Queen "News Of The World" EMI ?EMA 784 5/3 UK 1st press g/fold + inner 1977
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Queen ? "News Of The World" EMI ?EMA 784 UK 1st press. Vinyl, LP, in a printed inner die-cut sleeve, which, in turn, is housed in a gate-fold sleeve. The LP was released in 1977.
The vinyl appears to have been lightly played and is in great condition. It played through beautifully on my elderly stereo - no hop, stick or jump. The LP is housed in its original printed inner sleeve, which shows minimal signs of wear and which is in great condition- no rips or writing. The gate-fold sleeve also shows minimal signs of wear an is also in great condition, again, no rips or writing. The spine is intact and completely legible. Matrix / Runout Side A : YAX 5355 - 5 - 1 - 1 -1 Matrix / Runout Side B : YAX 5356 - 3 NICK W
"News of the World" is Queen's sixth studio album, released on 28 October 1977 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. "News of the World" was the band's second album to be recorded at Sarm West and Wessex Studios, London, and engineered by Mike Stone, and was co-produced by the band and Stone.
In 1977, punk rock acts, most notably the Sex Pistols, sparked massive backlash towards progressive rock artists such as Queen, to which the band responded by simplifying their symphonic rock sound and gearing towards a more spontaneous hard rock sound. The album subsequently went 4x platinum in the United States, and achieved high certifications around the world, selling over 10 million copies and became the band's best-selling studio album to date.
After completing the A Day at the Races tour, the quartet re-entered the studio to begin work on their sixth studio offering in July 1977, enlisting Mike Stone as assistant producer at the Basing Street and Wessex Studios in London. They scaled down their complex arrangements and focused on a "rootsier" sound (as Brian May put it). However the staple of the Queen sound, multi-tracked harmonies and guitar orchestrations, still exist on this album, albeit a bit more subtly. The album was primarily recorded in the same studio as The Sex Pistols, which eventually led to the now famous meeting between Mercury and Sid Vicious. Vicious, upon stumbling into Queen's recording studio, asked "Have you succeeded in bringing ballet to the masses yet?" in response to a comment the singer had made in an interview with NME, to which Mercury called him "Simon Ferocious" and replied "We're doing our best, dear."[1][8] The group completed recording and production of the album two months later in September, and released the album on 28 October 1977.
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