David Bowie 1974 Diamond Dogs LP 1st UK Pressing + Bewitched + 3x Press Photos

	£		17
	$		22

DAVID BOWIE 1974 DIAMOND DOGS LP FIRST UK PRESSING +
PRESS PHOTOS FROM DIAMOND DOGS US TOUR

LOT DESCRIPTION, PLEASE READ

Rare noteworthy early first UK pressing of David Bowie's 1974 Diamond Dogs LP (APL1 0576) with all of the sought after "first pressing" identifiers and housed in an excellent matte effect gatefold sleeve.
This LOT also includes 3x press photos from the 1974 Diamond Dogs Tour, printed in the USA around 2009 on a Fujifilm archive quality photographic paper. 
BIOGRAPHY
Issued by RCA UK May 31st 1974 in a breathtaking matte effect gatefold sleeve with Side A & B being the '1oly' lacquer cut as identified on the etched matrix number (see large photos provided) Side A) ARL1-0576A-1oly and Side B) ARL1-0576B-1oly, indicative of the first (VARIANT 1) UK pressing.
Track 1 FUTURE LEGEND has the co-credit "Bewitched" (R. Rogers) as at the time of pressing Mainman had still not resolved this songwriting credit. Later pressings of the LP did not contain the "Bewitched" credit to R. Rogers..
This Diamond Dogs UK LP is rated 4.26 / 5 on Discogs.
TRACK LIST
Side 1:
A1 Future Legend 1:00 (+ Bewitched credit) 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
Side 2:
B1 Rock 'N' Roll With Me 3:54 B2 We Are The Dead 4:48 B3 1984 3:24 B4 Big Brother 3:25 B5 Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family 1:48
THE BAND
Bass – Herbie Flowers Drums – Aynsley Dunbar, Tony Newman  Engineer – Keith Harwood Guitar, Saxophone, Synthesizer [Moog], Mellotron – David Bowie Keyboards – Mike Garson
MATRIX
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout VARIANT 1): ARLI-0576A-1oly Matrix / Runout (Side B runout VARIANT 1): ARLI 0576B-1oly 
CONDITION
The gatefold sleeve is an excellent example of an early UK matte sleeve, transitional print period, with no graffiti, stickers or handwriting, nice sharp clean main spine credit/titles, the spine extremities have some shelf wear and rubbing, please refer to the many large photographs provided to reassure yourself of the condition. 
The vinyl LP has clean and tidy original bright orange RCA labels with some factory print residue spots visible under certain lighting. 
The record has some visible surface marks, hairlines and signs of previous playing but still a very good example of this earliest pressing.   
Please refer to the many large photographs which are of the actual LP you are purchasing. 
The three press photos are in excellent condition, with minimal signs of wear but the occasional minor crease.
SHIPPING & INSURANCE

Securely consigned fully insured, packaged and additionally protected in a reinforced record mailer then shipped to the UK buyer using Royal Mail Tracked service.

Likewise securely consigned fully insured to EU & Worldwide shipping with tracking.

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