Queen SHEER HEART ATTACK PROPER 1ST PRESS 2 PLAY MINT

	£		19
	$		25

QUEEN - SHEER HEART ATTACK

IN MAGNIFICENT CONDITION

• CATALOGUE:EMI EMC 3061
• MATRIX: YAX 4881-6U / 4882-3U
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1 APM / 2 AHG

A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF FIRST PRESS QUEEN ALBUM WHITH THE DOUBLE SPINE TYPEFACE AND THE ROUNDED CORNERED INNER SLEEVE

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE TAN AND RED EMI LABELS ARE JUST MAGNIFICENT. THERE IS 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 ARE JUST TWO SMALL SPIDER LINES 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 A COUPLE OF PLAYS.

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

THE VINYL

INCREDIBLE GLOSSY MINT CONDITION VINYL, THERE IS NOT ONE MARK ON IT ANYWHERE, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE, NOT EVEN THE WISPY HAIRLINES THAT YOU WOULD USUALLY EXPECT TO FIND. IT IS JUST MAGNIFICENT

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. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NOTHING AT ALL TO MAR THE SUBLIME STEREO REPRODUCTION. MAYBE THE ODD DUST POP OR TWO, BUT NO MORE. THIS IS A GENUINE BARELY PLAYED MINT CONDITION VINYL

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT

THE SLEEVE

FLIMSY  LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE WHICH IS VERY OFTEN FOUND BATTERED

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, JUSTA FEW MINUTE LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE AND ONE NEAR 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.

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND ONCE AGAIN DEPICTS AN LP THAT HAS NOT BEEN OUT OF THE COVER VERY OFTEN

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 ROUNDED CORNERS AND ARE MADE OF A STIFFER CARD THAT LATER ISSUES, SOME OF WHICH HAVE THE CORNER SNIPPED OFF AT THE BOTTOM. THE FIRST PRESS INNERS ALSO HAVE G & L IN SMALL TYPEFACE AT THE BOTTOM ALONG THE EDGE (GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE)

THERE IS ALSO A THUMB NOTCH ALONG THE TOP EDGE ON FIRST PRESS INNNERS ALLOWING THE LP TO BE REMOVED EASIER

VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE  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