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The 25th November 1996, the UK radio station, Virgin Radio held a Queen Day to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the death of Freddie Mercury.
All day the station featured a Queen heavy playlist, however the highlight of the day was the competition that ran from 7am to 7pm. Every hour Virgin radio gave away a specially commissioned 12" to a lucky competition winner.
These 12" were pressed by Parlophone/EMI at Virgin's request. Each 12" was one-sided (leaving one side blank) and featured a track from the 1995 Made In Heaven album, the tracks were as follows
Heaven For Everyone (VIRGIN2)
A Winter's Tale (VIRGIN3)
Mother Love (VIRGIN4)
Let Me Live (VIRGIN5)
You Don't Fool Me (VIRGIN6)
It's A Beautiful Day (VIRGIN7)
IWas Born To Love You (VIRGIN8)
All copies of VIRGIN1 (Heaven For Everyone) were destroyed as they were inadvertantly mispressed with the track on both sides.
It is unconfirmed how many of these sets exist, some sources claim as low as 7 complete sets were pressed, other sources claim 15 sets, however all agree on one thing - these things are RARE. Depending on which source you believe there are between 49 and 105 of these 12" in total, making these more scarce than the blue vinyl Bohemian Rhapsody.
The finished 12" were placed in a unique custom black sleeve with white Queen crest on the front. Each one was hand numbered with a blank space on the back for the title to be written.
The competition started at 7.00am and ended at 7.00pm. The winner each hour chose one of the seven singles and Roger Taylor, Brian May and John Deacon signed them. Seven winners chose Heaven For Eveyone, the other 5 winners chose different songs.
After the competition, all the remaining copies was returned to EMI and officially used for distribution among high ranking Virgin and EMI personnal - these were unsigned.
As previously stated this copy is accompanied by a letter on headed paper from Virgin Radio and the original mailing envelope.
Likely to be the only signed copy of this title in the world!
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| Availability: |
Last copy in stock. Order now for shipping on Monday 23rd November
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| Year of Release: |
1996 - 13 years old |
| Artist: |
Queen (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Mother Love - Autographed Virgin Radio 12" (click here for more of the same title) |
| Price: |
£ 2,750.00, USD 4,592.50, € 3,080.00
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| Format: |
12" RECORD/MAXI SINGLE |
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| Record Label: |
Parlophone/EMI |
| Catalogue No: |
VIRGIN4 |
| 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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| Condition : |
All items are at least excellent condition unless we state otherwise so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to source items as close to Mint condition as possible, many will indeed be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Others may be 'used', however, all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. |
| EIL.COM Ref No |
QUE12MO463328 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| 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, Ibex, John Deacon, Larry Lurex, Minako Honda, MONTSERRAT CABALLE, Peter Straker, Pinocchio (soundtrack), Roger Taylor, SAS Band, Smile, The Cross, The Immortals, 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 quoting EIL.COM reference number QUE12MO463328 |
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