QUEEN A Night At The Opera 1975 UK EMI 1st PRESS Nr MINT
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£ 68
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Aug 17, 2012
Sold Date
Aug 7, 2012
Start Date
£ 23
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10
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Great Britain
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QUEEN A Night At The Opera 1975 UK EMI 1st PRESS Nr MINT
BEAUTIFULLY CLEAN EMBOSSED G&L GATEFOLD - TOP COPY
QUEENA Night At The Opera
UK EMI (EMTC 103) FIRST PRESSING (December 1975) OF "A Night At The Opera"
LOVELY COPY - SEEN VERY LITTLE PLAY - SOUNDS SENSATIONAL THROUGHOUT
AND HOUSED IN A BEAUTIFULLY CLEAN EXAMPLE OF THE ORIGNAL EMBOSSED WHITE GATEFOLD SLEEVE
MATRICES: YAX 5063 - 2 / YAX 5064 - 3 (with "BLAIRS" etched on both run-offs)
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 3/LR and 1/RRM
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL EMBOSSED GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH INTERNAL LYRICS, PRINTED BY "Garrod and Lofthouse Limited" WITH FACTORY SEALED AND FOLDED UNDER LEFT SIDE EDGE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL FIRST ISSUE SQUARE CUT CORNER PICTURE INNER SLEEVE
Queen were straining at the boundaries of hard rock and heavy metal on Sheer Heart Attack, but they broke down all the barricades on A Night at the Opera, a self-consciously ridiculous and overblown hard rock masterpiece.
Using the multi-layered guitars of its predecessor as a foundation, A Night at the Opera encompasses metal ("Death on Two Legs," "Sweet Lady"), pop (the lovely, shimmering "You're My Best Friend"), campy British music hall ("Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon," "Seaside Rendezvous", "Good Company"), and mystical prog rock ("'39," "The Prophet's Song"), eventually bringing it all together on the pseudo-operatic "Bohemian Rhapsody."
No one in the band takes anything too seriously, otherwise the arrangements wouldn't be as ludicrously exaggerated as they are. But the appeal — and the influence — of A Night at the Opera is in its detailed, meticulous productions.
It's prog rock with a sense of humour as well as dynamics, and Queen never bettered their approach anywhere else.
Side 1:
Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To...) (3:43)
Lazing On A Sunny Afternoon (1:08)
I'm In Love With My Car (3:05)
You're My Best Friend (2:50)
'39 (3:25)
Sweet Lady (4:01)
Seaside Rendezvous (2:13)
Side 2:
The Prophet's Song (8:17)
Love Of My Life (3:38)
Good Company (3:26)
Bohemian Rhapsody (5:55)
God Save The Queen (1:11)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with barely a spindle trace to be seen
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new - unmarked under normal light with just wispy light hairlines visible under bright light (of no audio consequence)
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Superb audio reproduction - crystal clear sound performance throughout and my play-check at very loud volume detected no major audio issues of note - just a touch of surface on the run-ins (impossibly minor) - this is an exceptionally clean playing copy
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Lovely example of this easily marked sleeve - crisp, clean and white, sharp and fresh
INNER SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Again, crisp, clean and fresh with no seam splits
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: 1st Class: £4.50 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £12.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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