Fans of very early QUEEN – for many their best, primal ‘rocking’ era – have a reason to celebrate: it’s being released “QUEEN I Collector’s Edition” a 6CD + 1 LP Box Set containing 63 tracks with 43 brand new mixes,
comprising the original album with its intended running order restored, intimate fly-on-the-wall audio of Queen in the studio, demos, rare live tracks, BBC session performances, and previously unheard recordings from Queen’s first ever live performance in London, August 1970.
Also included is the first official release of “Hangman”, a Queen composition which was a mainstay of their early live shows, but which was never recorded in the studio. Absent from the 1973 release, the song “Mad the Swine” has been reinstated to its original place in the running order.
It’s a fantastic release, not cheap ($275), but a must for fans and serious classic rock collectors.
CD 1: 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…
CD 2: De Lane Lea Demos – 2024 Mix
1. Keep Yourself Alive
2. The Night Comes Down
3. Great King Rat
4. Jesus
5. Liar
CD 3: 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)
CD 4: 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…
CD 5: 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)
CD 6: 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)