QUEENUK VINYL DISC 1991 12QUEEN 6 VINTAGE RARE+FREDDIE MERCURY PHOTO

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QUEEN PICTURE DISC QUEENPD 17 “I`M GOING SLIGHTLY MAD” UK PICTURE DISC 1991 VINYL RECORD VINTAGE VIRTUALLY MINT- B/WITH “THE HITMAN” MY OWN FROM 35 YEARS BACK ALSO INCLUDED SEPARATE FREDDIE MERCURY “LIVE AID” 1985 GIG IMAGE INCLUDED WITH THIS LISTING!

HANDED TO ME BY FREDDIE PRIVATELY THE YEAR OF ITS RELEASE AND SADLY THE SAME YEAR OF HIS PREMATURE SAD PASSING AND FOLLOWING HIS PERFORMANCE AT THE LIVE AID” GIG 1985 A FEW YEARS PRIOR TO HIS DEATH- ;

 + ALSO INCLUDED WITH THE PICTURE DISC IS ONE FREDDIE MERCURY COLOUR “LIVE AID” GIG IMAGE ALSO WITH MY VINTAGE VINYL PICTURE DISC;

VERY VALUABLE COLLECTIBLE WITH MY OWN “MUSICAL PROVENANCE” AND MY ONLY ONE OF THIS RARE COLLECTIBLE PICTURE DISC BEING SOLD TOGETHER WITH MY FULL PAST MUSICAL “PROVENENCE” & HISTORY AND CONNECTION TO FREDDIE AT THE TIME WHICH WILL BE FULLY PROVIDED WITH THIS HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE VALUABLE ITEM. 

“QUEEN PICTURE DISC PD17 I`M GOING SLIGHTLY MAD”

QUEEN I'M GOING SLIGHTLY MAD (SCARCE 1991 UK LIMITED EDITION 'MONSTER' SHAPED 7" VINYL PICTURE DISC, INCLUDES THE HITMAN. WITH BACK PICTURE INSERT AND HOUSED INSIDE A CLEAR PVC SLEEVE WITH 'QUEEN' & 'I'M GOING SLIGHTLY MAD' RED TEXT PRINTED ONTHE FRONT. OFFERED AT A CONSIDERABLY REDUCED PRICE QUEENPD17;
EXTRA INFORMATION
ARTIST - QUEEN TITLE - I'M GOING SLIGHTLY MAD
YEAR OF RELEASE - 1991
FORMAT - SHAPED PICTURE DISC (PICTURE DISC VINYL RECORD)
RECORD LABEL - PARLOPHONE
CATALOGUE NO - QUEENPD17  COUNTRY OF ORIGIN - UNITED KINGDOM (UK);  [PLEASE NOTE WITH PICTURE DISCS THIS IS PURELY A VISUAL GRADE AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW THEY SOMETIMES DON'T PLAY AS WELL AS STANDARD VINYL]

TWO AMAZING QUEEN FREDDIE MERCURY GEMS NOT TO BE EVER REPEATED!! ONCE SOLD THAT IS IT GONE!

"I'M GOING SLIGHTLY MAD" IS A SONG BY THE BRITISH ROCK BAND QUEEN. WRITTEN BY FREDDIE MERCURY BUT CREDITED TO QUEEN, WITH UNCREDITED LYRICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY PETER STRAKER, IT WAS RELEASED AS THE SECOND SINGLE FROM THE BAND'S FOURTEENTH ALBUM, INNUENDO (1991). THE SONG WAS RELEASED AS A SINGLE ON 4 MARCH 1991 BY PARLOPHONE, A MONTH AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE ALBUM. THE LYRICS AND THE ACCOMPANYING MUSIC VIDEO PROJECT THE SONG AS HUMOROUS AND LIGHT HEARTED, DESPITE THE LYRICS DEALING WITH THE MENTAL DECLINE MERCURY WAS EXPERIENCING AS ONE OF THE EFFECTS OF ADVANCING AIDS;

