Queen I (Collector's Edition Remastered) Queen

• 1 Keep Yourself Alive (2024 Mix) 03:46
• 2 Doing All Right (2024 Mix) 04:11
• 3 Great King Rat (2024 Mix) 05:45
• 4 Mad The Swine (2024 Mix) 03:21
• 5 My Fairy King (2024 Mix) 04:12
• 6 Liar (2024 Mix) 06:27
• 7 The Night Comes Down (2024 Mix) 04:22
• 8 Modern Times Rock 'n’ Roll (2024 Mix) 01:48
• 9 Son And Daughter (2024 Mix) 03:23
• 10 Jesus (2024 Mix) 03:42
• 11 Seven Seas Of Rhye (2024 Mix) 01:14
• 12 Keep Yourself Alive (De Lane Lea Demo / 2024 Mix) 03:49
• 13 The Night Comes Down (De Lane Lea Demo / 2024 Mix) 04:24
• 14 Great King Rat (De Lane Lea Demo / 2024 Mix) 06:13
• 15 Jesus (De Lane Lea Demo / 2024 Mix) 05:07
• 16 Liar (De Lane Lea Demo / 2024 Mix) 07:56
• 17 Keep Yourself Alive (Trident Take 13 - Unused Master) 04:20
• 18 Doing All Right (Trident Take 1 - with Guide Vocal) 04:25
• 19 Great King Rat (De Lane Lea Take 1 - with Guide Vocal) 05:48
• 20 Mad The Swine (Trident Take 3 - with Guide Vocal) 04:21
• 21 My Fairy King (Trident Backing Track In Development) 06:03
• 22 Liar (Trident Take 1 - Unused Master) 06:49
• 23 The Night Comes Down (De Lane Lea Takes 1 & 2 - with Guide Vocal) 05:33
• 24 Modern Times Rock 'n’ Roll (Trident Takes 8 & 9) 02:51
• 25 Son And Daughter (Trident Takes 1 & 2 - with Guide Vocal) 04:22
• 26 Jesus (De Lane Lea Take 2 - with Guide Vocal) 05:38
• 27 Seven Seas Of Rhye (Trident Take 3) 01:38
• 28 See What A Fool I've Been (De Lane Lea Test Session) 06:11
• 29 Keep Yourself Alive (Instrumental) 03:46
• 30 Doing All Right (Backing Track) 04:11
• 31 Great King Rat (Backing Track) 05:45
• 32 Mad The Swine (Backing Track) 03:21
• 33 My Fairy King (Backing Track) 04:12
• 34 Liar (Instrumental) 06:27
• 35 The Night Comes Down (Backing Track) 04:22
• 36 Modern Times Rock 'n’ Roll (Backing Track) 01:48
• 37 Son And Daughter (Instrumental) 03:23
• 38 Jesus (Backing Track) 03:42
• 39 Seven Seas Of Rhye (2024 Mix) 01:14
• 40 My Fairy King (BBC Session 1 / 1973) 04:16
• 41 Keep Yourself Alive (BBC Session 1 / 1973) 03:53
• 42 Doing All Right (BBC Session 1 / 1973) 04:17
• 43 Liar (BBC Session 1 / 1973) 06:34
• 44 Keep Yourself Alive (BBC Session 2 / 1973) 03:56
• 45 Liar (BBC Session 2 / 1973) 06:37
• 46 Son And Daughter (BBC Session 2 / 1973) 06:10
• 47 Modern Times Rock 'n’ Roll (BBC Session 3 / 1973) 02:06
• 48 Great King Rat (BBC Session 3 / 1973) 05:57
• 49 Son And Daughter (BBC Session 3 / 1973) 07:17
• 50 Modern Times Rock 'n’ Roll (BBC Session 4 / 1974) 02:53
• 51 Son And Daughter (Live At The Rainbow, London / March 1974) 03:49
• 52 Guitar Solo (Live At The Rainbow, London / March 1974) 02:24
• 53 Son And Daughter (Reprise) (Live At The Rainbow, London / March 1974) 02:01
• 54 Great King Rat (Live At The Rainbow, London / March 1974) 06:49
• 55 Keep Yourself Alive (Live At The Rainbow, London / March 1974) 02:22
• 56 Drum Solo (Live At The Rainbow, London / March 1974) 00:27
• 57 Keep Yourself Alive (Reprise) (Live At The Rainbow, London / March 1974) 01:22
• 58 Modern Times Rock 'n’ Roll (Live At The Rainbow, London / March 1974) 02:40
• 59 Liar (Live At The Rainbow, London / March 1974) 07:47
• 60 Hangman (Live In San Diego / March 1976) 06:36
• 61 Doing All Right (Live In San Diego / March 1976) 05:32
• 62 Jesus (Live At Imperial College, London / August 1970) 05:41
• 63 I'm A Man (Live At Imperial College, London / August 1970) 04:42
• Total Runtime 04:35:58

