Starman
↑ 1972 Japan PS1 Promo - A Side
↑ 1972 Japan PS1 Promo - B Side
↑ 1972 Japan PS1 Promo - A Side
↑ 1972 Japan PS1 Promo - B Side
↑ 1972 Japan Picture Sleeve 1
↑ 1972 Japan Picture Sleeve 1 (Back)
Like most Japanese sleeves this is a (printed sheet) insert as opposed to a sleeve
↑ 1972 Japan PS1 Issue - A Side
↑ 1972 Japan PS1 Issue - B Side
RCA Promos didn’t always come in the Red RCA inner bags, sometimes they just came in plain white sleeves
The Tri-Centre Promos have silver lettering on an off-white label
↑ 1976 Japan Picture Sleeve 2
↑ 1976 Japan Picture Sleeve 2 (Back)
↑ 1972 Japan PS1 Issue - A Side
↑ 1972 Japan PS1 Issue - B Side
↑ 1972 -1976 Japan PS1 Issue - A Side
↑ 1972 - 1976 Japan PS1 Issue - B Side
↑ From 1976 Japan PS2 Issue - A Side
↑ From 1976 Japan PS2 Issue - B Side
The Large Centre Promos have black lettering on a white label
1972 Japan PS1 Issue - Inner Bag (early issues)
1972 Japan PS1 Issue - Inner Bag (later issues)
1976 Japan PS2 Issue - Inner Bag (last issues - RVC)
Starman was David Bowie’s best selling single in Japan and was kept on catalogue into the early ’80’s
↑ Click for the UK releases
↑ Click for the North American releases
↑ Click for the French release
↑ Click for the German release
↑ Click for the Dutch release
↑ Click for the Spanish releases
↑ Click for the Italian releases
↑ Click for the Australian &
New Zealand releases
↑ Picture Sleeve 1
↑ Picture Sleeve 2 - RVC Pressing
Starman was pressed in 3 pressing plants
As there is a lot of pressings there is quite a lot of colour variation in the sleeves
All the above records are manufactured by ‘Victor Company of Japan Ltd, Yokohama’
This is a later pressing and was made by ‘Victor Musical Industries, Tokyo’
This even later pressing was manufactured by ‘RVC Corporation, Tokyo’
These copies have their own red RVC bag and the picture sleeves don’t have the ‘J.I.S.’ Logo on them
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Japanese Industrial Standards
Logo
This later sleeve does not have the J.I.S. Logo.
There are both textured matt and smooth glossy versions of this sleeve.
↑ Click for the Argentinian release
↑ Click for the Greek release
↑ Click for the Brazilian Promo
↑ Click for the South African release
↑ Click for the Portuguese & Angolan releases
↑ Click for the Yugoslavian release