8358 - Queen Signed Album - Queen II

Queen Signed Album - Queen II Original vintage 1974 UK first pressing of Queen II (EMI, EMA 767) signed on the inner gatefold in blue ballpoint by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon. In fine to very fine condition. The record is included. Accompanied by a detailed provenance statement from the original recipient, who attended Queen’s concert at Swansea’s Brangwyn Hall during the Sheer Heart Attack tour on November 15, 1974, having previously seen them support Mott the Hoople there in 1973. Afterward, he, his friend Mark, and his brother Mike followed the band to the Dragon Hotel, where all four members stopped to talk and sign his copies of Queen and Queen II. Freddie Mercury twice asked, “What did you think of the show?” and the awestruck fan finally replied that it was “a great improvement on last time,” to which Mercury answered, “Thank you, that’s good to hear.” Mark’s conversation with Brian May was later quoted in Julie Webb’s November 23, 1974, New Musical Express article about Queen. Released in March 1974, Queen II marked a dramatic leap forward for the band, expanding the layered harmonies, fantasy imagery, and ambitious studio craft first heard on their debut. With the contrasting “White Side” and “Black Side,” culminating in Freddie Mercury’s “The March of the Black Queen” and the breakthrough single “Seven Seas of Rhye,” the album established the extravagant, operatic sound that would soon make Queen one of rock’s most distinctive acts. A fully signed UK first pressing, obtained during the band’s rapid rise, is an exceptional artifact from this pivotal creative period.