QUEEN A Night At The Opera 1975 ORIGINAL EMTC 103 BLAIRS CUT Vinyl LP EXCELLENT
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EXCELLENT ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING WITH 4 X DIE CUT INNER CORNERS AND NON EMBOSSED COVER WITH NO FADING (stored in a plastic sleeve and correctly!)
PLEASE SEE IMAGES FOR MARIX INFO AND GENERAL CONDITION.
VINYL EXCELLENT WITH A FEW VERY LIGHT HARLINE SURFACE MARKS THAT ARE NOT AUDIBLE ~ PLAYS EXTREMELY WELL!
LABELS NEAR PERFECT. NO ISSUE.
PICTURE DIE CUT ROUNDED CORNERED INNER EXCELLENT WITH VERY SLIGHT WEAR AT BOTTOM.
NON EMBOSSED GATEFOLD COVER (MOST WERE EMBOSSED) IN FINE CONDITION BUT HAS A LABEL RESIDUE (NO DAMAGE) ON BACK.
SPINE TEXT IS CLEAR.
LOVELY COPY ~ TO COLLECT OR INDEED PLAY!
This will come supplied with a new poly lined inner sleeve and clear album cover.
It will be packed in a quality mailer and stiffeners used appropriately with the disc safely removed from sleeve.
Combined postage a pleasure where possible.
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'A Night at the Opera is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 21 November 1975 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. Produced by Roy Thomas Baker and Queen, it was reportedly the most expensive album ever recorded at the time of its release. The album takes its name from the Marx Brothers film of the same name, which the band watched one night at the studio complex when recording.
The album was recorded at various studios across a four-month period in 1975. Due to management issues, Queen received almost none of the money they earned for their previous albums. Subsequently, they ended their contract with Trident Studios and did not use their studios for their album (with the sole exception being "God Save the Queen", which was recorded the previous year). They employed a complex production that extensively used multitrack recording, and the songs incorporated a wide range of styles, such as ballads, music hall, dixieland, hard rock and progressive rock influences. Aside from their usual equipment, Queen also utilised a diverse range of instruments such as a double bass, harp, ukulele and more.
Upon release, the album topped the UK Albums Chart for four non-consecutive weeks. It peaked at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart and became the band's first Platinum-selling album in the US. The worldwide sales for the album are over six million copies. It also produced the band's most successful single in the UK, "Bohemian Rhapsody", which became their first UK number one and one of the best-selling singles in both the UK and the world.
A Night at the Opera received contemporary mixed reviews from critics, but they praised its production and the diverse musical themes, as well as recognising it as the album that established Queen as superstars. In 1977, it received two Grammy nominations for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus and Best Arrangement for Voices. Retrospective reviews, however, have hailed it as Queen's magnum opus, and as one of the greatest albums in rock history. In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked it number 231 on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In 2018, it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.'
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