QUEEN - 'DAY AT THE RACES' UK 1ST PRESS VINYL

	£		33
	$		44

Welcome to 'MONKTHEPUNK65', and another successfully selling year in 2010!!!

I have beem selling on Ebay on various business accounts since 2003, with a full money back guarantee on all items if you are not fully satisfied!!!

Here are my selling standards:-

You will always get a discount for multiple purchases if you are an international buyer, and I will never seek to profit from postage and packaging costs, unlike many buyers. UK buyers wil always be offered free UK postage via second class postage, as well as extra cost, more enhanced special delivery, including enhanced packaging and delivery speed to protect and insure your items!!

All items (CD & Vinyl) will be fully play graded on high quality equipment, and graded very critically - I am a very fussy buyer myself, and tend to 'under promise and over deliver' on EVERY GRADING OCCASION!!! Checkout my superb feedback!!

All items will br packed and shipped within a three day period from the point of payment via Paypal....no exceptions!!

I professionally clean all vinyl where necessary using a wet cleaning system to remove all traces of dust and static.

I AM DELIGHTED TO OFFER THE FOLLOWING VINYL UK 12"  ALBUM BY THE BRILLIANT 'QUEEN'!!

GROUP TITLE - QUEEN

RECORD TITLE - A DAY AT THE RACES

TRACKLISTING -

SIDE ONE - TIE YOUR MOTHER DOWN, YOU TAKE MY BREATH AWAY, LONG AWAY, THE MILLIONAIRE WALTZ, YOU AND I

SIDE TWO - SOMEBODY BTO LOVE, WHITE MAN, GOOD OLD FASHIONED LOVER BOY, DROWSE,  TEO TORRIATTE (LET US CLING TOGETHER)

PRODUCER - QUEEN

LABEL - EMI

RELEASE NUMBER - EMTC 104

FORMAT - SINGLE  DISC ALBUM

COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE - MADE IN UK

YEAR OF DISTRIBUTION - 1976

MATRIX DETAIL OF VINYL - SIDE ONE YAX 5245 - 1U  / SIDE TWO YAX 5246 - 1U

****VERY EARLIEST PRODUCTION RUN!!! A PRE-RELEASE COPY!!****

SUMMARY OF RECORD - ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT ROCK ALBUM, AND ONE OF THE CLASSIC RELEASES BY QUEEN  - FABULOUS ALBUM BY A BAND AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME!! MY PERSONAL FAVOURITE QUEEN ALBUM, AND VERY SIMILAR IN STYLE MUSICALLY TO THE PREVIOUS ALBUM, 'A NIGHT AT THE OPERA'!!

THE FOLLOWING GRADING APPLIES - REMEMBER I AM A VERY FUSSY BUYER, AND WILL ALWAYS BE CAUTIOUS TO ENSURE ALL OF MY BUYERS ARE TOTALLY DELIGHTED WITH THEIR PURCHASES!!:-

COVER GRADING

FRONT PANEL - LOVELY SHEEN TO  THICK CARD  COVER LOOKS SIMPLY STUNNING, AND DESPITE A MINOR CREASING TO THE RIGHT OF THE CREASE, STILL LOOKS FANTASTIC!! MOST COLLECTORS WOULD AGREE THAT THIS ( AND MAYBE THE DEBUT ALBUM) ARE THE HARDEST COVERS TO FIND IN GREAT CONDITION, AND THIS ONE COMES VERY CLOSE TO A STRONG EXCELLENT!!, I HAVE NO HESITATION IN GRADING THIS PANEL EXCELLENT MINUS

REAR PANEL - LOVELY SHINY COVER WITH MINIMAL  WEAR AND CREASING!! EXCELLENT PLUS

SPINE - HEAVY WIDE SPINE IS SUPERB WITH NO WEAR ACROSS THE MAIN BULK OF THE SPINE, AND ONLY TINY WEAR POINTS ON THE CORNERS!!! AT LEAST EXCELLENT PLUS!!

EDGES - ALL EXCELLENT PLUS, WITH ZERO 'FEATHERING' TO THE OPENING EDGE!!!

INNER SLEEVE - CORRECT DIE CUT PICTURE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT MINUS CONDITION, WITH NO RIPS OR TEARS, AND MINIMAL CREASING!! IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS RECORD HAS HAD MINIMAL IF ANY  PLAYS!!

VINYL GRADING

LABELS - STUNNING CONDITION!! AT LEAST EXCELLENT PLUS WITH NO WEAR, AND ZERO SPINDLE MARKS!! I HAVE HAD THIS RECORD FROM NEW AND IT HAS HAD MINIMAL PLAYS, MAYBE ONCE OF TWICE ONLY!!

VINYL VISUAL - IN KEEPING WITH THE LABELS AND MINIMAL PLAYS, THE RECORD CONDITION IS SUPERB!! I HAVE NOT EVEN BOTHERED CLEANING THIS RECORD ON MY PROFESSIONAL CLEANING SYSTEM, AS IT SO GLOSSY AND SHINY!! MINIMAL HAIRLINES!! NO SCRATCHES OR SCUFFS!! AT LEAST EXCELLENT PLUS!!

VINYL PLAYBACK - THIS MEDIUM WEIGHT FIRST PRESSING IS IN SUPERB CONDITION!! I LOVED PLAYING THIS ALBUM THROUGH AT A LOUD VOLUME, AND IT DOES NOT DISSAPOINTED! MINIMAL BACKGROUND NOISE MEANS THIS RECORD IS COMFORTABLE GRADED AT AN EXCELLENT PLUS CONDITION.

Checkout my feedback from delighted buyers from all over the world. To my good friends in Russia, Japan, Eastern Europe, and more locally one's in UK / Western Europe I thank you all....