Queen SHEER HEART ATTACK 1ST PRESS 1 PLAY -3/-4 PLAYS 100% MINT

	£		63
	$		83

QUEEN - SHEER HEART ATTACK

IN MAGNIFICENT 1 PLAY MINT!!!!! CONDITION

MINT MINUS SLEEVE

MUSEUM GRADE QUALITY!!!!

• CATALOGUE:EMI EMC 3061
• MATRIX: YAX 4881-3U / 4882-4U (FIRST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS)
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:  2 MA/ 4 ML

THE IDENTIFICATION OF A FIRST PRESS IS FAIRLY SIMPLE. STARTING WITH THE VINYL. THE -3/-4 MATRIX NUMBERS ARE I AM CERTAIN THE FIRST ISSUE NUMBERS. MOST ARE FAR HIGHER THAN THIS.

SECONDLY THE SLEEVE MUST HAVE TWO THINGS TO BE A FIRST ISSUE. THE SPINE WORDING IS ON BOTH THE SPINE AND IMPORTANTLY THE TOP EDGE AS WELL. NOT THERE AND ITS A REISSUE SLEEVE

THE SPINE IS AND MUST BE WAFER THIN TO BE A FIRST PRESS AND BE FULLY LAMINATED

FINALLY THE INNER SLEEVE MUST HAVE ANGLED CORNERS AND  SQUARE CORNERS. ANY OTHER VARIANT (ROUNDED CORNERS FOR EXAMPLE) ARE FROM LATER ISSUE SLEEVES

THE RECORDS

THE LABELS

THE TAN AND RED EMI LABELS ARE JUST MAGNIFICENT. THERE ARE NO MARKS, STAINS OR ANYTHING ELSE TO MAR THE SUPERB CONDITION THAT THEY ARE IN. THE COLOURS FULLY STRETCH INTO THE UNWORN SPINDLE HOLE. THE BLACK TYPEFACE IS ALSO PERFECTLY LEGIBLE AND UNRUBBED. THERE IS JUST ONE SMALL SPIDER LINE CLOSE TO THE SPINDLE HOLE .

THE VINYL

INCREDIBLE GLOSSY MINT CONDITION VINYL, BUT WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU EXPECT FROM A VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED ALBUM?

THERE IS NOT ONE MARK ON IT ANYWHERE,AND IN DAYLIGHT IT IS TOTALLY FLAWLESS AND EVEN UNDER INTENSE ILLUMINATION THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE, APART FROM A COUPLE OF WISPY HAIRLINES

PLAYING THE RECORD 

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A FANTASTIC COLLECTIBLE VINYL, THAT YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. I HAVE THEREFORE INVESTED IN THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO DO JUST THAT.

I HAVE RECORDED THE ENTIRE ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH, SOMETHING I AM NOW DOING WITH ALL MY LISTINGS. I AM CONVINCED THAT BIDDERS WILL WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR THE RECORD THEY ARE THINKING OF BIDDING ON.

THIS IS A SERVICE I AM DELIGHTED TO OFFER MY CUSTOMERS.

THE LP PLAYS THROUGH SUPERBLY ON BOTH SIDES, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A GOOD LISTEN TO THE SOUNDBITES WHICH DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW FANTASTIC THIS LP SOUNDS. .

THERE IS NO DISTORTION TO THE SOUND WHATSOEVER SHOWING THAT WHAT LITTLE PLAY THE RECORD HAS RECEIVED WAS COMPLETED ON A SYSTEM THAT HAD A CORRECTLY WEIGHTED AND UNWORN STYLUS

THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE AND NO LOUD CLICKS

NO EMBEDDED VINYL NOISE AND BARELY A SPLIT SECOND OR TWO OF STATIC AUDIBLE IF AT ALL IN A COUPLE OF THE LINKING GROOVES

I HEARD JUST ONE DUST POP THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT!!!!

BUT DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, LISTEN TO IT YOURSELF AND BE THE JUDGE

THE SLEEVE

FULLY LAMINATED GARROD AND LOFTHOUSE SINGLE SLEEVE

THE FRONT SURFACE IS TOTALLY FLAT AND PERFECTLY CLEAN.

THE LAMINATE GLEAMS LIKE NEW AND HAS SUFFERED NO HEAVY CREASES OR CREASE LINES, NOR ARE THERE AND BENDS, OR FOLDS

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE, AND JUST THREE MICROSCOPIC LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE, AND THE SAME AGAIN ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGE, PLUS TWO REALLY TINY THUMB LINES CLOSE TO THE OPENING EDGE

THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES ARE TOTALLY UNWORN AND FULLY LAMINATED. THIS IS BECAUSE THE SLEEVE WAS PROTECTED FROM NEW INSIDE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.THE TOP EDGE ALSO HAS THE SAME TYPEFACE ON IT AS DOES THE SPINE WHICH WAS TRUE ON FIRST PRESS SLEEVES, WHERAS LATER ISSUES DID NOT HAVE THIS INFORMATION. EVEN THE TIP ENDS ARE MINT AND UNRUBBED

THE SPINE  IS ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION. , FULLY LAMINATED AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS LEGIBLE.TOTALLY FLAT AND 100% UNSQUASHED, AND EVEN THE TOP AND BOTTOM TIPS ARE STILL UNBLEMISHED

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND ONCE AGAIN DEPICTS AN LP THAT HAS NOT BEEN OUT OF THE COVER VERY OFTEN

THE REAR SURFACE IS EVERY BIT AS BRILLIANT AS THE FRONT. AGAIN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUSCULE LAMINATE LINES NEAR THE SPINE

THE ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION. 1ST ISSUE INNERS HAVE  CUT OFF CORNERS AND THIS ONE IS IN NEAR PRISTINE CONDITION

TOTALLY WHITE WITH NO HANDLING MARKS WHATSOEVER. NO CREASE MARKS AND AMAZINGLY NO SPLITS TO ANY OF THE SEAMS. NOR IS THERE ANY DAMAGE TO THE TOP OPENING NOTCH ALONG THE TOP. THERE IS A PENNED INSCRIPTION ON ONE SIDE

VERY HAPPY TO GRADE THIS SLEEVE  MINT MINUS

I AM CERTAIN THIS LP AND SLEEVE WILL NEVER NEED UPGRADING

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BID IF YOU CHOSE TO GO FOR IT

GARRY