QUEEN - A NIGHT AT THE OPERA - RARE EARLY (1ST?) UK PRESS - EX/VG+ (PLAY-TESTED)
£
32
$
42
£ 32
Sold For
Mar 9, 2025
Sold Date
Feb 27, 2025
Start Date
4
Number Of Bids
Great Britain
Country Of Seller
eBay
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Description
Ongoing sale of selected items from my personal collection of vinyl and CDs, the vast majority of which have been owned by me from new and have been safely stored in a smoke-free home. I try to describe each item as accurately as possible (vinyl will normally be play-tested) and therefore don't routinely accept returns - but I'm happy to offer a no quibble refund in the unlikely event that significant defects are found which were not called out in the listing.
Any questions please ask. Thanks for looking!
This item....
- I believe this is the 1st UK issue given the embossed sleeve, 3 corner angled cuts on the printed inner, and the absence of any 1975 crest design credit
- Label / catalogue number - EMI EMTC 103
- Matrices - BLAIR'S / BLAIR'S
- Please see my full listing for more early Queen albums
- There are a couple of light marks on the vinyl but it plays excellent throughout - I just detected a handful of isolated pops/clicks (which might be caused by removeable specks of dirt) - it's certainly a very strong VG and would probably be most people's EX
- I didn't own this one from new but I added a polyliner to the inner from the point of purchase and this has helped to minimise the development of hairlines
- Both labels are nice and clean with no writing or other marks
- The outer sleeve has a little shelf wear and minor age discolouration, a tiny bit of sticker residue on one corner and has become unglued at one edge (easily fixable) - no other flaws of note
- The printed inner has a 2 inch split on the bottom edge and a couple of faint thumb creases on the opening
- Records will be dispatched in a high quality custom mailer with additional cardboard within the package
- Unless the item is new and still sealed I'll remove the record from both the outer sleeve and any printed inner in order to prevent seam splits in transit
- UK - I'll combine postage if buying more than one item - please wait for invoice
- Rest of the world - Please note that I only sell overseas via ebay's Global Shipping Programme, which sets postages rates and does not appear to include the facility to combine p&p costs for multiple purchases. Please don't bid if you're not prepared to accept GSP costs or process - thanks
- And I'm not currently shipping to Belarus, Ukraine or the Russian Federation
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