RARE DAVID BOWIE CHANGESONEBOWIE WITHDRAWN FIRST PRESSING. RS1055A-2E
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THIS IS THE FANTASTIC FIRST PRESSING OF BOWIE'S R.C.A.COMPILATION ALBUM CHANGESONEBOWIE.
THE FIRST PRESSING OF THE ALBUM HAD A RUN OF JUST 1000 COPIES. THE MOST NOTABLE VARIANT ON THIS WITHDRAWN PRESSING IS THE "SAXAPHONE VERSION" OF JOHN I'M ONLY DANCING ON SIDE ONE.
THE STORY BEHIND ITS WITHDRAWL IS THAT BOWIE HIMSELF DID NOT APPROVE OF THIS VERSION OF 'JOHN..' WHICH INCIDENTLY HAD BEEN RE RECORDED DURING THE ALADDIN SANE RECORDING SESSIONS IN 1973.
THE ALBUMS THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN PRESSED WERE RECALLED FROM THE R.C.A WAREHOUSE AND WERE ORDERED TO BE DESTROYED, BUT A FEW COPIES SURVIVED.
THE VERSION ON OFFER HERE, IS ONE OF THOSE RARE WITHDRAWN ALBUMS.
IT HAS A MATRIX NUMBER OF RS1055A-2E ETCHED ONTO THE RUN OFF ON SIDE 1.LATER PRESSINGS HAD A SIMILAR NUMBER ENDING IN -5E. THIS SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO PRESSINGS.
THE ALBUM SLEEVE IS IN GREAT CONDITION, THERE IS PRICE STICKER RESIDUE TO THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE FRONT SLEEVE AND SOME SCUFFING WHERE THAT STICKER HAS BEEN REMOVED. OTHERWISE THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
THE BLACK HYPERSTICKER IS PRESENT AND INTACT.
THE REAR DOESN'T HAVE THE MAINMAN LOGO AS LATER PRESSINGS DID.
BOTH LABELS ARE CLEAN AND INTACT.
THE VINYL VISUALLY LOOKS PERFECT. NO WARPING OR SCRATCHES SCUFFS OR DAMAGE.
PLAYBACK IS PUNCHY, THE WHOLE ALBUM SOUNDS FANTASTIC.
THE QUIET INTRO TO SPACE ODDITY HAS SOME STATIC PRESENT AS DO SOME OF THE QUITER PASSAGES THROUGHOUT THE RECORD.
OVERRALL THIS ALBUM SOUNDS SUPBERB. PLAYED LOUD THE JOHN I'M ONLY DANCING VERSION SOUNDS HEADS AND SHOULDERS SUPERIOR TO THE OTHER VERSION AVAILABLE.
THANKS FOR TAKING A LOOK. ✨ 🎶
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