THE SINGLE COVER WAS INSPIRED BY A GRANDVILLE ILLUSTRATION (AS ARE THE OTHERS FROM THE ALBUM);  "I'M GOING SLIGHTLY MAD" HAD BEEN MENTIONED BY JOHN DEACON IN A LETTER PRINTED IN THE QUEEN FAN CLUB MAGAZINE OF SPRING 1990.] DEACON REVEALED THAT WORK WAS BEING DONE ON THE SONG, CALLING IT THE "WHACKY SINGLE". MERCURY COMPOSED THE SONG; HE HAD THE SONG'S TITLE IN MIND BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE. DURING AN EVENING WITH HIS FRIEND PETER STRAKER, MERCURY EXPLAINED HIS IDEA FOR THE SONG, WHICH HE WANTED TO FEATURE LYRICS OF TONGUE-IN-CHEEK ONE-LINERS INSPIRED BY NOËL COWARD. THE PAIR THEN SPENT THE NIGHT COMING UP WITH SUCH LINES;

"I'M GOING SLIGHTLY MAD" IS THE LAST QUEEN VIDEO TO FEATURE SIGNIFICANT CREATIVE INPUT FROM MERCURY. HE WAS ALREADY CONSIDERABLY ILL AT THE TIME DUE TO AIDS, WHICH WOULD CLAIM HIS LIFE LESS THAN A YEAR LATER. DESPITE THIS, THE VIEWER SEES MERCURY AS VERY MOBILE AND EXPRESSIVE IN THE SCENES OF THE VIDEO. HE EVEN ACTIVELY CO-DIRECTED SOME OF THE VIDEO'S STORYBOARDS. MERCURY WORE THICK MAKEUP TO COVER UP THE BLOTCHES ON HIS FACE, AND AN EXTRA LAYER OF CLOTHING UNDERNEATH TO CONCEAL HIS WEIGHT LOSS. HE ALSO WORE A WIG, AND A SUIT, BOTH IN THE GOTH-INSPIRED STYLE POPULAR AT THE TIME.

IN CONTRAST, IN THE VIDEO FOR "THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES", THE LAST MUSIC VIDEO WHICH MERCURY EVER FILMED (IN MAY 1991), HE HARDLY MOVED AROUND AT ALL, AS HIS CONDITION HAD DETERIORATED FURTHER. HOWEVER, BOTH OF THESE VIDEOS WERE SHOT IN BLACK AND WHITE;

MERCURY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AIDS IN 1987. HE CONTINUED TO RECORD WITH QUEEN, AND WAS POSTHUMOUSLY FEATURED ON THEIR FINAL ALBUM, MADE IN HEAVEN (1995). IN 1991, THE DAY AFTER PUBLICLY ANNOUNCING HIS DIAGNOSIS, HE DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS OF THE DISEASE AT THE AGE OF 45. IN 1992, A CONCERT IN TRIBUTE TO HIM WAS HELD AT WEMBLEY STADIUM, IN BENEFIT OF AIDS AWARENESS.

QUEEN PICTURE DISC QUEENPD 17 “I`M GOING SLIGHTLY MAD” UK PICTURE DISC 1991 VINYL RECORD VINTAGE VIRTUALLY MINT- B/WITH “THE HITMAN; DISC IS IN V GOOD CONDITION OVERALL, STILL WITH A BEAUTIFUL SHINE.  OVERALL, A FANTASTIC EXAMPLE HANDED TO ME BY THE ARTIST PERSONALLY SADLY THE SAME YEAR OF HIS PREMATURE PASING IN 1991;

SOUGHT AFTER AND RARE VINYL PICTURE DISC WITH MY OWN MUSICAL ROCK “PROVENANCE” AND THE FREDDIE MERCURY QUEEN “LIVE AID” GIG IMAGE THAT I ATTENDED IN 1985 IN COLOUR BOTH INCLUDED WITH THIS SOUGHT-AFTER PICTURE DISC!! ONCE SOLD IT IS GONE; BEING SOLD DUE TO MY HEALTH JOURNEY.

TWO GEMS FOR THE QUEEN/ FREDDIE MERCURY / SERIOUS MUSIC/ VINYL RECORD COLLECTORS AND FANS;  ALSO INCLUDED WITH THE PICTURE DISC A STUNNING SHOT FROM THE “LIVE AID” CONCERT THAT I ATTENDED IN 1985 AS THE VARIOUS ARTISTS PRIVATE GUEST INCLUDING FREDDIE ALL THOSE HISTORIC MANY YEARS BACK. A STUNNING SHOT;

