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Following the IMAX Event Cinema release of Queen Rock Montreal earlier this year, Queen have announced an array of deluxe edition releases on various formats, with double Blu-ray, double 4K Ultra High Definition, double CD and triple vinyl editions all arriving on May 10. The era-defining concert, which Brian May says is the band in “live and dangerous” form, captures Queen at their exhilarating peak.
Recorded at Montreal’s 18,000-capacity venue The Forum, where Queen played two nights in November 1981, the group were at the top of their game and enjoying a new level of commercial success on the back of 1980s The Game album. In Another One Bits The Dust and Crazy Little Thing Called Love, they’d had their two biggest ever US hits. They were in the mood – Montreal were in for a treat. “Montreal is one of our favourite cities, it’s a great audience there, very full of energy,” Brian May says in an accompanying press release. “We’d played this particular venue, The Forum, several times before, and it was always full of really enthusiastic people, giving us a lot of energy back.”
“It’s fascinating to now realize how free we were on stage in 1981,” adds Roger Taylor. “It’s a four piece, just the four of us in Queen, and to see Freddie. It’s like being on stage with the band because the cameras are very high quality for the time. I’ve never seen anything that makes you feel quite so involved with the performance.”
For more details on the various formats and their tracklisting, head here, but first whet your appetite with this thrilling clip of the band in action in Montreal first:
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- Queen - The Game - 1st - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $26.20, €23.00 (New Item) (arrived 10-Apr-2025 16:00)on April 12, 2025 at 9:43 am
QUEEN The Game (1980 UK first press 10-track LP, including the hit singles Another One Bites The & Dust Crazy Little Thing Called Love, complete with illustrated lyric inner, silver metallicised picture sleeve. The sleeve shows some signs of wearwith a small tear to the opening edge, whilst the vinyl is Excellent with minor signs of play. This is a difficult sleeve to photograph/scan & always looks much worse in the images than it actually is, so don't panic! EMA795)
- Queen - A Night At The Opera - 1st - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £50.00, $65.50, €57.50 (New Item) (arrived 01-Apr-2025 16:00)on April 12, 2025 at 9:43 am
QUEEN A Night At The Opera (Classic 1975 UK first press 12-track LP with picture labels & 'BLAIRS' etched into the run-off area, their fourth studio album including the classic hit Bohemian Rhapsody, embossed gatefold picture sleeve with picture inner. The sleeve shows some obvious discolouring and a split to the bottom of the inner with tape repair to edges, whilst the vinyl shows a few light signs of wear EMTC103) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Queen - A Day At The Races - 180gm + Stickered - UK - vinyl LP - £95.00, $124.45, €109.25 (New Item) (arrived 31-Mar-2025 10:22)on April 12, 2025 at 9:43 am
QUEEN A Day At The Races (Limited Edition 1999 UK/EU EMI Millennium Collection remastered issue of the 1976 10-track LP pressed on 180gram Virgin Vinyl, an all analogue cutting from the analogue master tapes. Comes housed in a deluxe gatefold replica picture sleeve with the printed inner, still in the hype stickered PVC dust jacket. The packaging reveals only minor shelf wear & the vinyl is near 'as new')
- Queen - Jazz - 1st + Poster - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $45.85, €40.25 (New Item) (arrived 31-Mar-2025 13:05)on April 12, 2025 at 9:43 am
QUEEN Jazz (1978 UK first press 13-track LP, including the singles Bicycle Race, Fat Bottomed Girls & Don't Stop Me Now, housed in the original embossed gatefold sleeve with round-cornered laminated inner & 'nude bicycle race' fold-out poster.The sleeve displays just a little light wear, the inner shows a little wear to the laminate and the poster shows light wear but shows no obvious signs of being displayed. The vinyl is clean and shows a few hairline marks which do not impact play EMA788)
- Queen - Jazz - 1st + Poster - VG - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $45.85, €40.25 (New Item) (arrived 31-Mar-2025 17:00)on April 12, 2025 at 9:43 am
QUEEN Jazz (1978 UK first press 13-track LP, including the singles Bicycle Race, Fat Bottomed Girls & Don't Stop Me Now, housed in the original embossed gatefold sleeve with round-cornered laminated inner & 'nude bicycle race' fold-out poster.The sleeve displays just a little light wear, the inner shows a little wear to the laminate and the poster shows light wear but shows no obvious signs of being displayed. The vinyl is clean and shows a few hairline marks which do not impact play EMA788)
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