THIN LIZZY SHADES OF A BLUE ORPHANAGE 1st 1 UK Press LP TIME CAPSULE COPY

	£		56
	$		74

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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..

THIN LIZZY

'SHADES OF A BLUE ORPHANAGE'

IMMACULATE FILE COPY STORED FROM NEW ONE PLAY ONLY!

*** This is the rarest first edition ROBERT STACE sleeve

with the plain white spine (not blue like the second sleeves) ***

PART OF A PRIVATE COLLECTION WE ARE NOW OFFERING- BE SURE TO SEE THE OTHERS..ALL HAVE NOT SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY FOR DECADES!!

From a collection of Archived Review copy LPs- all in MINT play condition.. Stunning original UK issued and we have never seen better!

Be sure to see our others listed..they are all quite spectacular!

Released 1972

Label    DECCA TXS 108

Matrix        ZAL -11209.P -2  Stamper: 1 G G

                   ZAL -11210.P -3  Stamper: 1  G G

THE VINYL   STONE  MINT   INCREDIBLE  CONDITION

As you can see, this vinyl is the  1st ORIGINAL UK HEAVYWEIGHT PRESSING

IT  HAS BEEN PLAYED ONCE POSSIBLY TWICE FROM NEW - AND FILED AWAY IN A PRIVATE COLLECTION

When we took the collection in they clearly had not been 'visited' for decades, some may have some light settled dust on the vinyl, they are  QUITE SUBLIME!

There is NO whisp of any note and no hairlines on the vinyl, nothing at all1

AND....unlike many many copies of this LP, it does not have that 'bubble' pressign defect on side two, whcih makes the record pop..(prety much every copy we have seen over the years has this tiny little pin spot in the pressing..)

Possibly just the one tiny spider line, and no wear to the centre hole at all

The vinyl gleams and has no dulling of any note

Overall a stunning rarity, and it plays and sounds superb..

WE HEARD PRETTY MUCH NO STATIC IN ANY DEAD GROOVES AT ALL ANYWHERE!

 'SARAH' AND THE TITLE TRACK BOTH SOUND FLAWLESS..

THE LABELS   MINT  FLAT MATT LABELS

THE SLEEVE     EX+

Correct  first UK issued earliest  GATEFOLD 'ABSOLUTE MATT' sleeve  - WITH PLAIN WHITE SPINE (Later ones were blue with the titles printed)

with the SQUARE SPINE 

Printed by  -   ROBERT STACE

Later sleeves had no printer credits we believe.

The edges are all super clean with barely a spot of rub anywhere to be seen..magnificent!

And all colours and inks remain in outstanding condition

No POWDERY RUB OR RINGWEAR -the tiniest of ringpress.

SPINE EDGE IS SUPERB WITH JUST TWO LIGHT  'LINES' AT THE TOP (See pic)

NO TINY TIP RUB OF ANY NOTE -BARELY A HINT OF TIP DINK

OPEN EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP WITH NO WEAR OR FEATHERING

THE INKS ARE GLEAMING LIKE BRAND NEW..

SOME VERY LIGHT RING WEAR ON THE BACK TOP SLEEVE & DOWN THE BACK SPINE EDGE, WHICH IS VERY TYPICAL OF THIS SLEEVE ALAS.

THE GATEFOLD- IS PRISTINE

THE INNER SLEEVE   MINT 

PRINTED DECCA ORIGINAL..NO TEARS RIPS, DISCOLOUR  OR SCISSORING

***** YOU WANT THE BEST AND RAREST EXAMPLE? LOOK NO FURTHER THAN HERE! ***

POSTAGE DISCOUNTS:

Don't forget we offer big postage discounts on multi wins..the more LPs you win, the cheaper the postage works out for you worldwide- Up to 2 kilos or 5 LPs, after which we will send your wins in more than one parcel..ALL very well protected in mailers, stiffeners, plenty of tape & protection, then 'signed delivered' to your door-  and to date we have nad NO damaged items!  ;0)

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)