 HAVING BEEN A SERIOUS MAJOR ROCK AND MUSIC PROMOTER WITH MY OWN “CHORDS” LIVE MUSIC VENUE/ CLUB IN THE SOUTH OF THE UK FOR A PERIOD SPANNING MANY DECADES, CONCERT FOR BBC BLUE PETER /OXFAM KAMPUCHEA IN 1989} I WAS IN THE PAST PRIVILEGED TO MEET WITH AND SPEND SUBSTANTIAL TIMES WITH A GREAT MANY WELL-KNOWN ARTISTS. [FULL WRITTEN PROVENANCE WILL BE SUPPLIED WITH THIS RARE COLLECTIBLE ITEM]; I MET BACK STAGE AT SOME OF THIS AMAZING ICONIC ARTIST`S VARIOUS GIGS THE THEN PROMOTERS/ MANAGEMENT AND THE ARTIST HIMSELF AT VARIOUS RESPECTIVE CONCERTS, AND THIS PARTICULAR ORIGINAL VINTAGE PICTURE DISC WAS IN FACT HANDED TO ME BY FREDDIE HIMSELF & BEFORE HIS SUBSEQUENT PREMATURE SAD DEPARTURE ALL THOSE YEARS BACK ALMOST 35 + YEARS BACK. SO, YOU ARE BUYING A VERIFIED ORIGINAL VINTAGE QUEEN/ FREDDIE MERCURY ROCK/ VINYL DISC MUSIC COLLECTIBLE ITEM FROM MY PRIVATE MUSIC VAULTS COLLECTION BEING SOLD DUE TO MY POORLY HEALTH; THE VINYL DISC WAS HANDED TO ME BY FREDDIE PERSONALLY PRIVATELY;

MEANWHILE IN 1985 I WATCHED THE “LIVE AID” GIG FROM THE SIDE STAGE; IF YOU LOOK AT THE LISTING PHOTOS YOU WILL SEE THIS RARE PICTURE DISC ITEM, FOR ITS ORIGINAL VINTAGE AGE, IS IN OVERALL VERY GOOD OVERALL CONDITION; 

MY ONLY ONE OF THIS QUEEN VINTAGE VINYL; HARDLY EVER PLAYED IT SINCE BEING HANDED IT BY THE ARTIST/ HIMSELF + ALSO INCLUDED WITH THIS PICTURE DISC VINYL DISC IS..ONE FREDDIE MERCURY “LIVE AID” PHOTO LIVE ON STAGE FROM THE 1985 GIG MANY YEARS BACK IN A 12 INCH X 8 INCH FORMAT THUS READY TO FRAME AND ENJOY. A STUNNING SHOT FROM A CONCERT THAT I ATTENDED AS THE ARTISTS PRIVATE GUEST ALL THOSE HISTORIC MANY YEARS BACK.

FREDDIE MERCURY/ QUEEN; QUEEN ARE A BRITISH ROCK BAND THAT FORMED IN LONDON IN 1970. THE CLASSIC LINE-UP WAS FREDDIE MERCURY (LEAD VOCALS, PIANO), BRIAN MAY (GUITAR, VOCALS), ROGER TAYLOR (DRUMS, VOCALS), AND JOHN DEACON (BASS GUITAR). QUEEN'S EARLIEST WORKS WERE INFLUENCED BY PROGRESSIVE ROCK/ HARD ROCK AND HEAVY METAL BUT THE BAND GRADUALLY VENTURED INTO MORE CONVENTIONAL AND RADIO-FRIENDLY WORKS BY INCORPORATING FURTHER STYLES, SUCH AS ARENA ROCK AND POP ROCK INTO THEIR MUSIC.

BEFORE FORMING QUEEN, BRIAN MAY AND ROGER TAYLOR HAD PLAYED TOGETHER IN A BAND NAMED SMILE. FREDDIE MERCURY (THEN KNOWN BY HIS BIRTH NAME OF FARROKH "FREDDIE" BULSARA) WAS A FAN OF SMILE AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO EXPERIMENT WITH MORE ELABORATE STAGE AND RECORDING TECHNIQUES. MERCURY JOINED THE BAND IN 1970, SUGGESTED "QUEEN" AS A NEW BAND NAME, AND ADOPTED HIS FAMILIAR STAGE NAME. JOHN DEACON WAS RECRUITED PRIOR TO RECORDING THEIR EPONYMOUS DEBUT ALBUM IN 1973. QUEEN FIRST CHARTED IN THE UK WITH THEIR SECOND ALBUM, QUEEN 11, IN 1974, BUT IT WAS THE RELEASE OF SHEER HEART ATTACK LATER THAT YEAR AND A NIGHT AT THE OPERA IN 1975 WHICH BROUGHT THEM INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS. THE LATTER FEATURED BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, WHICH STAYED AT NUMBER ONE IN THE UK FOR NINE WEEKS AND POPULARISED THE MUSIC VIDEO. THEIR 1977 ALBUM, CALLED NEWS OF THE WORLD, CONTAINED WE WILL ROCK YOU AND WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS WHICH HAVE BOTH BECOME ANTHEMS AT SPORTING EVENTS. BY THE EARLY 1980S, QUEEN WERE ONE OF THE BIGGEST STADIUM BAND`S IN THE WORLD. THEIR PERFORMANCE AT 1985'S LIVE AID IS RANKED AMONG THE GREATEST IN ROCK HISTORY BY VARIOUS MUSIC PUBLICATIONS, WITH A 2005 INDUSTRY POLL RANKING IT THE BEST. IN 1991, MERCURY DIED OF PNEUMONIA A COMPLICATION OF AIDS, AND DEACON RETIRED IN 1997. 

