Sold Date: October 30, 2020
Start Date: May 19, 2019
Final Price: $400.00 (USD)
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Here's an original US PRESSING of DAVID BOWIE'S LP MAN OF WORDS/MAN OF MUSIC.  It is a very rare record in any condition, and this is the FIRST US PRESS WITH GATEFOLD.  This copy was pressed in 1969, upon original release.  It's a fantastic playing example, the sound is beautiful.  The cover has some ring wear on the front, and some handling wear.  The cover has beautiful colors.  Duncan decided to immortalize his name on this LP cover on the top of his hair in blue ink. The back cover has great colors too, but does have some moderate ring wear.  The inside gatefold also retains beautiful colors, but has a touch of ring wear on the inner gatefold.  The gatefold top has fully separated from the inside cover.  A touch of glue could easily repair that.  The Botton has separated from the opening by about 3", and again could be repaired or left alone.  The spine is a little off kilter, probably from being on record shelf with not enough space between LP's, and it got pressed a little.  There's a white line that runs along the spine on the cover side, and there's some pulling off of the paper from the seam in 3 places.   Labels are beautiful.  A couple marks on the vinyl, but the LP plays great wit definitely no pops skips or jumps.  It's a great playing LP, with a small touch of background sound in a few places in the LP.  A wonderful copy that's 50 years old now.
This was Bowie's second LP, but his first as what Bowie would become.  It featured Rick Wakeman on Mellotron, and Tony Visconti who would prove to be a valuable partner and producer for Bowie.  Although a beautiful LP, and very promising, it was a commercial failure, and hence the rarity of these records.  Not an LP you'll see often at all.

COVER--- VG+ VINYL---  EX+


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 SS    = (STILL SEALED) The record itself is in brand new condition, assumed never to have been played.M      = (MINT)  The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition. Records advertised as Sealed or Unplayed should be Mint.M -    = (MINT MINUS)  MINT- is not MINT but is very close to it, near new, there might be a blemish or two, but overall record and jacket are like new or very close to new.EX     = (EXCELLENT)  The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and / or creasing. VG    = (VERY GOOD)  The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and theoccasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.G      = (GOOD)  The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discoloration, etc.F       = (FAIR)  The record is still just playable but has not been cared for properly and displays considerable surface noise; it may even jump. The cover and contents will be torn, stained and / or defaced.P       = (POOR)  The record will not play properly due to scratches, bad surface noise, etc. The cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing.B       = (BAD)  The record is unplayable or might even be broken, and is only of use as a collection fillerWe also use + or - to adjust grades in between, so...this scopes out to: SS/M/M-/EX+/EX/EX-/VG+/VG/VG-/G+/G/F/P/B