DAVID BOWIE VERY RARE AUTOGRAPHED DRAG COVER LP

$ 450

$ 450 Sold For

Aug 6, 2009 Sold Date

Jul 27, 2009 Start Date

$ 100 Start price

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DAVID BOWIE The Man Who Sold The World (Rare original 1971 UK Mercury label 9 track LP in a geniune legendary 'Dress Sleeve' or 'Drag Cover' as it's known in the US! And it is signed by the late Mick Ronson and Mick "Woody" Woodmansey of the Spiders from Mars (Bowie's Band) and written to someone named Michael. This sleeve was WITHDRAWN in the UK and is highly sought after by collectors the world over. It is very hard to find genuine dress sleeves these days as most are poor counterfeits - This is the real deal!)

The unique, withdrawn picture sleeve to this album is legendary and is so often found ripped, torn or excessively worn due to it's fragile nature and texture. The front of the sleeve has clear colours, the texture is fine. The rear of the sleeve is in great condition. The edges display some very minor shelf wear and corner rubbing but have not worn through or split in any way. The spine print reads correctly from top to bottom as it should with no splits. Even really good counterfeit copies usually have the spine print upside down, this is always a good way of telling a genuine from a copy! With so many good counterfeits of this sleeve on the market, I am pleased to be able to offer this genuine article here, so you can buy with confidence !

A wonderful item - the jewel in any Bowie collection.

This LP and Cover SHOWS ALL POINTS FOR an ORIGINAL!!!

Label Information On Spine Right Side Up

Black Label With No Silver Edge

P 1971 instead of R 1971

The Foot Does Not Touch Edge

Wallpaper Textured Cover

"Broadcasting" is All One Word

"Tonny Visconti"misspelling on LP Label"

"Woody Woodmansley misspelling on Back Cover"

"The 'drag cover' has been counterfeited twice, in Japan in the late 70s and in Italy in the early 80s. The Italian counterfeit is easy to expose, as it has a poorly reproduced sleeve that lacks the textured appearance of the original, and has a white rather than black record label. The Japanese counterfeit is a much better copy, but it can be identified by the slightly cropped photo's on the cover (on the front Bowie's feet touch the edge of the sleeve on the counterfeit, whereas they by far don't on the original) that also has a different texture (it uses wax to reproduce the original wallpaper-like sleeve), the spine (on which the album title and catalogue number have been inverted), and the record label (which is dark grey instead of black, with a silver edge that is absent from the original, and has R 1971 rather than P 1971, plus a space in the word BRO ADCASTING). Note that most books and even the Rykodisc reissue use a photo of the counterfeit!"

This LP cover is in great shape and the LP itself is clean with no scratches.

THIS IS THE REAL DEAL and Signed by 2 band members, this is an investment piece, even in this economy, this piece will only gain in value....so bid accordingly.

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