DAVID BOWIE ALADDIN SANE UK VINYL LP 1ST PRESS VG+ AUDIO, EX SLV & FAN BOOKLET
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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.
IF YOU BUY MORE THAN 1 X LP PLEASE WAIT FOR AN INVOICE BEFORE PAYING AS I DISCOUNT ON THE POSTAGE FOR MULTIPLE BUYS AS BELOW ON MY LISTING.
ANYWAY, HERE WE HAVE A VERY DECENT UK FIRST PRESSING COPY OF A BRILLIANT BOWIE EARLY ALBUM :
DAVID BOWIE, ALADDIN SANE 1973 UK VINYL LP. THIS IS A RCA ORANGE LABEL FIRST PRESSING VINYL LP ON THE RCA RECORDS LABEL, RS 1001 (LSP 4852). IN PLAYED QUITE A FEW TIMES VERY GOOD PLUS AUDIO CONDITION WITH A NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION GATE FOLD SLEEVE AND EXCELLENT LYRIC INNER AND THE RARE BOWIE FAN CLUB BOOKLET. STORED AFTER QUITE A FEW PLAYS SINCE PURCHASE, THE VINYL SOUNDS GREAT THROUGH HEADPHONES WITH JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND CRACKLE ONLY NOTICEABLE IN THE QUIET PARTS BUT WITH SOME RANDOM CLICKS HERE AND THERE DUE TO SOME LIGHT VISIBLE MARKS. THERE IS NOTHING INTRUSIVE THAT DETRACTS FROM THE LISTENING PLEASURE WITH THE FIRST PRESS LOUD CUT MUSIC RIGHT TO THE FORE. WHAT A BRILLIANT BOWIE ALBUM, HIS BEST IN MY OPINION.
MY ORIGINAL COPY BOUGHT WHEN RELEASED, ONLY SELLING AS I HAVE OTHER NEAR MINT FIRST PRESSING COPIES.
1973 UK FIRST PRESS STAMPED & ETCHED MATRIX NUMBERS, (AS LISTED BELOW ON THE DISCOGS WEBSITE) :
SIDE 1 : CPRY 4543 -3T A 1 E SIDE 2 : CPRY 4544 -3T A 1 G
FROM THE DISCOGS WEBSITE :
David Bowie ?– Aladdin Sane
Label: RCA Victor ?– RS 1001, RCA Victor ?– LSP-4852 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, GatefoldCountry: UK Released: 19 Apr 1973 Genre: Rock Style: Glam
Tracklist
A1 Watch That Man 4:30 A2 Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) 5:15 A3 Drive-In Saturday 4:38 A4 Panic In Detroit 4:30 A5 Cracked Actor 3:01 B1 Time 5:10 B2 The Prettiest Star 3:28 B3 Let's Spend The Night Together 3:10 B4 The Jean Genie 4:06 B5 Lady Grinning Soul 3:53Companies, etc.
- Record Company – RCA Ltd.
- Manufactured By – RCA Ltd.
- Produced For – MainMan
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – RCA Records
- Made By – Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd.
- Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Washington, UK
- Published By – MainMan
- Published By – Design Music Ltd.
- Published By – Essex Music International
- Published By – Titanic (3)
- Published By – Chrysalis
- Recorded At – Trident Studios
- Designed At – Duffy Design Concepts
Credits
- Arranged By – David Bowie, Mick Ronson
- Backing Vocals [Vocal Back-up] – Mac Cormack*, Juanita "Honey" Franklin*, Linda Lewis
- Bass – T.J. Bolder*
- Design [Album Cover Designed By] – Duffy*, Celia Philo
- Drums – Woody Woodmansey*
- Engineer – Ken Scott, Mick Moran*
- Management [Represented Exclusively By] – MainMan*
- Mixed By – Ken Scott, Mick Ronson
- Other [Make-up] – Pierre Laroche
- Performer [Played By] – David Bowie, Mick Ronson
- Piano – Mike Garson
- Producer – David Bowie, Ken Scott
- Saxophone, Flute – Ken Fordham
- Written-By, Composed By – David Bowie (tracks: A1 to B2, B4 to B6), Mick Jagger & Keith Richard* (tracks: B3)
Notes
Recorded at Trident Studios, London.Linda Lewis appears by courtesy of Reprise Records.
Bowie's harmonica playing is uncredited on the LP.
This album comes in a gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeve containing lyrics for the songs except for the cover version "Let's Spend The Night Together". Initial copies included a David Bowie Fan Club application card.
The record label has the following in brackets for the tracks being the locations where the songs were composed:
A1 Watch That Man (New York)
A2 Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) (R.H.M.S. "Ellinis")
A3 Drive-In Saturday (Seattle - Phoenix)
A4 Panic In Detroit (Detroit)
A5 Cracked Actor (Los Angeles)
B1 Time (New Orleans)
B2 The Prettiest Star (Gloucester Road)
B4 The Jean Genie (Detroit and New York)
B5 Lady Grinning Soul (London)
Interpak by Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd., England
[Publishers:]
A1 to B1, B5: © 1973 MainMan
B2: © 1970 Design Music Ltd.
