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QUEEN "A Night at the Opera" 1975 US LP Elektra (7E-1053) VG+  Embossed Cover
Original US 1975 pressing (embossed gatefold cover) on Elektra Records.
Notes Originally issued in an embossed gatefold sleeve without a bar-code on rear and on 'butterfly' design Elektra labels.
This edition was pressed at the Columbia, Santa Maria plant, denoted by CSM on label and matrix IDs.

Recorded at Sarm, Roundhouse, Olympic, Rockfield, Scorpio and Lansdowne 
Mixed at Sarm Studios

℗ 1975 by Queen and Elektra Records (label) 
℗© 1975 Queen and Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records (sleeve) Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): 7E-1053 A-4 CSM ESRTD 11 19 75 Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): 7E-1053 B-4 CSM ESRTD 11 19 75 Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): 7E 1053 A-6CSM ESR TD 3-25-76 1 5 Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): 7E 1053 B-5CSM ESR TD 3-25-76 1 5 Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): 7E-1053 A-2 CSM ESRTD 11 19 75 Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): 7E-1053 B-4 CSM ESRTD 11 19 75 Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): 7E-1053 A-6 RECSM ESR 11-24-75 Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): 7E-1053 B-1 RECSM ESRTD 11-24-75 Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): 7E1053 A-1CSM RE ESPTD 11-R1 75 Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): 7E1053 B-4 CSM ESRTD 111975 Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 6): 7E1053A-2CSM ESRTD 11 19 75 Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 6): 7E1053A-2 CSM ESRTD 11 19 75 J8
Condition VG+ to VG++/ VG (couple marks, slight hairlines, handling/ edge corner wear, ring wear, heavy soiling but solid - see photos) 
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