ORIGINAL - DAVID BOWIE - THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD LP - 1971 "DRESS COVER"

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THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1971 UK FIRST PRESSING OF THIS CONTROVERSIAL COVER WHICH WAS WITHDRAWN SOON AFTER ISSUE AS BOWIE WAS WEARING A 'DRESS'

THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD - DAVID BOWIE

SOLD WITH NO RESERVE PRICE

THIS RARE ORIGINAL BRITISH PRESSING WITH THE CONTROVERSIAL WITHDRAWN “DRAG” COVER (BOWIE IS RECLINING ON A COUCH, CLAD IN A VERY FEMININE GOWN, COMPLETE WITH A REVEALING CLEAVAGE) 1970 MERCURY RECORDS

 GENUINE, AUTHENTIC, ORIGINAL U.K. PRESSING - ORIGINAL BLACK MERCURY (UK) LABEL WITH SILVER PRINT

THIS IS NOT A RE-ISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING

ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER (EUROPEAN STYLE)

ORIGINAL "TEXTURED" (FABRIC-LIKE) COVER MADE WITHOUT LAMENATION, AS A RESULT THE SEAMS AND SPINE HAVE VARIOUS SIGNS OF WEAR BUT ARE MAINLY INTACT ALTHOUGH THERE IS A SMALL TAPED REPAIR ON THE EDGE THE EDGES ARE WEARING AND ARE STARTING TO OPEN IN PLACES AND MY SISTER HAS SIGNED ON THE BOTTOM REAR CORNER HER NAME, ADDRESS AND DATED AUGUST 1972 - THE RECORD BELONGS TO ME AND I BOUGHT IT THE PREVIOUS YEAR AS ITS DATE OF RELEASE IN THE UK WAS APRIL 1971 - SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE COVER WAS REPLACED WITH A LESS CONTROVERSIAL ONE

MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL OF THE RECORD

Matrix numbers are: SIDE A: 6338041 1 - SIDE B: 6338041 2

A few light abrasions ARE visible on the record, but they are extremely shallow, superficial and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant). For the most part, the vinyl looks very good without any major visual flaws or imperfections.  Much of the original lustre is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles

This is an INCREDIBLY RARE David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold The World 1st PRESSING (1971) UK LP (Mercury 6338 041) with ORIGINAL AUTHENTIC "DRAG" Cover.  This is guaranteed authentic.  It is extremely rare as only a very small production of these jackets were made before being reissued with a different (less controversial) jacket.  Apparently, the jacket depicting a reclining Bowie looking very androgynous (thus the "drag" nickname for the jacket), did not go over well upon the release of this LP in 1971 so was subsequently replaced with a less controversial jacket.  These LP's have been counterfeited and later an authorized reissue was manufactured.

This jacket and LP being offered is original.  It is NOT a reproduction.  

Even though it contained no hits, The Man Who Sold the World, for most intents and purposes, is the beginning of David Bowie's classic period.  Working with guitarist Mick Ronson and producer Tony Visconti for the first time, Bowie developed a tight, twisted heavy guitar rock that appears simple on the surface but sounds more gnarled upon each listen.  The mix is off-center, with the fuzz-bass dominating the compressed, razor-thin guitars and Bowie's strangled, affected voice.  The sound of The Man Who Sold the World is odd, but the music is bizarre itself, with Bowie's paranoid futuristic tales melded to Ronson's riffing and the band's relentless attack.  Musically, there isn't much innovation on The Man Who Sold the World - it is almost all hard blues-rock or psychedelic folk-rock - but there's an unsettling edge to the band's performance, which makes the record one of Bowie's best albums.  

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IF THE BOOK DOES NOT ARRIVE I WILL ALWAYS WILLINGLY REFUND THE BUYER AS IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT.  ALSO SURFACE MAIL CANNOT BE TRACKED AND PAYPAL WILL NOT REFUND ME WITHOUT A TRACKING NUMBER.  IF THE BUYER PREFERS TO HAVE INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR MAIL, WHICH COMES WITH A TRACKING NUMBER, THIS COMES WITH AN EXTRA COST BUT WILL BE OFFERED BY ME IF REQUESTED.

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