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Item:Queen: A Night at the Opera – MFSL!!!

Queen: A Night at the Opera – MFSL!!!

OUT OF PRINT 24 CT. Master Fidelity Sound Lab Recording

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Item number:350275552127
Item location:Tarpon Springs, Florida, United States
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Item specifics - Music: CDs
Artist: QueenRelease Date: Sep 03, 1991
Format: CDRecord Label: Hollywood Records
UPC: 720616106520Genre: Rock
Duration: --Sub-Genre: --
Condition: Like NewSpecial Attributes: 24k Gold Disc
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Track listing
1. Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)
2. Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon
3. I'm in Love With My Car
4. You're My Best Friend
5. '39
6. Sweet Lady
7. Seaside Rendezvous
8. Prophet's Song, The
9. Love of My Life
10. Good Company
11. Bohemian Rhapsody
12. God Save the Queen
13. I'm in Love With My Car - (Mike Shipley's 1991 bonus remix)
14. You're My Best Friend - (Matt Wallace's 1991 bonus remix)

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Producer:Queen, Roy Thomas Baker
Distributor:Universal Distribution
Recording type:Studio
Recording mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:AAD

Album notes
Queen: Freddie Mercury (vocals, piano); Brian May (guitar, harp, ukulele, background vocals); John Deacon (electric piano, acoustic & electric basses); Roger Taylor (percussion, background vocals).
Recorded at Sarm Studios, Roundhouse Studios, Olympic Studios, Scorpio Studios, Landsdowne Studios, London, England and Rockfield Studios, Wales.
Though they began their career practicing an artier, more theatrical variant on Led Zeppelin's heavy rock sound, Queen was always capable of much more. Ultimately, Freddie and the boys were popsters at heart, and capable ones to boot. A NIGHT AT THE OPERA is where they begin to show their eclecticism and compositional facility. The album title is probably a reference to the FM rock anthem "Bohemian Rhapsody," which begins as an existential ballad before moving into a mock-operatic section featuring scores of overdubbed Freddie Mercurys.
"Rhapsody" is just the tip of the iceberg here. "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" is a music-hall ditty that owes a debt to the Kinks. "'39" is a surprisingly poignant folk-rocker written and sung by Brian May. "You're My Best Friend" is pure '70s AM melodic pop. Queen even ventures into vaudeville territory (given Mercury's show-biz leanings, not as much of a stretch as one might think) on the fatalistic, old-timey "Good Company." There are several souped-up rockers here as well, but it's A NIGHT AT THE OPERA's winning stylistic experimentation that makes it a milestone in Queen history.

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3 Stars - Good - ...Even 'Bohemian Rhapsody' pales into significance next to the epic eight-minute toss of 'The Prophet Song'...
Q  (12/01/1993)

Ranked #41 in Q's 100 Greatest British Albums
Q  (06/01/2000)

...An imperial extravaganza, a cornucopia; a band of hungrily competitive individualists on a big roll of friendship and delight...
Mojo  (07/01/2002)

3 stars out of 5 -- [L]istening again to A NIGHT AT THE OPERA is a reminder of the extent of the band's barmy diversity.
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Ranked #2 in Q Magazine's 10 Essential Reissues Of 2006.
Q  

It's a record to which all four contributed fine songs, and one of extremes -- among the crashing rock and proggy wigouts were love songs, acoustic whimsy, a trad-jazz pastiche and a brace of vaudeville show tunes.
Q  

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Queen's breakthrough classic, A Night at the Opera, gets the royal treatment: remastering by (most unfortunately, now defunct) the MFSL Corp. Good luck trying to find another copy of this long out of print classic! This is one of the RAREST, nearly impossible to find releases of the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 24ct gold CDs! You will experience the outstanding sound quality that makes MFSL recordings highly sought after releases from collectors and audiophiles alike. Impossible to find in retail outlets, this classic release has been reissued both on CD and LP many times, but MFSL has really outdone their usual top notch remastering job this time around, so bid high and often (why can’s all CD’s sound this good?). You will NOT believe the sound quality of the classic "Bohemian Rhapsody" A Night at the Opera is viewed by most as the quintessential Queen album, and this MFSL recording makes it justifiably so. Note: this is an authorized, factory pressed CD set; I never sell CD-R’s. Open but the disc and inserts are in near mint condition. The original case was broken; this will come to you in a brand new standard CD jewel case. US high bidder adds $3.00 for shipping/handling, Canadian high bidder adds $3.50 for s/h, anywhere else adds $6.00 s/h; multiple items will be packaged together to reduce shipping charges. Thanks for looking, and don’t forget to check out my other great auctions!



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