BOWIE " ALADDIN SANE "NR MINT UK 1ST ISSUE GATEFOLD

	£		21
	$		28

   NOT ONLY IS THIS A STUNNING IMPOSSIBLY NEAR MINT EXAMPLE , BUT IT IS FULLY COMPLETE WITH IT'S UNSPLIT LYRIC INNER, WITH EARLIEST ISSUE GATEFOLD SLEEVE SLEEVE (  REPLACED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS BY A SINGLE SLEEVE WITHOUT THE GATEFOLD ) AND " STEREO " LABELS - EXTREMELY RARE TO FIND A COPY IN THIS KIND OF CONDITION L@@K....

THIS WAS PROBABLY THE HIGH WATERMARK OF DAVID BOWIE'S " GLAM " PERIOD, HOWEVER UNLIKE MANY OF HIS CONTEMPORIES HE HAD THE TALENT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUALLY RE-IVENT HIMSELF

HE WAS PROBABLY AT THE PEAK OF HIS FAME IN 1973 WHEN THIS LP WAS RELEASED. FIRST ISSUES OF THIS LP ARE QUITE DIFFERENT FROM LATE ISSUES IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT RESPECTS:

1) EARLIEST ISSUES CAME WITH IN A GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ARTWORK INSIDE THE GATEFOLD. THIS WAS SWIFTLY REPALCED WITH A STANDARD SLEEVE DISCARDING THE INTERIOR ARTWORK

2) THEY WERE SUPPLIED WITH A HARD CARD LYRIC INNER, ALSO SWIFTLY DISCARDED BY RCA

3) ONLY EARLIEST ISSUES CAME WITH " STEREO " ON THE GLOSSY LABELS, BY 1974 THIS HAD BEEN DISCONTUNED ON RCA LABELS AND THE LATER LABELS THEMSELVES RECEIVED A MATT FINISH

BOUGHT MOSTLY BY TEENAGE GIRLS THESE UNLAMINTED SLEEVES AND CUSTOM INNERS WERE MOSTLY SWIFTLY TRASHED, LET ALONE THE VINYL, TO FIND A SURVIVAL FROM THAT ERA LIKE THIS IS ASTONISHING!!!

 NON UK BUYERS PLEASE NOTE MY COMMENTS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL MAIL BELOW...RETURNS POLICY ONLY APPLICABLE TO UK..RETURNS OUTSIDE UK BUYER WILL HAVE TO COVER ALL POSTAGE COSTS  Furthermore international bidders please also note that due to ebays new "buyer protection " policy many sellers now refuse to sell internationally anymore. I am not one of those sellers yer but please note I do now reserve the right to refuse to complete a sale to any international bidder that may have low or bad feedback or for any other reason and this is especially so if the item sells for over GBP 100, like I say this is purely a result of ebay/paypals new policy that make it now even harder for sellers to  trade safely internationally. Please bare this in mind if you win an item but find that it has been offered first instead to a domestic UK Bidder.

FOR BIDDERS WITH ZERO FEEDBACK THIS IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT...   I have recently been the victim of serveral spurious bids from several different members (usually based in the Russian Federation). Please note that if you win any of my items and have zero feedback I will ask you for immediate payment or for you to email and immediately confirm that you were a genuine bidder. Failiure to meet either of those critiera will result in the item being  offered to the next highest bidder without further delay. thank you. 

ALL MY RECORDS ARE USUALLY SOLD ON VISUAL GRADINGS ONLY, THEREFORE, WITH THE SINGULAR EXCEPT ION OF THOSE RARE OCCASSIONS WHERE I DO STATE THEY HAVE BEEN PLAY GRADED, AS ALL DISCS ARE 2ND HAND ANY PLAYING DEFECTS ARE THEREFORE CAVIAT EMPTOR AND SO NON REFUNDABLE. I ONLY REFUND  WHERE AN ACTUAL GRADING OF MINE IS DISPUTED

FOR ALL ITEMS DOMESTIC DISPATCH COSTS IN THE UK WILL BE VIA RECORDED/SIGNED FOR DELIVERY TO PREVENT FRAUDULANT CLAIMS OF NON RECEIPT AND  IS GBP 3.99 FOR A SINGLE LP, IF ANY BODY HAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS THEN PLEASE FEEL FREE NOT TO BID. INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE SEE MY NOTES BELOW 

FOR AUCTION HERE IS THE LP " ALADDIN SANE "

ARTIST: DAVID BOWIE

COUNTRY: UK

DATE: 1973

MONO/STEREO: STEREO 

LABEL: RCA VICTOR

CAT NUMBER : RS 1001 ( LSP 4852 )

