Best Deluxe - Very Good (VG) / Very Good Plus (VG+)

Notes

Japan-only double sampler LP of tracks from Bowie's then 5 RCA-issued albums, though not in chronological order on the vinyl, with these being: '....Ziggy Stardust....', 'Aladdin Sane', 'Space Oddity' reissue (originally released under the title of 'David Bowie' by Philips and the concurrent North America Mercury issue as 'Man Of Words/Man Of Music'), 'The Man Who Sold The World' and 'Hunky Dory'.

Issued in double-pocket gatefold jacket with wrap-around poster/obi and 2-page insert with notes (Japanese) and lyrics (English) that complete notes and lyrics from inner jacket. Later copies have ¥3,600 price stickers affixed to the rear of the jacket and obi.

Both records are labeled Side 1 / Side 2 in inner anti-static liner bags.

Reissued in 1976 with, then contemporary, 'Thin White Duke' cover, as [r=3215530].