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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 - Queen Rock Montreal - Black Vinyl - Sealed - UK - 3-LP vinyl set - £49.99, $62.49, €57.99 (New Item) (arrived 08-May-2024 17:40)on May 9, 2024 at 1:02 pm
QUEEN Queen Rock Montreal (2024 UK/EU limited edition 28-track triple album 3-LP pressed on black vinyl, capturing the world's most iconic rock band at the very peak of their live powers. Recorded in 1981 and recently released as a record-breaking digitally restored IMAX concert film, this landmark moment in the band's history is released here as a triple vinyl LP package. Housed inside an outer slipcase featuring Freddie in full flow, with three printed inners & factory sealed. Recommended)
- Queen - Greatest Hits - 1st - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $43.75, €40.60 (Back In Stock) (arrived 02-May-2024 07:17)on May 9, 2024 at 1:02 pm
QUEEN Greatest Hits (1981 UK 17-track compilation LP, complete with illustrated song credit inner, non-barcoded picture sleeve. The sleeve shows little of its age & the vinyl looks barely played - a superb copy of thisclassic! EMTV30)
- Queen - Sheer Heart Attack - 180 Gram Half Speed Mastered - Sealed - UK - vinyl LP - £29.99, $37.49, €34.79 (New Item) (arrived 30-Apr-2024 15:17)on May 9, 2024 at 1:02 pm
QUEEN Sheer Heart Attack (2015 UK/EU limited edition 13-track LP pressed on 180-gram heavyweight black vinyl Half Speed Mastered from lacquers cut at Abbey Road Studios. Originally released in 1974 their third studio album includes thekiller hit Killer Queen, and single Now I'm Here. Picture sleeve with original cover art by photographer Mick Rock, hype sticker & factory sealed)
- Queen - A Night At The Opera - 2nd - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $43.75, €40.60 (New Item) (arrived 30-Apr-2024 15:17)on May 9, 2024 at 1:02 pm
QUEEN A Night At The Opera (Late 70s UK issue of the 1975 12-track vinyl LP, including the classic singles You're My Best Friend & Bohemian Rhapsody, housed in the second edition non-embossed gatefold picture sleeve with illustrated card inner. Both the sleeve & vinyl are Near Mint with few signs of wear or play EMTC103) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Queen - Greatest Hits - barcoded p/s - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.75, €17.40 (New Item) (arrived 01-May-2024 10:20)on May 9, 2024 at 1:02 pm
QUEEN Greatest Hits (1981 UK 17-track LP compilation, housed in a glossy barcoded picture sleeve complete with the illustrated tracklist inner. The sleeve is Excellent with minor edge wear & the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with a few faint paper hairlines not affecting play EMTV30)
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