QUEEN, A Night At The Opera SWEDEN 1st pressing LP Bohemian Rhapsody/Best Friend
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Queen ?– A Night At The Opera Label: EMI ?– 7C 072-97176 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold Country: Sweden Released: 1975 Genre: Rock Style: Hard Rock, Symphonic Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To ...) Written-By – Mercury* A2 Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon Written-By – Mercury* A3 I'm In Love With My Car Written-By – Taylor* A4 You're My Best Friend Written-By – Deacon* A5 '39 Written-By – May* A6 Sweet Lady Written-By – May* A7 Seaside Rendezvous Written-By – Mercury* B1 The Prophet's Song Written-By – May* B2 Love Of My Life Written-By – Mercury* B3 Good Company Written-By – May* B4 Bohemian Rhapsody Written-By – Mercury* B5 God Save The Queen Arranged By – May* Written-By – Trad.* Companies, etc. Printed By – Druckhaus Maack KG Credits Mastered By – Blair's* Producer – Queen, Roy Thomas Baker Notes Disc 'Made in Sweden'. Sleeve 'Printed in Germany by Druckhaus Maack'
SWEDEN FIRST PRESSING VINYL ALBUM IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.
MATRIX: SIDE A: YAX 5063-4 MÅ BLAIR'S / SIDE B: YAX 5064-3 MÅ BLAIR'S.
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD ONLY DUE TO SOME MARKS IN THE FRONT WHITE AREAS, GENERAL SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR. INNER SLEEVE HAS SMALL MIDDLE BOTTOM SEAM SPLIT.
DISC[S]: VERY GOOD+. ONE LIGHT SCRATCH ON 'SWEET LADY' WHICH CLICKS A FEW TIMES, OTHERWISE JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES AND FINGERPRINTS. CLEAN LABELS. THIS PRESSING IS CUT FROM THE EXACT SAME UK FIRST PRESSING BLAIR'S MASTERED LACQUERS, AND SOUNDS WAY BETTER THAN SUBSEQUENT MASTERINGS AND REISSUES.
Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?
First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl. Why experience the worse elements of both formats? These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared. They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound. There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.
First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider. Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive. Inner details are clearer.
On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant. The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.
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