David Bowie – The Man Who Sold The World
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Mercury (2) – SR 61325 |
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Vinyl
, LP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release, Stereo
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US |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Glam |
Tracklist
| A1 | The Width Of A Circle | 8:07 | |
| A2 | All The Men | 5:38 | |
| A3 | Black Country Rock | 3:33 | |
| A4 | After All | 3:52 | |
| B1 | Running Gun Blues | 3:12 | |
| B2 | Saviour Machine | 4:27 | |
| B3 | She Shook Me Cold | 4:13 | |
| B4 | The Man Who Sold The World | 3:58 | |
| B5 | The Supermen | 3:39 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Mercury Record Corporation
- Distributed By – Mercury Record Productions, Inc.
- Manufactured By – Mercury Record Productions, Inc.
- Recorded At – Trident Studios
- Recorded At – Advision Studios
- Remixed At – Trident Studios
Credits
- Drums – Mick Woodmansey
- Electric Bass, Producer, Piano, Guitar – Tony Visconti
- Engineer – Ken*
- Executive-Producer – Robin McBride
- Guitar – Mick Ronson
- Synthesizer [Moog] – Ralph Mace
- Vocals, Guitar, Written-By – David Bowie
Notes
This is the counterfeit version of the original US Mercury edition of the album, see David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World.
For visually similar counterfeit with simpler matrices, please see David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World.
The following visual indicators can be used to distinguish the counterfeit from the official US Mercury LP:
• The matrices in the runout are etched, not stamped.
• The space between the final lyric line of The Supermen and the cartoon bubble "Oh By Jingo" on the back cover is notably wider than the space on the official version.
• The three stripes above Mercury logo on the cover of the official US Mercury edition stretch over the top edge of the sleeve. The counterfeit version falls short of the top edge, rather than being folded and glued over the top of the sleeve as on the official version.
Also, about 2 seconds of music is missing from track A2, "All The Men". The line "For I'm quite content they're all as sane as me" at the end of the first chorus is missing the words, "they're all as sane as me" (you can hear the start of the word "they're" if you listen closely).
From back cover (on both this and the official version):
All selections published by PRS. Ltd (ASCAP)
Recorded at Trident Studios and Advision Studios, London, England
Remixed at Trident Studios, London, England
Many thanks to our engineer, Ken.
Track A2 is titled "All The Men" on back cover, but shown as "All The Mad Men" on label side A.
For visually similar counterfeit with simpler matrices, please see David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World.
The following visual indicators can be used to distinguish the counterfeit from the official US Mercury LP:
• The matrices in the runout are etched, not stamped.
• The space between the final lyric line of The Supermen and the cartoon bubble "Oh By Jingo" on the back cover is notably wider than the space on the official version.
• The three stripes above Mercury logo on the cover of the official US Mercury edition stretch over the top edge of the sleeve. The counterfeit version falls short of the top edge, rather than being folded and glued over the top of the sleeve as on the official version.
Also, about 2 seconds of music is missing from track A2, "All The Men". The line "For I'm quite content they're all as sane as me" at the end of the first chorus is missing the words, "they're all as sane as me" (you can hear the start of the word "they're" if you listen closely).
From back cover (on both this and the official version):
All selections published by PRS. Ltd (ASCAP)
Recorded at Trident Studios and Advision Studios, London, England
Remixed at Trident Studios, London, England
Many thanks to our engineer, Ken.
Track A2 is titled "All The Men" on back cover, but shown as "All The Mad Men" on label side A.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Rights Society: PRS
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, var. 1): SR - 61325 - A - M2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, var. 1): SR - 61325 - B - m1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched, var. 2): SR - 61325 - A - M2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched, var. 2): SR - 61325 - B - M1 PR
Other Versions (5 of 277)
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The Man Who Sold The World (LP, Album, Stereo, Stamped Matrix, PR - Philips Pressing) | Mercury | SR 61325, SR-61325 | US | 1970 | ||
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The Man Who Sold The World (LP, Album, Promo) | Mercury | SR-61325 | US | 1970 | ||
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The Man Who Sold The World (8-Track Cartridge, Album, Stereo) | Mercury | MC8 61325, MC8-61325, 61325 | US | 1970 | ||
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The Man Who Sold The World (LP, Album, Misprint) | Mercury | 6338 041 | UK | 1971 | ||
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The Man Who Sold The World (LP, Album) | Mercury | 6338 041D | 1971 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Please beware when buying this record off eBay. A majority of the listings don’t even specify that it’s the bootleg version or not. -
I have a copy still in shrink wrap. The three bars above the logo extend over the top, but the matrix numbers are etched. So is it real or not?
