DAVID BOWIE 'HUNKY DORY' LP UK RCA 1972 PICTURE INSERT EARLY PRESSING
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FROM 1972 ON THE UK RCA RECORDS LABEL COMES THIS STUNNING LP BY DAVID BOWIE ENTITLED "HUNKY DORY" (SF 8244) 
STEREO. EARLY PRESSING
A1 Changes 3:38 A2a Oh! You Pretty Things 3:14 A2b Eight Line Poem 2:55 A3 Life On Mars? 3:56 A4 Kooks 2:54 A5 Quicksand 5:06 B1a Fill Your Heart 3:10 B1b Andy Warhol 3:55 B2 Song For Bob Dylan 4:13 B3 Queen Bitch 3:21 B4 The Bewlay Brothers 5:30

Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – RCA Ltd.
  • Distributed By – RCA Ltd.
  • Manufactured By – RCA Ltd.
  • Record Company – GEM (6)
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Ltd.
  • Copyright © – RCA Ltd.
  • Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Washington, UK
  • Printed By – Robert Stace
  • Published By – Rondor Music
  • Published By – MainMan
  • Published By – Chrysalis
  • Published By – Bowie
  • Remixed At – Trident Studios
  • Designed At – Main Artery Studio

Credits

  • Arranged By – Michael Ronson* (tracks: A1, A4 to A6, B1a)
  • Artwork [Front Cover] – George Underwood, Terry*
  • Bass, Trumpet – Trevor Bolder
  • Drums – Woody Woodmansey*
  • Guitar – Mick Ronson
  • Guitar, Saxophone, Piano [Less Complicated Parts] – David Bowie
  • Other [Colouring] – Terry Pastor
  • Photography By [Front & Back Cover] – Brian Ward (5)
  • Piano – Richard Wakeman*
  • Producer, Remix – Ken Scott
  • Written-By – Biff Rose (tracks: B1a), David Bowie (tracks: A1 to A6, B1b to B5), Paul Williams (2) (tracks: B1a)

Notes

Gem Production / Mainman credited reissue of David Bowie - Hunky Dory; includes 2-sided sepia-print paper insert with lyrics.
[Gem Production and Mainmain logos on back cover, also mentioned on labels].
(Bottom-left on back cover is an obscured print of the previous USA printer, retouched by Stace Printers).

B1 is 2 segued tracks
B1a Published by Rondor Music.

A2 is 2 segued tracks.
A1 to A5 & B1b to B4: Published by MainMan/Chrysalis/Bowie.

A GEM Production
℗1971
RCA Limited, Record Division,
RCA House, Curzon Street, London W1.
©1971 RCA Limited.
Remixed at Trident Studios, London.
Sleeve: Printed in England by Robert Stace.
Front cover artwork by (...) of Main Artory [sic] (London).

No track times on release, timed with a stopwatch.

Mainman Logo on rear lower right corner above RCA.

Note that the lyric insert and the A side label drops the question mark punctuation for track A4 ‘Life On Mars?’.

Front cover artwork by George Underwood & Terry His Partner at Main Artory (London).
"I played some guitar, the saxophones and the less complicated piano-parts (inability)."

David Bowie

Note that ‘Main Artory’ is in fact a misspelled credit by Bowie when in fact it should be (and more fully) Main Artery Studio.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (A-side label): APRS 5947
  • Matrix / Runout (B-side label): APRS 5948
  • Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, hand-etched, variant 4): (SF∙8244) APRS∙5947∙A∙5E A1AJ
  • Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, hand-etched, variant 4): (SF∙8244) APRS-5948-5E AIT W





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