David Bowie-Ziggy Stardust SF 8287 ORIGINAL 1st UK PRESS -1E-2E 1972 RCA VICTOR

	£		59
	$		78

David Bowie

The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars

RCA Victor SF 8287 (LSP 4702) BGBS 0864

ORIGINAL 1972 UK 1st PRESS

-1E-2E

RCA Victor ORANGE LABELS

ORIGINAL PICTURE INNER 

MATRIX:

 BGPS 0864-1E / BGPS 0864-2E

All deeply punched in block characters. Later copies were scripted and appear scratched on.

Producer(s): David Bowie & Ken Scott.

TRACK LIST:

Side 1: Five Years; Soul Love; Moonage Daydream; Starman; It Ain’t Easy.

Side 2: Lady Stardust; Star; Hang on to Yourself; Ziggy Stardust; Suffragette City; Rock n Roll Suicide.

Label/Format: RCA Victor – Original genuine first orange pressing with the ultra shiny, glass smooth finish. Importantly this has the ‘Titanic Music’ credits which indicates a first pressed 1972 copy. [Pressed on real high quality vinyl – NOT DYNAFLEX!]

Cat Number: BGBS 0864.

Musicians: David Bowie – vocals, guitar, saxophone; Mick Ronson – guitar, piano, vocals; Trevor Bolder – bass guitar; Mick Woodmansey – drums

The earliest pressings from 1972 on the RCA Victor label are very scarce, make no mistake. This copy is pressed on real vinyl, NOT Dynaflex. This is easily determined as RCA orange copies pressed on the stuff had the word ‘Dynaflex’ printed on the labels – they are best avoided, they usually sound terrible and are not audiophile standard. The price guides seem to value ALL RCA copies the same which is plain stupid. The title itself is fairly easily found but most are later pressings, often pressed on Dynaflex or imported wafer thin US pressings. The majority on RCA International with different coloured labels or matt finished orange RCA’s, the true original glossy labels are far more elusive. A heavy pressed UK example with the -1E/-2E matrixes in pristine conditions will rarely be found. The matrixes on this example are deeply punched and very clear and precise in solid roman type (please see my close-up of the highly sort-after -1E matrix). For those who bought this album when first released, most played them into submission and finding originals that play perfectly are incredibly difficult. Often fans bought later copies as replacements for their originals. The more discerning collectors who do own the first made pressings will rarely want to part with them – and why would they? Not only that, the cover is a nightmare for rubbing and ringwear, when was the last time you saw this album with a cover like this? Also, the very delicate lyric inner is near immaculate also and for a change, unsplit or torn and devoid of creasing and that is near impossible as its predominately white and made with very thin unlined paper. This record is 36-years-old, how many will ever be found like this? Only one in a thousand copies of this title will be found in such conditions, I occasionally see this at fairs but invariably the cover is heavily worn and tatty, the lyric inner often missing or so damaged and torn it’s hardly worth having and the records worn and clearly heavily played. Often US pressings or Dynaflex copies that sag in the middle pressed so thin you can almost see through them. This Bowie masterwork is the best looking -1E/-2E example I have ever seen and collectors will know just how difficult this one is. For fans needing this album or an upgrade, a better one is unlikely to be found, do not lose this outstanding, and genuine 1972 pressed copy.

Cover Grade and Format: Even with a few very light surface creases that hardly show, I am more than happy to grade this famous cover EXC. 

 A single unlaminated format that has the RCA Victor logo (NOT INTERNATIONAL) as seen on many reprinted repressings.

The early printings had a very flat matt finish, later ones were varnished and had a more glossy look.

This has the SF 8287 (LSP 4702) number and only the ‘GEM PRODUCTION’ text and logo on back and NO ‘Mainmain’ reference, these came post 1972.

Printed and made in England by Robert Stace.

This includes the very fragile, thin paper lyric inner.

 Condition:

Cover: EXC-

Record: EXC+

Inner: EXC-

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