Vinyl: David Bowie ULTRA-RARE GERMAN issue DERAM SML 1007 Stereo MINT condition

Over the coming days and weeks I will be reluctantly, selling 21 super-rare Bowie albums from my extensive collection amassed over 40years. These records are predominantly in mint condition and have been purchased from all over the world over that time (often incurring large import tax fees!). For any serious Bowie LP collector, this list will contain many albums that have never been up for sale since Bowie's death.

The first album is the ultra-rare GERMAN version of Bowie's first album on the DERAM label.

1967 - David Bowie - German - Deram SML 1007 Stereo

Side 1: K-ZAL-7754 X Manufactured in Germany (machinestamped) 11-B-11 (hand-etched)

Side 2: K-ZAL-7755 X Manufactured in Germany (machinestamped) 11-B-11 (hand-etched)

The track listing is identical to that of the UK issue, i.e. it includes We Are Hungry Men and Maid of Bond Street. This copy is a promotional copy for a German music library with a sticker on the side 1 label that states “Unverkäufliche Warenprobe ohne Wert - Echantillon gratuit - TradeSample”. On the back cover, there is evidence of the label number and archive date having been written in hand. Though no ink is visible, the pen has imprinted into the gloss laminate (though not obviously). There is also a blue round archive stamp “ARCHIV” on both labels and on the back cover (feint). Other than these minor issues, it is a perfect copy in pristine, mint / museum condition (as would be expected of an archive copy).

There is no minimum bid... as will be the case for any of the other albums I will be selling in the coming weeks. Also, the postage cost is the default one but, in reality, I will need to advise the buyer of the cost (which should include insurance and signed-for tracking)

The full list of the albums I'm selling are:

1. 1967 - David Bowie - UK - Deram DSL 1007 Stereo - Red label

2. 1967 - David Bowie - UK - Deram DML 1007 Mono - Brown label

3. 1967 - David Bowie - German - Deram SML 1007 Stereo -Red label (the current one for sale)

4. 1967 - David Bowie - USA - Deram DES 18003 Stereo -Brown label

5. 1967 - David Bowie - USA - Deram DE 16003 Mono - Brown label

6. 1967 - David Bowie - USA - Deram DE 16003 Mono - Brown label - DJ Promo copy

7. 1969 - David Bowie - UK - Philips SBL 7912 Stereo - Black label

8. 1969 - David Bowie - Australia - Philips PDS 339Stereo - Dark Blue label

9. 1970 - David Bowie - Netherlands - Philips SBL 7912Stereo - Dark Blue label

10. 1970 - David Bowie - South Africa - Philips PST 5148Stereo - Red label

11. 1970 - David Bowie - Spain - Philips PDS 339 Stereo -Dark Blue label

12. 1969 - Man of Words / Man of Music - USA - Mercury SR61246 Stereo - Promo WHITE label

13. 1969 - Man of Words / Man of Music - USA - Mercury SR61246 Stereo - Red label (1st issue)

14. 1969 - Man of Words / Man of Music - USA - Mercury SR61246 Stereo - Red label (2nd issue)

15. 1970 - The Man Who Sold The World - USA - Mercury SR61325 Stereo - Promo WHITE label

16. 1970 - The Man Who Sold The World - USA - Mercury SR61325 Stereo - Red label

17. 1971 - The Man Who Sold The World - UK - Mercury 6338041 Stereo - Black label

18. 1971 - The Man Who Sold The World - Germany - Mercury6338 041 Stereo - Dark blue label

19. 1971 - Hunky Dory - UK - RCA SF 8244 Stereo - Orange label (laminated sleeve) (1st issue)

20. 1971 - Hunky Dory - UK - RCA SF 8244 Stereo - Orange label (laminated sleeve) (2nd issue)

21. 1973 - Aladdin Sane - Italy - RCA DLSP 4852 (CKAY 18592/3) Stereo - Orange label (interim sleeve)

22. 1973 - Rock & Roll Now - JAPAN - RCA SPLD-1052Stereo - Promo WHITE label

I am not a professional record trader, but just a serious Bowie fan. I run a graphic design company in Leighton Buzzard called V-One and have been fortunate enough to have been able to amass these amazing records over the years. If you would like more information on any of the albums, just get in touch. Thanks. Mark Austin.

MORE DETAILS ON THE OTHER ALBUMS:

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1.

David Bowie

UK

Deram DML 1007 Stereo

ARL-7755-1A, ARL-7755-1B machine stamped

June 1967

Bowie’s first ever album release.

