David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World - 1970 - Vinyl Record LP
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David Bowie – The Man Who Sold The World
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Label:
Mercury – SR 61325, Mercury – SR-61325Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Stamped Matrix, PR - Philips PressingCountry:
USReleased:
Nov 4, 1970Genre:
RockStyle:
Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Glam A1 The Width Of A Circle 8:07 A2 All The Madmen 5:38 A3 Black Country Rock 3:33 A4 After All 3:52 B1 Running Gun Blues 3:12 B2 Saviour Machine 4:27 B3 She Shook Me Cold 4:13 B4 The Man Who Sold The World 3:58 B5 The Supermen 3:39- Record Company – Mercury Record Corporation
- Manufactured By – Mercury Record Productions, Inc.
- Distributed By – Mercury Record Productions, Inc.
- Recorded At – Trident Studios
- Recorded At – Advision Studios
- Remixed At – Trident Studios
- Pressed By – Philips Recording Company, Inc.
- Drums – Mick Woodmansey
- Electric Bass, Piano, Guitar – Tony Visconti
- Engineer – Ken*
- Executive-Producer – Robin McBride
- Guitar – Mick Ronson
- Guitar, Vocals – David Bowie
- Producer – Tony Visconti
- Synthesizer [Moog] – Ralph Mace
- Written-By – David Bowie
"PR/P.R." in the runouts, and a 2.75" pressing ring denotes a Philips Recording Company, Inc. pressing.
This US release is the first release on LP of The Man Who Sold the World. It was only released in two countries - US and Japan (SFX-7345) - with this original cover. The building in the background is the Cane Hill Hospital where David Bowie's half-brother Terry was a patient.
The album was released in a further three countries on the Mercury label - Germany (David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World) in a large circular fold-out cover and the United Kingdom and Australia with a picture of David reclining in a dress. This latter cover is the one used on contemporary releases.
The US Mercury album was counterfeited (see David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World) in the early 1970s after Bowie became popular. It was possible for a potential buyer to choose between the official RCA reissue (in yet another cover, see David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World) and the widely distributed counterfeit.
The following visual indicators can be used to confirm an original US Mercury LP:
• The matrices in the runout (the space between the label and the grooves) are machine stamped (the counterfeits are hand etched).
• The space between the final lyric line of The Supermen and the cartoon bubble "Oh By Jingo" on the back cover is approximately the height of a line of text, while on the counterfeits the space is notably wider.
There are other differences, though these can be more easily seen and described in a side-by-side comparison.
SR 61325 on covers & spine, SR-61325 on labels.
Runouts are stamped except '1-11, 1-1, +, PR, P.R.' are etched.
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Rights Society: PRS
- Pressing Plant ID (In runouts): PR, P.R.
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): SR 61325-A- M2 1-11 + PR
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): SR 61325-B- M1 1-1 P.R.
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