Queen UK DEBUT LP Very 1st Press -3U/-2U 'OFF WITH HIS HEAD' PROMO UNPLAYED MINT
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455
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602
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QUEEN - QUEEN
MAGNIFICENT MINT EXAMPLE
UNPLAYED UNTIL TODAY
FACTORY SAMPLE
NEAR MINT SLEEVE AND INNERS
THIS HAS TO BE THE RAREST VERSION OF THIS ALBUM. I CANNOT FIND ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT HAS BEEN SOLD.
USUALLY 1ST PRESSES HAVE THE MATRIX NUMBERS THAT END -3U / -3U AND THE ETCHING IN THE RUN OUT IS KIP HUGGYKISSY POO / AGAIN
THIS ONE HAS -3U ON SIDE ONE AND -2U ON SIDE TWO WITH THE ETCHING' OFF WITH HIS HEAD'
MY RESEARCH INTO THIS HAS LED ME TO FIND VERY RARE PROMOTIONAL COPY THAT WAS ISSUED AT THE EMI POP CONFERENCE IN 1973. DISCOGS HAS THAT LISTED WITH THE SAME MATRIX NUMBERS AND THE SAME ETCHING IN THE RUN OUT
THE WHITE LABEL PROMO HAS THE MOTHERS AND STAMPERS 1G / 1G
THIS EMI PRESS HAS THE MOTHERS AND STAMPERS 1 L / 1 P
THE EMI CONFERENCE PROMO PRESSING WAS ISSUED IN A PLAIN DIECUT CARD SLEEVE AND THE LABEL WAS WHITE WITH RED TEXT AROUND THE RIM STATING THAT IT WAS AN EMI POP CONFERENCE PROMO
NOWHERE CAN I FIND AN EXAMPLE OF THE EMI LABEL VERSION WITH THOSE MATRIX NUMBERS.
THE FACT THAT THIS ALSO HAS THE FACTORY SAMPLE STICKER ON SIDE TWO LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THIS MAY WELL HAVE ALSO BEEN GIVEN OUT AT THE CONFERENCE IN QUESTION
IT LOOKS LIKE NO ONE HAS OFFERED ONE OF THSE COPIES OUT BEFORE WHICH ALSO MAKES ME THINK THERE CANNOT HAVE BEEN MANY OF THEM. MAYBE THIS ONE IS ONE OF ONE?
IF ANYONE KNOWS MORE THAN THIS THEN PLEASE LET ME KNOW SO THAT I CAN SHARE IT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS AUCTION PAGE
THE RECORDS
THE LABELS
THE EMI LABELS ARE PRISTINE. TOTALLY BLEMISH FREE AND UNRUBBED. THE TYPEFACE IS ALSO MINT . THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO SPIDER LINES BY THE SPINDLE HOLES
THE VINYL
THIS VINYL GLEAMS LIKE NEW, AND HAS LOST NONE OF THE ORIGINAL LUSTRE. IN DAYLIGHT THEY LOOK TOTALLY FLAWLESS. AND EVEN WHEN VIEWED UNDER A MAGNIFYING LED HALO THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE. A PRISTINE UNPLAYED RECORD
THE TEST PLAY
THE LP PLAYS THROUGH BRILLIANTLY 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 SILENT BITS ARE SILENT, AND FREE OF ANY EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE
THE MUSIC COMES THROUGH CRISPLY AND CLEARLY, WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER.
SILENT IN THE QUIET PASSAGES AND ALSO THE LINKING GROOVES
NO TICS OR POPS
I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS AUDIO MINT
PLEASE TAKE A LISTEN AND JUDGE IT FOR YOURSELF
THE SLEEVE
NON LAMINATES MATTE GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SINGLE SLEEVE
THE FRONT SURFACE IS FLAT AND TOTALLY CLEAN. THE COLOUR IS ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE, NO RUB ANYWHERE , AND NO CREASES OR CREASE LINES. NO COLOUR FADING EITHER
USUALLY THIS SLEEVE IS FOUND WITH HEAVY RING WEAR AND CREASING BUT THIS EXAMPLE IS ALMOST PERFECT
NO RING WEAR JUST THE BAREST SHADOW OF IMPRESSION, AND THE FOUR CORNERS ARE SHARP AND SQUARE WITH A DOT OF RUB ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT TIP
THERE ARE TWO MINUSCULE PRESSURE LINES AGAINST THE SPINE. TWO ALONG THE TOP EDGE, ONE ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE AND NO THUMB LINES NEAR THE OPENING EDGE
THE TOP EDHE OS PRISTINE. IT IS FULLY COLOURED AND HAS THE SPINE WORDING ON IT. A PIN PRICK OF RUB ON THE RIGHT TIP END
THE BOTTOM EDGE ONLY HAS A LITTLE RUB AT THE RIGHT CORNER
THE SPINE IS ALSO MINT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM
THE OPENING EDGE IS STILL VERY SHARP WITH A COUPLE OF TINY THUMB NAIL NICKS
THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS SUPERB AS THE FRONT
HAS THE CORRECT PLAIN INNER SLEEVE
I GRADE THIS SLEEVE NEAR MINT
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT
GARRY
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