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Queen Mother Love - Autographed Virgin Radio 12" UK Promo 12" vinyl single (12 inch record / Maxi-single)
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| Tracklisting / Additional Info: |
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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| 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: |
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| Year of Release: |
1996 - 28 years old |
| Artist: |
Queen (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Mother Love (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/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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| EIL.COM Ref No |
QUE12MO463328 (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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| Alternative Names: |
None |
| To order by phone: |
Call +44 1474 815010 quoting EIL.COM reference number QUE12MO463328 |
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UK 1-sided white label 12" test pressing - one of only 12 signed as an
exclusive competition prize for winners on Virgin Radio's Queen Day
during November 25th, 1996. Housed in a unique custom printed
Queen crest logo sleeve. The sleeve is titled and numbered by hand in
a dedicated space on the back of the sleeve. The sleeve has been
autographed in gold pen by Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon.
Roger - known for his humour and his tendancy to sign other people's
names has signed his name 'Eartha Kitt'! This is one of the original
competition prizes and is accompanied by a letter from the radio
station on headed paper, apologising for the delay blaming it on the
fact that they were awaiting the band's signatures. Also included is the
original custom stickered mailing envelope. See 'more info' for further
details on this unique radio competition prize.) )
