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Queen and Howard Blake’s soundtrack to the hit 1980 sci-fi movie Flash Gordon will be included in a new box set celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Mike Hodges-directed sci-fi flick.
The film hit the silver screen in 1980 and starred Sam J. Jones in the lead role, Melody Anderson as Dale Arden, Max von Sydow as Ming The Merciless and Brian Blessed as Prince Vultan.
Queen collaborated with composer Howard Blake, making it the first time Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon had worked together on a soundtrack.
Along with all the original album tracks, the Flash Gordon 40th anniversary package will also include a segment titled On The Soundtrack, which features May and Blake.
The film itself will be released on DVD, Blu-ray and as a 4K Collector’s Edition Blu-ray which will come with a host of extras, including a 32-page booklet, a reproduced booklet of the first-ever strip from the original comic books, a poster, interview footage, audio commentaries and more.
Speaking about the new version, Hughes says: “I’m very grateful to Studiocanal for this brilliant 4K restoration – it captures perfectly the vivid colours of the sets, skies and costumes. It also corrects some of the problems encountered with the special effects system we used.
“With Chroma key compositing we could insert skies, rocket ships, hawk-men, pretty well whatever we wanted, into the blue backing built into the studio sets. The problems came later when we had to eliminate, for example, the wires used on the hawk-men.
“We were eventually successful but even then some 35mm prints were variable and the wires would be back again. With this new restoration that problem is thankfully laid to rest. Of course Chroma key is primitive by the side of the current process, CGI. That said I’m pleased we stuck with the old fashioned system. CGI would have been too slick.
“After all Flash Gordon was a cartoon strip from the 1930s brought back to life on celluloid some five decades later.”
The Flash Gordon 40th anniversary edition will be released on August 3 and is now available to pre-oder.
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on January 23, 2026 at 2:04 amQUEEN Flash (1980 UK 7" vinyl single with an intact four prong centre, also including Football Fight, both taken from the 'Flash Gordon' motion picture soundtrack. The paper picture sleeve displays some light general wear, whilst the vinyl remains Excellent with only a few light signs of play EMI5126)
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on January 23, 2026 at 2:04 amQUEEN Innuendo (2020 UK 12-track Double Vinyl LP, issued as part of the Queen The Vinyl Collection, originally released in 1990 the groups fourteenth studio album including I'm Going Slightly Mad, Don't Try So Hard, The Hitman and Bijou, picture sleeve with illustrated lyric inners. The sleeve is in near mint condition whilst the vinyl shows virtually no signs of ever being played)
- Queen - Flash - 4-Pr - UK - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $10.72, €9.20 (New Item) (arrived 21-Jan-2026 16:26)on January 23, 2026 at 2:04 am
QUEEN Flash (1980 UK 7" vinyl single with an intact four prong centre, also including Football Fight, both taken from the 'Flash Gordon' motion picture soundtrack. The paper picture sleeve displays some light general wear, whilst the vinyl remains Excellent with only a few light signs of play EMI5126)
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QUEEN Innuendo (2020 UK 12-track Double Vinyl LP, issued as part of the Queen The Vinyl Collection, originally released in 1990 the groups fourteenth studio album including I'm Going Slightly Mad, Don't Try So Hard, The Hitman and Bijou, picture sleeve with illustrated lyric inners. The sleeve is in near mint condition whilst the vinyl shows virtually no signs of ever being played)
- Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody - 50th Anniversary Edition - Transparent Blue Vinyl - Sealed - UK - 7" vinyl - £15.99, $21.43, €18.39 (New Item) (arrived 16-Jan-2026 14:27)
on January 23, 2026 at 2:04 amQUEEN Bohemian Rhapsody (50th Anniversary Edition 2025 UK/EU 7" single pressed on heavyweight Transparent Blue Vinyl to celebrate five decades of one of the most iconic singles in rock history! Freddie Mercury's six-minute operatic masterpiece shattered musical conventions upon its 1975 release, spending nine weeks at No.1 in the UK and cementing its place as one of the greatest songs ever recorded. Paired withRoger Taylor's roaring fan-favourite I'm In Love With My Car on the B side. Picture sleeve with gold-foil embossed title print, gold hype sticker & factory sealed. Recommended)
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