DAVID BOWIE The Man Who Sold The World (Genuine 1970 US first press 9-track stereo LP on the red Mercury label with correct label ridge & machine stamped matrices in the run-outs [SR 61325-A- M2/ SR 61325-B- M1], released just before Bowie shot to fame & before the UK release & notoriously hard to find [we have found more counterfeits than the real artefact!]. Comes housed in a unique pasted 'cartoon' sleeve with lyrics on the reverse with on-registered print. The cover has thecorrect rear pasting with a very small gap between the 'oh by jingo' speech bubble & the above 'So softly…' lyric line in 'The Supermen'. The cover grades VG- with a 3" split in the top left edge & a 3.5" split in top right edge. There are no deletion cuts or heavy discolouring & the print is unfaded with strong, bright colours & lettering. The sleeve does show general age wear scuffing & 4 inches of the bottom seam remain intact. The spine is clearly readable & all print is legible front & back with no writing, the original plain white inner enclosed. The vinyl is clean & grades VG/VG- with clear playback & no jumps. Playback reveals the full lyrics to All The Madmen ['For I'm quite content they're all as sane as me']. There are some faint hairlines both sides with some faint clicks at the start of 'All The Madmen' detected & the odd spot of light crackle in between tracks. Naturally it's a bass heavy mix & known to be Bowie's heaviest album, with clear backing vocals & clear overdub sections barely audible on counterfeit copies. By no means a mint copy, this is still the real deal & surely a must for the completist SR61325)