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

	£		89
	$		117

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 TODAY!!!!  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 'TITANIC MUSIC/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 BRILLIANT CONDITION - AND IS 100% COMPLETE WITH ITS ORIGINAL 'PICTURE/LYRIC' INNER SLEEVE!!!!  AND EVEN THE VERY EASILY WORN 1ST PRESS COVER IS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION - WITH PERFECT SIDE WORDS FOR ONCE!!!!  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 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 BRILLIANT 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 only a VERY few light spindle marks!!!!  IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HASNT BEEN PLAYED MUCH AT ALL!!!!  The vinyl is in GREAT 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 nasty concentric marks AT ALL, NO scufflines, only a few TINY hairlines, and only a VERY few of the lightest paper scuffs only visible under light!!!!  THE RECORD STILL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL 'JUST PRESSED' LOOK AND SHINES LIKE NEW!!!!  It is also great to find that the record plays almost as STUNNINGLY as the visual with NO skips, only a few VERY light clicks (though mostly NONE!), NO sticking, NO jumps, barely ANY crackle AT ALL, and only some VERY slight background sound on the run on grooves & gaps - NOT in the music AT ALL!!!!  The sound quality is simply SUPERB with NO distortion and NO groovewear either!!!!  The record must grade Very Good+ if not better!!!!  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 SUPERB condition - with NO fraying, NO yellowing, NO rips, NO tears, NO writing, NO splits, and NO repairs either!!!!  A STUNNING INNER SLEEVE!!!!  The ORIGINAL 1st Press 'Robert Stace' Cover is in BRILLIANT condition!!!!  It has NO splits, NO sticker marks, NO edge wear (apart from some almost INVSIBLE 'touching in' traces!), NO spinal wear (PERFECT side words!), only VERY slight corner wear (NOT through the colour!), NO rips, NO tears, only a few VERY light creases (cover is VERY flat looking!), NO sticker tears, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, NO annotations, and NO writing!!!!  The opening edge is beautifully straight with barely ANY feathering AT ALL!!!!  Even the back of the cover is in BRILLIANT condition with NO grubbyness, NO yellowing, barely ANY rubbing AT ALL, and NO writing!!!!  The cover must grade Very Good++ if not better!!!!  THIS LP IS SERIOUSLY RARE AND VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND LIKE THIS - SO DONT MISS OUT ON THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY!!!!

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