QUEEN Virgin Radio Queen Day Set (Very RARE and
complete set of all seven Virgin Radio Queen Day 12" singles
comprising individual records for Heaven For Everyone, A Winter's
Tale, Mother Love, Let Me Live, You Don't Fool Me, It's A Beautiful
Dayand I Was Born To Love You. This set remains in superb MINT
condition, having not seen light of day for over a decade. See 'more
info' for the full story of this extremely rare and highly prized 'Made In
Heaven' collectable...).
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Queen Virgin Radio Queen Day - The Magnificent Seven UK Promo 12" vinyl single (12 inch record / Maxi-single)
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What were you doing on November 25th, 1996 ? If you weren't speed-dialling London's Virgin Radio station chances are you won't have one of these, let alone all seven. Following the release of their highly anticipated 'Made In Heaven' album the remaining members of Queen, along with Parlophone and Virgin Radio executives, together created a very special series of prizes to chase away any Monday blues and tempt you with some red-hot Queen booty. Throughout the day Virgin Radio played a selection of tracks from the album and determined callers lucky enough to get through and successfully answer a Queen-related question were able to choose one from seven of the Made In Heaven album tracks as a special edition 12" single, housed in a custom Queen Crest logo sleeve.
There were only 12 complete sets manufactured and after an aborted attempt with the first disc - VIRGIN1 - production recommenced utilising the unique catalogue number sequence VIRGIN2 to VIRGIN8. Incidentally, all the 12" singles are one-sided. Rumour has it that one copy of VIRGIN1 was incorrectly pressed as a two-sided disc and when the error was discovered that sole record was destroyed. We've never seen one, but if you have evidence of its existence we'd love to hear about it. Consequently 'Heaven For Everyone' (VIRGIN2) became the first disc in the sequence, which follows thus:-
VIRGIN2 - Heaven For Everyone
VIRGIN3 - A Winter's Tale
VIRGIN4 - Mother Love
VIRGIN5 - Let Me Live
VIRGIN6 - You Don't Fool Me
VIRGIN7 - It's A Beautiful Day
VIRGIN8 - I Was Born To Love You
By the end of the day there had been 14 competition winners. Each winner received their one chosen record and as an added bonus that one record was AUTOGRAPHED by Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon. We've only had two of the actual prize-winners records for sale since 1996.
Prizes on the day account for 14 of the 84 records (12 sets of 7 = 84). So, what about the rest? Well, some complete sets were given as a 'thank you' to the radio executives although none of those were autographed. As there really are only 14 individual records that have signatures collating an entire set of all seven with original autographs is as close to impossible as makes no difference.
Luckily for the rest of us non-competition winners, the past decade has seen a few complete non-autographed sets make their way to the collectables market, which makes the task of trying to piece together a complete set from individual purchases a lot easier. The 7 discs we have on offer here is one of those 'executive thank you' sets. We have seen some individual records sell via eBay and for every individual disc that sells it makes the task of putting together the whole set that much more difficult, so this is your chance to scoop the whole lot in one go.....
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| Condition : |
This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
Sold Out - 'Request Next' to get an email if it comes back into stock.
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| Artist: |
Queen (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Virgin Radio Queen Day (click here for more of the same title) |
| Postage/Shipping: |
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| Format: |
12" vinyl single (12 inch record / Maxi-single) |
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| Record Label: |
Parlophone |
| Catalogue No: |
VIRGIN2-VIRGIN8 |
| Country of Origin: |
UK
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Additional info: |
Promo
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
QUE12VI162017 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Genres: |
Rock
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| Related Artists: |
Anita Dobson, Bad News, Billy Squier, Brian May, Carmine Appice, Catherine Porter, Claire Sweeney, D-ROK, Darkness [Dance], Eddie Howell, Freddie Mercury, Heavy Pettin, Hilary Hilary, Ibex, John Deacon, Larry Lurex, Left-Handed Marriage, Minako Honda, Montserrat Caballe, Peter Straker, Roger Taylor, Smile, The Cross, The Immortals, The Others [1960S], The SAS Band, Tim Staffell, Wire Daisies |
| Complete Stock List: |
Queen |
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sales@eil.com to contact our sales team. |
| Alternative Names: |
None |
| To order by phone: |
Call +44 1474 815010 quoting EIL.COM reference number QUE12VI162017 |
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complete set of all seven Virgin Radio Queen Day 12" singles
comprising individual records for Heaven For Everyone, A Winter's
Tale, Mother Love, Let Me Live, You Don't Fool Me, It's A Beautiful
Dayand I Was Born To Love You. This set remains in superb MINT
condition, having not seen light of day for over a decade. See 'more
info' for the full story of this extremely rare and highly prized 'Made In
Heaven' collectable...) )
