Queen have announced a remastered and expanded edition of their 1973 self-titled debut album.
Restored by Justin Shirley-Smith, Joshua J Macrae and Kris Fredriksson, 'Queen I' will be released on October 25 as a 6CD and 1LP collector’s edition, as well as on vinyl, CD, a two-CD deluxe edition, one-LP picture disc and cassette formats.
The box set edition will feature 63 tracks with 43 new mixes, comprising the original record's tracklist with its intended running order restored. It also contains an intimate fly-on-the-wall audio recording of Queen in the studio, plus demos, rare live tracks, and previously unheard recordings from the legendary British band's debut live show in London in August 1970.
There's also a 108-page book including handwritten lyrics and memorabilia. Queen guitarist Brian May said:
"This is not just a remaster, this is a brand new 2024 rebuild of the entire Queen debut album, which, with the benefit of hindsight, we have re-titled 'QUEEN I'.
"All the performances are exactly as they originally appeared in 1973, but every instrument has been revisited to produce the ‘live’ ambient sounds we would have liked to use originally. The result is "Queen" as it would have sounded with today’s knowledge and technology – a first. It is the debut album we always dreamed of bringing to you."
All fans pre-ordering the digital version of the album will receive the single The Night Comes Down, with a physical 7" single release for the song following on October 4.
'QUEEN I Collector’s Edition' (6CD+LP) tracklist:
CD1: 'Queen I' - 2024 Mix
1. Keep Yourself Alive
2. Doing All Right
3. Great King Rat
4. Mad The Swine
5. My Fairy King
6. Liar
7. The Night Comes Down
8. Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
9. Son And Daughter
10. Jesus
11. Seven Seas Of Rhye...
CD2: De Lane Lea Demos - 2024 Mix
1. Keep Yourself Alive
2. The Night Comes Down
3. Great King Rat
4. Jesus
5. Liar
CD3: Queen I Sessions
1. Keep Yourself Alive (Trident Take 13 - Unused Master)
2. Doing All Right (Trident Take 1 - with Guide Vocal)
3. Great King Rat (De Lane Lea Take 1 - with Guide Vocal)
4. Mad The Swine (Trident Take 3 - with Guide Vocal)
5. My Fairy King (Trident Backing Track In Development)
6. Liar (Trident Take 1 – Unused Master)
7. The Night Comes Down (De Lane Lea Takes 1 & 2 - with Guide Vocal)
8. Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll (Trident Takes 8 & 9)
9. Son And Daughter (Trident Takes 1 & 2 - with Guide Vocal)
10. Jesus (De Lane Lea Take 2 - with Guide Vocal)
11. Seven Seas Of Rhye… (Trident Take 3)
12. See What A Fool I've Been (De Lane Lea Test Session)
CD4: Queen I Backing Tracks
1. Keep Yourself Alive
2. Doing All Right
3. Great King Rat
4. Mad The Swine
5. My Fairy King
6. Liar
7. The Night Comes Down
8. Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll
9. Son And Daughter
10. Jesus
11. Seven Seas Of Rhye…
CD5: Queen I At The BBC
1. My Fairy King (BBC Session 1, February 1973)
2. Keep Yourself Alive (BBC Session 1, February 1973)
3. Doing All Right (BBC Session 1, February 1973)
4. Liar (BBC Session 1, February 1973)
5. Keep Yourself Alive (BBC Session 2, July 1973)
6. Liar (BBC Session 2, July 1973)
7. Son And Daughter (BBC Session 2, July 1973)
8. Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll (BBC Session 3, December 1973)
9. Great King Rat (BBC Session 3, December 1973
10. Son And Daughter (BBC Session 3, December 1973
11. Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll (BBC Session 4, April 1974)
CD6: Queen I Live
1. Son And Daughter (Live at the Rainbow - March 1974)
2. Guitar Solo (Live at the Rainbow - March 1974)
3. Son And Daughter (Reprise) (Live at the Rainbow - March 1974)
4. Great King Rat (Live at the Rainbow - March 1974)
5. Keep Yourself Alive (Live at the Rainbow - March 1974)
6. Drum Solo (Live at the Rainbow - March 1974)
7. Keep Yourself Alive (Reprise) (Live at the Rainbow - March 1974)
8. Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll (Live at the Rainbow - March 1974)
9. Liar (Live at the Rainbow - March 1974)
10. Hangman (Live in San Diego - March 1976)
11. Doing All Right (Live in San Diego - March 1976)
12. Jesus (Live at Imperial College - August 1970)
13. I’m A Man (Live at Imperial College - August 1970)
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