Info for Queen I (Collector's Edition Remastered)

Over half a century since its release and a vital chapter in the band’s story, Queen’s self-titled 1973 debut album has been remixed and restored by Justin Shirley-Smith, Joshua J Macrae and Kris Fredriksson to sound the way the band always wanted it to. A new tracklisting, alternative takes, demos and live tracks have now been added to create the most complete version of this pivotal work. This is the very first time that a Queen album has ever received a new stereo mix.

Guitarist Brian May describes Queen I as “a brand new 2024 rebuild of the entire Queen debut album.” Audio engineers Justin Shirley-Smith, Joshua J Macrae, and Kris Fredriksson have remixed and restored the original recordings using modern techniques and equipment to revitalize the sound of the album. “All the performances are exactly as they originally appeared in 1973, but every instrument has been revisited to produce the ‘live’ ambient sounds we would have liked to use originally,” May explains. “The result is Queen as it would have sounded with today’s knowledge and technology – a first.”

Queen was originally recorded in mostly overnight sessions at London’s Trident Studios. “We’d arrive at three in the morning and then go on, for all the hours that we could grab,” explains drummer Roger Taylor. At Trident, band members clashed with studio staff on multiple fronts. For one, Queen were forced to use the studio’s in-house drum kit in a sound booth rather than their own drums out in the main room “They had this very dead drum sound, and it was never the sound we wanted,” Taylor says.

"Like any patchy but promising debut from a classic rock group, it's often easy to underrate Queen's eponymous 1973 debut, since it has no more than one well-known anthem and plays more like a collection of ideas than a cohesive album. But what ideas! Almost every one of Queen's signatures are already present, from Freddie Mercury's operatic harmonies to Brian May's rich, orchestral guitar overdubs and the suite-like structures of "Great King Rat." That rich, florid feel could be characterized as glam, but even in these early days that appellation didn't quite fit Queen, since they were at once too heavy and arty to be glam and -- ironically enough, considering their legendary excess -- they were hardly trashy enough to be glam. But that only speaks to the originality of Queen: they may have traded in mystical sword 'n' sorcerers themes like so many '70s prog bands, and they may have hit as hard as Led Zeppelin (and Jimmy Page's guitar army certainly was a forefather to May's overdubs), but they didn't sound like anybody else, they were too odd in their theatricality to be mistaken for another band. That much was apparent on this debut, but one thing was crucially missing: songs that could coalesce their sound and present it in a memorable fashion. There is an exception to that rule -- the wild, rampaging opener "Keep Yourself Alive," one of their very best songs -- but too often the album plays like a succession of ideas instead of succinct songs, and the group's predilection for suites only highlights this, despite the occasional blast of fury like "Modern Times Rock & Roll." This can be quite appealing as sheer, visceral sound and, in that regard, Queen is kind of irresistible. It showcases the band in all their ornate splendor yet it's strangely lean and hard, revealing just how good the band was in their early days as a hard rock band. That might not quite make it an overlooked gem -- it remains patchy on a song for song basis -- but it sure makes for an interesting debut that provides a rough road map to their later work." 8Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG)

Freddie Mercury, lead vocals, piano, Hammond organ, backing vocals
Brian May, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, piano
Roger Taylor, drums, percussion, backing vocals
John Deacon, bass
Additional musicians:
John Anthony, backing vocals

Digitally remastered

Queen
Queen formed in 1971 and in 1973 signed their first recording contract for EMI. That year they released their first album, QUEEN. The same year saw their first major UK tour, and in 1974 they released QUEEN II as well as making their first UK headlining tour. They made their first US tour, and in November released SHEER HEART ATTACK which was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic.

1975 saw their new release, A NIGHT AT THE OPERA, and – significantly – the single Bohemian Rhapsody. At 5’ 55” it should have been too long for successful radio play but it became one of the greatest singles of all time, staying at No. 1 in the UK chart for nine weeks. The video, directed by Bruce Gowers, is credited with being the first genuine promotional video. The song has regularly featured in all major pop polls and was recently named again as the best single of all time. The success of A NIGHT AT THE OPERA was equally stunning, giving the band their first platinum album.

