Queen SHEER HEART ATTACK 1ST PRESS 1 PLAY -4/-4 MINT-

	£		73
	$		96

QUEEN - SHEER HEART ATTACK

IN MAGNIFICENT 1 PLAY (IF THAT)CONDITION

VAULT CONDITION VINYL AND SLEEVE!!!

• CATALOGUE:EMI EMC 3061
• MATRIX: YAX 4881-4U / 4882-4U (VERY EARLY FIRST PRESS MATRIX NUMBERS)
• MOTHERS/STAMPERS:  1 LP/ 2 PPG
• TML-M STAMPED INTO DEAD WAX SIDE 2

AN ABSOLUTELY PRISTINE FIRST PRESS SHEER HEART ATTACK THAT HAS DEFIED THE TEST OF TIME. IT IS TRULY SUPERB!!

I HAVE ONLY EVER SEEN ONE COPY AS GOOD AS THIS BEFORE

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. THERE MAY BE A -3/-3 BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE. THIS ONE IS VERY VERY CLOSE TO THE FIRST PRODUCTION RUN, AND WHEN YOU CONSIDER HOW MANY MILLIONS OF COPIES WERE PRESSED TO FIND A -4U/-4U IN THIS AMZING CONDITION IS JUST IMPOSSIBLE!!!

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 THREE ANGLED CORNERS AND ONE SQUARE CORNER. 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. I CANNOT SEE AND SPIDER LINES AROUND THE SPINDLE HOLE, EVEN USING A MAGNIFYING GLASS, AND IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT THIS ALBUM HAS REMAINED UN PLAYED UNTIL MY CAREFUL TEST PLAY TODAY!!!

IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THE PICTURES YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS STILL RESIDUE VINYL STUCK TO THE SPINDLE HOLE MEANING THAT THE RECORD WAS BARELY PLAYED WHICH WE ALREADY KNOW, BUT THIS WOULD HAVE WORN OFF IF THE LP HAS BEEN PLAYED A FEW TIMES. ALSO THE VINYL WAS VERY TIGHT WHEN PLACED ONTO MY SPINDLE

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 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. .

THE CLARITY OF THIS FIRST PRESS IS JUST BRILLIANT. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND CRACKLE WHATSOEVER, AND NOTHING AT ALL TO MAR THE SUBLIME STEREO REPRODUCTION. NO DISTORTION, NO LOUD CLICKS, AND NO STATIC EITHER

I HEARD PERHAPS 3-4 TINY DUST POPS THROUGH THE ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGH

I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO GRADE THIS VINYL MINT MINUS

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

THE SLEEVE

FLIMSY  LAMINATED SINGLE SLEEVE WHICH IS VERY OFTEN FOUND BATTERED. HERE HOWEVER WE HAVE A 99% PERFECT EXAMPLE

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, JUST THE TINIEST OF DINGS TO THE THE LEFT CORNERS

THERE IS NO RING WEAR OR EVEN RECORD SHAPE, AND INCREDIBLY ON THIS WAFER THIN SLEEVE JUST FOUR OF THE MOST MINUSCULE LAMINATE LINES I HAVE EVER SEEN NEAR THE SPINE.

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

THE SPINE  IS ALSO IN PRISTINE CONDITION. , FULLY LAMINATED AND EVERY LETTER OF THE TYPEFACE IS LEGIBLE.

THE OPENING EDGE IS RAZOR SHARP AND ONCE AGAIN DEPICTS AN LP THAT HAS NOT BEEN OUT OF THE COVER IF AT ALL, AND THERE ARE NO THUMB NAIL NICKS EITHER

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

THE ORIGINAL FIRST PRESS INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO IN TOP CONDITION. 1ST ISSUE INNERS HAVE THREE 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. JUST A VERY LIGHT WRINKLE LINETO THE CORNER THATS SQUARE, AND A TINY LIGHT BROWN DOT ON THE LYRICS TO LILY OF THE VALLEY, AND A SMALL WHITE POWDERY MARK ON THE SAME 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