PAICE ASHTON LORD Malice in Wonderland 1st UK Press LP BARELY PLAYED Deep Purple

	£		19
	$		25

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Welcome to 'Its the vinyl countdown' music auctions. Here you will find some of the most incredible rare records and music memorabilia for your collection. We pride ourselves on auctioning only the highest grade records and items, you will not see anything listed here below EX+ condition, unles the item is extremely rare. You will not see worn covers, warped records or scratched records. We simply do not bother with them.

We list in many cases, 'Archived' & 'mint' condition items, we are able to source from private collections all over the UK. So we hope you can be put at ease that what you are bidding on is of the highest quality.

We play through most of the records, unless the item is clearly mint, or sealed..in which case we don't play them, thus maintaining their 'unplayed' status!  Obviously with some of these rare items there will be the odd 'anomoly' along the way , the odd little static pop or lead in 'sizzle' for a split second.. nothing is perfect we find! all systems differ, but we aim to describe these as accurately as possible for you.... PLEASE ENJOY THIS ITEM YOU ARE NOW LOOKING AT..

PAICE ASHTON LORD

'MALICE IN WONDERLAND'

UK 1st Earliest OYSTER PRESSING with those A//1 B//1 matrix numbers

SIMPLY PRISTINE COPY AND THE BEST SLEEVE YOU WILL SEE...

1ST 1 11 1     MOTHER STAMPERS

An outstanding 'ARCHIVED' example of this very collectable classic LP.

Released 1977

Label     OYSTER POLYDOR  2391 269

Matrix      2391269 A/1           A//1  C 1  1  1 1     Etching  ARUN

                 2391269 B/1           B//1  C 1  1  1 1    

THE VINYL   MINT-   INCREDIBLE CONDITION

As you can see, this vinyl is the highly prized 1st UK pressing with the //1  //1 matrix numbers on each side, confirming this is the very first pressing.

This first pressing is a superb vinyl which has retained its amazing glossy sheen and finish. There is no dulling anywhere and overall it is in incredible condition for an LP of this age. The edges are silky smooth, typical of these vintage pressings, rarely do we see a copy at all, let alone like this.

The centre hole shows NO spindle skate, the holes remain tight with no wear.

Under a very bright light you can see there are a few tiny light whisp lines and some very light hairlines in a few places.  

Clearly this LP has been archived for many many years, it really is quite amazing..A couple of tiny little static pops in afew places, a profesional clean could remedy these easily enough. The whole LP sounds superb.

There is no damage or wear to either side or anything which spoils the play. We feel it is evident this LP simply has not been played for a very very long time, and finding these UK pressings is becoming impossible..A COPY THIS GOOD IS LIKE GOLD DUST!

OVERALL THIS IS SIMPLY A MUST FOR ANY FINAL UPGRADE COLLECTION. YOU WILL NOT SEE BETTER.

THE SLEEVE    EX+ STRONG

Correct FLAT MATT  first issued earliest sleeve -MacNEILL PRESS

 This is in superb condition with no white rub or damage of any note

The edges are all super clean , all colours and inks remain in outstanding condition-Finding this sleeve like this is so rare as many copies (albeit it is avery hard to find LP these days) suffer bad whitening on the top egdes in particular-not this one!

No powdery white ringwear - some very light ring press only

There are a couple of tiny tiny spider lines over the edges otherwise all edges are super sharp and clean. 

The open edge remains in immaculate sharp condition -

The spine edge is totally unmarked and all legends are perfectly readable,NO SQUASH AT ALL

The white spine sits proud of both faces as in all correct first edition sleeves.

WE CLARIFY BY SAYING, THIS SLEEVE IS SUPERB QUALITY.

THE INNER SLEEVE   MINT

Original BROWN INNER...PRISTINE CONDITION, NO DAMAGE SPLITS OR SCISSORRING

Vinyl is housed in further  poly liner inner bag..   

We hope you enjoy looking at this item, and good luck if you decide to bid for it...We can safely say you will not be dissapointed- If you need to know anyting else, please feel free to contact us with any questions.

All our items are sent 'signed delivery' tracked to your door, (we have never had an item go missing anywhere in the world!) for peace of mind for both you and us! All items are sent in strong protective mailer boxes and stiffeners. With over 28 years in mail order and the music industry 'worldwide' we pride ourselves on the fact you can bid safely on all our items, and knowing you are being dealt with by professionals.

ENJOY! ;0)