Space Oddity

[l=RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis], first pressing, identified by a serifed "I" stamped in runouts. Remainder of runouts stamped. Orange RCA Victor "dynaflex" labels. RCA logo on jacket. Issued with a magenta-colored printed inner sleeve with lyrics and photo. Initial copies came with a full-color poster and a white-on-black sticker on the front stating "David Bowie Poster Enclosed". Promotional copies have a rectangular approximately 4"×6" sticker marked "PROMOTIONAL ALBUM - NOT FOR SALE" with titles and song timings. Back sleeve shows the timing for track A2 as 6:55, but the RCA reissues used a shortened 6:09 version (without the "Yeah yeah baby yeah..." coda). The promo sticker timing is shown correctly as 6:09. Some copies of this release were imported to the UK with a sticker on the back cover: "Specially imported by RCA RECORDS LTD. Under licence from and on payment of royalty to the British copyright owners concerned" On back cover: Recorded in 1969 On front cover: Previously released as "Man of Words, Man of Music" on Mercury SR61246 ℗ 1972 RCA Records © 1972 RCA Records Produced Courtesy of Straight Ahead Productions Recorded at Trident Studios, London, England David Bowie - A Mainman Artist Track publishers from inner sleeve: A1, A2, B3: © Copyright 1969 Essex Music International Ltd., London and Tro-Andover Music Inc., New York. A3, A4, B1, B2, B4: © Copyright 1972 Vaudeville Music Ltd. B5: © Copyright 1970 Essex Music International Ltd., London and Tro-Andover Music Inc., New York.