THE BAND HAVE RELEASED   A TOTAL OF 18 NUMBER ONE ALBUMS, 18 NUMBER ONE SINGLES, AND 10 NUMBER ONE DVDS. ESTIMATES OF THEIR RECORD SALES GENERALLY RANGE FROM 150 MILLION TO 300 MILLION RECORDS, MAKING THEM ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST- SELLING MUSIC ARTISTS. QUEEN RECEIVED THE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIO-N TO BRITISH MUSIC AWARD FROM THE BRITISH PHONOGRAPHIC INDUSTRY IN 1990. THEY WERE INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 2001.

 LIVE AID 1985; LIVE AID WAS A DUAL-VENUE CONCERT HELD ON 13 JULY 1985, AND AN ONGOING MUSIC-BASED FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE. THE ORIGINAL EVENT WAS ORGANISED BY BOB GELDOF AND MIDGE URE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR RELIEF OF THE ONGOING ETHIOPIAN FAMINE. BILLED AS THE "GLOBAL JUKEBOX", THE EVENT WAS HELD SIMULTANEOUSLY AT WEMBLEY STADIUM LONDON (ATTENDED BY 72,000 PEOPLE) AND IN PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES (ATTENDED BY ABOUT 100,000 PEOPLE).  ON THE SAME DAY, CONCERTS INSPIRED BY THE INITIATIVE HAPPENED IN OTHER COUNTRIES, SUCH AS AUSTRALIA AND GERMANY. IT WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST-SCALE SATELLITE LINK-UPS AND TELEVISION BROADCASTS OF ALL TIME: AN ESTIMATED GLOBAL AUDIENCE OF 1.9 BILLION, ACROSS 150 NATIONS, WATCHED THE LIVE BROADCAST.

THE PHOTO IMAGE FROM LIVE AID IS A WONDERFUL “CLOSE UP” SHOT OF FREDDIE MERCURY READY TO FRAME AND HANG IN PRIDE OF PLACE ON THE WALL OR ADD TO ONES COLLECTION THIS IS SOMETHING NOT TO BE MISSED CLOSE UP AND A RARE IMAGE FROM ALL THOSE HISTORIC YEARS BACK.  TAKEN RIGHT BY THE STAGE BY A VERY RENOWNED MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT RESPECTED PHOTOGRAPHER WHO IS A CLOSE PERSONAL FRIEND OF MINE & WHO DOES NOT EVER NORMALLY PUBLISH TO THE PUBLIC HIS RARE UNIQUE SHOTS, WHO FOR THIS CONCERT & EVENT HAVING COMPLETELY ALL AREAS ACCESS TO BE SO CLOSE BY THE STAGE AND CLOSE UP TO THE ARTIST AND BAND. HENCE PRODUCING THIS AMAZING UNRELEASED GENERALLY CLOSE UP OF THE ICONIC ARTIST! 

