{"id":4518,"date":"2015-10-31T15:26:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T14:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/?p=4518"},"modified":"2026-07-23T12:57:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T10:57:49","slug":"queen-a-night-at-the-opera-cover-variations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/?p=4518","title":{"rendered":"Queen A Night At The Opera \u2014 Cover Variations Around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4510 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/40-sleeve-ANATO-1246x800.jpg\" alt=\"A Night At The Opera\" width=\"700\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/40-sleeve-ANATO-1246x800.jpg 1246w, https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/40-sleeve-ANATO-1380x886.jpg 1380w, https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/40-sleeve-ANATO-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/40-sleeve-ANATO-1536x986.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/40-sleeve-ANATO-2048x1315.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4514\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4514\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4514\" title=\"Queen New Musical Express, Sept. 27th 1975.\" src=\"https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/anato_anniv_04.jpg\" alt=\"Queen New Musical Express, Sept. 27th 1975.\" width=\"700\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/anato_anniv_04.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/anato_anniv_04-768x560.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Night At The Opera tour advert from New Musical Express, Sept. 27th 1975<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4513\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4513\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4513\" title=\"Queen Night At The Opera Press Kit\" src=\"https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/anato_anniv_03-1222x800.jpg\" alt=\"UK promo silver Booklet Press kit A Night At The Opera\" width=\"700\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/anato_anniv_03-1222x800.jpg 1222w, https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/anato_anniv_03-1380x904.jpg 1380w, https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/anato_anniv_03-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/anato_anniv_03-1536x1006.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/anato_anniv_03.jpg 2034w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK promo silver Booklet Press kit A Night At The Opera with original EMI promo poster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4515\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4515\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4515\" src=\"https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/anato_anniv_05-1380x793.jpg\" alt=\"Queen In Japan\" width=\"700\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/anato_anniv_05-1380x793.jpg 1380w, https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/anato_anniv_05-768x441.jpg 768w, https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/anato_anniv_05-1536x883.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/anato_anniv_05-2048x1177.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Queen Music Life sept. 1975<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"margin:1.5em 0;text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/opera-anniversay.jpg\" alt=\"Body-painted model in front of a wall of A Night at the Opera worldwide pressings at Discodays, Naples 2015\"\/><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">40 different covers of A Night At The Opera LP from around the world.<\/p><div class=\"2416a19e08873d0076105f82e7f970da\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6280590296994447\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- quadrato -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block;text-align:center;margin:0 auto;max-width:100%\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6280590296994447\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"6452889443\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This is the original Japan paper bag (front and back) given to customers who bought early copies of the LP. A similar idea was later used in the 2005 UK LP reissue of A Night At The Opera.<\/p>\n<p>These covers keep drawing an audience decades later: at Discodays in Naples in 2015, a body-painted model posed for a 40th-anniversary display with dozens of these worldwide editions mounted on the wall behind her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4516\" title=\"Queen A Night At The Opera Japan Promo Paper bag\" src=\"https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/anato_japan-bag-full_qm-1365x800.jpg\" alt=\"anato_japan bag full_qm\" width=\"700\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/anato_japan-bag-full_qm-1365x800.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/anato_japan-bag-full_qm-1380x809.jpg 1380w, https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/anato_japan-bag-full_qm-768x450.jpg 768w, https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/anato_japan-bag-full_qm-1536x900.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/anato_japan-bag-full_qm.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"2416a19e08873d0076105f82e7f970da\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6280590296994447\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- stretto -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block;text-align:center;margin:0 auto;max-width:100%\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6280590296994447\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5886106757\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 40 different covers of A Night At The Opera LP from around the world. 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