B3: Essex Music International
B4: © 1972 Titanic/Chrysalis
? 1973 RCA Records
Manufactured by RCA Limited, England from master recordings of RCA Records.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label, matrix): C PRS 4543
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label, matrix): C PRS 4544
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, stamped runout, all variants): CPRY 4543-3T
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched runout, variant 1): A2AD
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched runout, variant 2): A6AAA
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched runout, variant 3): A2F
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched runout, variant 4): A1AAV
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched runout, variant 5): A1N
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched runout, variant 6): A2P
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched runout, variant 7): A2J
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched runout, variant 8): A1Y
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched runout, variant 9): A2AA AF
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched runout, variant 10): A/A,D
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, stamped runout, all variants): CPRY 4544-3T
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched runout, variant 1): A2AF
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched runout, variant 2): A2AAAF
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched runout, variant 3): A2F
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched runout, variant 4): A5AAR
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched runout, variant 5): A1S
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched runout, variant 6): A1AF
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched runout, variant 7): A2N
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched runout, variant 8): A# GB
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched runout, variant 9): A7R
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched runout, variant 10): A5 I-I
LABELS : I CAN SEE SOME SPINDLE MARKS ON EACH SIDE. PLAYED QUITE A FEW TIMES. EXCELLENT CONDITION.
VINYL VISUAL : WITH A NICE SHEEN, THERE ARE SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS ON SIDE 1 WHICH DOES GIVE SOME LIGHT BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND A FEW LIGHT RANDOM CLICKS, VISUALLY VERY GOOD PLUS CONDITION.
VINYL PLAYBACK : THIS PLAYS THROUGH NICELY WITH A LOUD CUT BASSY SOUND. THERE IS SOME LIGHT BACKGROUND CRACKLE ON PLAYBACK ONLY NOTICEABLE IN THE QUIET PARTS/BETWEEN TRACKS AND A FEW RANDOM CLICKS HERE AND THERE AS MENTIONED. THE WHOLE ALBUM IS IN VERY GOOD PLUS AUDIO CONDITION WITH THE DYNAMIC LOUD CUT MUSIC STILL CRISP AND RIGHT TO THE FORE. THERE IS NOTHING INTRUSIVE THAT DETRACTS FROM A SUPERB SOUNDING ALBUM. NO SKIPS, HEAVY CLICKS OR JUMPS. THIS SOUNDS GREAT THROUGH HEADPHONES WITH MICK'S BRILLIANT GUITAR WORK AT THE FRONT OF THE MIX, THE JEAN GENIE SOUNDS FANTASTIC FOR INSTANCE. THIS IS A VERY DECENT AUDIO FIRST PRESSING COPY, MY FAVOURITE BOWIE ALBUM WITH MIKE GARSON ALSO TO THE FORE ON PIANO.
THEREFORE OVERALL IN VERY GOOD PLUS AUDIO CONDITION, A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION.
I HAVE ALSO CLEANED THE RECORD OF ANY DUST WITH ANTI-STATIC FLUID IN MY KNOSTI-ANTI STAT RECORD CLEANER AND PLACED IT IN A BRAND NEW ANTI-STATIC POLYTHENE INNER.
MATT SURFACE GATE FOLD SLEEVE, INTERPAK BY SHOREWOOD PACKAGING CO. LTD, ENGLAND : KEPT IN A RECORD BOX SINCE STORAGE, SO WITH NO OBVIOUS EDGE OR CORNER WEAR. NO STICKER REMOVAL MARKS. THE SPINE IS TOTALLY LEGIBLE. NO OBVIOUS RING WEAR BUT SLIGHT STAINING ON THE REVERSE. JUST A FEW TINY EDGE CREASES. (SEE PICS). THE OPENING EDGE HAS SLIGHT FEATHERING, INSIDE THE GATEFOLD HAS NO ISSUES - NICE AND CLEAN.
OVERALL IN NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION, A VERY NICE SLEEVE.
PLEASE SEE THE NUMEROUS PICTURES.
THICK CARD LYRIC INNER : NO CREASES. NO STAINS OR EDGE CUTS, EXCELLENT CONDITION.
BOWIE FAN CLUB BOOKLET : NO WRITING INSIDE, JUST A FEW LIGHT AGE STAINS ON THE REVERSE. EXCELLENT CONDITION, SUPERB.
I WILL ALSO SEND THIS OUT TO THE WINNING BIDDER WITH A BRAND NEW PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE TO PROTECT THE COVER.
OVERALL A VERY GOOD PLUS AUDIO CONDITION UK FIRST PRESSING COPY OF THIS CLASSIC BOWIE ALBUM WITH A NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION GATE FOLD SLEEVE AND LYRIC INNER. A GREAT AUDIO COPY OF A BRILLIANT BOWIE ALBUM WITH THE RARE FAN CLUB BOOKLET IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
LOW STARTING PRICE, SO GRAB A BARGAIN. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS, MORE SUPERB CONDITION 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 3 X LP'S IN A BOXED MAILER :
1 X LP- £5, 2 X LP'S - £6, 3 X LP'S - £7.
HAPPY BIDDING!
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