Queen - 40th Anniversary Series: 36x SHM-CDs - Digital Remaster '2011 [Japanese Limited Releases] RE-UPPED

It's hard to believe but 2011 is indeed the 40th anniversary of the legendary rock group, Queen. Even though lead singer, Freddie Mercury is no longer with us, their music continues to live on and manages to make an impact with each and every new generation. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the band, Universal Music Group will be reissuing all 15 studio albums as deluxe remastered editions which will include additional bonus material!

Queen's 40th anniversary celebration kicks off with deluxe reissue of first five studio albums, plus Greatest Hits 1 & 2, and Deep Cuts, vol. 1.

Queen’s 40th anniversary is now upon us, and the band plans to pull out all the stops to celebrate this historic occasion. “2011 is an important year for Queen,” said Brian May “and there will be a lot of activity.” Adds Roger Taylor, I can’t believe it’s been that long and that we are still around in such a big way. I’m amazed and grateful!” This yearlong event will be marked by a series of releases, re-releases, special limited-edition items and events around the world.

It was in March 1971 that bassist John Deacon joined May and Taylor’s buzzed-about London group, which had changed its name from Smile to Queen nine months earlier, following the addition of multitalented singer/pianist Freddie Mercury, thus completing the classic lineup. The four simpatico musicians proceeded to take the world by storm. The band has released a total of 18 chart-topping albums and 18 #1 singles, while selling more than 300 million albums worldwide, making them one of the biggest rock acts of all time. They’ve received seven Ivor Novello awards in the U.K., were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003, the UK Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, and even received their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in October 2002.

As live artists, Queen literally conquered the world. Acknowledged as one of the greatest stadium bands of all time, Queen performed over 700 concerts, reaching into every corner of the world. They achieved rock history by being the first band to open up South America and the Eastern Bloc, with world record- breaking concerts in Argentina, Brazil and Hungary.

This is a timeless band whose music retains such immediacy and undiminished power that new fans continue to discover and embrace it, along the way inspiring a host of diverse artists from Lady Gaga (who took her name from Queen’s “Radio Ga Ga”), and Katy Perry, through to the Foo Fighters. It’s worth noting that Queen’s videos have collectively generated well north of 300 million views online—a remarkable figure that figures to expand exponentially with the launch of a dedicated Vevo channel this spring, in yet another iteration of the anniversary rollout.

As the centerpiece in the 40th anniversary celebration, Queen’s entire 15-album 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. The albums will be released in three waves, staggered over the next year, with the first wave—comprising the first five LPs—coming this spring.

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 crappy 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 May’s personal archives. Not even his bandmates had a copy.

“A huge amount of work has already been put in behind the scenes to unleash a completely newly mastered set of the original Queen LPs and CDs,” May noted. “I know our fans will appreciate the attention to detail, bringing the early albums closer than ever to the magic of the vinyl originals, but with the benefit of up-to-the-minute quality technology.”

In other anniversary activity, the gallery exhibition “Storm Troopers in Stilettos” opens in London on Feb. 25, with plans in place to tour the exhibit around the world. According to May, this unprecedented event “will highlight in some innovative ways the growth of the ‘Early Queen.’” On April 12, Hollywood will reissue Queen’s debut single, “Keep Yourself Alive” b/w “Son and Daughter,” on seven-inch vinyl in a limited edition coinciding with Record Store Day. And on April 19, the label will issue the band’s Greatest Hits II for the first time in North America. This classic collection includes the rock standards “Under Pressure” and “Radio Ga Ga,” plus many other classics from the second half of Queen’s run, including the worldwide smashes “I Want It All” & “Innuendo.” Additionally, the “Queen on Vinyl” reissue program will be completed this year with the release of the final five studio albums.

In the UK, Queen’s Greatest Hits 1 holds the record of being the biggest selling album of all time ahead of albums by The Beatles, Oasis, Dire Straits, and Abba.

This is just the beginning of what promises to be a treasure trove of must-have pieces for Queen fans. More will be revealed in the coming months, so stay tuned.

