Queen's 40th anniversary is upon us, and the band plans to pull out all the stops to celebrate this historic occasion. This year-long event will be marked by a series of releases, re-releases, special limited-edition items and events around the world.
As the centerpiece in the 40th anniversary celebration, Queen's studio catalog is being reissued in a series of deluxe editions. Every note is being tweaked, every piece of artwork is being cleaned, freshened up and resourced, wherever necessary, with the legendary Bob Ludwig doing the remastering, working from the original source material.
Each studio album will be released in a new two-CD edition, the first containing the updated, remastered original LP, the second disc packed with rarities - and we don't use the term lightly. Some of these gems have never before seen the light of day, even in bootleg form. To cite a particularly fascinating example, five first-album demos recorded at London's De Lane Lea Studios in December 1971 were pulled from the only existing copy on the planet - an acetate from Brian May's personal archives. Not even his bandmates had a copy. And now they can be yours in this fan-centric box set.
This 'Queen 40 Complete Deluxe Album' box-set features ALL their 15 studio albums remastered in deluxe reissue 2-disc editions with rare bonus material all in one collectible box.
ALBUMS INCLUDED:
Queen
Queen II
Sheer Heart Attack
A Night At the Opera
A Day At the Races
News of the World
Jazz
The Game
Flash Gordon
Hot Space
The Works
A Kind of Magic
The Miracle
Innuendo
Made in Heaven
TRACKLISTING:
Disc: 1
1. Keep Yourself Alive
2. Doing All Right
3. Great King Rat
4. My Fairy King
5. Liar
6. The Night Comes Down
7. Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
8. Son And Daughter
9. Jesus
10. Seven Seas Of Rhye
Disc: 2
11. Keep Yourself Alive (De Lane Lea Demo, Dec 71)
12. The Night Comes Down (De Lane Lea Demo, Dec 71)
13. Great King Rat (De Lane Lea Demo, Dec 71)
14. Jesus (De Lane Lea Demo, Dec 71)
15. Liar (De Lane Lea Demo, Dec 71)
16. Mad The Swine (June 72)
Disc: 3
1. Procession
2. Father To Son
3. White Queen (As It Began)
4. Some Day One Day
5. The Loser In The End
6. Ogre Battle
7. The Fairy Feller's Master - Stroke
8. Nevermore
9. The March Of The Black Queen
10. Funny How Love Is
11. Seven Seas Of Rhye
Disc: 4
12. See What A Fool I’ve Been (BBC Session July 73, 2011 remix)
13. White Queen (Live at Hammersmith Dec 75)
14. Seven Seas of Rhye (Instrumental Mix 2011)
15. Nevermore (BBC Session, April 74)
16. See What A Fool I’ve Been (B-side version Feb 74)
Disc: 5
1. Brighton Rock
2. Killer Queen
3. Tenement Funster
4. Flick Of The Wrist
5. Lily Of The Valley
6. Now I'm Here
7. In The Lap Of The Gods
8. Stone Cold Crazy
9. Dear Friends
10. Misfire
11. Bring Back That Leroy Brown
12. She Makes Me (Stormtrooper In Stilettos)
13. In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited
Disc: 6
14. Now I’m Here (Live at Hammersmith, Dec 75)
15. Flick of the Wrist (BBC Session, Oct 74)
16. Tenement Funster (BBC Session, Oct 74)
17. Bring Back That Leroy Brown (A cappella Mix 2011)
18. In The Lap of the Gods...Revisited (Live at Wembley July 86)
Disc: 7
1. Tie Your Mother Down
2. You Take My Breath Away
3. Long Away
4. The Millionaire Waltz
5. You And I
6. Somebody To Love
7. White Man
8. Good Old - Fashioned Lover Boy
9. Drowse
10. Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)
Disc: 8
11. Keep Yourself Alive (Long-Lost Retake, June 75)
