ALBUMS 1979 - 1986

LIVE KILLERS

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We Will Rock You (May)
Cat. No: EMSP 330/CDP7 46211 8 (UK) HR 61066 (USA)
Release Date: 22 June 1979 (UK) 26 1979 (USA)
Produced By: Queen
Engineered By: John Etchells assisted by David Richards
Recorded At: Various Venues, European Tour
When: January - March 1979
Cover Concept: Queen
Highest Chart Pos: 3 (UK) 16 (USA)
Weeks On Chart: 27 (UK) 14 (USA)
Award Status: Gold (UK and USA)
Let Me Entertain You (Mercury)
Death On Two Legs (Dedicated to...) (Mercury)
Killer Queen (Mercury)
Bicycle Race (Mercury)
I�m In Love With My Car (Taylor)
Get Down Make Love (Mercury)
You�re My Best Friend (Deacon)
Now I�m Here (May)
Dreamers Ball (May)
Love Of My Life (Mercury)
�39 (May)
Keep Yourself Alive (May)
Don�t Stop Me Now (Mercury)
Spread Your Wings (Deacon)
Brighton Rock (May)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Mercury)
Tie Your Mother Down (May)
Sheer Heart Attack (Taylor)
We Will Rock You (May)
We Are The Champions (Mercury)
God Save The Queen (Trad. Arr. May)

THE GAME

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Play The Game (Mercury)
Cat. No: EMA 795/CDP7
Release Date: 30 June 1980 (UK) 30 June 1980 (USA)
Produced By: Queen and Mack
Engineered By: Mack
Recorded At: Musicland
When: June - July 1979 and Feb - May 1980
Cover Concept: Queen
Highest Chart Pos: (UK) 1 (USA)
Weeks On Chart: 18 (UK) 43 (USA)
Award Status: Gold (UK) Platinum (USA)
Hollywood Records remastered 1991 release bonus tracks: Dragon Attack (1991 remix)
Dragon Attack (May)
Another One Bites The Dust (Deacon)
Need Your Loving Tonight (Deacon)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Mercury)
Rock It (Prime Jive) (Taylor)
Don�t Try Suicide (Mercury)
Sail Away Sweet Sister (To The Sister I Never Had) (May)
Coming Soon (Taylor)
Save Me (May)

FLASH GORDON (Original Soundtrack)

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Flash�s Theme (May)
Cat. No: EMC 3351/CPD7 46214 2 (UK) HR 61203 (USA)
Release Date: 8 Dec 1980 (UK) 27 Jan 1981 (USA)
Produced By: May and Mack.
Executive Producers: Queen
Engineered By: Anvil
When: October - November 1980
Cover Concept: Freddie Mercury
Highest Chart Pos: 10 (UK) 23 (USA)
Weeks On Chart: 15 (UK) 13 (USA)
Award Status: Gold (UK and USA)
Hollywood Records remastered 1991 release bonus tracks: Flash�s Theme (1991 Remix)
In The Space Capsule (The Love Theme) (Taylor)
Ming�s Theme (In The Court of Ming The Merciless) (Mercury)
The Ring (Hypnotic Seduction of Dale) (Mercury)
Football Fight (Mercury)
In The Death Cell (Love Theme reprise) (Taylor)
Execution Of Flash (Deacon)
The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash) (Mercury)
Arboria (Planet Of The Hawkmen) (Mercury)
Escape From The Swamp (Taylor)
Flash To The Rescue (May)
Vultan�s Theme (Attack Of The Hawkmen) (Mercury)
Battle Theme (May)
The Wedding March (May)
Marriage Of Dale And Ming (and Flash Approaching) (May/Taylor)
Crash Dive On Mingo City (May)
Flash�s Theme Reprise (Victory Celebrations) (May)
The Hero (May)

GREATEST HITS

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Bohemian Rhapsody (Mercury)
Cat. No: EMTV 30/CDP7 46033 2 (UK) HR
Release Date: 2 Nov 1981 (UK) 3 Nov 1981 (USA)
Cover Concept: Freddie Mercury
Highest Chart Pos: 1 (UK) 14 (USA)
Weeks on Chart: 529 (UK) 26 (USA)
Award Status: Eleven times Platinum (UK) Platinum (USA)
NOTE: Track listing differs worldwide. Variations are:- USA had Keep Yourself Alive and Under Pressure but NOT Save Me. Argentina/Brazil/Mexico/Venezuela had Love of My Life (Live) instead of Seven Seas of Rhye. Belgium/Spain had Spread Your Wings as an extra track. Australia had Tie Your Mother Down and Keep Yourself Alive but not Don�t Stop Me Now, Save Me, Now I�m Here, Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy or Seven Seas of Rhye. Japan had Teo Torriatte but not Bicycle Race or Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy. Bulgaria had Death On Two Legs and Sweet Lady as extra tracks. Austria/Canada/Germany/Israel/Netherlands had Under Pressure as an extra track.
Another One Bites The Dust (Deacon)
Killer Queen (Mercury)
Fat Bottomed Girls (May)
Bicycle Race (Mercury)
You�re My Best Friend (Deacon)
Don�t Stop Me Now (Mercury)
Save Me (May)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Mercury)
Somebody To Love (Mercury)
Now I'm Here (May)
Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy (Mercury)
Play The Game (Mercury)
Flash (May)
Seven Seas of Rhye (Mercury)
We Will Rock You (May)
We Are The Champions (Mercury)

