QUEEN A NIGHT AT THE OPERA 1975 BLAIRS ORIGINAL Press SUPERB MINT- PLAY

	£		59
	$		78

'ITS THE VINYL COUNTDOWN'

Welcome to 'Its the vinyl countdown' music auctions. Here you will find some of the most incredible rare records and music memorabilia for your collection. We pride ourselves on auctioning only the highest grade records and items, you will not see anything listed here below EX+ condition, unles the item is extremely rare. You will not see worn covers, warped records or scratched records. We simply do not bother with them.

We list in many cases, 'Archived' & 'mint' condition items, we are able to source from private collections all over the UK. So we hope you can be put at ease that what you are bidding on is of the highest quality.

We play through most of the records, unless the item is clearly mint, or sealed..in which case we don't play them, thus maintaining their 'unplayed' status!  Obviously with some of these rare items there will be the odd 'anomoly' along the way , the odd little static pop or lead in 'sizzle' for a split second.. nothing is perfect we find! all systems differ, but we aim to describe these as accurately as possible for you.... PLEASE ENJOY THIS ITEM YOU ARE NOW LOOKING AT..

QUEEN

'A NIGHT AT THE OPERA'

ORIGINAL 'BLAIRS' PRESS

PLAYS INCREDIBLE- WITH CORRECT 'NO LOGO CREDIT' FIRST SLEEVE AND INNER

SEE OUR OTHER  LPs WE ARE  LISTING FROM THIS INCREDIBLE COLLECTION!

AS GOOD AS WE HAVE EVER SEEN.

Released 1975

Label     EMI  EMTC 103

Matrix     YAX 5063- 2  BLAIRS

                YAX 5064- 3 BLAIRS

THE VINYL   EX+ STRONG PLAY

As you can see, this vinyl is the ORIGINAL  1975  pressing WITH THE BLAIRS ETCHINGS ON BOTH SIDES, AND THE SLEEVE SHOWING NO 'QUEEN PRODUCTION' CREDIT UNDERNEATH THE FRONT LOGO (This was added on subsequent pressings)

- KEPT IN SUPERB ARCHIVED CONDITION

WE HAVE FOUND A BEAUTY!!

Just one example from this staggering collection we are offering..

ARCHIVED AWAY IN A PRIVATE COLLECTION SINCE ITS RELEASE,  THIS IS QUITE SUPERB

PLAYED 'VERY CAREFULLY'  JUST  A HANDFUL OF TIMES AND IT REMAINS IN STUNNING CONDITION

This vinyl shows JUST TWO LITTLE spider lines around the centre hole

NO WEAR TO THE CENTRE HOLE

The vinyl IS SUPER GLOSSY AND BRIGHT  with just some TINY FEINT  whisp only  - A couple of tiny dull hairlines that do not sound

'Prophet song' and 'Love of my life' quiet sections pay amazing..

The LP hajust the feintest static we could hear  and virtually nothing else in play of any note anywhere at all.  Nothing to spoil the play whatsoever

IT PLAYS SUPERB THROUGHOUT!!!

OVERALL THIS IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS HIGHLY PRIZED LP. 

THE LABELS   MINT-  FLAT MATT LABELS

THE SLEEVE  EX+

ORIGINAL MATT GATEFOLD  sleeve  WITH CORNER CUT THICK CARD INNER SLEEVE

Printer credits:  GARROD & LOTHOUSE

WE HAVE UNEARTHED A RARITY!

A WONDERFUL 1ST EDITION 'EMBOSSED LOGO' SLEEVE WITH VIRTUALLY NO DISCLOURATION OR GRUBBINESS AT ALL!

Note: only the first sleeve had no 'Queen production credit' under the left hand side bottom fan of the crest on the front sleeve.. this was added on second pressings onwards.  The embossed sleeve also stopped after the first few pressings to a flat crest finish.

Also only the first inner sleeve had the corner cut (one or two corners)  2nd inners were rounded, then after this they went to an early 80s glossy square card... with a glossy sleeve

FINDING THESE 'FIRST ISSUE' SLEEVES WITHOUT BAD MARKINGS IS GETTING RARER AND RARER..

LITTLE SIGNS OF HANDLING  WITH NO TEARS WEAR OR RUB AT ALL

THE OPEN EDGE IS  SHARP & NO FEATHERING OF ANY NOTE AT ALL

A FEW TINY DISCOLOUR SPOTS WHICH ARE VERY VERY LIGHT, ON THE INSIDE GATEFOLD AND OUTER EGDE

THERE IS NO  TIP RUB

THE SPINE IS CLEAN WITH NO SQUASH - 

THE GATEFOLD OPEN OUT IS AS NEW, IMMACULATE

BOTH PANELS ARE SUPER CLEAN WITH THE INKS BRIGHT WITH NO FADE

We cannot add any more than this! ITS A SUPERB EXAMPLE

THE INNER SLEEVE & POSTER   MINT-  

ORIGINAL THICK CORNER CUT INNER, NO DAMAGE AT ALL. A FEW TINY SPIDER LINES.

POSTAGE DISCOUNTS:

Don't forget we offer big postage discounts on multi wins..the more LPs you win, the cheaper the postage works out for you worldwide- Up to 2 kilos or 5 LPs, after which we will send your wins in more than one parcel..ALL very well protected in mailers, stiffeners, plenty of tape & protection, then 'signed delivered' to your door-  and to date we have nad NO damaged items!  ;0)

We hope you enjoy looking at this item, and good luck if you decide to bid for it...We can safely say you will not be dissapointed- If you need to know anyting else, please feel free to contact us with any questions.

All our items are sent 'signed delivery' tracked to your door, (we have never had an item go missing anywhere in the world!) for peace of mind for both you and us! All items are sent in strong protective mailer boxes and stiffeners. With over 28 years in mail order and the music industry 'worldwide' we pride ourselves on the fact you can bid safely on all our items, and knowing you are being dealt with by professionals.

ENJOY! ;0)