MADNESS - One Step Beyond - MINT Vinyl '79 SRK6085 - RARE L.A. Pressing (Promo)

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One Step Beyond is the 1979 debut album by Madness. Recorded and mixed in about three weeks, the album peaked at number two and remained on the U.K. Albums Chart for more than a year. This was the first album produced by the Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley team, who would go on to produce more Madness albums and to work with artists such as Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Morrissey, Dexys Midnight Runners, They Might Be Giants and David Bowie.

The title track, released as a single, was originally written and recorded by the Jamaican ska musician Prince Buster, and its "Don't watch that, watch this ..." introduction is adapted from another Prince Buster song, "The Scorcher". The North American release of One Step Beyond... features a cover of Buster's "Madness", as the song was released as a single there, and the track "The Prince" is a tribute to Buster.
This is a very rare, Los Angeles pressing of a first U.S. pressing of the album. Vinyl is in MINT condition, the cover has a gold stamp ("Promotional Copy Not For Sale) on the upper right corner, and the vintage shop where I bought it wrote "299" in black marker above the stamp. Copies with vinyl in lesser condition sell for $30 or more in the U.S. and abroad.

Here's the goods on this one: https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/636643?ev=rb
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