In 1976 they toured the US and Japan and by spring all four albums resided in the UK Top Twenty. Later that year they released A DAY AT THE RACES, and gave a free concert in Hyde Park to an estimated crowd of 200,000 fans. The album was a huge success, advance orders alone amounting to over 500,000. The following year saw two major US tours, the band’s sixth album, NEWS OF THE WORLD and the legendary double A side single, WE WILL ROCK YOU and WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS.

1978’s JAZZ, included another huge hit single in Bicycle Race and Queen toured the US and Canada. They spent much of 1979 touring in Europe and Japan, as well as releasing their first live album, LIVE KILLERS. They were also approached to write the score for a forthcoming feature film, FLASH GORDON. Before that they released THE GAME in 1980 which went five times platinum in Canada alone! Another One Bites The Dust became the band’s biggest selling American single. Later that year the soundtrack for FLASH GORDON was released and by the end of the year Queen had sold over 45,000,000 albums worldwide.

In 1981 they toured the Far East and were the first band to make a stadium tour of South America. They played to 131,000 people in Sao Paolo, the largest paying audience for any band anywhere in the world. GREATEST HITS, GREATEST FLIX and GREATEST PIX were released simultaneously later in the year and Greatest Hits has rarely been out of the UK album charts since. Greatest Flix was the first collection of promo-videos released commercially by any band. Next year saw the release of the band’s twelfth album, HOT SPACE whilst they were in the middle of a European tour.

1984 saw THE WORKS and the single Radio Ga Ga became a worldwide hit, reaching No. 1 in 19 countries. Another huge hit was I Want To Break Free, featuring one of their most famous videos, all dressed in drag. In 1985 they were the headlining act at Rock in Rio, the biggest festival to be held anywhere in the world. They again made history that year with the show-stealing performance at Live Aid from Wembley Stadium, which proved to be a turning point for the band, One Vision being the first post Live Aid release.

1986 saw their 14th album, A KIND OF MAGIC, which was the soundtrack to the Russel Mulcahy film, Highlander. The title track became another worldwide smash and the album entered the UK charts at No. 1; later in the year the 2nd live album, LIVE MAGIC, went into the charts at No. 3. Between 1988 and 1991 Queen released three more albums, THE MIRACLE in 1989 and in 1991 INNUENDO and GREATEST HITS TWO. All three entered the UK charts at No. 1, as did the single Innuendo.

On 23rd November 1991 Freddie Mercury announced to the world that he had AIDS and the next day he died peacefully at his home, surrounded by family and friends. He remains the most high profile loss from the disease in the entertainment world and the news shocked fans throughout the world. As a tribute Bohemian Rhapsody /These Are The Days Of Our Lives was released as a double A-sided single to raise funds for the Terence Higgins Trust. It entered the UK chart at No. 1, where it stayed for five weeks, raising over £1,000,000 for the charity and Queen became the first band to have the same single top the uK charts twice. In December of that year Queen had 10 albums in the UK Top 100. In 1992 Freddie was awarded posthumously the BRIT’s “Outstanding Contribution to British Music” and Days Of Our Lives won Best Single. On 20th April many of the world’s top stars joined Brian, Roger and John on stage at Wembley for an emotional tribute to Freddie.

In 1995 the tracks that Queen had begun in 1991 were completed by Brian, Roger and John and the long-awaited MADE IN HEAVEN was released worldwide. It was the end of an era. Since then the phenomenon of Queen has remained, however, with continuing sales for their recorded output on CD and video. A ballet of their music by famous French choreographer Maurice Bejart was premiered at the National Theatre in Paris in 1997 and in May 2002 the hit musical We Will Rock You opened to sell-out audiences in London’s West End and continues to play to packed houses and standing ovations every night. Queen’s first DVD Greatest Video Hits Vol.1 was released at the end of October 2002, and yet another piece of Queen product entered the UK charts at number 1. October 2002 also saw Queen receive their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Los Angeles, joining The Beatles as only one of a handful of non-US bands to receive the much coveted honour. Last year, 2004 they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Walk of Fame, and in the UK were voted by the public into the first UK Music Hall of Fame.

Queen’s musical has since opened in Australia, Spain, Las Vegas,USA, Russia, Germany and is scheduled to open in Japan this May.

Brian and Roger continue to be ambassadors for Nelson Mandela’s 46664 HIV/AIDS awareness campaign and this month, March, played a second benefit concert for 46664 in Fancourt, South Africa.

Brian and Roger took Queen back onto the touring circuit for the first time since 1986 in 2005 and 2008, joined by former Free/Bad Company singer, songwriter and musicial Paul Rodgers playing concerts across the UK and throughout Europe. (Source: www.queenonline.com)

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