl LP has no visible signs of playing graded NM-
The original RCA labels are clean with only minor colour toning with age. No graffiti, hand-writing or sticky labels.  
This early LP sleeve and artwork are unique to this pressing and appear to be assembled at the factory using various existing card stock by RCA S.A.I.C. hence there are no spine/credits/titles and so graded VG+. 
Having previously owned five of these identical LP's I am of the opinion this is how they were originally manufactured and issued at the factory. 
Some shelf wear at edges and small taped sections, please see the many large photographs provided, but this state is exactly how all the other copies I have owned were and so I believe this is how they were first assembled and issued by the factory.  
SHIPPING & INSURANCE
Securely consigned fully insured, packaged and additionally protected in a reinforced record mailer then shipped to the UK buyer using Royal Mail Tracked service.
Likewise securely consigned fully insured to EU & Worldwide with tracking.
Any import duty would be your responsibility to investigate and/or to pay where it to be relevant to you.
QUESTIONS
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Please note I cannot provide an audio play through grading, so if by chance this is not satisfactory please do not bid. 

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