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A Night at the Opera album by Queen, signed and inscribed on the front cover in black ballpoint, “All the best Bill, Brian May,” “Freddie Mercury,” “John Deacon,” and “Keep Yourself Alive! Roger Taylor.” The back cover bears an affixed backstage pass from Queen’s 1975-1976 ‘A Night at the Opera' tour. In very good to fine condition, with scattered staining, a yellow sticker in the upper right corner, and toning from prior display. The record is included. Signatures were acquired on February 2, 1976, when the band played the Tower Theatre in Philadelphia. An exceedingly desirable fully signed copy of Queen’s influential A Night at the Opera, made all the more rare and impressive by its crisp, well-placed signatures.
Accompanied by full letters of authenticity from REAL and PSA/DNA, and a letter of provenance from the original recipient: “I was fortunate enough to meet Queen in February, 1976 during their 'A Night at the Opera' North American Tour. The album was signed when Queen performed in Pennsylvania, only a few short weeks after the album's US release. I was in a rock group at the time called Atoms All, based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Our manager arranged for us to meet Queen.”
To support their landmark fourth studio album, A Night at the Opera, Queen embarked on a massive 78-show world tour that began on November 14, 1975, and concluded on April 22, 1976. The tour, which marked the debut of the classic Queen rock epic 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' included a total of 26 shows in the United Kingdom that ran from mid-November to late December.
