Queen - On Air (2016) [TR24][OF]

Virgin/EMI (Hollywood Records in the US) will issue Queen On Air in November, an archival release that brings together six Queen radio sessions recorded for the BBC between February 1973 and October 1977.

These sessions produced some interesting material, including alternate versions of the debut single and unique takes of classic album tracks.

The audio has been restored by Queen engineer Kris Fredriksson and mastered by Adam Ayan and the sessions will be available as a two-CD set, a 3LP vinyl edition and a deluxe 6CD box that adds a CD of live broadcasts to the sessions and three CDs of radio interviews.

The ‘Live On Air’ CD features 24-tracks recorded at Golders Green Hippodrome, London, 1973, Estádio Do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil, in 1981 and Maimmarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany, in 1986.

The interviews last for three and a half hours and were recorded for the BBC and Capital Radio in London between 1976-1992. Interviewers include Kenny Everett, Simon Bates, Richard Skinner and Tommy Vance. Included is the very last interview (with Mike Read) that Brian, John, Freddie and Roger would give together. This was in 1989 to promote The Miracle. Also, in an August 1992 BBC Radio 2 interview Brian recalls the loss of Freddie Mercury nine months earlier and coming to terms with his death.

TRACKLIST

CD1
1 My Fairy King (BBC Session / February 5th 1973, Langham 1 Studio) 00:04:08
2 Keep Yourself Alive (BBC Session / February 5th 1973, Langham 1 Studio) 00:03:50
3 Doing All Right (BBC Session / February 5th 1973, Langham 1 Studio) 00:04:13
4 Liar (BBC Session / February 5th 1973, Langham 1 Studio) 00:06:30
5 See What A Fool I've Been (BBC Session / July 25th 1973, Langham 1 Studio) 00:04:21
6 Keep Yourself Alive (BBC Session / July 25th 1973, Langham 1 Studio) 00:03:51
7 Liar (BBC Session / July 25th 1973, Langham 1 Studio) 00:06:30
8 Son And Daughter (BBC Session / July 25th 1973, Langham 1 Studio) 00:06:04
9 Ogre Battle (BBC Session / December 3rd 1973, Langham 1 Studio) 00:04:41
10 Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll (BBC Session / December 3rd 1973, Langham 1 Studio) 00:02:03
11 Great King Rat (BBC Session / December 3rd 1973, Langham 1 Studio) 00:05:57
12 Son And Daughter (BBC Session / December 3rd 1973, Langham 1 Studio) 00:07:09

CD2
1 Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll (BBC Session / April 3rd 1974, Langham 1 Studio) 00:02:47
2 Nevermore (BBC Session / April 3rd 1974, Langham 1 Studio) 00:01:29
3 White Queen (As It Began) (BBC Session / April 3rd 1974, Langham 1 Studio) 00:04:54
4 Now I'm Here (BBC Session / October 16th 1974, Maida Vale 4 Studio) 00:04:19
5 Stone Cold Crazy (BBC Session / October 16th 1974, Maida Vale 4 Studio) 00:02:17
6 Flick Of The Wrist (BBC Session / October 16th 1974, Maida Vale 4 Studio) 00:03:27
7 Tenement Funster (BBC Session / October 16th 1974, Maida Vale 4 Studio) 00:03:00
8 We Will Rock You (BBC Session / October 28th 1977, Maida Vale 4 Studio) 00:01:35
9 We Will Rock You (Fast) (BBC Session / October 28th 1977, Maida Vale 4 Studio) 00:02:47
10 Spread Your Wings (BBC Session / October 28th 1977, Maida Vale 4 Studio) 00:05:24
11 It's Late (BBC Session / October 28th 1977, Maida Vale 4 Studio) 00:06:37
12 My Melancholy Blues (BBC Session / October 28th 1977, Maida Vale 4 Studio) 00:03:11