Space Oddity

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. Publishing: • A1, B3: Essex Music International, © Copyright 1969 Essex Music International Ltd., London. • A2: Titanic Music/Chrysalis, © Copyright 1969 Titanic Music/Chrysalis. • A3, A4, B1, B2, B4: Titanic Music/Chrysalis, © Copyright 1970 Titanic Music/Chrysalis. • B5: Essex Music International, © Copyright 1970 Essex Music International Ltd., London. 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.