RARE DAVID BOWIE: THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD (MERCURY)
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HIGHLY RARE DAVID BOWIE ALBUM - THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD (MERCURY 6338041)
This 1971 album is one of the rarest David Bowie collectables. When the album was released it was the sleeve that attracted most attention as it featured Bowie in a dress, to the extent that some collectors now refer to it as the ‘transvestite cover’. While it sold in insufficient numbers to enter the charts in 1971 it did attract a good deal of airplay on radio, particularly on the John Peel Show.
When Bowie made his big breakthrough the following year, in 1972, his new record label, RCA Victor, re-issued his earlier Phillips and Mercury albums. In the case of ‘The Man Who Sold the World’, the ‘dress’ cover was ditched in favour of a new sleeve. The re-issued RCA album made number 26 in the chart and the original Mercury album become a collectors’ item overnight.
The record is in excellent condition, the label is near mint and the sleeve is in very good condition.
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