'ITS THE VINYL COUNTDOWN'

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..

IRON MAIDEN

'DEBUT'

VERY HARD TO FIND GENUINE EARLIEST UK  -1 -1 Pressing LP  -

1st SLEEVE AND AMAZING MINT- PLAY CONDITION

Released 1980

Label    EMI EMC 3330

Matrix        EMC3330 A-1  Stampers: 3 G

                   EMC3330 B-1  Stampers: 5

 

THE VINYL   MINT-  INCREDIBLE  CONDITION

As you can see, this vinyl is the highly prized earliest possible -1 -1 pressing -( Stored from new this LP has seen very little play, and remains in pristine condition everywhere.

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. We are seing fewer and fewer copies of this LP, so rarely do we see a copy at all, let alone like this.

Just a couple of tiny light spider lines around the centre hole, but no wear to the spindle hole whatsoever.

There are a few whisp lines,  nothing else!  Clearly this LP has been archived for many many years, a few little dust specs are on the vinyl when we slid it for checking..IT REMAINS IN ASTONISHING CONDITION.

On playing through we heard pretty much nothing at all.. the tiniest static on the dead grooves only.. a quite sublime example.

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

 

THE LABELS   MINT  FLAT MATT LABELS

 

THE SLEEVE     EX+ STRONG

Correct LOW GLOSS  first UK issued earliest sleeve  -

Printer credits: Garrod & Lofthouse

 This is in super condition, quite amazing how it has survived so clean.

The edges are all super clean with just some tiny traces of tip rub, at all , and all colours and inks remain in outstanding condition

No powdery white ringwear - some very light ring press, and all edges are super crisp. There are some small spider lines on the edges only.

The open edge remains in immaculate sharp condition barely a hint of handling-superb.

 The spine edge is unmarked with no squash & has just a couple of tiny little spider lines.

We cannot add any more than this! ITS A BEAUTY!

 

    

THE INNER SLEEVE   MINT-

 white paper inner

 

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)          

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