12. Bohemian Rhapsody (Operatic Section A cappella Mix 2011)
13. You’re My Best Friend (Backing Track Mix 2011)
14. I’m In Love With My car (Guitar & Vocal Mix 2011)
15. ’39 (Live at Earls Court, June 77)
16. Love Of My Life (South American Live Single June 79)
Disc: 9
1. Tie Your Mother Down
2. You Take My Breath Away
3. Long Away
4. The Millionaire Waltz
5. You And I
6. Somebody To Love
7. White Man
8. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
9. Drowse
10. Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)
Disc: 10
11. Tie Your Mother Down (Backing Track Mix 2011)
12. Somebody To Love (Live at Milton Keynes, June 82)
13. You Take My Breath Away (Live in Hyde Park, Sept 76)
14. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy (Top of the Pops July 77) (Mono)
15. Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) (HD Mix)
Disc: 11
1. We Will Rock You
2. We Are The Champions
3. Sheer Heart Attack
4. All Dead, All Dead
5. Spread Your Wings
6. Fight From The Inside
7. Get Down, Make Love
8. Sleeping On The Sidewalk
9. Who Needs You
10. It's Late
11. My Melancholy Blues
Disc: 12
1. Feelings Feelings (Take 10, July 1977)
2. Spread Your Wings (BBC Session, October 1977)
3. My Melancholy Blues (BBC Session, October 1977)
4. Sheer Heart Attack (Live in Paris, February 28 1979)
5. We Will Rock You (Fast) (Live in Tokyo, November 1982)
Disc: 13
1. Mustapha
2. Fat Bottomed Girls
3. Jealously
4. Bicycle Race
5. If You Can't beat Them
6. Let Me Entertain You
7. Dead On Time
8. In Only Seven Days
9. Dreamers Ball
10. Fun It
11. Leaving Home Ain't Easy
12. Don't Stop Me Now
13. More Of The Jazz
Disc: 14
1. Fat Bottomed Girls (Single Version)
2. Bicycle Race (Instrumental)
3. Don't Stop Me Now (With Long-Lost Guitars)
4. Let Me Entertain You (Live in Montreal, November 1981)
5. Dreamers Ball (Early Acoustic Take, August 1978)
Disc: 15
1. Play The Game
2. Dragon Attack
3. Another One Bites The Dust
4. Need Your Loving Tonight
5. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
6. Rock It (Prime Jive)
7. Don't Try Suicide
8. Sail Away Sweet Sister
9. Coming Soon
10. Save Me
Disc: 16
1. Save Me (Live in Montreal, November 1981)
2. A Human Body (B-Side)
3. Sail Away Sweet Sister (Take 1 With Guide Vocal, February 1980)
4. It's A Beautiful Day (Original Spontaneous Idea, April 1980)
5. Dragon Attack (Live at Milton Keynes Bowl, June 1982)
Disc: 17
1. Flash's Theme
2. In The Space Capsule (The Love Theme)
3. Ming's Theme (In The Court Of Ming The Merciless)
4. The Ring (Hypnotic Seduction Of Dale)
5. Football Fight
6. In The Death Cell (Love Theme Reprise)
7. Execution Of Flash
8. The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash)
9. Arboria (Planet Of The Tree Men)
10. Escape From The Swamp
11. Flash To The Rescue
12. Vultan's Theme (Attack Of The Hawk Men)
13. Battle Theme
14. The Wedding March
15. Marriage Of Dale And Ming (And Flash Approaching)
16. Crash Dive On Mingo City
17. Flash's Theme Reprise (Victory Celebrations)
18. The Hero
Disc: 18
1. Flash (Single Version)
2. The Hero (October 1980â?¦ Revisited)
3. The Kiss (Early Version, March 1980)
4. Football Fight (Early Version, No Synths! - February 1980)
5. Flash (Live in Montreal, November 1981)
6. The Hero (Live in Montreal, November 1981)
Disc: 19
1. Staying Power
2. Dancer
3. Back Chat
4. Body Language
5. Action This Day
6. Put Out The Fire
7. Life Is Real (Song For Lennon)
8. Calling All Girls
9. Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love)
