DAVID BOWIE 'Hunky Dory' LP - 1972 UK PRESSING

Description: ATTENTION!'HUNKY DORY' by DAVID BOWIE. Bowie's 2nd and 3rd album releases didn't sell well at the time, so when RCA released his 4th album in 1971 - 'Hunky Dory' and it didn't sell well either they decided not to make a further pressing of it.Giving him another chance in 1972 with the 'Ziggy Stardust' album everything thankfully went stratospheric, and the rest is history.Therefore, in 1972 large quantities of 'Hunky Dory' were then re-pressed compared to the few that were pressed first time around, and one of Bowie's most collectable albums was created.There are lots of copies of this currently for sale on eBay and virtually none of them are first pressings, or even from 1971. But only in the past week 3 copies have sold (one of them for £110) by sellers who have advertised them as 'First pressings' when they are notIf the matrix runout does not have 3T A1 (or A2) and Bobil on the A side, and 3T A1 (or A2) and Rasputin on the B side it is NOT a first pressing.If the sleeve is not front laminated it is NOT a first pressing sleeve.Neither is it manufactured until 1972. MORE ATTENTION! St*neyBl*ke / Mint-Minus Records is currently using a KEITH MONKS 'Prodigy' professional record-cleaning machine to enhance the vinyl service.The Prodigy is the latest model of record-cleaning machine (available for the first time in 2020), from the World-renowned Keith Monks company and is already receiving excellent reviews in the HI-Fi press.The machine has been acquired in order to increase the quality of the vinyl that is sold through this site to the highest level possible, and the machine does give excellent results. What difference does this make to the records that are advertised here? From this point on ALL vinyl that I sell will have been cleaned using this machine, combined with a specially formulated KEITH MONKS or ART DU SON record-cleaning solution made from pure bio-degradable ingredients. PROCEDURE 1) Firstly the disc will be cleaned as described above2) The disc will then be FULLY play-graded, to enable an accurate grading for the advert. I am happy to offer this service.This is done on a very high quality Linn Sondek turntable fitted with a £100 Goldring Moving-magnet cartridge. Gradings are made according to the Record Collector Magazine grading system. This is the 4th LP by David Bowie released in 1971. Released on the RCA Records label.Catalogue number: SF 8244Runout matrixes: Side 1: APRS 5947 3T A2 Bobil Side 2: APRS 5948 4T A1 RasputinMatt sleeve, no 'Mainman' logo on the back. 1972 pressing Sleeve printed in England by Robert Stace Grading test. Full length. Disc condition: Side 1: No issues throughout.1 Ex2 Ex+3 Ex4 Ex5 Ex+6 Ex Disc condition: Side 2. There is a scratch mark across tracks 1-4 (which looks worse than it sounds) and can be heard as follows:1 Vg Faint sounding click throughout2 Ex Not noticable3 Vg+ Faint sounding click throughout4 Ex Not noticable5 Ex No issues. DISC: EX // No skipping or sticking / not worn on either side / no marks on labels / No issues apart from those noted above / Test played very wellSLEEVE: VG+ // clean / no marks or writing / no tears, splits or edge slicing anywhere / very slight ring wear / spine straight and square with all text legibleINSERT: EX // No tears, no marks, no holes / creasing at the bottom cornersINNER: EX // A 1972 RCA die-cut white original in great shape / no slices or tears / age related discolouration. POSTAGE & PACKING UK: 1-3 12" Royal Mail signed for: £4.50 REST OF WORLD:I use the eBay Global ShippingFor an estimate of your international postage cost for this item please refer to the postage table in the advert.

Price: 68 GBP

Location: Sheffield

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