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Have a copy of this version that’s a bit of an oddity - has the hallmarks of the counterfeit versions (etched runouts, the gap on the back cover, stripes on the top don’t go over to the back, label isn’t very good quality), but also is different in other ways. The etched runouts are facing the opposite direction (bottom of the letters toward record edge) and there is no skip during the “quite convinced…” lyrics.
Strange. -
My copy is from my dad and we're from Philly. There was an infamous counterfeit vinyl ring in Philly, technically Darby, during the early 1970's by John La Monte called The House of Sounds. They made millions of counterfeit albums, but no one knows how many of this title were made. The warehouse bust had 3 million albums inside. The feds confiscated a tractor trailer full of records, which telegraphs that The House of Sounds vinyl counterfeit ring was shipping albums all over the region and/or country. The Beatles Let It Be was said to have somewhere around 300,000 copies. More of that album may have been made, but that's what they were caught with. They were busted in 1977 and he went into the witness protection program, since he turned states evidence on wiseguys.
David Bowie's The Man Who Sold The World was made in the early 1970's and there were no scans at that time, since the technology didn't exist. Maybe on a copy/printer, which was in its early days regarding technology. The spacing issues are most likely from reproducing portions of the cover and then putting it together later and not paying close attention to placement. The hand etchings are a dead giveaway too. Stampers make all matrices in the deadwax of an album. The same can be said for The Beatles Let It Be with the counterfeit vinyl having hand etched matrices, instead of a stamp, i.e. the 'IAM' triangle and Bell Sound stamp for a real Scranton press. This is 100% counterfeit vinyl. To be technically correct, it's counterfeit and not a bootleg. A counterfeit is producing something that's officially licensed/released to look like an original to fool the buyer and a bootleg is something that's unreleased/unlicensed like a concert.
I hope this helps since this is where and how this album was produced shedding light on the mystery putting it to rest. -
Here to add my two cents. This release also confuses the hell out of me. It was gifted to me from my grandpa and I being so excited, then to find out that it was a bootleg, then to play it and be pleasantly surprised. It’s definitely a bit thin and there’s some sort of odd tape hiss or something in the back, but my copy sounds pretty great when turned up. I think I’m in the camp of people who think this is probably a cheaply made reissue rather than a bootleg, but I’d be interested to hear an original copy back to back to check for differences.
Also, the spacing on the speech bubble on the back adds even more confusion. Would an early 70s bootlegging production really mess with the back cover when they have perfect scans of it as is? Super weird. But again, I’m more than satisfied with my copy so I guess I don’t REALLY need to know where it came from. I’d love to see this mystery solved though, as a massive fan of Bowie. Anybody happen to know any retired Mercury Records executives who could shed light on this?? A long shot but someone has to have the answers, and as time goes on I feel like we have less and less of an opportunity to really figure out what the hell is going on with this release. -
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Edited 9 months agoCan anyone help me out here the three bars that are supposed to be above the mercury on either the front or the back or not on mine
All of the other characteristics of the pirate edition are present
The etched matrix letters, the missing lyrics and jump on track 2 The spacing on the back. The patchy mercury label. But no bars above mercury either on the front or the back.
And I’m fairly positive. This is not another NEW variant. It definitely looks like it’s about 50 years old. -
This album is a lesson in collecting and truly opened my eyes to variants. I love having the bootleg version of this album, as I later found out. The mystery of its origin makes it even more endearing and collectible. I don’t regret spending $20 on it 15 years ago.
It’s not that awful sounding either.
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Edited one year agoHuh... I picked this up at the local shop. I'm a little surprised he didn't tell me that it was the boot. I guess I should have done my reseach first. It appears that I have the first pirate, it sounds okay, not great, but between tracks you can hear a weird mechanical hum.
Edit to add that mine doesn't have the 2 seconds missing in Men.
2nd edit to not offend my rsg... -
Just bought a copy by mistake, definitely had a punch hole in it and hand etched numbers in dead wax
Sounds kinda clear? If it wasn’t distorted like crazy. Just keep your eye out y’all lol
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