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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 - Greatest Hits I & II + Slipcase - UK - 2-CD album set - £30.00, $38.40, €36.30 (New Item) (arrived 04-Mar-2025 17:00)on March 5, 2025 at 6:15 pm
QUEEN Greatest Hits I & II (1998 UK limited edition 34-track compilation double Gold CD set, housed in a fat double jewel case with gold bordered picture inlays featuring the artwork for each album, along with a 36-page booklet, within a gold embossed Queen crest outer slipcase. The slipcase displays some light general wear to the edges whilst the contents remain in really nice condition with clean discs)
- Queen - A Night At The Opera - 3rd - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.20, €18.15 (Back In Stock) (arrived 26-Feb-2025 17:00)on March 5, 2025 at 6:15 pm
QUEEN A Night At The Opera (1980's UK issue of the 12-track vinyl LP reissue of the classic 1975 fourth studio album from the much-loved British rock group; including the singles You're My Best Friend and Bohemian Rhapsody. The non-embossed picture sleeve comes with its illustrated inner and shows just llight signs of shelfwear while the vinyl itself has very little evidence of play to show for its age EMTC103) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Queen - Sheer Heart Attack - 3rd - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.60, €24.20 (New Item) (arrived 25-Feb-2025 10:07)on March 5, 2025 at 6:15 pm
QUEEN Sheer Heart Attack (Early 1980s UK issue of the 1974 13-track vinyl LP with the cream EMI label design and 'Abbey Road' in the run-out groove, glossy non-barcoded picture sleeve which strangely has the Trident logo printed which is alsoon the label. When the band left Trident this logo was removed from subsequent pressings, so to see this reappear is very strange. The cover shows light wear to the edges while the vinyl itself remains in Excellent condition EMC3061)
- Queen - Queen II - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $25.60, €24.20 (New Item) (arrived 25-Feb-2025 10:26)on March 5, 2025 at 6:15 pm
QUEEN Queen II (1984 UK Fame issue of the 1974 11-track vinyl LP, their second studio album which includes the single Seven Seas Of Rhye. The glossy barcoded gatefold sleeve displays the 'Fame' logo top right and shows moderate signs of age-related wear with some notable edgewear, whilst the vinyl shows only light signs of play FA4130991)
- Queen - A Night At The Opera - 3rd - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.20, €18.15 (New Item) (arrived 25-Feb-2025 10:29)on March 5, 2025 at 6:15 pm
QUEEN A Night At The Opera (1980's UK issue of the 12-track vinyl LP reissue of the classic 1975 fourth studio album from the much-loved British rock group; including the singles You're My Best Friend and Bohemian Rhapsody. The non-embossed picture sleeve comes with its illustrated inner and shows just llight signs of shelfwear while the vinyl itself has very little evidence of play to show for its age EMTC103) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
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