QueenA Day At The Races

Label:

Elektra – 6E-101

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , SP - Specialty Pressing, Gatefold

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Prog Rock

Tracklist

A1 Tie Your Mother Down
Other [Introduction]Brian May
4:47
A2 You Take My Breath Away 5:09
A3 Long Away
Lead VocalsBrian May
3:34
A4 The Millionaire Waltz
Orchestrated By [Guitar]Brian May
4:55
A5 You And I
Acoustic GuitarJohn Deacon
3:27
B1 Somebody To Love
Choir [Gospel]Roger Taylor
4:56
B2 White Man 4:59
B3 Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
Vocals [Additional]Mike Stone
2:55
B4 Drowse
Lead Vocals, Electric Guitar [Rhythm]Roger Taylor
Slide GuitarBrian May
3:43
B5 Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)
Harmonium [Piano], Piano [Plastic]Brian May
5:54

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyWarner Communications Inc.
  • Manufactured ByElektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
  • Copyright ©Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
  • Lacquer Cut AtSterling Sound
  • Pressed BySpecialty Records Corporation
  • Published ByQueen Music Ltd.
  • Published ByBeechwood Music Corp.

Credits

  • Art DirectionDavid Costa
  • Artwork [Inner Sleeve Co-ordination]Cream (7)
  • Bass [Fender]John Deacon
  • CoordinatorPete Brown (5)
  • Crew [Equipment Co-ordination]John Harris
  • Drums, Vocals, Percussion, Other [Pandemonium]Roger Taylor
  • EngineerMike Stone
  • Guitar, Vocals, Leader [Orchestra]Brian May
  • ManagementJohn Reid (8)
  • Producer, Composed By, Arranged By, PerformerQueen
  • Vocals, Piano, Leader [Choir], Other [Tantrums]Freddie Mercury
  • Written-ByRoger Taylor (tracks: B4)

Notes

STERLING is stamped in runout

Recorded in England July to November 1976.
No Synths!

All titles published by Queen Music Ltd./Beechwood Music Corp. BMI.

LP housed in Photo and Artwork sleeve.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Price Code (Spine): 0798
  • Pressing Plant ID (In label matrix and runout): SP
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): 6E-101-A SP
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): 6E-101-B SP
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A etched, variant 1): 6E-101-A-SP SP 1-2 STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B etched, variant 1): 6E-101-B-SP SP 1-1 STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A etched, variant 2): 6E-101-A-7 SP 1-1 STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B etched, variant 2): 6E-101-B-SP SP 1-1 STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A etched, variant 3): 6E-101-A-A-SP SP 1-1 STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B etched, variant 3): 6E-101-B-SP SP 1-2 STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A etched, variant 4): 6E-101-A A-SP SP 1 -1 7̸E̸-̸1̸0̸9̸1̸ STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B etched, variant 4): 6E-101-B-1 7̸E̸-̸1̸0̸9̸1̸-̸A̸B1-SP SP X1-1 7E-1091-B-1 STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A etched, variant 5): 6E-101-A-7 SP [SRC logo] STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B etched, variant 5): 6E-101-B-1 7̸E̸-̸1̸0̸9̸1̸-̸A̸ 7E-1091-A̸B-1 SP SP X1-1 STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A etched, variant 6): 6E-101-A-7-SP 1-1 STERLING [SRC logo]
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B etched, variant 6): 6E-101-B 7̸E̸-̸1̸0̸9̸1̸-̸A̸ B-SP SP 1-2 STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A etched, variant 7): 6E-101-A 7̸E̸-̸1̸0̸9̸1̸ A - SP SP 1-1 STERLING
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B etched, variant 7): 6E-101-B 7̸E̸-̸1̸0̸9̸1̸ B - SP SP 1-1 STERLING

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
A Day At The Races (LP, Album, Gatefold) EMI 5C 062-98485 Netherlands 1976
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A Day At The Races (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) EMI EMTC 104, 0C 066-98 485 UK 1976
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A Day At The Races (LP, Album, Gatefold) EMI SLEM-706 Mexico 1976
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A Day At The Races (LP, Album, Gatefold) Elektra 6E-101 Australia 1976
A Day At The Races (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) EMI Electrola 1C 062-98 485, 1C 062 - 98 485 1976

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  • mikej75421's avatar
    mikej75421
    I was able to find a VERY clean record still in the shrink with the $5.98 price tag from back in the day. This pressing sounds great. I don’t have much to compare it to, but it sounds WAY better than my early (or at least earlier) Night at the Opera” US pressing!

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