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Artist: Ice Title: Saga of the Ice King Details: - This is part of my Personal Private Press Folk/Psych/Prog Collection which I have spent many years acquiring - all are Originals No reissues/Replicas etc, I acquired them many years ago and only purchased the genuine copies, most of them have a very limited pressing being private pressings and range from 99 copies to just a few hundred, You will not see some of these come up for sale again for a very long time, if at all On offer here is the Very rare UK Album by Ice called Saga of the Ice King on the Storm label - Run out/Matrix side 1 SR 3307 A1 / side 2 SR 3307 B1 Rarity:- Very rare privately pressed.
The album was recorded in Colin Richardson s garden shed which was converted into a studio Curborough Sound Studios, Lichfield ....this is a rare example of an album recorded in 1979 that changes hands for sums of money more commonly associated with early progressive LP s, extremely obscure limited pressing Record Collector Magazine UK Music: This fulfils all the requirements of the genre mysterious and quasi mystical lyrical content relating to Norse mythology a dense sound in which guitar pyrotechnics are well to the fore.
Record Collector Magazine UK Obviously a concept album and contains some great Prog moments with duelling guitars and the expected acoustic thrown in for light and shade dynamics, it reminded me of Nektars Journey to the Centre of the Eye in places and only really suffers from the recording production after all it was recorded in a make shift back garden studio shed still has all the great concept elements of shifting time signatures but with some nice melodies and psychedelic effects thrown in for good measure, you feel the band have really put in years of developing their craft into this one album for the pure love of it Label: Storm Catalogue No: SR 3307 Year: 1979 Country: UK Vinyl: M- Looks As New - even under Bright Halogen Spotlights I can only see the lightest of sleeve removal marks - Top copy.
Sleeve: EX Great copy of this fully laminated Card sleeve, Nice undamaged spine, no fading, bad ringwear of edgewear, still has sharp opening, Top copy See photos for full overview a great find for this sleeve Labels: Clean Labels - 2 visible spindle lines - Looks unplayed Post/Packing: UK - 5.50, Europe - 7.50, World 11.50 buy multiple items and save on postage I use professionally made box packers not thin mailers with added card stiffeners bubble wrap, I always remove the record from the album cover for storage and for packing I always send my records out this way so that they arrive with the customer as they left me, my postage charges reflect this care, please dont bid if you object to these.
I use lots of photos to show as accurately as possible what you are getting also I don t cut the corners of the record sleeve off the picture Gradings: I use the standard UK gradings as set out in Record Collector Magazine below: MINT: The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality.
The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition.
Records advertised as Sealed or Unplayed should be Mint.
EXCELLENT: The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality.
The cover and packaging might have slight wear and/or creasing.
VERY GOOD: The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch.
Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.
Near Mint, EX , VG etc are acceptable additions to help fine tune descriptions for the buyer Powered by eBay Turbo Lister
