DAVID BOWIE, DIAMOND DOGS 1974 UK VINYL LP 1ST PRESS NR MINT TOP AUDIO EXC+ SLV
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TIME TO LIST SOME MORE OF MY VINYL RECORDS AS I'M UNFORTUNATELY RUNNING OUT OF SPACE IN THE HOUSE.
I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING VINYL RECORDS SINCE 1970 AND HAVE OVER 3,000 LP'S AND SINGLES. ALL HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY PLAYED ON A HIGH END SYSTEM, MOST HAVE BEEN STORED IN PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVES IN RECORD BOXES/MDF ICUBES AWAY FROM ANY HEAT AND IN A SMOKE FREE HOUSE. (NOT IN THE LOFT)
EVERY NOW AND THEN I LIST SOME RECORDS WHICH I HAVE DUPLICATES OF OR RARELY PLAY TO FUND MY BUYING OF OTHER RECORDS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT I FULLY PLAY GRADE ALL MY LISTINGS THROUGH HEADPHONES AND GIVE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VINYL, COVER AND PLAYBACK USING THE RECORD COLLECTORS GUIDE 2014. I NEVER USE MINT CONDITION EXCEPT FOR ON A SEALED BRAND NEW RECORD.
PLEASE BID WITH CONFIDENCE, I HAVE BEEN BUYING AND SELLING RECORDS ON EBAY SINCE 2006 AND HAVE 100% FEEDBACK.
IF BY ANY CHANCE YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH MY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT ME FIRST TO RESOLVE ANY ISSUE AS I DO OFFER A FULL REFUND ONCE THE RECORD IS RETURNED TO ME SAFELY IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY.
ANYWAY, HERE WE HAVE A SUPERB NEAR MINT TOP AUDIO COPY OF BOWIE'S DIAMOND DOGS 1974 UK FIRST PRESSING VINYL LP. THIS IS A SUPERB TOP TOP COPY, PLAYED CAREFULLY JUST A FEW TIMES THEN STORED TILL NOW :
DAVID BOWIE, DIAMOND DOGS 1974 UK VINYL LP FIRST PRESSING ON THE RCA RECORDS LABEL, APL1 0576. IN PLAYED JUST A COUPLE OF TIMES NEAR MINT TOP AUDIO CONDITION WITH AN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION GATEFOLD SLEEVE. STORED AFTER JUST A FEW PLAYS SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED ON THE WEEK OF RELEASE. THIS IS AS GOOD A COPY AS YOU COULD FIND!
FIRST PRESSING ETCHED MATRIX NUMBERS WITH THE oly AFTER THE A-1 B-1 AS BELOW FROM THE DISCOGS WEBSITE :
SIDE 1 : APL1-0576-A-1 oly A 1 A 1 A
SIDE 2 : APL1-0576-B-1 oly A 3 Z
FROM THE DISCOGS WEBSITE :
Bowie* ?– Diamond Dogs
Label: RCA Victor ?– APL1-0576, RCA Victor ?– APL1 0576 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, GatefoldCountry: UK Released: 31 May 1974 Genre: Rock Style: Classic Rock, Glam, Art Rock, Rock & Roll
Tracklist Hide Credits
A1a Future Legend 1:00 A1b Bewitched Written-By – R. Rodgers*A2 Diamond Dogs 5:50 A3 Sweet Thing 3:29 A4 Candidate 2:39 A5 Sweet Thing (Reprise) 2:32 A6 Rebel Rebel 4:21 B1 Rock 'N Roll With Me Music By – Bowie*, Peace*Words By – Bowie* 3:54 B2 We Are The Dead 4:48 B3 1984 Arranged By [Strings] – Tony ViscontiGuitar – Alan Parker 3:24 B4 Big Brother 3:25 B5 Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family 1:48
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – RCA Records
- Copyright (c) – Chrysalis Music Ltd.
- Manufactured By – RCA Ltd.
- Published By – MainMan
- Published By – Chrysalis Music Ltd.
- Published By – Chappell Music
- Produced For – MainMan
- Recorded At – Olympic Studios
- Recorded At – Island Studios
- Recorded At – Studio L Ludolf
Credits
- Bass – Herbie Flowers
- Cover, Painting – Guy Peellaert
- Design – AGI (4)
- Drums – Aynsley Dunbar, Tony Newman
- Engineer – Keith Harwood
- Guitar, Saxophone, Synthesizer [Moog], Mellotron – David Bowie
- Keyboards – Mike Garson
- Liner Notes – Bowie*
- Mixed By – Keith Harwood (tracks: A6 to B2), Visconti* (tracks: A1 to A5, B3 to B5)
- Photography By [Inside Photograph] – Leee Black Childers
- Producer, Arranged By, Mixed By – Bowie*
- Written-By – Bowie* (tracks: A1a, A2 to A6, B2 to B5)
Notes
This variant DOES list 'Bewitched' on Side 1 labelOrange labels.
Matt gatefold sleeve.
1st cat on sleeve, 2nd on labels.
Labels:
(A1a ,A2 to B5) Mainman / Chrysalis
(A1b) Chappell Music
Produced by Bowie / A MainMan Production
? 1974 RCA Records
Manufactured by RCA Limited, England from master recordings of RCA Records. Trademarks used under authority of RCA Corporation.
