Copy beginning of record I found in unexpected place (7)
I believe the answer is:
replica
'copy' is the definition.
(replica is a kind of copy)
'beginning of record i found in unexpected place' is the wordplay.
'beginning of' indicates taking the first letters.
'found in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'unexpected' indicates anagramming the letters.
The first letter of 'record' is 'r'.
'place' anagrammed gives 'eplca'.
'i' going within 'eplca' is 'eplica'.
'r'+'eplica'='REPLICA'
(Other definitions for replica that I've seen before include "Copy original" , "Perfect copy" , "Reproduction, fascsimile" , "Parcel I found with exact copy" , "Duplicate" .)