Queen - Night at the Opera UK 1st MINT Press in Final Upgrade Unplayed Condition
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Hello there, come on in and welcome to the auction!
As you can see from my 100% feedback, I sell with complete honesty and reliability. Above all things I am a record collector and music lover. I only sell records that I would want to receive. I know well the disappointment of receiving an over-graded record that turns up two weeks late. That is not the service you will receive here, so bid with total confidence. I don’t sell a lot of records because I spend a lot of time carefully finding, grading and listing them and do not like to rush this process, as many sellers must do to be able to sell 100 records a week!
I am mostly a collector of old time music, pre-war blues and folk, so buy job-lots that often contain rare records that aren’t to my taste so to ebay they go!
(On that note, if you have any early American blues or folk to swap or sell, please get in touch!)
Anyway, enough of the chit chat and on to the record at hand…
Queen
A Night at the Opera
First UK Pressing
1975
EMTC 103
EMI
Stereo
Here we have a 1st UK press of the Queen record A Night at the Opera.
Released on EMI label in 1975, this is the very 1st UK press with the lowest -2 & -3 matrix endings and the original unlaminated Garrod & Lofthouse gatefold outer!
As with all 1st presses Blair’s is stamped into the dead wax!
The whole package is utterly MINT!
Matrix Numbers
Side 1: YAX 5063-3
Side 2: YAX 5064-3
Stampers.
Side 1: 2 MGR BLAIRS
Side 2: 5 MMM BLAIRS
Sleeve Condition.
The 1st UK print textured outer sleeve is in MINT condition! There are no rips, stains, tears or pen marks to mention! The spine is perfectly straight and all text is perfectly readable. The original price sticker is on the rear! The edges are still nice and sharp and the sleeve lies perfectly flat as it should! Pristine!
Nr MINT
Inner Sleeve Condition.
The 1st press Made in Gt Britain inner sleeve is in near perfect condition! It simply looks new! There are no splits, tears or writing to mention at all. Stunning!
MINT
Label Condition.
The first press iconic picture labels are in fantastic condition. There are no rips, rubbing, writing or stains to mention. There is no centre hole damage at all. Even under a strong light, not one spindle can be seen! Unplayed!
MINT
Vinyl Visual Condition.
The vinyl looks unplayed! Simple as that! Under a strong halogen, only the faintest of removals can be seen! Simply as new!
Nr MINT
Vinyl Audio Condition.
The record sounds superb from start to finish! There are no jumps, skips or distortion at all! The dynamics of all the different instruments are so well defined and easily separable by the ear. I didn’t hear a crackle or pop throughout and no unwanted distortion or background noise at all. A perfect playback!
Nr MINT
So there we have it… One of the rarest and earliest copies of the UK pressings of A Night at the Opera and in lovely mint condition! Final Upgrade!
A Prog Final Upgrade!
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
Happy Bidding!
All my records will be sent first class, signed for and insured to their value!
I will package the records with extreme care, with hard stiffeners and the vinyl separate to the sleeve and inner, all housed in a Defenda locktab record box envelope.
I try to be as honest as I can in my descriptions, taking as many pictures as possible, but if you don’t feel happy with your purchase, I offer no quibble full refunds as soon as the record is sent back. I will not give partial refunds however, only full. I think this is fair, Thanks!
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