Inside sleeve:
© Mainman / Chrysalis
Rear sleeve:
Recorded at Olympic and Island Studios, London and Studio L. Ludolf, Machineweg 8 -12, Hilversum, Holland.
RCA Limited, Record Division, RCA Curzon Street, London, W1
Note: No printer credits on sleeve.
Note 2: This version is the 1st pressing identifiable by the hand etched run-outs:
ARL1-0576A-1oly
ARL1-0576B-1oly
http://www.discogs.com/es/es/release/3877179
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (A-side run-out, etched variant 1): ARL1-0576A -1oly
- Matrix / Runout (B-side run-out, etched variant 1): ARL1-0576B -1oly
- Matrix / Runout (A-side label): APL1 0576 A
- Matrix / Runout (B-side label): APL1 0576 B
- Other (Rear of sleeve): PRICE CODE HH
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched variant 2): ARL1-0576A -1oly A2N
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched variant 2): ARL1-0576B -1oly A5B
SHINY ORANGE RCA LABELS : SUPERB. I CAN'T SEE ANY OBVIOUS SPINDLE MARKS ON EITHER SIDE, PLAYED JUST A COUPLE OF TIMES. NEAR MINT CONDITION, SUPERB.
VINYL VISUAL : WITH A LOVELY AS NEW SHEEN, THERE IS JUST A COUPLE OF VERY FAINT SURFACE LINES VISIBLE WHEN ANGLED TO BRIGHT SUNLIGHT ON TRACK 1 SIDE 1 WHICH DO NOT SOUND AT ALL. I CAN'T SEE ANY SLEEVE REMOVAL MARKS VISIBLE UNDER A BRIGHT LGHT. PLAYED JUST A COUPLE OFTIMES IN TOTAL THEN STORED. VISUALLY EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION, SUPERB.
VINYL PLAYBACK : LIKE NEW. ABSOLUTELY SUPERB, WITH A FIRST PRESS LOUD CUT BASSY SOUND. THERE IS NO CRACKLE AT ALL, NOT EVEN BETWEEN TRACKS. THE WHOLE ALBUM HAS THE DYNAMIC MUSIC CRISP AND RIGHT TO THE FORE, THERE IS NOTHING AT ALL THAT DETRACTS FROM A SUPERB SOUNDING ALBUM. NO SKIPS, CLICKS OR JUMPS. THIS SOUNDS FANTASTIC.
THEREFORE OVERALL IN NEAR MINT TOP AUDIO CONDITION. A SUPERB TOP AUDIO COPY, YOU WILL NOT FIND A BETTER COPY IT IS THAT GOOD.
I HAVE ALSO CLEANED THE RECORD OF ANY DUST WITH ANTI-STATIC FLUID IN MY KNOSTI ANTI-STAT CLEANER AND PLACED IT IN A BRAND NEW ANTI-STATIC POLY-LINED INNER.
MATTE SURFACE GATEFOLD SLEEVE, INTERPAK BY SHOREWOOD, ENGLAND : LIKE NEW.
KEPT IN A RECORD BOX SINCE PURCHASE, SO NO EDGE OR CORNER WEAR. TWO SLIGHT CORNER BUMPS/CREASES, NO STICKER REMOVAL MARKS. THE SPINE IS TOTALLY CRISP AND FULLY LEGIBLE. NO RINGWEAR OR RUBBING MARKS. THE OPENING EDGE HAS NO FEATHERING. INSIDE THE GATEFOLD IS LIKE NEW. A SUPERB TOP SLEEVE.
OVERALL IN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION, A TOP SLEEVE. PLEASE SEE THE NUMEROUS PICTURES.
PLAIN PAPER INNER : LIKE NEW, NEAR MINT CONDITION.
I HAVE ALSO CLEANED THE RECORD OF ANY DUST WITH ANTI-STATIC FLUID.
I WILL ALSO SEND THIS OUT TO THE WINNING BIDDER WITH A BRAND NEW PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE TO PROTECT THE COVER.
OVERALL A NEAR MINT TOP AUDIO CONDITION COPY OF BOWIE'S CLASSIC DIAMOND DOGS FIRST PRESSING UK VINYL LP WITH AN EXCELLENT PLUS GATEFOLD SLEEVE. A SUPERB ALMOST LIKE NEW TOP COPY.
LOW STARTING PRICE, SO GRAB A BARGAIN. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS, MORE SUPERB BOWIE RECORDS TO BE LISTED SOON.
I WILL POST TO THE REST OF EUROPE £14 TRACKABLE AIRMAIL AND TO THE REST OF THE WORLD £18 TRACKABLE AIRMAIL BUT PLEASE WAIT FOR AN INVOICE BEFORE PAYING.
THESE WILL BE SENT OUT TO UK BUYERS 2ND CLASS SIGNED FOR/TRACKABLE IN PROPER RECORD MAILERS WELL STIFFENED WITH THICK CARDBOARD FOR PROTECTION.
I OFFER DISCOUNTED POSTAGE IN THE UK, SIGNED FOR/TRACKABLE - MAXIMUM OF 4 X LP'S IN A BOXED MAILER :
2 X LP'S - £6, 3 X LP'S - £7, 4 X LP'S - £8.
HAPPY BIDDING!
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