David Bowie Hunky Dory Rare UK 1st laminated cover no Mainman + Inner in EX
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DAVID BOWIE HUNKY DORY
THE ULTRA RARE 1ST PRESS WITH THE LAMINATED SLEEVE!!!
MATRIX: ;APRS 5917-3T / 5918-3TBOBIL / A1AL;ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 1 RASPUTIN / A1AB ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2 1971;PRESS. HEAVYWEIGHT SOLID (BARELY FLEXIBLE) DISC THIS IS ARGUABLY THE RAREST DAVID BOWIE ALBUM EVER!! AND VERY HARD TO FIND
THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 1971, AND WAS BOWIE'S FIRST RELEASE ON RCA RECORDS. BOWIE WAS VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN AT THE TIME & THE ALBUM BARELY SOLD. THE SINGLE 'CHANGES' WAS TAKEN FROM THE ALBUM AND AGAIN FAILED TO MAKE AN IMPACT WITH THE UK BUYERS IT WAS NOT UNTIL LATE 1972 THAT BOWIE FOUND FAME WITH THE ZIGGY STARDUST PERSONA AND WAS SUDDENLY HOT PROPERTY THE HUNKY DORY ALBUM WAS RE; RELEASED AND MADE NUMBER 3 IN THE UK CHART, LIFE ON MARS WAS TAKEN FROM THE ALBUM AND WENT ON TO BECOME A BOWIE CLASSIC HOWEVER THE REISSUE DID NOT HAVE THE LAMINATED SLEEVE THAT THE ORIGINAL 71 PRESSES HAD AND WAS AN INFERIOR, THINNER NON LAMINATED VERSION, MAKING THE NOW DELETED LAMINATED FIRST PRESSES VERY RARE INDEED SO CLEARLY A FIRST PRESS CAN BE EASILY IDENTIFIED IN THIS MANNER, WHAT ABOUT THE VINYL THOUGH? WELL FIRSTLY A GENUINE FIRST PRESS HUNKY DORY MUST BE ON HEAVY VINYL, AGAIN LATER ISSUES WERE FAR THINNER. SECONDLY THE LABELS MUST BE GLOSSY AND NOT MATT, AND THIRDLY THE MATRIX IN THE RUN OFF MUST BE APRS 5917-3T / 5918-3T. ANYTHING OTHER THAN THIS IS NOT A FIRST PRESS THIS HAS ALL THE HALLMARKS OF A GENUINE FIRST UK PRESSING THE LABELS THE GLOSSY ORANGE LABELS ARE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION. THE GLOSSY LABELS ARE EVIDENCE OF A FIRST PRESS, AS LATER PRESSES WERE RELEASED ON LIGHTER VINYL WITH MATT LABELS
VINYL IS IN ex- CONDITION WITH ONLY LIGHTEST OF SLEEVE WHISPERS AND ONE OR TWO LIGHT VISUALS THAT DO NOT AFFECT PAY. PLAYBACK IS SUPERB. VERY CLEAN AND BRIGHT WITH A LOVELY SHEEN LYRIC INNER HAS LIGHT CREASING AND GRADES AS VG++ OUTER HALF LAMINATE ROBERT STACE SLEEVE HAS SOME CREASING TO FRONT AND SOME RUBBING TO CORNERS. SOME WRITING ON REVERSE; CURIOSLY IT IS THE MONEY OWING TO A ROAD MANAGER FROM A GENTLE GIANT TOUR WITH A SMUDGED THANK YOU FROM THE BAND. OVERALL THE OUTER IS UNDAMAGED AND EASILY GRADES AS VG++ A FANTASTIC COPY OF THE BOWIE RARITY UK STEREO PRESS ON RCA CAT # SF 8244
I ALSO HAVE A RARE FIRST UK ZIGGY STARDUST ON OFFER PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS
All records are posted in heavy duty bespoke mailers with record removed from sleeve and inner where applicable and with inner strengtheners
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