David Bowie The Man Who Sold The World 1st US Pressing GENUINE ALBUM & JACKET
  $   145

 


$ 145 Sold For
Aug 29, 2019 Sold Date
Aug 26, 2019 Start Date
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David Bowie ?– The Man Who Sold The World

Label: Mercury ?– SR-61325 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US Released: 04 Nov 1970 Genre: Rock Style: Hard Rock, Glam
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 now the cover used on contemporary releases.

The US Mercury album was counterfeited (see David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World ) in the early 1970's 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 counterfeit, such was the wide distribution of the counterfeit.

The following visual indicators can be used to confirm an original US Mercury LP:
* The matrices in the runout space between the label and the grooves are stamped. (the counterfeits are etched/hand drawn)
* The space between the final lyric line of The Supermen and the cartoon bubble "Oh By Jingo" on the rear cover is slightly less than one text line wide (the counterfeits are much wider).

There are other differences, though these can be more easily seen and described in a side-by-side comparison.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, Runout, Stamped): SR 61325-A- M2
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, Runout, Stamped): SR 61325-B- M1
Classic album from David Bowie and the first TRUE worldwide pressing.  1st US first pressing, 1970. This is a GENUINE COPY with the correct machine stamped matrix and the correct jacket.  Incidentally, I have the most reasonably priced non counterfeit copy on Ebay at the time of this listing.  Feel free to check. Vinyl is VG+.  Cover is VG.  Moderate ringwear, Moderate abrasions on the top edge and tape on the top right corner. Light abrasions on the bottom edge.  Includes original insert which has yellowed with age, but otherwise in nice condition. Will ship via media mail with insurance.  No returns please.


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