Laminated gloss cover bleeding slightly onto the back on the spine side.

Record label has red Deram panel.

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2.

David Bowie

UK

Deram DML 1007 Mono

ARL-7755-1A, ARL-7755-1B machine stamped

June 1967

Bowie’s first ever album release.

Laminated gloss cover bleeding slightly onto the back on the spine side.

Record label has brown Deram panel.

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3.

David Bowie

German

Deram SML 1007 Stereo

Side 1: K-ZAL-7754 X Manufactured in Germany (machine stamped) 11-B-11 (hand-etched)

Side 2: K-ZAL-7755 X Manufactured in Germany (machine stamped) 11-B-11 (hand-etched)

1967

The German issue of Bowie’s first LP was available in stereo only. The track listing is identical to that of the UK issue, i.e. it includes We Are Hungry Men and Maid of Bond Street.

This copy is a promotional copy with a sticker on the side 1 label that states “Unverkäufliche Warenprobe ohne Wert - Echantillongratuit - Trade Sample”. There is also a blue round archive stamp “ARCHIV” on both labels and on the back cover (feint). This is a perfect copy in pristine, near mint condition.

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4.

David Bowie

USA

Deram DES 18003 Stereo

Side 1: ZAL7656 (machine stamped) 4-20-67 (hand-etched)

Side 1: ZAL7657 (machine stamped) 4-20-67 (hand-etched)

20 April 1967

Bowie’s first ever album release in the USA before the UK release.

Laminated gloss cover bleeding slightly onto the back on the spine side.

This US edition of the album omits two tracks: We AreHungry Men and Maids of Bond Street.

The stereo issue is rarer than the mono release.

It sold only in small quantities, so the unsold ones had a hole punched through the sleeve to indicate it was pulled / withdrawn.

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5.

David Bowie

USA

Deram DE 16003 Mono

Side 1: ARL7656 -1 (hand-etched)

Side 1: ARL7657 -1 (hand-etched)

20 April 1967

This is the mono version of the US album.

Gloss cover bleeding slightly onto the back on the spine side.

This US edition of the album omits two tracks: We AreHungry Men and Maids of Bond Street.

It sold only in small quantities, so the unsold ones had a hole punched through the sleeve to indicate it was pulled / withdrawn.

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6.

David Bowie

USA

Deram DE 16003 Mono

Side 1: ARL7656 -1 (hand-etched)

Side 1: ARL7657 -1 (hand-etched)

20 April 1967

This is the mono version of the US album.

Gloss cover bleeding slightly onto the back on the spine side.

This US edition of the album omits two tracks: We AreHungry Men and Maids of Bond Street.

It sold only in small quantities, so the unsold ones had a hole punched through the sleeve to indicate it was pulled / withdrawn.

The artwork for the cover is printed onto a piece of paper with a ‘mono’ margin at the top and a ‘stereo’ margin at the bottom. This allowed Deram to use the same sheet for both the mono and the stereo copies (a common practice at the time). Sometimes the front sheet was fixed a bit closer to the top (yielding a mono cover) and sometimes closer to the bottom (yielding a stereo cover). The inappropriate audio mode was then covered on the back of the cover by means of the back paper sheet. So there might be a large variety of the widths of the top and bottom margins.

This is a DJ’s advance copy as stamped on the reverse side, and comes with the original insert.

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7.

David Bowie

UK

Philips SBL 7912 Stereo - BLACK

Side 1: 852146 1Y//2* (machine stamped)

Side2: 852146 1Y//2 (machine stamped)

November 1969

The original UK issue of Bowie’s second album, which was later known as Space Oddity, contains Don’t Sit Down - a short piece of music attached to the end of Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed and not listed on the cover.

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8.

David Bowie

Australia

Philips PDS 339 Stereo - Dark Blue

Side 1: A MX 162408 PDS339-1 (machine stamped)

Side 2: A MX 162409-B 852146-2Y PDS339-2 (machine stamped)

1969

The is a Radio Station copy of David Bowie’s 1969 classicLP. It is incredibly rare and incredibly difficult to locate. These AustralianPhilips LPs are notorious for ring ware. This is actually the best conditioned sleeve I have ever seen. Firstly this is an ultra-rare Radio Station Copy fromABC radio station: AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (ABC RADIO). Firstly it is none-gatefold. The front is laminated and looks SUPERB.

