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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Queen's BBC sessions collection available next week


 

Between February 1973 and October 1977, Queen recorded six radio sessions for the BBC. The 24 recordings they produced include alternate versions of the debut single, unique takes of classic album tracks and even a radically reworked reimagining of one of their best known anthems that has never previously appeared on any Queen studio release.

Now, for the first time, all six Queen BBC sessions - restored by engineer Kris Fredriksson and mastered by Adam Ayan - have been brought together on Queen On Air, released on Nov. 4 by Virgin EMI and in North America through Hollywood Records. It will be available as a 2-CD set and a 3-LP vinyl edition, plus a Deluxe 6-disc edition featuring a CD of live broadcasts and 3 CDs of radio interviews.

Track listing:

2-CD Edition:

The Complete BBC Radio Sessions:

CD1
Session 1: 1. My Fairy King 2. Keep Yourself Alive 3. Doing All Right
4. Liar / Session 2: 5. See What A Fool I’ve Been 6. Keep Yourself Alive
7. Liar 8. Son And Daughter / Session 3: 9. Ogre Battle
10. Modern Times Rock’n’Roll 11. Great King Rat 12. Son And Daughter


CD2
Session 4: 1. Modern Times Rock’n’Roll 2. Nevermore
3. White Queen (As It Began) / Session 5: 4. Now I’m Here 5. Stone Cold Crazy 6. Flick Of The Wrist 7. Tenement Funster / Session 6: 8. We Will Rock You
9. We Will Rock You (Fast) 10. Spread Your Wings 11. It’s Late
12. My Melancholy Blues


3-LP Vinyl Edition:

The Complete BBC Radio Sessions:

Side 1 – Session 1
1. My Fairy King 2. Keep Yourself Alive 3. Doing All Right 4. Liar
Side 2 –Session 2
1. See What A Fool I’ve Been 2. Keep Yourself Alive 3. Liar 4. Son And Daughter
Side 3 – Session 3
1. Ogre Battle 2. Modern Times Rock’n’Roll 3. Great King Rat 4. Son And Daughter
Side 4 – Session 4
1. Modern Times Rock’n’Roll 2. Nevermore 3. White Queen (As It Began)
Side 5 – Session 5
1. Now I’m Here 2. Stone Cold Crazy 3. Flick Of The Wrist 4. Tenement Funster
Side 6 – Session 6
1. We Will Rock You 2. We Will Rock You (Fast) 3. Spread Your Wings
4. It’s Late 5. My Melancholy Blues


Deluxe 6-CD Edition

CD1: The Complete BBC Radio Sessions
Session 1: 1. My Fairy King 2. Keep Yourself Alive 3. Doing All Right
4. Liar / Session 2: 5. See What A Fool I’ve Been 6. Keep Yourself Alive
7. Liar 8. Son And Daughter / Session 3: 9. Ogre Battle
10. Modern Times Rock’n’Roll 11. Great King Rat 12. Son And Daughter


CD2: The Complete BBC Radio Sessions
Session 4: 1. Modern Times Rock’n’Roll 2. Nevermore 3. White Queen
(As It Began) / Session 5: 4. Now I’m Here 5. Stone Cold Crazy
6. Flick Of The Wrist 7. Tenement Funster / Session 6: 8. We Will Rock You
9. We Will Rock You (Fast) 10. Spread Your Wings 11. It’s Late
12. My Melancholy Blues


CD3: Queen Live On Air
Golders Green Hippodrome, London, 13th September 1973:
1. Procession (Intro Tape) 2. Father To Son 3. Son And Daughter
4. Guitar Solo 5. Son And Daughter (Reprise) 6. Ogre Battle
7. Liar 8. Jailhouse Rock
Estádio Do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil, 20th March 1981:
9. Intro 10. We Will Rock You (Fast) 11. Let Me Entertain You
12. I’m In Love With My Car 13. Alright Alright 14. Dragon Attack
15. Now I’m Here 16. Love Of My Life


Maimmarktgelände, Mannheim, Germany, 21st June 1986:
17. A Kind Of Magic 18. Vocal Improvisation 19. Under Pressure
20. Is This The World We Created 21. (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care 22. Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart) 23. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
24. God Save The Queen


CD4: Queen On Air: The Interviews (1976-1980)
Freddie Mercury With Kenny Everett (November 1976) / Queen with Tom Browne (Christmas 1977) / Roger Taylor with Richard Skinner (June 1979) / Roger Taylor with Tommy Vance (December 1980) / Roy Thomas Baker


‘The Record Producers’

CD5: Queen On Air: The Interviews: (1981-1986)
John Deacon, South American tour (March 1981) / Brian May ‘Rock On’
with John Tobler (June 1982) / Brian May ‘Saturday Live’ with Richard Skinner and Andy Foster (March 1984) / Freddie Mercury ‘Newsbeat’ (August 1984) / Brian May ‘Newsbeat’ (September 1984) / Freddie Mercury ‘Saturday Live’ (September 1984) / Freddie Mercury with Simon Bates (April 1985) / Brian May ‘The Way It Is’ with David ‘Kid’ Jensen (July 1986)


CD 6: Queen On Air: The Interviews (1986-1992)
Roger Taylor ‘My Top Ten’ with Andy Peebles (May 1986) / ‘Queen For An Hour’ with Mike Read (May 1989) / Brian May ‘Freddie And Too Much Love Will Kill You’ with Simon Bates (August 1982) / Brian May ‘Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert’ with Johnnie Walker
(October 1992)

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