QUEEN Sheer Heart Attack 1974 UK EMI 1st PRESS w/ INNER MINT
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Mar 16, 2022
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QUEEN Sheer Heart Attack 1974 UK EMI 1st PRESS w/ INNER MINT
QUEENSheer Heart Attack
1974 UK EMI (EMC 3061) FIRST PRESSING
A SUPERB COPY, BARELY PLAYED AND LIKE NEW
MATRIX: YAX 4881 - 4U TML-M / YAX 4882 - 4U
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 WITH SQUARE CUT CORNERS AND OPENING THUMB NOTCH
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: NEAR MINT
A clean, unmarked set of labels with little signs of use
VINYL Visual: MINT
Both sides are clean, unmarked and shine like new
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays like new throughout with nothing to fault the crisp, clean and sharp sound
SLEEVE: MINT
As crisp, clean, sharp and fresh as the day it was made with a glass-like gloss
INNER SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
No splits or marks and beautifully clean with just a little record impression and an 'X' written on the top opening notch
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Tracked)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £25.00 (International Tracked)
DUE TO THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES I WILL ONLY BE POSTING ONCE A WEEK ON FRIDAY
ALL RECORDS ARE PLAY-CHECKED UNLESS SEALED
Combined Post: Additional records £2 (UK) £3 (Europe) £5 (International)
Guarantee: All records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way
1326 (GS 8.4.1 (1326))
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