DAVID BOWIE - SELF TITLED SOUTH AFRICA PHILIPS LP RAREST RED LABEL IN THE WORLD

$

1,000

DAVID BOWIE

SELF TITLED

SOUTH AFRICA

PHILIPS RED LABEL LP 1970

LAMINATED FLIP-BACK SLEEVE

So up for grabs is the beautiful Self Titled or what is better known as

Space Oddity 1970 LP from South Africa with a Laminated Flip Back Sleeve.

The sleeve is a none gate fold flip-back with a laminated front.

If you double click the pictures you can see lamination lift around

the top edge,spine edge, bottom.  No tears, stickers, or writing,

so considering how rare this is, it is still in solid, VG to VG+ condition.

Of the few handful of copies I have ever seen, every sleeve had lamination issues,

or other wear & tear issues,  and this copy here for sale is in very nice condition as

you can see from the pics.

The back top left corner boasts the Teal Record company logo,

with Philips logo`s top right and bottom right.  Around the edges

it has only partial song lyrics on a white background as opposed

to the UK original which has full lyrics on a royal blue background on the gatefold inside.

The magnificent artwork on the back of this LP as you all know is very interestingly called,

THE WIDTH OF A CIRCLE. As you also know

it is by David`s school days friend, George Underwood. 

It has that cartoon of Bowie, the moon landing.

Bowie`s mother with a clown, (just like in the Ashes to Ashes video !) 

Just like on the UK version, this sleeve mistakenly calls this artwork The DEPTH of THE circle.

(bottom right in the credits). David Bowie hated mistakes like this

and called Philips, "tacky", for getting the title wrong, obviously

he was thinking of a link to his next Album "The Man who Sold the

World", with the magnificent album track The WIDTH of a Circle, so its easy to 

see David`s frustration with Philips Records.  The spine has a few bumps but no rips

and all spinal writings are fully readable.

The vinyl retains a very high luster sheen, with very few wispy sleeve marks/hairlines

on either side, very strong EX to EX+! There is very little background noise

only there when you try to hear them in the very quiet parts .

There are no sticks, no clicks, and no jumps at all.  It plays magnificently, I would give it 9.0 out of 10!

The labels are clean and free from any unwanted handwriting, stickers, and barely any spindle marks,

indicating hardly any use!!  An excellent, very well preserved, thick heavy slab of Vinyl of this Classic Album from South Africa!

Of all the countries around the world that they pressed

David Bowie LP's in, no pressings are harder to find than

those pressed in South Africa.  All the Bowie LP's pressed

in South Africa were pressed by the Teal record company.

Many of the sleeves and labels are totally different to the

rest of the world making them highly prized by the hardest

and most serious Bowie completest collectors.

To get your hands on an original South African pressing is

an extremely rare opportunity not to be missed.

This is a record so rare, that condition really, does not matter, anything  will do....

so it is the one you fight for, and the one you keep. This is up there with the best of the best.

Original Bowie LP's from South Africa rarely come up for bid,

and this is one you really don't want to miss!  One of my favorites albums

by David Bowie, and from my personal collection!   Believe me when I say this one

is going to be hard to let go, but it is time for a new home and someone else to enjoy.

DAVID BOWIE

BY DAVID BOWIE

SOUTH AFRICA PHILIPS RED LABEL

WOW!!!

Keep an eye on my auctions over the next few days.

I will be selling some of the rarest David Bowie LPs

ever pressed.  Also click sellers other items.

INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AVAILABLE!

Domestic = $5

Worldwide = $22