QUEEN II Original 1st -4 -4 1974 Press LP MINT- COPY STUNNING PLAY!

Sold Date: December 11, 2023
Start Date: December 4, 2023
Final Price: £43.00 (GBP)
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*** PLEASE READ*** We have just taken in a collection of LPs from an 'archive collector'.  Each album we are listing has been stored away from new in total perfect conditions.
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QUEEN II 
ORIGINAL ISSUE UK  1st Press LP -  IN MINT- CONDITION  with original 1st sleeve  **SUPERB ARCHIVED  PRESSING !! One of many LPs from a collection barely played since new, before archiving!
Catalogue number:  EMI  EMA 767 Year:  1974 Matrix numbers:     YAX 4735 -4U     STAMPERS: 4 PO                                YAX 4736 -4U     STAMPERS: 1 OO                              condition VINYL:    MINT- PLAY ORIGINAL 1st ISSUE PRESSING WITH THE CROSSED OUT AND CORRECTED MATRIX NUMBERS  2/3TINY SPINDLE SKATE LINES -  LABELS ARE TOTALLY PRISTINE LP HAS SEEN JUST  A HANDFUL OF CAREFUL PLAYS  SOME VERY LIGHT  WHISP ON THE VINYL AND A FEW HAIRLINES NOTHING TO AFFECT THE PLAY- IT PLAYS SUPERB AS YOU WOULD WISH.-  'WHITE QUEEN' AND 'NEVERMORE' etc SOUND SUPERB WITH NO CRACKLE OR FIZZ, BARELY A HINT OF LEAD IN STATIC IN THE DEAD WAX  GOING INTO 'PROCESSION' (this is on every copy we have ever heard but its so minimal) A STUNNING EXAMPLE. THIS MONSTER OF AN ALBUM SOUNDS IMPOSSIBLY GOOD ON VINYL...!!!
condition SLEEVE:  MINT-  ORIGINAL TOP LOADER 1st ISSUE LAMINATED SLEEVE- WITH NO QUEEN PRODUCTIONS ON SLEEVE REVERSE (Added in 1976 after the TRIDENT deal went south) VERY LIGHT RING PRESS  THE LAMINATION IS STUNNING, BRIGHT AS NEW  WITH NO DULLING, BUBBLING AND JUST  A FEW TINY LITTLE EDGE SPIDER LINES NO RUB SPOTS ON THE OPEN EDGES WHERE THE LAMINATION STOPS SHORT ON THE EDGE, THE CARD IS STILL 100% BLACK! NO WHITE EDGE RUB AT ALL. THE SPINE IS SUPERB WITH NO SQUASH NO TIP DINKS OR RUB NO OPEN EDGE FEATHERING OF ANY NOTE THE GATEFOLD IS CREAMY WHITE WITH SOME VERY LIGHT EDGE DISCOLOURATION
condition INNER SLEEVE:  MINT- ORIGINAL TEXTURED PAPER LYRIC INNER WITH POLY LINER NO DISCOLOUR SPOTS NO CREASES THE TINIEST BOTTOM EDGE SCISSOR
OVERALL THIS IS A BEAUTY... SO HARD TO FIND A TRUE 1ST PRESS THIS GOOD..


Please note:  WHEN WE SAY 'ORIGINAL VINYL' , IT MEANS IT IS AN ORIGINAL ISSUE PRESSING FROM BACK IN THE DAY WHEN THE LP WAS RELEASED.  IT IS NOT A 2000 /2010 RE-PRESSING STYLE VINYL THAT IS BECOMING EVER MORE POPULAR AS RECORDS GET RE-ISSUED.
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