QUEEN - THE WORKS 1984 US 1st PRESS SEALED VINYL RADIO GAGA/I WANT TO BREAK FREE

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Queen - The Works 1984 First/Original Pressing OOP (Out of Print) Factory Sealed (Photo #10) Vinyl/LP containing 9 total tracks featuring 4 charting singles: ‘Hammer To Fall’ (featured in the film Highlander, peaked at #69 on the Australian Singles Chart through Kent Music Report, #24 on the Poland Singles Chart, #13 on the UK Singles Chart in 1984 and has since been Certified Gold by the British phonographic Industry for both sales+streaming figures, #35 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart in 1992 and #88 on the Japanese Singles Chart through Japan 100 in 2018 and #23 on the US Billboard Hot Rock/Alternative Songs Chart for the Live Aid Version finishing at #73 on its Year-end Chart Of 2019), ‘It’s A Hard Life’ (reached #72 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart, #65 on the Australian Singles Chart through Kent Music Report, #31 on the Belgian Singles Chart through Ultratop 50 Flanders), #30 on the New Zealand Singles Chart through Recorded Music NZ, #26 on the Germany Singles Chart through GfK, #20 on the Netherlands Singles Chart through Dutch Top 40, #6 on the UK Singles Chart through OCC, #4 on the Dutch Singles Chart through Single Top 100 and #2 on the Irish Singles Chart through Irish Recorded Music Association), ‘I Want To Break Free’ (peaked at #45 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart and #50 on the US Billboard Hot Rock Songs Chart in 2019 then has since been Certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for both sales+streaming figures, #9 on the French Singles Chart through Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique, #8 on the Australian Singles Chart through Kent Music Report, #6 on the New Zealand Singles Chart through Recorded Music NZ, #5 on the Spanish Singles Chart through Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique, #4 on the West Germany Singles Chart through GfK finishing at #32 on its Year-end Chart Of 1984 and has been since Certified Platinum by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie, #3 on the European Top 100 Singles Chart and the UK Singles Chart through OCC finishing at #23 on its Year-end Chart Of 1984 and has since been Certified by British phonographic Industry for both sales+streaming figures, #2 on the Irish Singles Chart through IRMA and the Swiss Singles Chart through Schweizer Hitparade finishing at #7 on its Year-end Chart Of 1984 and #1 on the Singles Charts of the following countries: Austria through Ö3 Austria Top 40 finishing at #4 on its Year-end Chart Of 1984, Belgium through Ultratop 50 Flanders, the Netherlands on both Dutch Top 40 and Single Top 100 finishing at #9 on its Year-end Chart Of 1984, Portugal through Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa and South Africa through Springbok finishing at #3 on its Year-end Chart Of 1984) and the worldwide mega smash hit, ‘Radio Ga Ga (reached #28 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs Chart, #22 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart, #16 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart and #17 on the US Billboard Hot Rock Songs Chart in 2018 finishing at #23 on its Year-end Chart Of 2018 and at #55 in 2019 then has since been Certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for both sales+streaming figures, #4 on the Brazilian Singles Chart through Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos, New Zealand Singles Chart through Recorded Music NZ, Paraguay Singles Chart through United Press International and South Africa Singles Chart through Springbok, #3 on the European Top 100 Singles Chart, Swiss Singles Chart through Schweizer Hitparade finishing at #25 on its Year-end Chart Of 1984, the Venezuelan Singles Chart through United Press International, #2 on the Australian Singles Chart through Kent Music Report finishing at #32 on its Year-end Chart Of 1984, the Austrian Singles Chart through Ö3 Austria Top 40 finishing at #22 on its Year-end Chart Of 1984, the Netherlands through Single Top 100 finishing at #23 on its Year-end Chart Of 1984, West Germany Singles Chart through GfK finishing at #25 on its Year-end Chart Of 1984 and the UK Singles Chart through OCC finishing at #26 on its Year-end Chart Of 1984 then has since been Certified 2x Platinum by the British phonographic Industry then chart topper on the Singles Charts of the following 8 countries: Belgium through Ultratop 50 Flanders finishing at #34 on its Year-end Chart Of 1984, Denmark through Ärets Singlehitliste, Finland through Suomen virallinen lista, Ireland through Irish Recorded Music Association, Italy through Musica e dischi), the Netherlands through Dutch Top 40 finishing at #32 on its Year-end Chart Of 1984, Portugal through Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa and Sweden through Sverigetopplistan). For full track listing and sequence (Photo #5). The album went to #23 on the US Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart and has been Certified Gold by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) physical shipments figures certification alone, #4 on the Italian Albums Chart (Musica e dischi) finishing at #37 on its Year-end Chart Of 1984, #3 on the German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) and has been Certified Platinum by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie for physical shipments figures certification alone, on the Swedish Albums Chart (Sverigetopplistan) and on the Swiss Albums Chart (Schweizer Hitparade) also finishing at #3 on its Year-end Chart Of 1984, #2 on the Austrian Albums Chart (Ö3 Austria Top 40) also finishing at #2 on its Year-Eve Chart Of 1984, on the European Top 100 Albums Chart, on the Norwegian Albums Chart and on the UK Albums Chart (OCC) finishing at #14 on its Year-end Chart Of 1984 then has been Certified Platinum by the BPI (British phonographic Industry) for physical shipments figures certification alone. Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC, USA. Catalog number: ST-12322 (Photos #9 and 11). With printed barcode (#6). Condition is "New". Partial shrink wrap tear/opening in the back right upper section (Photos #6 and 20) with no observable cover wear in the exposed area (Photo #21). No notch/saw cuts, punch/drill holes, clipped corners nor gold promo stamp. Not a club edition (CRC - Columbia Record Club/Columbia House/BMG Music Services) either. Shipped with USPS Media Mail. Payment is due within 5-7 days from the purchase date. Thanks for stopping by.

