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QUEEN featuring FREDDIE MERCURY A NIGHT AT THE OPERA ORIGINAL 1975 ELEKTRA RECORDS STEREO LP 7E-1053
ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
ORIGINAL BUTTERFLY ELEKTRA LABEL, MID- 70s STYLE
SPECIALTY RECORDS, OLYPHANT, PA PRESSING
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER
ORIGINAL RAISED EMBOSSED COVER: THE COAT OF ARMS MOTIF ON THE FRONT COVER IS RAISED
ORIGINAL TEXTURED CRUDE FINISH COVER.
COVER IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK CELLOPHANE WRAP
THE RECORD HAS A DATE STAMP OF 11-19-1975 / 11-25-75 HAND-ETCHED IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL DEAD WAX PROVING, ONCE AND FOR ALL, THAT THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 1975, NOT 1976
CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS
FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 1 being the least thick, and 10 being the thickest , we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 7.
PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW
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Queen were straining at the boundaries of hard rock and heavy metal on Sheer Heart Attack, but they broke down all the barricades on A Night at the Opera, a self-consciously ridiculous and overblown hard rock masterpiece. Using the multi-layered guitars of its predecessor as a foundation, A Night at the Opera encompasses metal Death on Two Legs, Sweet Lady , pop the lovely, shimmering You re My Best Friend , campy British music hall Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon, Seaside Rendezvous , and mystical prog rock 39, The Prophet s Song , eventually bringing it all together on the pseudo-operatic Bohemian Rhapsody. In short, it s a lot like Queen s own version of Led Zeppelin IV, but where Zep find dark menace in bombast, Queen celebrate their own pomposity. No one in the band takes anything too seriously, otherwise the arrangements wouldn t be as ludicrously exaggerated as they are. But the appeal -- and the influence -- of A Night at the Opera is in its detailed, meticulous productions. It s prog rock with a sense of humor as well as dynamics, and Queen never bettered their approach anywhere else.
EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY STEPHEN THOMAS ERLEWINE, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/
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CONDITION:
THE RECORD
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a WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG NEAR MINT. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.
b The record is pressed on a RELATIVELY thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy dynaflex type , vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.
c Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording
THE COVER
COVER IS STRONG NEAR MINT, STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:
- Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging. mostly localized to the opening side
NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER
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