10. Cool Cat
See all 11 tracks on this disc
Disc: 20
1. Staying Power
2. Soul Brother
3. Back Chat
4. Action This Day
5. Calling All Girls
Disc: 21
1. RADIO GA GA
2. TEAR IT UP
3. IT'S A HARD LIFE
4. MAN ON THE PROWL
5. MACHINES (BACK TO HUMANS)
6. I WANT TO BREAK FREE
7. KEEP PASSING THE OPEN WINDOWS
8. HAMMER TO FALL
9. IS THIS THE WORLD WE CREATED...?
Disc: 22
1. I GO CRAZY (B-SIDE) [BRIAN MAY]
2. I WANT TO BREAK FREE (SINGLE REMIX) [JOHN DEACON]
3. HAMMER TO FALL (HEADBANGER'S MIX) [BRIAN MAY]
4. IS THIS THE WORLD WE CREATED…? (LIVE IN RIO, JANUARY 1985)
[FREDDIE MERCURY & BRIAN MAY]
5. IT'S A HARD LIFE (LIVE IN RIO, JANUARY 1985) [FREDDIE MERCURY]
6. THANK GOD IT'S CHRISTMAS (NON-ALBUM SINGLE)
[ROGER TAYLOR & BRIAN MAY]
Disc: 23
1. ONE VISION
2. A KIND OF MAGIC
3. ONE YEAR OF LOVE
4. PAIN IS SO CLOSE TO PLEASURE
5. FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS
6. WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER
7. GIMME THE PRIZE (KURGAN'S THEME)
8. DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD
9. PRINCES OF THE UNIVERSE
10. A KIND OF 'A KIND OF MAGIC'
11. FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS
12. FOREVER
Disc: 24
1. A KIND OF MAGIC (HIGHLANDER VERSION) [ROGER TAYLOR]
2. ONE VISION (SINGLE VERSION) [QUEEN]
3. PAIN IS SO CLOSE TO PLEASURE (SINGLE REMIX)
[FREDDIE MERCURY & JOHN DEACON]
4. FOREVER (PIANO VERSION)
[BRIAN MAY]
5. A KIND OF VISION (DEMO, AUGUST 1985) [ROGER TAYLOR]
6. ONE VISION (LIVE AT WEMBLEY STADIUM, JULY 11TH 1986)
7. FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS
[FREDDIE MERCURY & JOHN DEACON]
Disc: 25
1. PARTY
2. KHASHOGGI'S SHIP
3. THE MIRACLE
4. I WANT IT ALL
5. THE INVISIBLE MAN
6. BREAKTHRU
7. RAIN MUST FALL
8. SCANDAL
9. MY BABY DOES ME
10. WAS IT ALL WORTH IT
11. HANG ON IN THERE
12. CHINESE TORTURE
13. THE INVISIBLE MAN
Disc: 26
1. I WANT IT ALL (SINGLE VERSION) [QUEEN]
2. HANG ON IN THERE (B-SIDE) [QUEEN]
3. HIJACK MY HEART (B-SIDE) [QUEEN]
4. STEALIN' (B-SIDE) [QUEEN]
5. CHINESE TORTURE (INSTRUMENTAL) [QUEEN]
6. THE INVISIBLE MAN (12” VERSION) [QUEEN]
Disc: 27
1. INNUENDO
2. I'M GOING SLIGHTLY MAD
3. HEADLONG
4. I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU
5. DON'T TRY SO HARD
6. RIDE THE WILD WIND
7. ALL GOD'S PEOPLE
8. THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES
9. DELILAH
10. THE HITMAN
11. BIJOU
12. THE SHOW MUST GO ON
Disc: 28
1. I CAN'T LIVE WITH YOU (1997 ROCKS RETAKE)
[QUEEN]
2. LOST OPPORTUNITY (B-SIDE)
[QUEEN]
3. RIDE THE WILD WIND (EARLY VERSION WITH GUIDE VOCAL)
[QUEEN]
4. I'M GOING SLIGHTLY MAD (MAD MIX)
[QUEEN]
5. HEADLONG (EMBRYO WITH GUIDE VOCAL)
[QUEEN]
Disc: 29
1. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY
2. MADE IN HEAVEN
3. LET ME LIVE
4. MOTHER LOVE
5. MY LIFE HAS BEEN SAVED
6. I WAS BORN TO LOVE YOU
7. HEAVER FOR EVERYONE
8. TOO MUCH LOVE WILL KILL YOU
9. YOU DON'T FOOL ME
10. A WINTER'S TALE
11. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY (REPRISE)
Disc: 30
1. HEAVEN FOR EVERYONE (SINGLE VERSION)
[ROGER TAYLOR]
2. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY (B-SIDE VERSION)
[QUEEN]
3. MY LIFE HAS BEEN SAVED (1989 B-SIDE VERSION)
[QUEEN]
4. I WAS BORN TO LOVE YOU (VOCAL & PIANO VERSION)
[FREDDIE MERCURY]
5. ROCK IN RIO BLUES (LIVE B-SIDE)
[QUEEN]
6. A WINTER'S TALE (COSY FIRESIDE MIX)
[FREDDIE MERCURY]