The vinyl will be one of the following pressing variants:

-Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester pressing as indicated by the "─◁" runout etching and 35mm pressing ring. Runouts are etched except for STERLING which is stamped-

Matrix / Runout - Side A runout, variant 1:

ST-1-12322-Z4#2 —-seratch-out STERLING

Matrix / Runout - Side B runout, variant 1:

ST-2-12322-Z15 —< STERLING

Matrix / Runout - Side A runout, variant 2:

ST-1-12322-Z4#2 —~-seratch-eut STERLING

Matrix / Runout - Side B runout, variant 2:

ST-2-12322-Z14 —< STERLING

Matrix / Runout - Side A runout, variant 3:

ST-1-12322-Z4#2 —<-seratch-out STERLING

Matrix / Runout - Side B runout, variant 3:

ST-2-12322-Z3#2 —< STERLING

Pressing Plant ID - Runout:

"─◁"

-For Another Winchester Pressing-

Matrix / Runout - Side A & Side B, Stamped, All Variants:

STERLING

Matrix / Runout - Side A Runout, Etched, Variant 1:

ST-1-12322-Z10 "─◁

Matrix / Runout - Side B Runout, Etched, Variant 1:

ST-2-12322-Z14 "─◁

Matrix / Runout - Side A Runout, Etched, Variant 2:

ST-1-12322-Z4 #3 -4 "─◁

Matrix / Runout - Side B Runout, Etched, Variant 2:

ST-2-12322-Z9 #5 "─◁

(No quotation marks on the left before the horizontal line and the triangle facing to the right next to it)

-For Jacksonville, IL Pressing-

("0" etched or stamped in runouts denotes Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville. Rest of runouts etched and some stamped)

Matrix / Runout - Variant 1, side A:

ST-1-12322-Z8 #1 STERLING 0

Matrix / Runout - Variant 1, side B:

ST-2-12322-28 #2 STERLING 0

Matrix / Runout - Variant 2, side A:

ST-1-12322-Z6 #1 STERLING 0

Matrix / Runout - Variant 2, side B:

ST-2-12322-Z2 #1 STERLING 0

Matrix / Runout - Variant 3, side A:

ST-1-12322-Z5 #2 STERLING 0

Matrix / Runout - Variant 3, side B:

ST-2-12322-Z7 #1 STERLING 0

Matrix / Runout - Variant 4, side A:

ST-1-12322-Z5 #2 STERLING 0

Matrix / Runout - Variant 4, side B:

ST-2-12322-Z1 #1 STERLING 0

Matrix / Runout - Variant 5, side A:

ST-1-12322-Z5 #2 STERLING 0

Matrix / Runout - Variant 5, side B:

ST-2-12322-Z8 #1 STERLING 0

Pressing Plant ID - Runout:

0