QUEEN Sheer Heart Attack 1974 UK EMI 1st PRESS UNPLAYED/MINT
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60
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£ 60
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Aug 4, 2014
Sold Date
Jul 25, 2014
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£ 20
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Great Britain
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QUEEN Sheer Heart Attack 1974 UK EMI 1st PRESS UNPLAYED/MINT
UNSPLIT TEXTURED LYRIC INNER - DEEPLY GLOSSY G&L COVER
QUEENSheer Heart Attack
UK EMI (EMC 3061) FIRST PRESSING (November 1974)
BEAUTIFUL COPY - LOOKS AND SOUNDS LIKE IT'S NEVER BEEN PLAYED
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE EMI LABELS
MATRIX NUMBERS: YAX 4881 - 6U (TML-S) / YAX 4882 - 3U
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/AMT and 2/APL
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY LAMINATED AND DEEPLY GLOSSY GARROD & LOFTHOUSE SLEEVE "Made and printed in Great Britain"
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL LYRIC INNER SLEEVE PRINTED ON LIGHTLY TEXTURED SOFT CARD
Queen II was a breakthrough in terms of power and ambition, but Queen's third album Sheer Heart Attack was where the band started to gel.
It followed quickly on the heels of the second record — just by a matter of months; it was the second album they released in 1974 — but it feels like it had a longer incubation period, so great is the progress here. Which isn't quite to say that Sheer Heart Attack is flawless — it still has a tendency to meander, sometimes within a song itself, as when the killer opening "Brighton Rock" suddenly veers into long stretches of Brian May solo guitar — but all these detours do not distract from the overall album, they're in many ways the key to the record itself: it's the sound of Queen stretching their wings as they learn how to soar to the clouds.
There's a genuine excitement in hearing all the elements to Queen's sound fall into place here, as the music grows grander and catchier without sacrificing their brutal, hard attack.
One of the great strengths of the album is how all four members find their voices as songwriters, penning hooks that are big, bold, and insistent and crafting them in songs that work as cohesive entities instead of flourishes of ideas. This is evident not just in "Killer Queen" — the first, best flourishing of Freddie Mercury's vaudevillian camp — but also on the pummelling "Stone Cold Crazy," a frenzied piece of jagged metal that's all the more exciting because it has a real melodic hook. Those hooks are threaded throughout the record, on both the ballads and the other rockers, but it isn't just that this is poppier, it's that they're able to execute their drama with flair and style.
There are still references to mystical worlds ("Lily of the Valley," "In the Lap of Gods") but the fantasy does not overwhelm as it did on the first two records; the theatricality is now wielded on everyday affairs, which ironically makes them sound larger than life. And this sense of scale, combined with the heavy guitars, pop hooks, and theatrical style, marks the true unveiling of Queen, making Sheer Heart Attack as the moment where they truly came into their own
Side 1:
Brighton Rock
Killer Queen
Tenement Funster
Flick Of The Wrist
Lily Of The Valley
Now I'm Here
Side 2:
In The Lap Of The Gods
Stone Cold Crazy
Dear Friends
Misfire
Bring Back That Leroy Brown
She Makes Me (Stormtrooper In Stilettoes)
In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited
LABELS: MINT
An immaculate pair of labels - no spindle traces or any sign the record has ever been played
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like-new - just some superficial and harmless brush marks from the inner visible under bright light
VINYL Audio: MINT
Superb, possibly unplayed copy which delivers sensational sound - deep and rich, incredibly strong and finely detailed and my play-check at volume found nothing to fault - plays like-new throughout and sounds stunning
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Apart from minor soft creases to the laminate the sleeve is as crisp, sharp, fresh as the day it was made with a glasslike glossy finish
INNER SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
The textured white lyric inner is clean and white - 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: FREE (2nd Class Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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