Queen SHEER HEART ATTACK 1974 UK LP 1st Press -3U/-3U PROMO UNPLAYED TIL TODAY
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QUEEN - SHEER HEART ATTACK
UNPLAYED UNTIL TODAYS TEST
STUNNING MINT AUDIO
MINT MINUS SLEEVE
FINAL UPGRADE ARCHIVE EXAMPLE
FACTORY SAMPLE - PROMO
- CATALOGUE:EMI EMC 3061
- MATRIX: YAX 4881-3U / 4882-3U
- MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2 TT/ 1 TD
- TML-S STAMPED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 1
THE RECORD
THE LABELS
THE TAN AND RED EMI LABELS ARE JUST MAGNIFICENT. THERE ARE NO MARKS, STAINS OR ANYTHING ELSE TO MAR THE SUPERB CONDITION THAT THEY ARE IN. THE COLOURS FULLY STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. WHERE THERE IS STILL SHARDS OF RESIDUAL VINYL ATTACHED TO THE HOLE.
THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED. THERE ARE NO SPIDER LINES BY THE SPINDLE HOLE
THE PROMO LABEL SITS ON SIDE ONE
THE VINYL
INCREDIBLE GLOSSY MINT CONDITION VINYL, THAT HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LUSTRE.
EVEN UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO THE RECORD STILL LOOKS MINT
AN ABSOLUTE STUNNER
THE TEST PLAY
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. .
THE CLARITY OF THIS PRESS IS JUST BRILLIANT. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NOTHING AT ALL TO MAR THE SUBLIME STEREO REPRODUCTION. NO DISTORTION, NO LOUD CLICKS.
NO AUDIBLE STATIC
THERE ARE NO DUST POPS OR STATIC TICS AUDIBLE AT ALL THROUGH THE PLAYTHROUGH
SILENT THROUGH THE LINKING GROOVES
I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT
BUT DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, LISTEN TO IT YOURSELF AND BE THE JUDGE
THE SLEEVE
FLIMSY LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE WHICH IS VERY OFTEN FOUND BATTERED. HERE HOWEVER WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE
THE FRONT SURFACE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND PERFECTLY CLEAN.
THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND HAS SUFFERED NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, NOR ARE THERE ANY BENDS.
THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE, AND THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE
THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A POLISHED MIRROR AND ONLY SHOWS TWO MINUSCULE DOTS OF LAMINATE LIFT. ONE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SPINE AND THE OTHER JUST BELOW THE TOP OF THE SPINE
AND INCREDIBLY ON THIS WAFER THIN SLEEVE JUST TWO OF THE MOST MINUSCULE PRESSURE LINES NEAR THE SPINE. TWO TINY ONES ON THE TOP EDGE, TWO ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE
THE TOP EDGE IS TOTALLY UNWORN AND FULLY LAMINATED.THE TOP EDGE ALSO HAS THE SAME TYPEFACE ON IT AS DOES THE SPINE WHICH WAS TRUE ON FIRST PRESS SLEEVES, WHEREAS LATER ISSUES DID NOT HAVE THIS INFORMATION
THE BOTTOM EDGE IS AS PERFECT AS THE TOP
THE SPINE IS ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION. , FULLY LAMINATED AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS LEGIBLE.ALSO TOTALLY FLAT AND UN-SQUASHED. NO COLOUR LOSS AND EVEN THE TIP ENDS ARE UN-RUBBED
THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP
THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS BRILLIANT AS THE FRONT. AGAIN GLEAMING LAMINATE AND JUST A TWO OF THE TINIEST LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE.
THE ANGLE CORNERED INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION.
PERFECTLY WHITE . NO CREASE MARKS AND AMAZINGLY NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SEAMS. JUST A LITTLE NICK TO THE REAR OF THE THUMB NOTCH
VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE MINT MINUS
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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