Queen SHEER HEART ATTACK 1ST PRESS 2 PLAY -3/-4 MINT-

	£		56
	$		74

QUEEN - SHEER HEART ATTACK

IN MAGNIFICENT 1 PLAY (IF THAT)CONDITION

VAULT CONDITION VINYL AND SLEEVE!!!

• CATALOGUE:EMI EMC 3061
• MATRIX: YAX 4881-3U / 4882-4U (FIRST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS)
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:  1 MH/ 1 MA (FIRST MOTHER 47TH & 43RD STAMPERS)
• TM-S ETCHED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 1

A TRULY MINT MINUS CONDITION VERY FIRST PRESS OF THIS CLASSIC AND SOUGHT AFTER QUEEN ALBUM.

THE IDENTIFICATION OF A FIRST PRESS IS FAIRLY SIMPLE. STARTING WITH THE VINYL. THE -3/-4 MATRIX NUMBERS ARE I AM CERTAIN THE FIRST ISSUE NUMBERS. I HAVE SEEN -4/-4 LISTED AS FIRST PRESSES, BUT CANNOT BE IF THERE IS A -3. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LOWER THAN THIS AND MY RESEARCH DOESN'T THROW UP ANY LOWER NUMBERS EITHER

SECONDLY THE SLEEVE MUST HAVE TWO THINGS TO BE A FIRST ISSUE. THE SPINE WORDING IS ON BOTH THE SPINE AND IMPORTANTLY THE TOP EDGE AS WELL. NOT THERE AND ITS A REISSUE SLEEVE

THE SPINE IS AND MUST BE WAFER THIN TO BE A FIRST PRESS AND BE FULLY LAMINATED

THE RECORDS

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. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED. THERE IS JUST 2-3 SMALL SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE WHICH I ONLY SPOTTED USING A MAGNIFYING GLASS. CLEARLY THIS ALBUM HAS ONLY EVER HAD THRRE PLAYS AT MOST APART FROM MY VERY CAREFUL TEST PLAY TODAY

IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THE PICTURES YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS STILL RESIDUE VINYL STUCK TO THE SPINDLE HOLE MEANING THAT THE RECORD WAS BARELY PLAYED WHICH WE ALREADY KNOW, BUT THIS WOULD HAVE WORN OFF IF THE LP HAS BEEN PLAYED A FEW TIMES. ALSO THE VINYL WAS VERY TIGHT WHEN PLACED ONTO MY SPINDLE

THE VINYL

THE VINYL IS IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION. IN DAYLIGHT IT LOOKS ALMOST FLALWESS WITH JUST A FEW  'IN THE PRESS' MARKS THAT DULL THE SURFACE AND LOOK LIKE SMALL SCUFFS BUT THEY ARE NOT SCUFFS AT ALL.UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE ARE A FEW LIGHT WISPY HAIRLINES AND ONE TINY HANDLING LINE

PLAYING THE RECORD 

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 THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH, SOMETHING I AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS. I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WILL WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD THEY ARE THINKING OF BIDDING ON. THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS.

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 FIRST PRESS IS JUST BRILLIANT. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NOTHING AT ALL TO MAR THE SUBLIME STEREO REPRODUCTION. NO DISTORTION AT ALL

THERE IS NO VINYL NOISE, THE ODD SECOND OF STATIC, AND I HEARD AROUND 3 DUST POPS THROUGH THE WHOLE PLAYTHROUGH, AND ONE TINY TIC ON TRACK ONE SIDE 2

 I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS

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 A near PERFECT 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 AND BENDS

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE, AND INCREDIBLY ON THIS WAFER THIN SLEEVE JUST TWO BARELY VISIBLE MINISCULE LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE, ONE ON THE BOTTOM EDGE, AND 4 ON THE TOP EDGE 

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY UNWORN AND FULLY LAMINATED. THIS IS BECAUSE THE SLEEVE WAS PROTECTED FROM NEW INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.THE TOP EDGE ALSO HAS THE SAME TYPEFACE ON IT AS DOES THE SPINE WHICH WAS TRUE ON FIRST PRESS SLEEVES, WHERAS LATER ISSUES DID NOT HAVE THIS INFORMATION.

THE SPINE  IS ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION. , FULLY LAMINATED AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS LEGIBLE.TOTALLY FLAT AND NO EVIDENCE OF ANY SQUASHNG AT ALL. EVEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE PRISTINE

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND HAS ONLY ONE MINUSCULE THUMB NAIL NICK TO SHOW THAT THE RECORD WAS REMOVED ONCE FROM THE SLEEVE

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS BRILLIANT AS THE FRONT

THE ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION. 1ST ISSUE INNERS HAVE  CUT OFF CORNERS AND A THUMB NOTCH THIS ONE IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION. IT ALSO MUST HAVE THE G & L CREDIT IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER (GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE)

TOTALLY WHITE WITH NO HANDLING MARKS WHATSOEVER. NO CREASE MARKS AND AMAZINGLY NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SEAMS. NOR IS THERE ANY DAMAGE TO THE TOP OPENING NOTCH ALONG THE TOP

VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE  MINT MINUS

I AM CERTAIN THIS LP AND SLEEVE WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING

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

GARRY