The spine is completely intact and all spinal writings remain undamaged. There is a seam split at the top of the sleeve. Also present and in near mint condition is the ultra-rare and very heavily textured lyric sheet One of the DJs has written the catalogue number on the back of the LP and there is a stamp in red ink that reads PROPERTY OF ABC RADIO. The BLUE Phillips record label has been stamped also with PROPERTY of ABC RADIO. The reverse o the sleeve has the DJs timing strip.

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9.

David Bowie

Netherlands

Philips SBL 7912 Stereo - Dark Blue

Side 1: AA 852 146 1Y 1 670 (machine stamped)

Side 2: AA 852 146 2Y 1 670 (machine stamped)

1970

This is a very rare Dutch version. It has the bluePhilips labels (like the UK version) with silver text like the Australian issue. The gatefold sleeve is identical to the UK version.

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10.

David Bowie

South Africa

Philips PST 5148 Stereo - Red

Side 1: 852146 1 Y // 3v420 (machine stamped)

Side 2: 852146 y// 2 L 3 (machine stamped)

March 1970

Extremely rare South African version. Until recently, many collectors didn’t even think this record existed! This has the red Philip labels with silver text. The nature of the poor lamination process of SouthAfrican records means that at this age (51+) the laminate is now bubbling but this is the same on LPs kept in pristine condition.

The sleeve is a none gatefold flip back with a laminated front. Across the top and left sides of the back the edges of the back cover, 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 artwork on the back of this LP is interestingly called, THE WIDT OF A CIRCLE by Bowie’s school friend, George Underwood. It has that cartoon ofBowie, the moon landing, Bowie's mother with a clown, (just like Ashes toAshes). Just like on the UK version, this sleeve mistakenly calls this artworkThe DEPTH of THE circle. (bottom right in the credits).

David Bowie hated mistakes like this and called Philips,“takky”, for getting the title wrong. Obviously he was thinking of a link to his next Album The Man who Sold the World, with the album track The WIDTH of aCircle.

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11.

David Bowie

Spain

Philips PDS 339 Stereo - Dark Blue

Side 1: 850 5852146*A*1 (machine stamped)

Side 2: 850 5852146*B*1 (machine stamped)

1970

Rare Spanish version. This has the black Philips labels(like the UK version) with silver text.

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12.

Man of Words / Man of Music

USA

Mercury SR 61246 Stereo - WHITE

Side 1: SR 61246-A-M1 (machine stamped) 1-1 MR (hand etched)

Side 2: SR 61246-B-M1 (machine stamped) 1-1 MR (hand etched)

November 1969

This is a white label first pressing of the US edition ofBowie’s second LP was re-titled Man of Words/Man of Music. This is evident because the Mercury logo running around the outside of both labels are missing the ® symbol.

The title (Man of Words / Man of Music) is only mentioned on the cover. The label simply calls the album David Bowie. The sleeve is slightly glossier than the second issue.

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13.

Man of Words / Man of Music

USA

Mercury SR 61246 Stereo - RED

Side 1: SR 61246-A-M1 (machine stamped) 1-1 MR (hand etched)

Side 2: SR 61246-B-M1 (machine stamped) 1-1 MR (hand etched)

November 1969

This is a first pressing of the US edition of Bowie’s second LP was re-titled Man of Words/Man of Music. This is evident because theMercury logo running around the outside of both labels are missing the ®symbol.

The title (Man of Words / Man of Music) is only mentioned on the cover. The label simply calls the album David Bowie. The sleeve is slightly glossier than the second issue.

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14.

Man of Words / Man of Music

USA

Mercury SR 61246 Stereo - RED

Side 1: SR 61246-A-M2 (machine stamped) 1-1 MR (hand etched)

Side 2: SR 61246-B-M1 (machine stamped) 1-1 MR (hand etched)

November 1969

This is a second pressing of the US edition of Bowie’s second LP was re-titled Man of Words/Man of Music. This is evident because theMercury logo running around the outside of both labels contains the ® symbol.

The title (Man of Words / Man of Music) is only mentioned on the cover. The label simply calls the album David Bowie.

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15.

The Man Who Sold The World

USA

Mercury SR 61325 Stereo - WHITE

Side 1: SR 61325 - A - M2 (machine stamped)

Side 2: SR 61325 - B - M1 (machine stamped)

November 1970

White label promo of the US issue of The Man Who Sold TheWorld.

This is an original, first issue (not counterfeit) due tothe stamped matrix numbers and the relative positioning of the lyrics on the back cover. This, the US version, was the first Man Who Sold The World to be issued (even before the UK) and Tony Defries (Bowie’s manager at the time) was creating hype to DJs, journalists etc that this record had sold 50,000 copies in the USA. The reality was that only 1,395 had been sold! It had been a flop!