MATRICIES : 3T  3T

TRACK LISTING :

WEIGHT: 125 g

CONDITION :

 VINYL VISUAL:  STUNNING BOTH SIDES RETAIN THEIR LOVELY SHEEN AND DISPLAY BEARY EVEN ANY  LIGHT BAG REMOVAL MARKS UNDER A DIRECT BRIGHT  GRADES TO EX+ TO NEAR MINT

LABELS:  NO  LABELS NO DISCERNABLE SPINDLE TRACES GRADES  EX+

SLEEVE: STUNNING TOTALLY CLEAN EXAMPLE  - NO SHELFWARE WHATSOEVER AND A NEAR PERFECT SPINE!!! - IMPOSSIBLE FOR AN UNLAMINATED SLEEVE LIKE THIS -  STILL RETAINS ITS FIRM SHAPE AND WITH OPENINGS STILL RAZOR SHARP YOU WILL STRUGGLE TO FIND A BETTER COPY THAN THIS ANYWHERE. ANYBODY WHO KNOWS THESE UNLAMINATED SHOCKERS WILL KNOW HOW THEY REALLY SUFFERED SO TO FIND ONE LIKE THIS IS AMAZING. YOU WILL NOT BE DISSAPOINTED, GRADES EX+ TO NEAR MINT

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INNER: WOW AGAIN UNSPLIT  AN AMAZING SURVIVOR, NO FLAWS AT, GRADES EX+

A REALLY STUNNING AND VERY COLLECTABLE COPY  - GOOD LUCK TO ALL BIDDERS 

(Please note that whilst I try to endeavour to adhere to strict RC gradings I will never describe ANYTHING AS MINT even when I think it to be so. As far as I am concerned any secondhand item by definition cannot be mint. However if I believe an item to be Mint  I will instead either use the terms Near Mint, mint minus, or in archive or vault condition. When I use these terms you know that in my opinion this is in effect a de-facto Mint grade )

Dont forget to take a look at my other items. Please feel free to contact me with any queries you may have.

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I ONLY DO A COUPLE OF RUNS A WEEK TO THE POST OFFICE BUT MY ITEMS ARE ALWAYS DISPATCHED WELL WITHIN ONE CALENDAR WEEK OF PAYMENT BEING RECEIVED. I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE TO THOSE BUYERS WHO SEEM TO EXPECT THEIR ITEM TO ARRIVE THE NEXT DAY, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK WHEN AN ITEM WAS SENT JUST PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND I WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU!! (SOME PEOPLE DO MAKE YOU LAUGH, FOR ITEMS I BUY I ONLY NORMALLY GET CONCERNED AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND EVEN AFTER THAT THEN ONLY POLIETELY ENQUIRE IF AND WHEN THE ITEM WAS SENT).

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PAYMENTS BY PAYPAL ARE PREFERRED BUT I ALSO ACCEPT OTHER METHODS. I ALSO POST WORLDWIDE (PLS APPLY FOR RATES) BUT DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH A DISREPUTABLE BUYER IN JAPAN (PIGGIESSS - I AM HAPPY TO NAME THEM) , FOR ALL PAYMENTS MADE VIA PAYPAL THE ITEM WILL ONLY BE SENT BOTH TO THE UK AND WORLDWIDE BY RECORDED OR INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR DELIVERY. THIS IS TO ELIMINATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY ATTEMPT TO CLAIM BACK THE PAYMENT VIA PAYPAL EVEN AFTER ACTUALLY HAVING RECEIVED THE ITEM.

THIS OBVIOUSLY HAS HAD THE RESULT OF INCREASING MY COSTS FOR POSTING AND PACKING AND I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS BUT PAYPAL OFFER NO PROTECTION FOR SELLERS UNLESS THERE IS PROOF OF DELIVERY!! PROOF OF POSTING WOULD SEEM INSUFFICIENT TO THEM AND I HAVE FOUND THIS OUT THE HARD WAY..

DUE TO THE BEHAVIOUR OF THIS SAME BUYER PAYPAL PAYMENTS WILL ALSO NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM BUYERS WHO DO NOT ALLOW THEIR FEEDBACK TO READ, SO IF YOU FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY PLEASE DO NOT BID ON MY ITEMS UNLESS YOU CAN PAY BY ANOTHER METHOD…….international signed for mail costs for Europe HAS RECENTLY INCREASED AND is NOW usually GBP 9.99 for one disc. For USA/rest of the world it is usually GBP 13.99 for one disc and 16.99 for two discs, see above for international returns policy...FOR EACH EXTRA LP COMBINED POSTAGE WILL BE G 2.00 PER EACH ADDITIONAL DISC 

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