 ****CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE WORLDS MUSIC GREATEST ICONS AND ARTISTS OF ALL TIME! A LEGEND AND HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE 1985 ACTION LIVE AID GIG IMAGE AND RARE ORIGINAL QUEEN PICTURE DISC FROM 1991;  

* Please note that this unique ICONIC image measuring APPROX 12 inches x 8 inches is set within a white border, and is an actual quality PHOTOGRAPH [I.E NEW PHOTO]–THAT IS PRINTED DIRECTLY FROM, and taken from, AN ORIGINAL SLIDE /NEGATIVE FROM ALL THOSE YEARS BACK, BEING AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE IMAGE AND THUS READY TO FRAME;*

+ Special note; due to the fact that THE PHOTO IMAGE IS BEING SOLD ONLY FOR THE SERIOUS COLLECTOR / FAN`S OWN ENJOYMENT so please note THEREFORE IT IS NOT BEING SOLD WITH ANY COPYRIGHT PERMISSIONS WHATSOEVER! SO,any copying in any form OF THE PHOTO OR IMAGE, or "SELLING ONWARD to others” of this totally unique image is in fact strictly Illegal and totally prohibited ++ 

NOTE; THE FRAME IN THE PHOTO IS PURELY FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES AND OBVIOUSLY IS NOT INCLUDED WITH THIS SALE; THESE FRAMES ARE READILY AVAILABLE AT A MODEST COST ON LINE;

 SO, IN THIS PURCHASE YOU ARE BUYING MY OWN ORIGINAL ROCK / PROGRESSIVE ROCK / QUEEN VINTAGE HISTORIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL DISC HERE + ALSO INCLUDED A COLOUR GIG IMAGE.  A FASCINATING AND RARE WORLD-FAMOUS ROCK GENUINE HISTORIC VINTAGE MEMORABILIA ITEM

****SPECIAL NOTE TO ALL BUYERS****

ALL MY ITEMS COME WITH A 100% NO QUIBBLE MONEY BACK GUARANTEE, BECAUSE ALL I WANT ARE 100% HAPPY BUYERS!   SEE MY FEEDBACK PLEASE WHICH VERIFIES THIS; WHEN BUYING THUS, YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO ADVISE ME AND TO RETURN ITEM IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY, AND YOU WILL RECEIVE FULL CASH REFUND MINUS ANY INCURRED POSTAGE COSTS.   ALL I ASK IN RETURN IS YOU GIVE ME A 100% A1 FEEDBACK RATING PLEASE IN RETURN SO PLEASE BID WITH COMPLETE CONFIDENCE!   FOR THE PAST TWENTY+ YEARS ALL MY PRIVATE COLLECTION RARE MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT ITEMS, ONCE SOLD, ARE ONLY SENT BY ROYAL MAIL SPECIAL NEXT DAY DELIVERY FULLY TRACKED, FULLY INSURED DELIVERY HENCE ENSURES 100% SAFE DELIVERY TO YOU THE BUYER AND THIS FACT ACTS AS YOUR GUARANTEE OF SAFE DELIVERY. ** HENCE FOR THIS PARTICULARLY VALUABLE ITEM I ONLY DISPATCH BY THIS SPECIAL ROYAL MAIL SERVICE IN THE UK; THE CORRECT AMOUNT CHARGED BY ROYAL MAIL WILL IN FACT FOR THIS ITEM ON THIS DELIVERY SERVICE SIGN FOR WILL BE ONLY £12.50 IN THE UK WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THE ROYAL MAIL CHARGE INCLUDING THE PACKING & THIS IS ONLY WHAT YOU WILL PAY FOR POST AND PACKING;  

INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: SORRY IF POSTAGE SEEMS HIGH, BUT THIS POSTAL SERVICE IS INSURED IN CASE OF ANY DAMAGE AND GUARANTEES SAFE DELIVERY AND IS INSURED AND TRACKED ALL THE WAY. THIS HELPS SAVE ANY POTENTIAL CASE OF ANY ITEMS BEING DAMAGED IN TRANSIT AND NOT BEING COVERED. THIS COVERS US BOTH IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT OF DAMAGE WHILST IN TRANSIT. SO, WHAT IS BEING CHARGED BY THE COURIER IS ONLY WHAT YOU PAY.

SO, ALL OTHER LOCATIONS WORLDWIDE ALSO AVAILABLE, BY SIGN FOR INSURED SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL "TRACK ALL THE WAY" RECORDED & FULLY INSURED POST SO PLEASE ASK ME FOR POST AND PACKING COSTS PRIOR TO BIDDING OR BUYING THIS RARE ITEM! WHERE EVER YOU LIVE YOU WILL HAVE TO SIGN SAFE RECEIPT OF IT.   I DO NOT POST TO P.O. BOX NUMBERS. I AM PROUD OF HAVING A GUARANTEED 100% SAFE DELIVERY PROVEN TRACK RECORD SEE MY FEEDBACK   PLEASE BID WITH COMPLETE 100 % CONFIDENCE! THANKYOU;