Armed with this information, RCA then cut the print run of the UK (dress cover) of this album to around 500 copies (which is why that is now so rare).

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16.

The Man Who Sold The World

USA

Mercury SR 61325 Stereo - RED

Side 1: SR 61325 - A - M2 (machine stamped)

Side 2: SR 61325 - B - M1 (machine stamped)

November 1970

This is an original, first issue (not counterfeit) due tothe stamped matrix numbers and the relative positioning of the lyrics on the back cover. This, the US version, was the first Man Who Sold The World to be issued (even before the UK) and Tony Defries (Bowie’s manager at the time) was creating hype to DJs, journalists etc that this record had sold 50,000 copies in the USA. The reality was that only 1,395 had been sold! It had been a flop!

Armed with this information, RCA then cut the print run of the UK (dress cover) of this album to around 500 copies (which is what that is now so rare).

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17.

The Man Who Sold The World

UK

Mercury 6338 041 Stereo - BLACK

Side 1: 6338041 1Y // 1 420 (machine stamped)

Side 2: 6338041 2Y // 1 420 (machine stamped)

April 1971

This is a first issue UK version with the withdrawn‘dress’ cover.

The mis-spelling of “Tonny Visconti” on this label and“Woody Woodmansley” denotes a first issue. This spelling error was later corrected for the second UK pressing.

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18.

The Man Who Sold The World

Germany

Mercury 6338 041 Stereo - DARK BLUE

Side 1: 10 AA6338041 1Y 320 (machine stamped)

Side 2: 10 AA6338041 2Y 320 (machine stamped)

1971

This is a first issue German version with the withdrawn ‘round cover’.

The whole outer sleeve opens up to form a complete circle with colour outside and black and white inside.

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19.

Hunky Dory

UK

RCA SF 8244 Stereo - ORANGE

Side 1: APRS 5947 3T (machine stamped) A1E Bobil (hand etched)

Side 2: APRS 5948 3T (machine stamped) A1D Rasputin (hand etched)

1971

This is the very first issue of Hunky Dory. The cover is gloss laminated with a 10mm strip of laminate over running onto the right hand edge of the back cover. In the top right corner is the record catalogue number but no mention of ‘Gem’, Bowie's record promotors (to be).

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20.

Hunky Dory

UK

RCA SF 8244 Stereo - ORANGE

Side 1: APRS 5947 3T (machine stamped) A2V Bobil (hand etched)

Side 2: APRS 5948 3T (machine stamped) A1AX Rasputin(hand etched)

1971

This is the second issue of Hunky Dory. The cover is gloss laminated with a 10mm strip of laminate over running onto the right hand edge of the back cover. In the top right corner is the record catalogue number and underneath this is the Gem logo and text “A GEM PRODUCTION”. Comes with paper lyric sheet insert.

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21.

Aladdin Sane

Italy

RCA DLSP 4852 (CKAY 18592/3) Stereo - ORANGE

Side 1: CKAY 18592 1S - (machine stamped) 1A (hand etched)

Side 2: CKAY 18593 1S - (machine stamped) 1A 1 (hand etched)

1973

When this album was first released in Italy, the sleeve artwork wasn’t ready so it was shipped in this ‘interim’ cover printed on a cheap paper sleeve with a handwritten message on the back (in Italian) which said: To anticipate the maximum output, the new David Bowie LP is temporarily packed in a provisional sleeve. In April, the final envelope will be available which you can request, free, from your supplier.

Most people returned this temporary sleeve as advised, which makes this an extremely rare sleeve.

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22. ROCK & ROLL NOW - Promotion only LP

JAPAN

RCA SPLD-1052 Stereo- WHITE

Side 1: SPLD 1052A 1-1C (hand-etched)

Side 2: SPLD 1052B 1201 (machine stamped)

1973

This is an ultra-rare authentic Japanese Gatefold PromoWhite Label sampler LP. Original Disc, inner record sleeve and gatefold cover in near mint/excellent+ condition. Includes a colour printed copy print of aJapanese promo flyer. It was used to promote and coincide with Bowie’s firstJapanese tour in 1973

This album rarely appears for sale and is one of the top-rated Japanese Bowie collectables. The unique gatefold picture sleeve opens to reveal a cool picture of David, a Japanese biography and brief discography with details of the forthcoming Aladdin Sane album.

Disc is in near mint condition disk with very shiny surfaces.