DAVID BOWIE Legendary BOWPROMO LP Rare PROMO 1971 DEMO

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2,801

DAVID BOWIE Legendary BOWPROMO LP Very Rare 1971 DEMO Dana Gillespie

Offered here is a chance to own one of the rarest and most sort after David Bowie records:

The Legendary BOWPROMO LP

Documented in the Illustrated db discography

http://www.illustrated-db-discography.nl/bowpromo.htm

In August 1971, David Bowie's manager Tony Defries had 500 promo LPs pressed to secure him and other Mainman artist Dana Gillespie a record deal. This promo album, featuring seven songs by David on side A and five by Dana Gillespie on the flip, is often being referred to as the BOWPROMO white-label album. The LP came in generic white outer and inner sleeves and had no printed labels, so its matrix number (BOWPROMO 1A-1/1B-1) is the only way to safely identify it. Most of the Bowie songs on this promo LP would appear four months later on Hunky Dory. However, as the recording and mixing of that album had not yet been finished, it transpired that the BOWPROMO LP contained two songs that would not end up on any official album for the next 20 years (Bowie's 'Bombers' and Gillespie's 'Lavender Hill'). Besides, it features marginally to very different early mixes/versions.

Printed on labels is the following

Gem

London W1R 6DN

Telephone 01-734-9517

Matrix number (BOWPROMO 1A-1/1B-1) FACTORY STAMPED in trail off

This record is from the collection of a record company executive

Comes in plain white cover with words David Bowie & Dana Gillespie Rough Mix written in blue marker.

Condition of vinyl is a strong VG+ (some very light surface scratches)

I’ve done extensive research on this item and even though it’s been reported that there were 500 if these made, no one I’ve talked to has ever seen one in person.

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 Printed stickers over both white labels with song titles and the following:

Gem

London W1R 6DN

Telephone 01-734-9517