– from the official press release

Tracklist:

01. Keep Yourself Alive
02. Doing All Right
03. Great King Rat
04. My Fairy King
05. Liar
06. The Night Comes Down
07. Modern Times Rock 'N' Roll
08. Son And Daughter
09. Jesus
10. Seven Seas Of Rhye… (Inst)

Bonus EP

01. Keep Yourself Alive (De Lane Lea Demo, December 1971)
02. The Night Comes Down (De Lane Lea Demo, December 1971)
03. Great King Rat (De Lane Lea Demo, December 1971)
04. Jesus (De Lane Lea Demo, December 1971)
05. Liar (De Lane Lea Demo, December 1971)
06. Mad The Swine (June 1972)

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Tracklist:

01. Procession
02. Father To Son
03. White Queen (As It Began)
04. Some Day One Day
05. The Loser In The End
06. Ogre Battle
07. The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke
08. Nevermore
09. The March Of The Black Queen
10. Funny How Love Is
11. Seven Seas Of Rhye

Bonus EP

01. See What A Fool I've Been (BBC Session, July 1973 - Remix 2011)
02. White Queen (As It Began) (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, December 1975)
03. Seven Seas Of Rhye (Instrumental Mix 2011)
04. Nevermore (BBC Session, April 1974)
05. See What A Fool I've Been (B-Side Version, February 1974)

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Tracklist:

01. Brighton Rock
02. Killer Queen
03. Tenement Funster
04. Flick Of The Wrist
05. Lily Of The Valley
06. Now I'm Here
07. In The Lap Of The Gods
08. Stone Cold Crazy
09. 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

Bonus EP

01. Now I'm Here (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, December 1975)
02. Flick Of The Wrist (BBC Session, October 1974)
03. Tenement Funster (BBC Session, October 1974)
04. Bring Back That Leroy Brown (A Capella Mix 2011)
05. In The Lap Of The Gods… revisited (Live at Wembley Studium, July 1986)

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Tracklist:

01. Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To…)
02. Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon
03. I'm In Love With My Car
04. You're My Best Friend
05. '39
06. Sweet Lady
07. Seaside Rendezvous
08. The Prophet's Song
09. Love Of My Life
10. Good Company
11. Bohemian Rhapsody
12. God Save The Queen

Bonus EP

01. Keep Yourself Alive (Long-Lost Retake, June 1975)
02. Bohemian Rhapsody (Operatic Section A Cappella Mix 2011)
03. You're My Best Friend (Backing Track Mix 2011)
04. I'm In Love With My Car (Guitar & Vocal Mix 2011)
05. '39 (Live at Earl's Court, June 1977)
06. Love Of My Life (South American Live Single, June 1979)

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Tracklist:

01. Tie Your Mother Down
02. You Take My Breath Away
03. Long Away
04. The Millionaire Waltz
05. You And I
06. Somebody To Love
07. White Man
08. Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy
09. Drowse
10. Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)

Bonus EP

01. Tie Your Mother Down (Backing Track Mix 2011)
02. Somebody To Love (Live at Milton Keynes Bowl, June 1982)
03. You Take My Breath Away (Live in Hyde Park, September 1976)
04. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy (Top Of The Pops, July 1977) (Mono)
05. Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) (HD Mix)

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Tracklist:

01. We Will Rock You
02. We Are The Champions
03. Sheer Heart Attack
04. All Dead, All Dead
05. Spread Your Wings
06. Fight From The Inside
07. Get Down, Make Love
08. Sleeping On The Sidewalk
09. Who Needs You
10. It's Late
11. My Melancholy Blues

Bonus EP

01. Feelings Feelings (Take 10, July 1977)
02. Spread Your Wings (BBC Session, October 1977)
03. My Melancholy Blues (BBC Session, October 1977)
04. Sheer Heart Attack (Live in Paris, February 28 1979)
05. We Will Rock You (Fast) (Live in Tokyo, November 1982)

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Tracklist:

01. Mustapha
02. Fat Bottomed Girls
03. Jealousy
04. Bicycle Race
05. If You Can't Beat Them
06. Let Me Entertain You
07. Dead On Time
08. In Only Seven Days
09. Dreamers Ball
10. Fun It
11. Leaving Home Ain't Easy
12. Don't Stop Me Now
13. More Of That Jazz

Bonus EP

01. Fat Bottomed Girls (Single Version)
02. Bicycle Race (Instrumental)
03. Don't Stop Me Now (With Long-Lost Guitars)
04. Let Me Entertain You (Live in Montreal, November 1981)
05. Dreamers Ball (Early Acoustic Take, August 1978)

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Tracklist:

01. Play The Game
02. Dragon Attack
03. Another One Bites The Dust
04. Need Your Loving Tonight
05. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
06. Rock It (Prime Jive)
07. Don't Try Suicide
08. Sail Away Sweet Sister
09. Coming Soon
10. Save Me

Bonus EP

01. Save Me (Live in Montreal, November 1981)
02. A Human Body (B-Side)
03. Sail Away Sweet Sister (Take 1 With Guide Vocal)
04. It's A Beautiful Day (Original Spontaneous Idea, April 1980)
05. Dragon Attack (Live at Milton Keynes Bowl, June 1982)

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Tracklist:

01. Flash's Theme
02. In The Space Capsule (The Love Theme)
03. Ming's Theme (In The Court Of Ming The Merciless)
04. The Ring (Hypnotic Seduction Of Dale)
05. Football Fight
06. In The Death Cell (Love Theme Reprise)
07. Execution Of Flash
08. The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash)
09. 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

Bonus EP

01. Flash (Single Version)
02. The Hero (October 1980… Revisited)
03. The Kiss (Early Version, March 1980)
04. Football Fight (Early Version, No Synths! - February 1980)
05. Flash (Live in Montreal, November 1981)
06. The Hero (Live in Montreal, November 1981)

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Tracklist:

01. Staying Power
02. Dancer
03. Back Chat
04. Body Language
05. Action This Day
06. Put Out The Fire
07. Life Is Real (Song For Lennon)
08. Calling All Girls
09. Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love)
10. Cool Cat
11. Under Pressure

Bonus EP

01. Staying Power (Live at Milton Keynes Bowl, June 1982)
02. Soul Brother (B-Side)
03. Back Chat (Single Remix)
04. Action This Day (Live in Tokyo, November 1982)
05. Calling All Girls (Live in Tokyo, November 1982)

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Tracklist:

01. Radio Ga Ga
02. Tear It Up
03. It's A Hard Life
04. Man On The Prowl
05. Machines (Or 'Back To Humans')
06. I Want To Break Free
07. Keep Passing The Open Windows
08. Hammer To Fall
09. Is This The World We Created …

Bonus EP:

01. I Go Crazy (B-Side)
02. I Want To Break Free (Single Remix)
03. Hammer To Fall (Headbanger's Mix)
04. Is This The World We Created… (Live In Rio, January 1985)
05. Its A Hard Life (Live In Rio, January 1985)
06. Thank God It's Christmas (Non-Album Single)

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Tracklist:

01. One Vision
02. A Kind Of Magic
03. One Year Of Love
04. Pain Is So Close To Pleasure
05. Friends Will Be Friends
06. Who Wants To Live Forever
07. Gimme The Prize
08. Don't Lose Your Head
09. Princes Of The Universe

Bonus EP:

01. A Kind Of Magic (Highlander Version)
02. One Vision (Single Version)
03. Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (Single Remix)
04. Forever (Piano Version)
05. A Kind Of Vision (Demo, August 1985)
06. One Vision (Live At Wembley Stadium, July 11th 1986)
07. Friends Will Be Friends Will Be Friends…

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Tracklist:

01. Party
02. Khashoggi's Ship
03. The Miracle
04. I Want It All
05. The Invisible Man
06. Breakthru
07. Rain Must Fall
08. Scandal
09. My Baby Does Me
10. Was It All Worth It

Bonus EP:

01. I Want It All (Single Version)
02. The Invisible Man (Early Version With Guide Vocal, August 1988)
03. Hang On In There (B-Side)
04. Hijack My Heart (B-Side)
05. Stealin' (B-Side)
06. Chinese Torture (Instrumental)
07. The Invisible Man (12'' Version)

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Tracklist:

01. Innuendo
02. I'm Going Slightly Mad
03. Headlong
04. I Can't Live With You
05. Don't Try So Hard
06. Ride The Wild Wind
07. All God's People
08. These Are The Days Of Our Lives
09. Delilah
10. The Hitman
11. Bijou
12. The Show Must Go On

Bonus EP:

01. I Can't Live With You (1997 Rocks Retake)
02. Lost Opportunity (B-Side)
03. Ride The Wild Wind (Early Version With Guide Vocal)
04. I'm Going Slightly Mad (Mad Mix)
05. Headlong (Embryo With Guide Vocal)

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Tracklist:

01. It's A Beautiful Day
02. Made In Heaven
03. Let Me Live
04. Mother Love
05. My Life Has Been Saved
06. I Was Born To Love You
07. Heaven For Everyone
08. Too Much Love Will Kill You
09. You Don't Fool Me
10. A Winter's Tale
11. It's A Beautiful Day (Reprise)
12. Yeah
13. Untitled Hidden Track

Bonus EP:

01. Heaven For Everyone (Single Version)
02. It's A Beautiful Day (B-Side Version)
03. My Life Has Been Saved (1989 B-Side Version)
04. I Was Born To Love You (Vocals & Piano Version)
05. Rock In Rio Blues (Live B-Side)
06. A Winter's Tale (Cosy Fireside Mix)

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Queen's "Greatest Hits," "Greatest Hits II," and "Greatest Hits III" are reissued in a triple box set! All tracks features 2011 remastering. Japanese editions exclusively feature the high-fidelity SHM-CD format. This is limited release for a year from the release date and contains a Brian May "Red Special" guitar figure and its guitar stand.

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Queen's The Platinum Collection collection places the group's three previously released Greatest Hits albums into one box set – colored platinum, of course. Although this doesn't serve much use for fans that already have all three collections – or all of the albums, for that matter – it is useful for listeners that want to get all three discs in one fell swoop, and it's not a bad item for collectors to pick up (the kind of collectors that collect items and product, not the ones that just need the music).

They may not have started out that way, but by 1981 Queen definitely was perceived as a singles act. This record gathers their biggest US/UK hits, 1973-1981, including the collaboration with David Bowie, "Under Pressure," which was not on the CD-reissue from EMI.

– William Ruhlmanni, allmusic com

Tracklist:

01. Bohemian Rhapsody
02. Another One Bites The Dust
03. Killer Queen
04. Fat Bottomed Girls
05. Bicycle Race
06. You're My Best Friend
07. Don't Stop Me Now
08. Save Me
09. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
10. Somebody To Love
11. Now I'm Here
12. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
13. Play The Game
14. Flash
15. Seven Seas Of Rhye
16. We Will Rock You
17. We Are The Champions
18. Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) [Bonus track]

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Released just about a month before Freddie Mercury's untimely death in November 1991, a second best-of collection titled Greatest Hits, Vol. 2, was issued in England only. While the album was resequenced (with other tracks added) and released as Classic Queen in the U.S. in 1992, Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 features all of the band's European hits from 1982 through 1991. Since 1981's Greatest Hits went on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time in Queen's homeland (spending 63 weeks on the charts when first released, and reappearing steadily ever since), the band had racked up enough hits to warrant a follow-up ten years later. While Queen's hits from this era may not be as stellar as their '70s predecessors, they were all still very compelling rock compositions. Tracks such as "Radio Ga Ga," "Friends Will Be Friends," "I Want to Break Free," and "I'm Going Slightly Mad" show that the band could still compose pop gems, while the hard rockers "I Want It All," "Headlong," "One Vision," and "Hammer to Fall" kept their longtime fans happy. Also included are a few of the band's more epic compositions – "The Miracle," "Innuendo," "Who Wants to Live Forever," and "A Kind of Magic" – which help round out this second excellent collection of British Queen hits.

