DAVID BOWIE Ziggy Stardust LP 1972 RCA 1st Press + INNER MINT

	£		63
	$		83

HELLO AND WELCOME TO MY 'ONE OFF' WEDNESDAY NIGHT AUCTIONS (ENDING LATE WEDNESDAY 26TH MARCH!)!!!!

On offer here is a VERY rare LP (especially in this condition!!!!) by David Bowie called "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" and is an ORIGINAL 1972 UK 1st Pressing on the 1st Press RCA label!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!!  THIS IS ONE OF DAVID BOWIE'S RAREST LPs EVER - AND VIRTUALLY NEVER TURNS UP FOR SALE!!!!  JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!!  IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER LPs ON THE RCA LABEL - AND IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO LOCATE!!!!  BUT WHAT MAKES THIS LP REALLY SPECIAL IS THAT IT IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE!!!!  AND THIS IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ON THIS LP!!!!  AMAZINGLY - THIS IS QUITE SIMPLY ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET, WITH EVERY SINGLE 1ST PRESS DETAIL FROM THE VERY 'DAY OF RELEASE' BACK IN 1972!!!!  ONLY A TINY HANDFUL OF 1ST PRESSINGS ONLY - WERE EVER MADE LIKE THIS, BEFORE DETAILS ON THIS LP WERE IMMEDIATELY CHANGED!!!!  I WILL NOW EXPLAIN WHAT MAKES THIS LP ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE!!!!  FIRSTLY THIS LP HAS NO 'MAINMAN' CREDIT ON ANY PART OF THE LP (LATER ONES DO!)!!!!  SECONDLY THE COVER, THE 'PICTURE/LYRIC' INNER SLEEVE, AND THE LABELS - ALL HAVE THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'GEM PRODUCTION' CREDITS, WHICH WAS CHANGED ON ALL LATER PRESSINGS!!!!  THIRDLY THE LABELS ARE THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'MIRROR-LIKE' SHINY ORANGE RCA LABELS (LATER ONES ARE SEMI-MATT OR MATT) WITH THE CORRECT 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESS 'LARGER' TYPEFACE (LATER ONES WERE SMALLER!) AND MEGA THICK QUALITY VINYL (LATER ONES ARE MUCH THINNER!)!!!!  AND LASTLY & MOST IMPORTANTLY - THE MATRIXES END IN 1E/2E (LATER ONES HAVE HIGHER MATRIXES!), CLEARLY SHOWING THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' 1ST PRESSINGS EVER MADE (WAY BEFORE THE RELEASE DATE!)!!!!  SO THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT AT ALL - THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE 'EARLIEST' & RAREST 1ST PRESSINGS OF THIS AMAZING LP YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET!!!! 

NOT ONLY THAT BUT THIS LP IS IN ABSOLUTELY AWESOME CONDITION, HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL - AND IS 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL 'PICTURE/LYRIC' INNER SLEEVE!!!!  AND EVEN THE COVER IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING - WITH NO RUBBING AT ALL & PERFECT 'SPINAL WORDS'!!!!  JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES!!!!  THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1972 UK 1ST PRESSING ON THE 1ST PRESS 'SHINY' ORANGE RCA LABEL, 1ST PRESS 'GEM' PRODUCTION CREDITS, 1ST PRESS NO 'MAINMAN' CREDITS, 1ST PRESS 1E/2E MATRIXES, 1ST PRESS 'PICTURE/LYRIC' INNER SLEEVE, AND 1ST PRESS 'ROBERT STACE' COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!  This is the ORIGINAL RCA UK 1st Pressing from 1972 and is in absolutely SUPERB condition!!!!  The record is pressed on THICK quality vinyl!!!!  The Cat. No is SF 8287 on the ORIGINAL 1st Press RCA label (see picture) and is a UK Stereo 1st Pressing (there were NO Monos)!!!!

The record labels are in SUPERB condition (see pictures) with NO wear, NO writing, and barely ANY spindle marks AT ALL!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS BARELY BEEN PLAYED AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in AWESOME condition!!!!  Most of these 60s/70s LPs had been to a lot of wild parties and are usually found totally worn out, and almost unplayable.  This one is NOT and has NO scratches, NO hairlines, NO scufflines, only 1 ULTRA light TINY surface trace (only visible under VERY bright light!), and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  ITS AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND LOOKS AMAZING!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO pops, NO sticking, NO jumps, and barely ANY crackle AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Excellent++++ if not MINT(Minus)!!!!  AWESOME RECORD!!!!  Believe me this record is NOT overgraded in ANY way!!!!  I use STRICT RC grading standards - it is not in my interest not to!!!!  Brillant!!!!  The record comes in its ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Picture/Lyric' inner sleeve which is in absolutely AWESOME condition - with NO rips, NO tears, NO fraying, NO yellowing, VERY flat looking indeed, NO grubbyness, NO splits, NO repairs, and NO writing!!!!  AN AWESOME INNER SLEEVE!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Robert Stace' Cover is in absolutely SUPERB condition!!!!  It has NO edge wear (SUPERB flat & straight edges!), NO spinal wear (SUPERB vertical spine with PERFECT side words!), barely ANY corner wear AT ALL (NOT through the colour!), only a VERY few light creases (cover is VERY flat looking indeed!), barely ANY record impression AT ALL (with absolutely NO ringwear AT ALL from this impression!), NO rubbing AT ALL, NO sticker marks, NO sticker tears, only some possible very VERY minor evidence of 'tipping in' to a couple of the EXTREME corner tips, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the back of the cover is in SUPERB condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, NO ringwear, NO rubbing, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Excellent+ if not better!!!!  SUPERB COVER!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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