HAMMER TO FALL UNIQUE 'LIVE SLEEVE' - UK 1ST PRESS

	£		67
	$		88

Description

YOU ARE BIDDING ON THE RAREST QUEEN 12" SINGLE EVER ISSUED WITHIN THE UK!! NOBODY KNOWS JUST HOW MANY COPIES MADE IT INTO THE UK CHART NETWORK, BUT IT IS A MINIMAL QUANTITY! THIS 12" HAS NOW HIT A MYTHICAL STATUS, WITH VERY FEW COPIES CIRCULATING ONTO EBAY!! MOST HAVE A SURFACE TEAR IN THE GLOSS FINISH, AS NEARLY ALL COPIES CAME FROM WOOLWORTH'S (RIP), WHO USED VERY UNFORGIVING GLUES ON THEIR LABELLING, LITERALLY RIPPING THE SURFACE OF THE COVER OFF!! NOT THIS COPY!! - LITERALLY ZERO WEAR IN THE SURFACE FINISH, ( I BOUGHT IT FROM A SMALL INDEPENDENT RECORD SHOP IN LONDON IN 1984), MEANS THAT THIS COPY IS EVEN MORE DESIRABLE! THE REASON THAT THIS SLEEVE WAS REPLACED BY THE COMMON PLAIN RED SLEEVE AT THE POINT OF THE SINGLE RELEASE, WAS THAT BRIAN MAY OBJECTED, FEELING THAT FANS WOULD FEEL MISLED THAT THE RECORDING WAS INDEED LIVE, NOT A STUDIO RECORDING!! MOST OF THE SLEEVES WERE THEREFORE DESTROYED WITH ONLY A HANDFUL MAKING IT THROUGH TO THE SHOPS...

RELEASE TITLE - QUEEN HAMMER TO FALL'

RELEASE YEAR - 1984

RELEASE NUMBER - 12 QUEEN 4

RELEASE LABEL - UK / EMI

MATRIX - SIDE ONE 12 QUEEN 4 A-1-1-1-2- / SIDE TWO 12 QUEEN 4 B-1-1-12-1 ***RAREST EVER 1ST PRESSING!!***

THE RECORDS CONDITION IS CONFIRMED AS FOLLOWS:-

THE COVER - BEAUTIFUL LARGE SCALE BLACK AND GOLD COVER, WITH JUST A FANTASTIC LIVE SHOT OF THE BOYS!, ( THIS WAS ACTUALLY A STAGED PHOTO SHOOT!). THIS IS A DELICATE, VERY THIN CARD SLEEVE WITH A HIGH GLOSS FINISH, WITH ZERO WEAR OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY STICKERS AND PRICING AND PRICING LABELS ( MOST HAVE!). THERE IS SOME MINOR CREASING IN THE COVER CORNERS, BUT THIS IS LARGELY SUPERFICIAL AND DOES NOT AFFECT THE INTRINSIC VALUE OF THE SLEEVE! I WOULD GRADE AS AN EXCELLENT MINUS, BUT I FEEL I AM BEING VERY STRICT ON THIS POINT....

THE LABELS - SIMPLY EXCELLENT++, WITH ONLY MINIMAL PLAYS!

THE RECORD VISUAL GRADING - AT LEAST EXCELLENT, WITH ONLY MINIMAL HAIRLINES, AND A LOVELY HIGH GLOSS FINISH!

THE RECORD PLAYGRADE - I LOVE BOTH THESE TRACKS - OUT AND OUT HIGH OCTANE ROCK TRACKS!! THE RECORD PLAYS SUPERBLY AND IS GRADED AS AT LEAST EXCELLENT!!

CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK - MY QUEEN COLLECTION IS NOW BEING PURCHASED BY DELIGHTED BUYERS ALL OVER THE WORLD, SO BID WITH CONFIDENCE!!

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