WELCOME AGAIN TO MY AUCTION. I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING RECORDS SINCE 1970 AND HAVE ABOUT 3,000 LP'S AND 500 SINGLES OF MOST GENRES AND HAVE BEEN BUYING AND SELLING RECORDS ON EBAY FOR 13 YEARS. PLEASE NOTE MY 100% FEEDBACK. I USUALLY TEND TO LIST RECORDS THAT I NO LONGER PLAY OR HAVE DUPLICATES OF, THIS IS MY FIRST OFFERING SINCE 2018. ALL MY RECORDS ARE CAREFULLY LOOKED AFTER, THEY HAVE BEEN CLEANED ON MY KNOSTI ANTI-STAT CLEANER AND PLACED IN BRAND NEW ANTI-STATIC POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVES. ALL THE COVERS ARE PLACED IN BRAND NEW OUTER PLASTIC SLEEVES.  I ALWAYS PLAY THE RECORDS THAT I AM LISTING, LISTENING THROUGH HEADPHONES ON MY HIGH END SYSTEM. I GRADE MY RECORDS USING THE RECORD COLLECTOR'S GRADING SYSTEM - I NEVER USE MINT CONDITION UNLESS FOR A BRAND NEW SEALED RECORD. ALL MY RECORDS ARE SENT OUT IN BOXED MAILERS WITH THICK CARDBOARD STIFFENERS TO PREVENT ANY DAMAGE IN THE POST. I USUALLY SEND OUT RECORDS TO THE WINNING BIDDERS VIA ROYAL MAIL 2ND CLASS SIGNED FOR. 
MY POSTAGE COSTS INCLUDE THE COST TO MYSELF OF MAILERS, INNER AND OUTER SLEEVES, CLEANING OF THE RECORDS ETC. SO PLEASE BEAR THIS IN MIND.
ANYWAY, HERE WE HAVE A GREAT FIRST PRESS COPY OF ONE OF BOWIE'S ICONIC ALBUMS :
DAVID BOWIE, THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS 1972 UK FIRST PRESS 1-E 2-E MATRIX VINYL LP IN EXCELLENT PLUS TOP AUDIO CONDITION WITH A NEAR EXCELLENT CONDITION NON GATE FOLD MATT SLEEVE. WITH THE LYRIC INNER IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. 
A SUPERB LIGHTLY PLAYED TOP AUDIO COPY WITH VIRTUALLY NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE, IF AT ALL (TINY AMOUNT ON THE INTRO TO SIDE 2), NO SKIPS OR JUMPS, JUST A COUPLE OF LIGHT RANDOM CLICKS AT THE START OF 'FIVE YEARS' ON SIDE 1 AND A COUPLE OF RANDOM TICS ON 'LADY STARDUST' ON SIDE 2. HARDLY NOTICEABLE, NOTHING INTRUSIVE AT ALL. THIS SOUNDS FANTASTIC THROUGH HEADPHONES WITH THE LOUD CUT MUSIC RIGHT TO THE FORE, I HAD TO TURN THE VOLUME DOWN. OVERALL IN EXCELLENT AUDIO CONDITION, SUPERB. ONLY SELLING AS I HAVE ANOTHER FIRST PRESS UK COPY IN TOP MINT CONDITION.
UK  FIRST PRESS - STAMPED INCLUDING -1E -2E ,THEN ETCHED MATRIX NUMBERS :  SIDE 1 - BGBS 0864 -1E  B2 AS SIDE 2 - BGBS 0865 -2E  A2 AN
FROM DISCOGS, NEAREST MATRIX NUMBERS VARIANT 6 AS HIGHLIGHTED :

David Bowie ?– The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars

Label:

RCA Victor ?– SF 8287, RCA Victor ?– LSP 4702, RCA Victor ?– LSP-4702

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album

Country:

UK

Released:

06 Jun 1972

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Classic Rock, Glam

Tracklist

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – RCA Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – RCA Records
• Copyright (c) – RCA Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Titanic Music Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Chrysalis Music Ltd.
• Printed By – Robert Stace
• Published By – Titanic Music
• Published By – Chrysalis Music
• Published By – Rondor Music
• Produced At – Trident Studios
• Designed At – Main Artery Studio

Credits

• Arranged By [Arrangements] – David Bowie, Mick Ronson
• Artwork – Terry Pastor
• Bass – Trevor Bolder
• Drums – Mick Woodmansey
• Guitar, Piano, Vocals – Mick Ronson
• Photography By [Photographs] – Brian Ward (5)
• Producer – David Bowie, Ken Scott
• Saxophone [Sax], Guitar, Vocals – David Bowie
• Written-By – Bowie* (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B6), Ron Davies (tracks: A5)

Notes

The album was recorded at Trident Studios, London, 9 July 1971 - 4 February 1972 using material from the sessions for the previous album 'Hunky Dory' ('It Ain't Easy', July 9, 1971), all other tracks being recorded between November 8, 1971 and February 4, 1972.

First UK issue. Includes printed lyric inner. Initial copies came with a single sheet insert promoting the current tour which started on 2 June 1972 running through until 25th June 1972. Identifying features include Titanic Music publishing credit and no Mainman logo on the back of the sleeve. Later issues have a Mainman publishing credit instead of Titanic and include a Mainman logo on the rear of the sleeve.

Front cover of this issue has derived from US artwork, and the RCA Victor logo and US catalogue number have been pasted over. It is possible to discern a large rectangular cover over, on which the UK details are placed on top of. Look for lines that break./ not continuous. (Not to be confused with second issue cover, where JUST the catalogue number has been covered over and changed.)

First and second cat# on cover and label, third on inner sleeve.

[Label]
A1 to A4, B1 to B6 - Titanic Music/Chrysalis Music
A5 - Rondor Music
A Gem Production
? 1972 RCA Records
Manufactured by RCA Limited, England

[Cover]
? 1972 RCA Limited
Printed in England by Robert Stace
RCA Limited, Record Division, RCA House, Curzon Street, London W1

[Inner sleeve]
All songs ? copyright 1971, 1972 by Titanic Music Limited/Chrysalis Music Limited.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A side label): BGBS 0864
• Matrix / Runout (B side label): BGBS 0865
• Matrix / Runout (A side, var 1): BGBS 0864 - 1E
• Matrix / Runout (B side, var 1): BGBS 0865 - 1E
• Matrix / Runout (A side, var 2): BGBS 0864 - 1E
• Matrix / Runout (B side, var 2): BGBS 0865 - 2E
• Matrix / Runout (A side, var 3): BGBS 0864 - 2E
• Matrix / Runout (B side, var 3): BGBS 0865 - 2E
• Matrix / Runout (A side, var 4, stamped, 'AIN' etched): BGBS 0864 - 1E AIN
• Matrix / Runout (B side, var 4, stamped, 'AIQ' etched): BGBS 0865 - 1E AIQ
• Matrix / Runout (A side, var 5, stamped, 'A11I' etched): BGBS 0864 - 2E A11I
• Matrix / Runout (B side, var 5, stamped, 'A8AS' etched): BGBS 0865 - 2E A8AS
• Matrix / Runout (A side, var 6, stamped, 'B1AL' etched): BGBS 0864 - 1E B1AL
• Matrix / Runout (B side, var 6, stamped, 'A2R' etched): BGBS 0865 - 2E A2R
• Matrix / Runout (A side, var 7, stamped, 'AIT' etched): BGBS 0864 - 1E AIT
• Matrix / Runout (B side, var 7, stamped, 'AIAA' etched): BGBS 0865 - 1E AIAA