Queen re-releasing first five albums with new bonus tracks/videos

I ASSUME these will be released in the US.  Amazon has the Japanese imports listed at $45 as of today (01/28/11)

Here's the story:

Queen Online › Official News Archive

And if you don't want to read the whole thing...here's the track listings:

Queen 
1. Keep Yourself Alive 
2. Doing All Right 
3. Great King Rat 
4. My Fairy King 
5. Liar 
6. The Night Comes Down 
7. Modern Times Rock ‘n’ Roll
8. Son And Daughter
9. Jesus
10. Seven Seas Of Rhye

Bonus Tracks
1. Keep Yourself Alive (De Lane Lea Demo, December 1971)
2. The Night Comes Down (De Lane Lea Demo, December 1971
3. Great King Rat (De Lane Lea Demo, December 1971)
4. Jesus (De Lane Lea Demo, December 1971)
5. Liar (De Lane Lea Demo, December 1971)
6. Mad The Swine (June 1972)

Queen 2 
1. Procession 
2. Father To Son 
3. White Queen (As It Began) 
4. Some Day One Day 
5. The Loser In The End 
6. Ogre Battle
7. The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke
8. Nevermore
9. The March Of The Black Queen
10. Funny How Love Is
11. Seven Seas Of Rhye

Bonus Tracks
1. See What A Fool I’ve Been (BBC Session, July 1973 – 2011 remix)
2. White Queen (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, December 1975)
3. Seven Seas of Rhye (Instrumental Mix 2011)
4. Nevermore (BBC Session, April 1974)
5. See What A Fool I’ve Been (B-side version, February 1974)

Sheer Heart Attack 
1. Brighton Rock 
2. Killer Queen 
3. Tenement Funster 
4. Flick Of The Wrist 
5. Lily Of The Valley 
6. Now I’m Here
7. In The Lap Of The Gods
8. Stone Cold Crazy
9. Dear Friends
10. Misfire
11. Bring Back That Leroy Brown
12. She Makes Me (Stormtrooper In Stilettos)
13. In The Lap Of The Gods . . . Revisited

Bonus Tracks
1. Now I’m Here (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, December 1975)
2. Flick of the Wrist (BBC Session, October 1974)
3. Tenement Funster (BBC Session, October 1974)
4. Bring Back That Leroy Brown (A cappella Mix 2011)
5. In The Lap of the Gods..Revisited (Live at Wembley Stadium, July 86)

A Night At The Opera 
1. Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To…) 
2. Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon 
3. I’m In Love With My Car 
4. You’re My Best Friend 
5. ’39 
6. Sweet Lady 
7. Seaside Rendezvous
8. The Prophet’s Song
9. Love Of My Life
10. Good Company
11. Bohemian Rhapsody
12. God Save The Queen

Bonus Tracks
1. Keep Yourself Alive (Long-Lost Retake, June 1975)
2. Bohemian Rhapsody (Operatic Section A cappella Mix 2011)
3. You’re My Best Friend (Backing Track Mix 2011)
4. I’m In Love With My car (Guitar & Vocal Mix 2011)
5. ’39 (Live at Earl’s Court, June 1977)
6. Love Of My Life (South American Live Single, June 1979)

A Day At The Races
1. Tie Your Mother Down 
2. You Take My Breath Away
3. Long Away 
4. The Millionaire Waltz 
5. You And I 
6. Somebody To Love
7. White Man
8. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
9. Drowse
10. Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)

Bonus Tracks
1. Tie Your Mother Down (Backing Track Mix 2011)
2. Somebody To Love (Live at Milton Keynes, June 1982)
3. You Take My Breath Away (Live in Hyde Park, September 1976)
4. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy (Top of the Pops, July 1977)(Mono)
5. Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) (HD Mix)

I'm not sure who Queen is actually signed with now in the US.  They left EMI in England for Universal Music (or some subsidiary).  The same CDs are being released in Japan where they were on EMI-Japan but now are listed as Universal-Japan.  I'll do some research after work today!

And according to the list of release dates by country, the US is listed as TBC (the equivilant of TBA?)

Quote:

Originally Posted by TonyD 

Are these hi-res or just remastered or either?

From the article on Queen's website:

“Queen”, “Queen II”, “Sheer Heart Attack”, “A Night At The Opera” and “A Day At The Races” have been specially re-mastered and each will be released as a standard CD as well as a deluxe 2 disc set which will feature new bonus content. Each deluxe album will be released on iTunes featuring bonus tracks plus additional sleeve notes, unseen pictures and videos. The albums also set the scene for their bands forthcoming Stormtroopers In Stilettos Global exhibition that launches in London on 25th February.

EDIT:

Amazon.uk listed the Japanese import releases as SHM-CD's.

It was announced this week that the re-issues ARE being released by Hollywood Records in the US, starting this May.  (I think I might cancel my UK pre-orders now.)

And to kick off the 40th anniversary series, Queen are releasing "Keep Yourself Alive"/"Son And Daughter" for this year's Record Store Day (last year was a US CD release of "Queen's First EP").

US Release Date Round Up

Well, I decided to keep my UK import orders just to check them out.  The sound on Queen is light years ahead of the '91 versions, and the demos are interesting takes on some of the tracks.  Lyrics are included, as are liner notes for the bonus tracks, although some extensive liner notes for the entire recording would have been a very welcome addition.  (To see how these anniversary editions should be done, check out the ABBA UK reissues, with one disc of music [original LP/bonus tracks] and one DVD with live/TV show performances and LP/single photo galleries.)

Queen 2 is visually packaged like the original LP:  disc one is "black CD", disc two is "white CD".  Again, nice bonus tracks, including both the B-side version of "See What A Fool I've Been" along with a remixed demo version.  If you ever get the chance to hear the entire '75 Christmas show with the live version, it is one of their strongest live performances ever!  Including "White Queen" from that show begs the question---why not release the whole show commercially?  Also, I find it hard to believe that there are not more demos/early versions available to release (like Fleetwood Mac did with "Rumours").  Seriously, these could probably have warranted three-disc sets with all that's available but unreleased!

EDIT;  The BBC version of "Nevermore" is VASTLY superior to the actual studio recording!

Amazon has a 10-disc set of the first five re-issues available for pre-order, but no sign of the individual titles yet...

Amazon.com: Queen 40 Limited Edition Collector's Box Set [Amazon.com Exclusive]: Queen: Music

For Record Store Day in the US, Queen re-released "Keep Yourself Alive" for their 40th anniversary:

In the UK, they released in on colored vinyl and tied it in with the "Stormtroopers in Stilettos" exhibit of Queen memorabilia:

Michael, I am currently watching the Days of our Lives DVD and will post a mini-review later.

no, don't have a player/setup yet....

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