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Genre:Rock Style:Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Space Rock, Prog Rock
Tracklist:
A1. Space Oddity A2. Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed A3. Letter To Hermione A4. Cygnet Committee B1. Janine B2. An Occasional Dream B3. The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud B4. God Knows I'm Good B5. Memory Of A Free Festival
General notes about this release (please note: our version may differ a little. see the comments above):
Original UK reissue by RCA of [r=2823685, in a non-laminated matt card sleeve with a new design; Printed in England by Robert Stace.
Note that this reissue drops track A2.2 'Don't Sit Down' that appears on the original 1969 release.
"Previously released on Philips Records SBL 7912" in front bottom right corner - text is in one line, other issues have split this into two lines.
Orange labels are semi-glossy, headers read: 'Side 1 Stereo' and 'Side 2 Stereo' and have four lines of text in white at the bottom in a semi-circle.
First catalogue number on cover and inner sleeve, 2nd on labels.
Titanic Music/Chrysalis publishing; no mention of MainMan anywhere on this release yet, except for the 'David Bowie - A Mainman Artist' entry on the back cover.
Matrix variants start at 'BPRS 4501 1E' and 'BPRS 4502-1E', subsequent issues may have MainMan replacing Titanic Music in the publishing credits and a MainMan logo on back cover.
Inner sleeve with lyrics printed in blue and pink, 'LSP-4813', 'Printed in England.', also crediting Titanic Music.
Some copies issued with a folded 21"x24" poster of the cover shot, also had a black & white peelable sticker stating: "David Bowie Poster Enclosed"; this is identical to the one used for the [r=926376 reissue, released simultaneously.
Front, back cover, inners and poster features uncredited photography by Mick Rock.
Recorded at Trident Studios, London, England with Ken Scott, Malcolm Toft and Barry Sheffield, engineering.
Recorded in 1969
℗ 1969
David Bowie - A Mainman Artist
Printed in England by Robert Stace
B3 appears as "The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud" on cover & inner sleeve, but as "The Wild Eyed Boy From Free Cloud" on label.
The variants shown on this listing include both, different stampers from the same lacquer cut as well as different lacquer cuts from the source tape. The first number & letter combination after the matrix number (eg BPRS 4502- 1E, 2E etc) indicates the sequence of cuts (1,2,3) and whether they were cut at RCA or not (eg E). It follows that each cut may sound different from others.
Record Company RCA Ltd. Manufactured By RCA Ltd. Produced For Straight Ahead Productions Recorded At Trident Studios Pressed By RCA Records Pressing Plant, Washington, UK Published By Essex Music International Published By Titanic Music Published By Chrysalis Music Printed By Robert Stace
