Queen UK DEBUT ALBUM 1973 WITH LAMINATED SLEEVE
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QUEEN
UK DEBUT LP
- I HAVE SOMETHING HERE WHICH I AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE INCLUDING SOME WELL REPECTED RECORD DEALERS HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. QUEEN'S DEBUT ALBUM, WITH A FULLY LAMINATED SLEEVE. WHEN I FIRST SAW IT I PRESUMED THAT IT MUST BE A FOREIGN SLEEVE, BUT IT ISN'T, IT IS A GENUINE FIRST PRESS UK SLEEVE, MADE BY GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE, WITH ALL THE CORRECT FIRST PRESS INDICATORS, INCLUDING THE NAME QUEEN ON THE TOP EDGE AS WELL AS THE SPINE.
- IF AFTER READING THIS ANYONE OUT THERE KNOWS MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I OR MY ASSOCIATES DO THEN I WOULD BE GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU
- I HAVE HANDLED HUNDREDS OF COPIES OF THIS ALBUM AND I AM AS CERTAIN AS I CAN BE THAT THIS IS A VERY VERY RARE ITEM, MAYBE EVEN A ONE OFF, CREATED AT THE GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE FACTORY BY MISTAKE??? OR AS A TEST BEFORE THYEY DECIDED ON THE NON LAMINATED ISSUE
- catlogue EMC 3006
- MATRIX: YAX 4823-5 / YAX 4824-5
- BLAIR RULES / BLAIR IN THE RUN OFF WAX
THE RECORD LABELS
THE LABELS ARE IN MINT CONDITION. THE TAN BACKGROUND COLOUR IS UNBLEMISHED AND STRETCHES FULLY ACCROSS THE LABEL AND INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THERE IS EVEN SOME RESIDUE VINYL AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE TO SHOW HOW LITTLE THIS ALBUM HAS BEEN PLAYED. THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECT IN EVERY WAY, AND AS FOR PLAY, THERE IS BUT TWO SPIDER LINES CLOSE TO THE HOLE TO AGAIN SHOW THAT THIS GREAT ORIGINAL LP HAS HAD FEWER THAN THREE PLAYES SINCE 1973
THE VINYL
THE VINYL HAS RETAINED ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN AND LOOKS GREAT. THERE ARE NO MARKS ON EITHER SIDE, AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE, AND EVEN THE BARELY VISIBLE WISPS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN
PLAYING THE RECORD
I HAVE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS ME TO RECORD FOR YOU SOME SOUNDBITES. I AM CERTAIN THAT ALL THE WORDS I CHOSE TO TYPE ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO ACTUALLY HEARING WHAT YOU MAY BE CONSIDERING TO BID ON. I HOPE YOU AGREE
I HAVE INCLUDED FOUR, THREE MINUTE SECTIONS FROM THE LP INCLUDING THE OPENING TRACK TO EACH SIDE, AS THIS INCLUDES THE RUN IN WAX, ALLOWING YOU TO IDENTIFY ANY UNWANTED NOISE THAT MIGHT BE PRESENT. I AM CERTAIN THERE IS NONE.I HAVE ALSO RECORDED SECTIONS OF THE LINKING GROOVE THAT PRECEED EACH TRACK, SO THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO GUAGE THE SILENCE BETWEEN THE TRACKS
ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN AND THAT IS THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO ANY OF THE TRACKS WHICH WOULD BE PRESENT IF THE RECORD HAD BEEN ABUSED WITH A WORN OR TOO HEAVY STYLUS
EACH TRACK PLAYS THROUGH WITH UTMOST CLARITY. THE PERFORMANCE ALL THE WAY THROUGH BOTH SIDES IS JUST OUTSTANDING. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND NOISE TO TALK ABOUT APART FROM THE VERY ODD BIT OF STATIC HERE AND THERE..AND THE VERY ODD LITTLE AND BARELY AUDIBLE POP
I AM VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SUPERB DISC NEAR MINT
THE SLEEVE
THE OVERALL GRADING OF THE SLEEVE IS NEAR MINT
AS I HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED THIS IS IN MY OPINION A VERY VERY RARE SLEEVE. A FULLY LAMINATED GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SLEEVE
THE FRONT SURFACE IS MAGNIFICENT. THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE A MIRROR, AND ACTUALLY I THINK THIS IS HOW THE SLEEVE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ISSUED. THE LAMINATE REALLY SHOWS OFF THE DEEP PURPLE COLOURS. THERE ARE NO HEAVY CREASES NOR INDEED HEAVY CREASE LINES, AND UNUSUALLY NO THUMB NAIL LINES. PARTICULARY AS THIS IS A THIN CARDED SLEEVE. THERE ARE A FEW SMALL LAMINATE LINES CLOSE TO THE SPINE AND A FEW ALONG THE TOP EDGE AS WELL. TURNING THE SLEEVE INTO THE LIGHT THERE IS THE BAREST TRACE OF RECORD SHAPEM BUT AGAIN THIS IS DUE SOLEY TO THE THIN CARD USED IN THE MAKING OF THE COVER.
FIRST PRESS SLEEVES HAD THE WORD "QUEEN" ALONG THE TOP EDGE AS WELL AS ON THE SPINE WITH THE CATALOGUE NUMBER, LATER ISSUES OMITED THE TOP EDGE WORDING. BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE UNWORN AND THE SPINE THE SAME WITH JUST THE SLIVER OF RUBBING TO THE VERY TOP TIP. ALL OF THE TYPEFACE IS PERFECTLY LEGIBLE, AND ALL OF THE LAMINATE IS INTACT MEANING THERE IS NO PEELING OR FLAKING
THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES JUST HOW LITTLE THE RECORD HAS BEEN OUT OF THIS AMAZING SLEEVE.
TURNING THE COVER OVER REVEALS THE MONTAGE OF PICTURES, AGAIN PROPERLY AND BEAUTIFULLY ENHANCED BY THE PRESENCE OF THE LAMINATE, WHICH IS AGAIN IMMACULATE. AGAIN TO PROVE THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE SLEEVE THE FOLLOWING WORDING IS SITUATED ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE
"MADE AND PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN" File under POPULAR: Pop Groups G&L 7307 "Printed and made by garrod and Lofthouse Ltd" EM 3006
I HAVE RESEARCHED THE WEB, AND A S I HAVE SAID MANY RECORD DEALERS, AND I CANNOT FIND ANY MENTION OF A LAMINATED SLEEVE FOR THIS GREAT QUEEN DEBUT ALBUM. I AM CERTAIN THAT QUEEN FANS WILL WANT TO ADD THIS INCREDIBLE PIECE TO THEIR COLLECTION
SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THIS SLEEVE
THIS IS WITHOUT DOUBT A VERY HIGH GRADE COLLECTIBLE ALBUM, AND WOULD GRACE ANY COLLECTION
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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