Queen [VINYL]

This is a far superior release to the original Queen album. The sound is much clearer and drums, which Roger was never happy with, are much more prominent. Mad The Swine has been included in the position the band originally was wanted but was left off Queen LP. The deluxe edition is worth purchasing for the extra disc with the band in the studio and different versions. A stunning release.

This is where I came in with Queen, following many articles in the music press and the single 'Keep Yourself Alive' i was hooked. I remember searching every record shop in town for the album. In those days unbelievably most big towns and cities had multiple record stores. I finally tracked it down and never looked back.The new mix here is a revelation so inevitably it doesn't sound the same as it did and with an open mind I embrace it completely. I know to a lot of people they don't like having their favourites tampered with but this is exceptional.and its not as though the original mix has been lost.Much of the additional material here has been issued before, demo's and the like but disc 3 has all the unreleased alternate and early takes and you know being Queen they all sound fantastic. Most of the live stuff has been out before but the inclusion of a live take of rare song 'Hangman' is welcome. It has to be said it is not a great song but the recording is excellent, much better than most bootleg versions and worth having. Presumably Queen never ever recorded it in the studio and if they had surely it would here.The San Diego recording from '76 are a taste of what might coime up in future.As expected the package is first class using the royal purple throughout, the hardback book is a wonderful addition full of unseen pictures.Can we assume that next year we will get a similar treatment to Queen II. Can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!

Wasn't sure i was going to get this, i have the original vinyl and was perfectly happy with the 2011 2 disc remaster which replaced my original cd.The box set looked tempting but pricy and as i have most of it spread over the aforementioned 2011 remaster/The 'at the Beeb' and On Air cd's plus 'Live at the Rainbow '74,it seemed too much.So i plumped for this specifically as disc 2 has previously 'unreleased' demo's.So was it worth it, well thats a huge yes, the demo's are a fantastic piece of history and hearing the snippets of chatter from the young 'posh' boys spine tingling.But the main feature is disc 1,the album itself, it was always a great debut and in my humble opinion,it along with Queen 2,are the greatest Queen albums...As i said before, i was happy with the 2011 remaster but this remix is like having a layer of grime removed, the sound awesome and as previous reviewers have said,its akin to hearing it for the first time all over again, And despite the minimal liner notes its still a 5 star reissue.

One of the first albums I bought with my own money was Queen 1 and still have my original.This was great to hear it again and with the missing song added. Loved the live CD and hearing Hangman for the first time.Early Queen albums were the best. Feel it was a good buy. Top marks.

We are a Queen loving household! My dearly beloved takes more pleasure in the post-BoRap era of the band, whilst I have a preference for the first four albums. However, we have thoroughly enjoyed this new release of the first collection. The “newly discovered” track, however, didn’t set either of our hearts racing! It’s sitting well below average in my opinion.Overall any Queen lover, who also enjoys the quality offered by the CD format, should take pleasure from the collection offered here. It’s well worth the price for the basic product - I’m not convinced by the “deluxe” variant though. It appears overpriced to me.

The sound on this is suberb.You know the songs. If you like the '73 version you will like this.Extra disc of sessions well worth a listen.For fans a must.

I had bought the original way back and am faithful to the group QUEEN loving all of there work this is a their remix in a way they wanted it to be but at that time had no say in the mixing but where grateful for the use of the studio which was in the process of being fitted out as a new studio.

I have always loved this album and now it has a 2nd disc with demos and studio chat etc which is well worth a listen.