HOT SPACE

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Staying Power (Mercury)
Cat. No: EMA 797/CDP7 46215 2 (UK) HR 61038 (USA)
Release Date: 21 May 1982 (UK) 25 May 1982 (USA)
Produced By: Queen and Mack, except * (Queen/Bowie)
Engineered By: Mack and David Richards
Recorded At: Mountain and Musicland
When: September 1981 - March 1982
Guest Musicians: Arif Mardin - horns on Staying Power
Cover Concept: Freddie Mercury
Highest Chart Pos: 4 (UK) 22 (USA)
Weeks on Chart: 19 (UK) 21 (USA)
Award Status: Gold (UK and USA)
Hollywood Records remastered 1991 release bonus tracks: Body Language (1991 remix)
Dancer (May)
Back Chat (Deacon)
Body Language (Mercury)
Action This Day (Taylor)
Put Out The Fire (May)
Life Is Real (Song For Lennon) (Mercury)
Calling All Girls (Taylor)
Las Palabras De Amor (The Words of Love) (May)
Cool Cat (Deacon/Mercury)
Under Pressure* (Queen/Bowie)

THE WORKS

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Radio Ga Ga (Taylor)
Cat. No: EMC 2400141/CDP7 46016 2 (UK) HR 61233 (USA)
Release Date: 27 Feb 1984 (UK) 28 Feb 1984 (USA)
Produced By: Queen and Mack
Engineered By: Mack.
Additional Engineering: Mike Beiriger
Recorded At: Record Plant, Musicland
When: August 1983 - January 1984
Guest Musicians: Fred Mandel: Piano on Man On The Prowl, Synths on Radio Ga Ga, I Want To Break Free and Hammer To Fall. Mack: Fairlight programming on Machines.
Cover Concept: Queen
Highest Chart Pos: 2 (UK) 23 (USA)
Weeks On Chart: 93 (UK) 20 (USA)
Award Status: Platinum (UK) Gold (USA)
Hollywood Records remastered 1991 release bonus tracks: I Go Crazy, Radio Ga Ga (extended version) and I Want To Break Free (extended mix)
Tear It Up (May)
It�s A Hard Life (Mercury)
Man On The Prowl (Mercury)
Machines (or Back To Humans) (Taylor/May)
I Want To Break Free (Deacon)
Keep Passing The Open Windows (Mercury)
Hammer To Fall (May)
Is This The World We Created (Mercury/May)

A KIND OF MAGIC

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One Vision (Queen)
Cat. No: EU 3509/CDP7 4627 2 (UK) HR 61152 (USA)
Release Date: 2 June 1986 (UK) 3 June 1986 (USA)
Produced By: Queen, Mack and David Richards
Engineered By: Mack and David Richards
Assist. Eng: Croydon
Recorded At: Musicland, Mountain and Townhouse
When: November 1985 - April 1986
Guest Musicians: Spike Edney, extra keyboards; Steve Gregory, saxophone on One Year Of Love; National Philharmonic Orchestra, on Who Wants To Live Forever; Joan Armatrading, incidental vocals Don�t Lose Your Head.
Cover Concept: Queen and Richard Gray
Highest Chart Pos: 1 (UK) 46 (USA)
Weeks On Chart: 63 (UK) 13 (USA)
Award Status: Double Platinum (UK)
NOTE: CD had �extra Magical ingredients� which were A Kind Of Magic (Taylor), Friends Will Be Friends (Mercury/Deacon), Forever (May). Hollywood Records remastered 1991 release bonus tracks: Forever. 12" One Vision (Extended Version)
A Kind Of Magic (Taylor)
One Year Of Love (Deacon)
Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (Mercury/Deacon)
Friends Will Be Friends (Mercury/Deacon)
Who Wants To Live Forever (May)
Gimme The Prize (Murgans Theme) (May)
Don�t Lose Your Head (Taylor)
Princes Of The Universe (Mercury)

LIVE MAGIC

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One Vision (Queen)
Cat. No: EMC 3519/CDP7 46413 2 (UK) Not released in the USA)
Release Date: 1 December 1986
Produced By: Queen and Trip Khalaf
Engineered By: John �Teddy Bear� Brough
Recorded At: Various Venues, European Tour
When: July - August 1986
Cover Concept: Queen
Highest Chart Pos: 3 (UK)
Weeks On Chart: 44 (UK)
Award Status: Platinum (UK)
NOTE: CD had full length live versions of A Kind Of Magic, Another One Bites The Dust and Hammer To Fall.
Tie Your Mother Down (May)
Seven Seas Of Rhye (Mercury)
A Kind Of Magic (Taylor)
Under Pressure (Queen / Bowie)
Another One Bites The Dust (Deacon)
I Want To Break Free (Deacon)
Is This The World We Created (Mercury/May)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Mercury)
Hammer To Fall (May)
Radio Ga Ga (Taylor)
We Will Rock You (May)
Friends Will Be Friends (Mercury/Deacon)
We Are The Champions (Mercury)
God Save The Queen (Trad. Arr. May)

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