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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 - Under Pressure - 4pr - P/S - EX - UK - 7" vinyl - £10.00, $12.50, €11.70 (New Item) (arrived 26-Apr-2024 14:47)on April 27, 2024 at 10:03 am
QUEEN & DAVID BOWIE Under Pressure (1981 UK 7" vinyl single with four prong centre, also including Soul Brother, black & white titled sleeve with lyrics on the reverse. The sleeve & vinyl remain in excellent condition EMI5250)
- Queen - A Kind Of Magic + p/s - UK - 12" vinyl - £20.00, $25.00, €23.40 (New Item) (arrived 19-Apr-2024 10:26)on April 27, 2024 at 10:03 am
QUEEN A Kind Of Magic (1986 UK 12" single featuring the Extended Version of the song used as the theme to the 'Highlander' movie, also including A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling. The glossy picture sleeve shows a small bit of paper loss on thereverse from ringwear, but otherwise displays minimal shelf wear & the vinyl is Excellent with light signs of play 12QUEEN7)
- Queen - The Platinum Collection - UK - 3-CD set - £25.00, $31.25, €29.25 (New Item) (arrived 08-Apr-2024 17:42)on April 27, 2024 at 10:03 am
QUEEN The Platinum Collection (2006 issue UK 51-track 3-CD album collection comprising of all 3 of their hugely successful hits collections together including the classic hits 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'Don't Stop Me Now', 'We Will Rock You', 'We AreThe Champions', 'Radio Ga Ga', 'I Want To Break Free', 'Too Much Love Will Kill You', 'Heaven For Everyone', 'Another Ones Bites The Dust' and many more! Presented in an embossed outer slip case showing just a few light marks from storage but otherwise excellent with original store stickers, housing a fat double jewel case with picture booklet and all contents near as new)
- Queen - Queen II - 2nd - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $31.25, €29.25 (New Item) (arrived 10-Apr-2024 13:32)on April 27, 2024 at 10:03 am
QUEEN Queen II (1974 UK second press 11-track LP, fully laminated gatefold picture sleeve with round cornered lyric inner. The sleeve & vinyl remain in superb Excellent condition EMA767)
- Queen - Sheer Heart Attack - 1st - UK - vinyl LP - £125.00, $156.25, €146.25 (Back In Stock) (arrived 11-Apr-2024 10:47)on April 27, 2024 at 10:03 am
QUEEN Sheer Heart Attack (1974 UK first issue 13-track vinyl LP, complete with angled corner lyric inner with Queen crest directly below the lyrics and 'G&L' below, fully laminated picture sleeve with 'Trident' logo on the reverse. The sleeve is shows minimal shelfwear and the vinyl remains in wonderful condition with few signs of play EMC3061)
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