– Greg Prato, allmusic com

Tracklist:

01. A Kind Of Magic
02. Under Pressure
03. Radio Ga Ga
04. I Want It All
05. I Want To Break Free
06. Innuendo
07. It's A Hard Life
08. Breakthru
09. Who Wants To Live Forever
10. Headlong
11. The Miracle
12. I'm Going Slightly Mad
13. The Invisible Man
14. Hammer To Fall
15. Friends Will Be Friends
16. The Show Must Go On
17. One Vision
18. I Was Born To Love You [Bonus track]

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The history of Queen's Greatest Hits albums is impossibly convoluted. The first album with that title was released in 1981, and it was an excellent collection, but it was deleted in America by the end of the '80s. When Hollywood acquired the rights to the Queen catalog in 1991, it didn't reissue the original Greatest Hits album. Instead, it released Classic Queen, a bastardized version of the British compilation Greatest Hits, Vol. 2; it included "Bohemian Rhapsody," along with a couple other tracks from Greatest Hits. Classic Queen was essentially a quick cash-in to capitalize on the band's exposure in the hit film Wayne's World, and it served its purpose well. However, since it was pieced together with elements of the first two greatest-hits albums, Hollywood couldn't reissue either one. So, that year they put out their own Greatest Hits, which had the same skeleton as the British Greatest Hits, minus selections that were on Classic Queen, plus a handful of other tracks. To further complicate matters, Hollywood issued Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 in 1995, and this two-disc set contained the original British collections, which Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 functions as a sequel to. But Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 isn't a hits collection, it's a hodgepodge of rarities. The only real hit here is George Michael's live duet with Queen on "Somebody to Love." The rest are remixes, solo cuts, and tracks completed after Freddie Mercury's death. It's nice to get some of these items on one disc, but such a collection could barely be called "hits." It wouldn't be a problem if it was billed as such, but it's a sporadic collection of loose ends, a few of which are pretty good, most of which are unnecessary. If casual fans are expecting a true Greatest Hits, Vol. 3

– Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic com

Tracklist:

01. The Show Must Go On [Queen with Elton John]
02. Under Pressure (Rah Mix) [Queen with David Bowie]
03. Barcelona [Freddie Mercury with Montserrat Caballe]
04. Too Much Love Will Kill You
05. Somebody To Love [Queen with George Michael]
06. You Don't Fool Me
07. Heaven For Everyone
08. Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love)
09. Driven By You [Brian May]
10. Living On My Own [Freddie Mercury]
11. Let Me Live
12. The Great Pretender [Freddie Mercury]
13. Princes Of The Universe
14. Another One Bites The Dust [Queen with Wyclef Jean] - mono
15. No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)
16. These Are The Days Of Our Lives
17. Thank God It's Christmas

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Tracklist:

01. Ogre Battle
02. Stone Cold Crazy
03. My Fairy King
04. I'm In Love With My Car
05. Keep Yourself Alive
06. Long Away
07. The Millionaire Waltz
08. '39
09. Tenement Funster
10. Flick Of The Wrist
11. Lily Of The Valley
12. Good Company
13. The March Of The Black Queen
14. In The Lap Of The Gods… Revisited

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Tracklist:

01. Mustapha
02. Sheer Heart Attack
03. Spread Your Wings
04. Sleeping On The Sidewalk
05. It's Late
06. Rock It (Prime Jive)
07. Dead On Time
08. Sail Away Sweet Sister
09. Dragon Attack
10. Action This Day
11. Put Out The Fire
12. Staying Power
13. Jealousy
14. Battle Theme

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Tracklist:

01. Made In Heaven
02. Machines (Or 'Back To Humans')
03. Don't Try So Hard
04. Tear It Up
05. I Was Born To Love You
06. A Winter's Tale
07. Ride The Wild Wind
08. Bijou
09. Was It All Worth It
10. One Year Of Love
11. Khashoggi's Ship
12. Is This The World We Created…
13. The Hitman
14. It's A Beautiful Day (Reprise)
15. Mother Love

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