DAVID BOWIE THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD RCA VICTOR NEAR MINT POSTER LYRIC INSERT
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Description
YOU ARE BIDDING ON A RARE 1st UK PRESSING OF
DAVID BOWIE
THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD
This is the first pressing of this classic album on the RCA label. It has no Mainman logo on the cover, glossy labels with Titanic credits and is complete with the original poster and lyric inner sleeve.
This has the following 1st RCA press matrix numbers:
Side 1: BPRS 4512-1E
Side 2: BPRS 4513-1E
Detailed description
Vinyl: The vinyl looks superb and has retained its original high sheen. I have owned it from new and often only played records once whilst copying them onto cassette. Under bright light, just a few hairlines and fine marks were visible, but there is nothing significant anywhere. I have played the entire record and it sounds fantastic with very little to report. The loud parts sound Near Mint but to cover everything I would play-grade the album overall as a VERY SAFE Excellent (Ex), or near mint. This is a superb example and was a real pleasure to listen to.
Labels: Both shiny labels look superb with no writing, stickers etc.
Sleeve: These sleeves often turn up with prominent wear and ring-wear but this is much better than most I've seen. There is some shaping around the disk but virtually no ring-wear.
Edge wear: There is light-to-moderate wear to the edges and spine, more on the bottom and at the corners. The spine is solid and firm with some corner-wear and wear to some minor creases along the length but the text is all 100% readable.
Corner wear: There is minimal wear to the corners, heavier at the bottom but there are no corner-splits.
Lyric Inner sleeve: No splits, tears or damage, just some very minor signs of handling and use. One of the best I've seen.
Poster: No issues. it looks like it has hardly ever been out of the sleeve.
Detracting features not covered above: None. This is a superb example.price rating
