Queen Debut Self-Titled LP 1st Issue UK 5/5 Great Press [Ex+/Vg+] {1st Mother}
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Apr 6, 2023 Sold Date
Mar 18, 2023 Start Date
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An original 1st press of the DEBUT from 1973 on EMI. Matrix 5/5. 1st mother on both stampers...nice! Etching 'Blair Rules!'. Note how the side indicators on the label are vertical [not horizontal]. Original 1st pressings of the debut are not so easy to find - as it didn't enter the top 40 originally [only retrospectively]. 3/3 copies are certainly available - but there seems to have been a very common pressing fault in the run [difficult to avoid!]. The 5's sorted all problems out - and sound fab. The heavy-set vinyl comes housed in an original non-laminated cover with double spine. These 1st issues are incredibly difficult to find in anything approaching decent condition. 
Vinyl (Ex/Ex+) In lovely condition and has only seen the light use. Under close inspection I can only make out a couple of light marks per side - nothing remotely troublesome though. A thorough testing from beginning to end reveals a mostly EXCELLENT+ level of playback with two slightest deviations. Intros and inbetweens are lovely and quiet and the audio comes across with perfect clarity. And this is both hard to find and very important on this title. You're going to need a clean player otherwise the quieter moments will soon become distracting. Lovely and clean into those acoustic/instrumental sections. Think 'Liar' etc.... I'm struggling to pick out anything undesirable. The plucking by May on TNCD is exquisite - against a total clean background sounds incredible. 'Doing All right' - is always a very fussy number and will trip up even very good copies. This copy absolutely aces it - the intro to the song is against a perfectly quiet background. Almost impossible to replicate this level of clarity. All I could detect was a couple of crackles in a couple of isolated spots per side. And one solitary tick in one isolated spot per side. This example will deliver you a super rendition of Queen's debut so it can be fully appreciated. Clean feed all the way baby!
Cover (Vg+) A total pain to find in even half decent condition. The unlaminated 1st issues are really difficult to find without surface wear. But this example is still looking rather spritely. The front exhibits just slight ring wear - and some creasing at the opening. The rear looks good too but there's some surface wear in places. Someone's sharpied it in in the odd spot to tidy it up. Providing you're not really fussy - should be fine. Edge wear is relatively slight. The top spine is fully intact. Left side spine exhibits wear on the word 'Queen' partially obscuring it. Overall the cover retains excellent rigidity. 






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