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From Loudersound.
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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- Queen - Flash - 4-Pr - UK - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $10.32, €9.52 (New Item) (arrived 25-Jul-2024 10:32)on July 27, 2024 at 2:02 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)
- Queen - Las Palabras De Amor - 4pr - UK - 7" vinyl - £8.00, $10.32, €9.52 (New Item) (arrived 10-Jul-2024 16:58)on July 27, 2024 at 2:02 am
QUEEN Las Palabras De Amor (1982 UK 7" vinyl single with intact four prong centre, also including Cool Cat, plain die-cut paper sleeve EMI5316)
- Queen - Queen - Blair - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £18.00, $23.22, €21.42 (New Item) (arrived 02-Jul-2024 09:48)on July 27, 2024 at 2:02 am
QUEEN Queen (1973 UK 10-track vinyl LP with 'BLAIR'/'BLAIR RULES' etched in the run-outs, the band's debut album including Keep Yourself Alive, Son And Daughter and a short instrumental version of Seven Seas Of Rhye. The matt picture sleeve grades as VG with some edge scuffing and ringwear, whilst the vinyl shows little evidence of play EMC3006)
- Queen - Sheer Heart Attack - 1st - VG/EX - UK - vinyl LP - £40.00, $51.60, €47.60 (New Item) (arrived 04-Jul-2024 10:40)on July 27, 2024 at 2:02 am
QUEEN Sheer Heart Attack (1974 UK first press 13-track LP, the third album from the British rock group, including Stone Cold Crazy, Now I'm Here, Killer Queen & Brighton Rock, fully laminated picture sleeve with 'Trident' logo on the back & angled lyric inner. The sleeve [VG+] reveals a little minor ageing & the vinyl is clean EX/EX- with just a few faint signs of play. A great example EMC3061)
- Queen - A Day At The Races - 1st - VG/EX - UK - vinyl LP - £60.00, $77.40, €71.40 (New Item) (arrived 08-Jul-2024 12:34)on July 27, 2024 at 2:02 am
QUEEN A Day At The Races (Rare 1976 UK first press 10-track LP with 1U/1U matrices, their fifth studio album including Tie Your Mother Down, Somebody To Love & Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy, gatefold picture sleeve with picture inner. The sleeve [VG] shows obvious scuffs, mainly to the front whilst the vinyl remains in EX- condition with a few light hairlines, not affecting play. A respectable copy of this in demand Queen original EMTC104)
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