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Vinyl LP, QUEEN, A night at the opera, EMTC103 (1975), EMBOSSED, 1ST PRESSING

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Label:EMI – EMTC 103, EMI – 0C 066 ∘ 97176

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold

Country:France

Released:1976

Genre:Rock

Style:Hard Rock, Pop Rock, Rock Opera

A1Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To....)

A2Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon

A3I'm In Love With My Car

Vocals – Roger Taylor

A4You're My Best Friend

Electric Piano – John Deacon

A5'39

Double Bass – John Deacon

Vocals – Brian May

A6Sweet Lady

A7Seaside Rendezvous

Vocals [Brass Orchestration] – Roger Taylor

Vocals [Woodwind Orchestration] – Freddie Mercury

B1The Prophet's Song

Koto [Toy] – Brian May

B2Love Of My Life

Harp – Brian May

B3Good Company

Vocals, Ukulele [Genuine Aloha Ukelele Made In Japan], Guitar [Jazz Band] – Brian May

B4Bohemian Rhapsody

Vocals [Operatic] – Brian*, Freddie*, Roger*

B5God Save The Queen

Arranged By – May*

Written-By – Traditional

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – EMI Records

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Queen (4)

Published By – B. Feldman

Published By – Trident Music (2)

Recorded At – Sarm Studios

Recorded At – Roundhouse Studios

Recorded At – Olympic Studios

Recorded At – Rockfield Studios

Recorded At – Scorpio Studios

Recorded At – Lansdowne Studios

Mixed At – Sarm Studios

Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.

Pressed By – Pathé Marconi EMI, Chatou – 310328

Pressed By – Pathé Marconi EMI, Chatou – 310329

Art Direction – David Costa

Composed By, Arranged By, Performer – Queen

Electric Bass – John Deacon

Engineer [Additional] – Gary Lyons

Engineer [Executive] – Mike Stone

Guitar, Orchestrated By [Orchestral Backdrops] – Brian May

Lacquer Cut By – Blair's*

Percussion – Roger Taylor

Producer – Queen, Roy Thomas Baker

Vocals, Piano [Bechstein Debauchery] – Freddie Mercury

Written-By – May* (tracks: A5, A6, B1, B3), Mercury* (tracks: A1, A2, A7, B2, B4,), Deacon* (tracks: A4), Taylor* (tracks: A3)

First French press with English sleeve. Have Both Cat# EMTC 103 and 0C 066-97176 as UK release.

Pathé Marconi has added a silver sticker with price code.


Front cover:

Embossed color logo


Gatefold :

Track A3 Dedicated to Johnathan Harris, boy racer to the end.

Equipment Supervision - John Harris

No synthesizers!

℗ 1975 Queen

Made and printed in Great Britain


Labels :

℗ 1976 EMI Records

B. Feldman T/As. Trident Music

Made in France


Runouts:

All is stamped except EMTC and BLAIR'S which are etched


Rights Society: SACEM SACD SDRM SGDL

Price Code (On round silver sticker): A

Matrix / Runout (Label side A): EMTC 103 A

Matrix / Runout (Label side B): EMTC 103 B

Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): M6 310328 1 YAX 5063 EMTC 103 A 1 BLAIR'S

Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): M6 310329 1 YAX 5064 EMTC 103 B 1 BLAIR'S

***VINYL: MajorIty are at least VERY GOOD condition; otherwise condition ranges from GOOD to EXCELLENT so may have wear, scratches, with noise / hiss / crackle / clicks; possibly writing/sticker on labels and spindle marks; there may be the odd jump/skip. SLEEVES: Range from fair to excellent so may have wear, tears, creases, scuffs, stains, water damage, stickers/residue, writing, unglued seams, foxing/browning, discolouration, grubbiness, etc. The vast majority are solid; but may be missing original inners or additional printed materials. PLEASE BE FULLY AWARE OF THE POSSIBLE IMPERFECTIONS LISTED ABOVE BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO PURCHASE THIS ITEM.

 ***NOTE: 7" and 12" singles are play tested (A-side only), 12" LPs are not play-tested, but visually inspected only.