QUEEN - VERY RARE Test Press 1st Album 73 Promo Sampler
£
297
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Description
VERY RARE Collectors Item
This album is a test pressing of the FIRST EVER QUEEN album and pressed for the EMI Conference of 1973 to promote and showcase the 'new' band.
As you can see from the pictures it has printed around the white label 'PROMOTIONAL SAMPLER FROM THE UK POP GROUP. CONFERENCE '73''
It is also stamped with the word QUEEN.
WIthin the run out area of the disc there are the words 'OFF WITH HIS HEAD' and KIP-HUGGYPOO KISSY. All detail which you can confirm show how legitimate this disc is.
Excerpt from Queen Collector. One of the most sought-after.
U.K. Queen promos bears the unwieldy title of "Promotional Sampler From The U.K. Pop Group Conference '73". This white-label disc is actually the group's debut LP, and comes housed in a generic die-cut sleeve, which is printed with mug shots of EMI's top executives of the day,
This rare item is listed within RECORD COLLECTOR as one of the Top 100 items to own.
This disc is within an original album sleeve and not within the mega rare die cut sleeve depicting the EMI execs as noted above.
However excerpts from other websites confirm that even without sleeve is classified as RARE and with value from £200-£400
United Kingdom
Queen
LP
EMI YAX 4623-2U/4624-3U
OFF WITH HIS HEAD/KIP HUGGYPOO KISSY in runout, test pressings for EMI Conference issue, no sleeve
RARE
With classifications being 1) Common, 2) Average, 3) Uncommon, 4) Scarce, 5) Rare, 6) Mega Rare
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