Queen NIGHT AT THE OPERA UK LP 1 PLAY 1ST PRESS MINT

	£		89
	$		117

QUEEN - A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

IN MAGNIFICENT 1 PLAY CONDITION

A GENUINE -EARLY PRESS OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM

• CATALOGUE:EMI EMtC 103
• MATRIX: YAX 5063-4 / 5064-5
• MOTHERS / STAMPERS: 2 OOR / 2 GLA
• BLAIRS ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 1 /

AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING VINYL THAT HAS AT THE MOST BEEN PLAYED JUST THE ONE TIME,

THE SLEEVE IS JUST IMMACULATE. COLLECTORS WILL KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THIS IS TO GET IN THIS SORT OF CONDITION. BUT HERE WE HAVE A SLEEVE THAT HAS REMAINED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE FROM NEW. IT IS IMMACULATE

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE WHITE BASE COLOUR ON THESE DELICATE LABELS ARE STILL PURE WHITE. THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF MARKS OR STAINS ETC. THE COLOUR FULLY STRECTHES UNBLEMISHED INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO PRISTINE AND PERFECTLY LEGIBLE.

THERE IS JUST ONE REALLY TINY SPIDER LINE VERY CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE WHICH I ONLY SPOTTED WHEN PLACED UPTO A SPOTLIGHT. IT IS VERY CLEAR THIS MAGNIFICENT ALBUM HAS ONLY HAD THE ONE PLAY EVER!!!

THE VINYL

INCREDIBLE GLOSSY MINT CONDITION VINYL, BUT WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU EXPECT FROM AN UNPLAYED ALBUM?

THERE IS NOT ONE MARK ON IT ANYWHERE, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE, APART FROM A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES THAT HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE PERFORMANCE WHATSOEVER

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED FOUR COMPLETE TRACKS  FROM THIS  ALBUM,  I HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST TRACK FROM EACH SIDE WHICH INCLUDES THE DEAD WAX RUN IN, I HAVE ALSO RECORDED THE LINKING GROOVES TO THE START OF THE OTHER TRACKS THAT ON OFFER. THE REPRODUCTION IS PURE FIRST PRESS

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH SUPERBLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS. I HAVE TRIED TO CAPTURE SOME OF THE QUIETER MOMENTS AS WELL AS THE RAW POWER OF THE QUEEN SOUND.

THE CLARITY OF THIS FIRST PRESS IS JUST BRILLIANT. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NOTHING AT ALL TO MAR THE SUBLIME STEREO REPRODUCTION. I DIDN'T EVEN HEAR AND TINY DUST POPS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLAY. THIS IS WITHOUT QUESTION ONE OF THE BEST COPIES OF THIS 1975 ALBUM THAT YOU COULD EVER FIND

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT

THE SLEEVE

INCREDIBLE 'WHITE' SLEEVE ON THIS SUPERB ALBUM.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND PERFECTLY CLEAN.

USUALLY THIS SLEEVE IS FOUND WITH THE WHITE SURFACE LESS THAN WHITE. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT AN UNPROTECTED SLEEVE WOULD NATURALLY PICK UP FINGER MARKS AND DIRT, AND OF COURSE WOULD SHOW ON THIS SLEEVE MORE THAN ANY OTHER. ADDED TO THE FACT THAT THE COVER IS UNLAMINATED AND YOU HAVE THE PERFECT SENARIO FOR A GRIMY WHITE SURFACE. NOT ON THIS ONE THOUGH. IT HAS AS I PREVIOUSLY ALLUDED TO BEEN HOUSED INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE FROM NEW, WHICH HAS PROTECTED IT FROM ANY WEAR AND TEAR.

SO APART FROM THE WHITENESS GUARANTEED, THERE ARE NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES, NOR ARE THERE ANY BENDS OR DENTS. THERE IS JUST ONE BARELY VISIBLE LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINE

THERE IS NO RINGWEAR AT ALL EITHER, NOT EVEN A TOUCH OF RECORD SHAPE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES WHICH AGAIN USUALLY SUFFER TERRIBLY FROM SHELFWEAR, ARE IN MINT CONDITION. NOT ONE JOT OF WEAR AT ALL,

THE SPINE HAS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE TYPEFACE ALL ALONG IT, AND IS PERFECTLY FLAT AND 'WHITE'

THE OPENING EDGE IS WITHOUT QUESTION AS SHARP AS YOU COULD EVER WISH TO HAVE A COPY. IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE LP HAS JUST NOT BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SLEEVE.

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS SPECIAL AS THE FRONT.

THE FIRST PRESS INNER SLEEVE IS MADE FROM A STRONG STIFF CARD AND NOT PAPAER LIKE LATER PRESSES. THE CARD HAS A THUMB NOTCH ALONG THE TOP EDGE WHICH IS IMMACULATE AND UNDAMAGED. THE SLEEVE ITSELF IS FLAT AND UNCREASED, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY UNSPLIT

VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE  MINT MINUS

THIS IS A FANTASTIC EXAMPLE OF THIS QUEEN ALBUM, AND WOULD GRACE ANY COLLECTION

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY