Queen On Air - The Complete BBC Radio Sessions- Nov. 4, 2016 release*

Ironic how Freddie had a diploma in art and graphic design yet Queen Productions keeps lowering the bar substancially with their artwork on their releases.

 

3 CD of just interviews?

What a wa$$$te!

They should've included all those interviews as a download bonus on the deluxe set, or something like that.

Give me Sao Paulo and Manheim complete instead

 

Has there ever been a true studio take released of the fast version of "We Will Rock You" or is the Beeb version the closest there is?

 

It's the closest, they never play the fast version as a studio version for the News Of The World.

 

I've read a couple of times over the years that the Fast version was originally planned to open the Jazz album, whether that's true or not I can't say, and even if it is true, nobody knows whether or not it was actually recorded.

Regardless, this version is almost certainly the closest we'll get commercially. I hope they've kept that weird little bit with the woman talking in-between the two WWRY's.

 

'March Of The Black Queen' is missing, even though it was just a slightly remixed version of the album track, and the Radio One 'Guitar Greats' programme about Brian May is not included.
Crap packaging.

 

We Will Rock You - Fast Studio Version" recording at BBC ssesion on Maida Vale Studios, October 28 1977.

 

I agree. They have made my decision easier about which version I will buy.

Had the deluxe set had the complete Golders Green I may have been tempted to go for it but since they have decided in their infinite wisdom not to include it I will just go for 2 disc version. But I am curious as to why they have not decided to include the full gig. Strange!

 

I believe this must be the most bizarre item on the band's discography. The random bonus disc and three discs of interviews make it look like a boot compiled by a fan with too much time in hand. Also, the reasoning behind the Golders Green incomplete release escapes me. I never liked this live compilation thing, especially when they mix very different eras in one single disc (Live Rare sucks!). This one stretches this concept to an entirely new ground with a 1974 incomplete set followed by São Paulo and this random Magic Tour concert. Wow!

 

Who is in charge there at the Queen managment / recordcompany.
Terrible covers lately and now a 3 disc interview???


Give us MUSIC

 

overall, I agree with you. There have definitely been more bad (or worse) covers than acceptable ones.

However...

I actually like this one, for the most part. I dig the simplicity of the stylized radio dial on a stark white background.


Nitpicks are available, of course. I do miss seeing new typography for the band name.

 

The soundwave design is gimmicky as ****. Too bad they added it on the inside, the pictures looked really nice.

I don't know what to say. I've complained for so long that they only depicted Queen as a one-man band, and know they don't even feature any member on their covers.

I mean this fan-made cover looked great with Mick Rock's picture (even if the band hated the session):

 

That's the magic enchilada right there.

 

Use_Your_Koala, I made that cover as a placeholder on my website. I used the colors and fonts from At The BBC release in 1995. I do like the simple design of the actual cover though too.

 

I'm still holding out hope that this will bring some quality versions of Queen classics. You never know.

 

After Innuendo the cover art of releases really went downhill. Only semi-decent ones were Made In Heaven and Rocks. I bet Freddie had a big say on how the album packages were presented.

 

Sounds to me like a quad mix, of which you're only hearing two channels.
I have an Incredible String Band BBC session that's certainly this and sounds awful.

 

I actually... don't mind the overall sleeve design. The soundwave image is a bit vague, but the use of colour, fonts and spacing I actually find quite elegant (yeah I know, based on seeing one inch square images on my phone!)

It's a step up from the Odeon cover.

 

Any decent bootlegger would have included the complete São Paulo '81 and Mannheim '86 sets (which both circulate - in full, no less - from tape-sourced broadcast soundboard recordings) as standalone releases... Also, that cover art is just plain amateur!

 

I was on the fence about the deluxe set...but no book, no complete GG or Mannheim shows means I'm going with the 2CD set.

 

Steaming great pile of rubbish.

Thank god the studio sessions and the Golders Green show are already available in wonderful quality as bootlegs. Sales of about 80 copies of the Deluxe have been estimated worldwide by a reliable source.

 

Yeah that's where I took it from! No offense because I didn't credit you precisely
It looks very nice, higher res would be perfect to replace the actual cover
BTW, congrats about the website and the book.

 

I wish the other live shows were being released on vinyl also...Or at least the 1973 one.

 

Why does the 3LP set cost more than the 6CD set? What sense does that make?

 

I can't imagine the LP set sounding any better than the CD set if the 2015 vinyl reissues (compared to the 2011 CD reissues) were anything to go by.