Queen QUEEN II UK LP 1ST PRESS 1 PLAY EVER NMINT

	£		51
	$		68

QUEEN - QUEEN II

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:EMI EMA 767
• MATRIX: YAX 4735 CROSSED OUT (4736)-4U / 4735-10

I HAVE THE FIRST THREE QUEEN ALBUMS ON AUCTION AT THIS TIME WHICH CAME FROM A QUEEN FAN'S PRIVATE COLLECTION. THEY ARE IN THE MOST SUBLIME CONDITION IMAGINABLE!!!

THE MAGNIFICENT SECOND ALBUM FROM QUEEN

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE TAN AND RED EMI LABELS ARE JUST MAGNIFICENT. THERE ARE NO MARKS, STAINS OR ANHYTHING ELSE TO MAR THE SUPERB CONDITION THAT THEY ARE IN. THE COLOURS FULLY STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED. THERE IS JUST ONE SMALL SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE WHICH I ONLY SPOTTED WHEN I PUT THE ALBUM UP TO A SPOT BULB. CLEARLY THIS ALBUM HAS ONLY EVER HAD THE ONE PLAY.

THERE IS STILL VINYL SHARDS INSIDE THE SPINDLE HOLE SHOWING THAT THE LP HAS BARELY BEEN NEAR A TURNTABLE

THE VINYL

SUPERB ALBUM WHICH HAS RETAINED ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE AND GLOSS. THERE ARE NO MARKS OR BLEMISHES ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS BRILLIANT DISC, AND ONLY WHEN OFFERED UP TO INTENSE ILLUMINATION AM I ABLE TO SPOT A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES

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 THREE MINUTE EXCERPTS  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 REPORDUCTION 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. THE ONLY BIT OF VERY VERY LIGHT BACKGROUND OCCURS DURING THE FIRST 30 SECONDS OR SO OF THE FIRST TRACK ON SIDE ONE. THIS HAS BEEN RECORDED SO YOU ARE ABLE TO JUDGE FOR YOURSELF. OTHERWISE JUST ABOUT PERFECT

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL  NEAR MINT

THE SLEEVE

THE FIRST PRESS FULLY LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE FROM GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE. THE LAMINATE ON FIRTS PRESS SLEEVES WAS UNIQUE IN THAT IS FELL SHORT OF THE TOP EDGE BY A FEW MILLIMETERES, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE FIRST ISSUE SLEEVES.

THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND CLEAN AND BEAUTIFULLY GLOSSY. THERE IS A LITTLE FOGGING UNDERNEAT THE LAMINATE, WHICH IS SOMETHING COMMON TO ALL OF THESE SLEEVES, BUT NOT AS BAD AS SOME I HAVE SEEN, HOWEVER THERE ARE NO CREASES, CREASE LINES OR BENDS, JUST A COUPLE OF MINISCULE LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE.

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE UNWORN AND FULLY PROTECTED STILL BY THE LAMINATE. THIS IS BECAUSE THE SLEEVE HAS BEEN KEPT INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE FROM NEW.

THE SPINE IS SUPERB. FLAT AND APART FROM THE TINIEST CHIP AT THE VERY TOP IS FULLY LAMINATED AND UNSQUASHED.

THE OPENING EDGE IS JUST RAZOR SHARP AND AGAIN SHOWS JUST HOW LITTLE THIS LP HAS BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE COVER. THE REAR SURFACE IS AGAIN GLOSSY AND UNCREASED, WITH JUST A LITTLE LIGHT FOGGING INSIDE THE LAMINATE.

OPENING THE GATEFOLD REVEALS A SUPERB WHITE FULLY LAMINATED SURFACE IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

THE WHITE LYRIC INNER SLEEVE SO OFTEN FOUND SPLIT IS IN THIS CASE IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION. NO SEAM SPLITS, AND VERY VERY WHITE, WITH JUST A COUPLE OF TINY SURFACE CREASE LINES

THIS SLEEVE EASILY GRADES NEAR MINT

I AM CERTAIN THIS LP AND SLEEVE WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING

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

GARRY