recent vinyl finds
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Well, what a weekend down in Milton Keynes, digging in shops and selling/buying at a small record fair in a pub. I had all sorts of finds from 60's Afro-Beat to obscure early 80's synth 7"s. But blowing them all out of the water was this album I came across. I emailed a guy who runs a site specialising in David Bowie autographs after I picked up a copy of Ziggy Stardust. I was hanging around outside the venue where the record fair was and as I had got there 2 hours early got chatting to a bloke who was off loading loads of his own car boot finds and he let me dig into his boot before he unloaded his wares, which included half a dozen Bowie albums. Naturally I bought them all and the copy of Ziggy he had was very clean and also a first press - with the correct credits, no Mainman on the rear of the sleeve etc. I paid him £25 as that was what he wanted but upon closer inspection I noticed a signature on the rear which (to me) looks like it could actually be by the mainman himself. As a longtime fan ( since 1970) I was pretty much blown away by the possibility of having the good fortune to have found a first pressing of this that may have been signed - not something I would ever be able to buy on the open market. When I asked the seller if he knew about the signature he shrugged and said "I dunno mate, could be, I don't care to be honest". However... I thought it would be a good idea to contact Andy Peters who runs a site specializing in db autographs. He wrote to me today to say,
"Good to hear from you. I get hundreds of these requests a month and sadly, they are all either poor attempts or silly scribbles. I’m delighted to say, this is 100% authentic - an incredibly rare find indeed. Bowie signed the rear phone box often as it was the only decent area for a biro. I’d put this signature and LPs value at circa £1000. Always nice to have an Antique Roadshow moment - congratulations!!
Best wishes - Andy"Which is pretty amazing and a once in a lifetime find, right place right time but I know when I go back to the record fair seller and tell him about that Bowie album he sold me he'll just just shrug and say good for you, he really didn't care less either way! I will still buy him a pint or two though.
- nice! not to mention early UK pressings of ziggy are so much better than the US and reissue versions they should be £1000 anyway :Dkingsteven
- fuck yes!scruffics