The Singles Collection Volume 1 Limited Edition CD Box Set

Queen

Release Date: 17 November 2008
Format: Boxed Set CD Medium

£34.99

Queen The Singles Collection Volume 1 Limited Edition CD Box Set
Overview
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Welcome to QUEEN: THE SINGLES COLLECTIONS, 4 releases 35 years in the making and spanning no less than sixteen albums; from the debut LP, Queen, in 1973, to the last project with Freddie Mercury, Made In Heaven, in 1995, and beyond. Vol 1, the first of four, kicks off with the first single, 'Keep Yourself Alive', and runs through to 'Don’t Stop Me Now' from 1979. Box 2 will continue the story into the mid 1980s, and so on. Ultimately, the four boxes will offer every one of Queen’s singles to have made the top 40 anywhere in the world (with the exception of 'Keep Yourself Alive' which is included because it was the first ever single).

On July 6th 1973, EMI released the first Queen single 'Keep Yourself Alive'. In the UK it is the first and only track to be taken from the band’s debut album Queen. The record attracts some interest in England but gets little airplay, and so fails to appear in the singles chart. EMI’s promotion team are given feedback from the radio programmers that the song doesn’t fit into their play-lists, because, apparently, “It takes too long to happen” – presumably referring to its 30-second guitar intro (now widely regarded as one of its most intriguing features!). In crafting the band’s second single, Seven Seas Of Rhye (from Queen II), the band decide to make everything happen in the opening seconds… “Everything, including the kitchen sink,” as Brian would later quip. Evidently, it works; this time the single picks up immediate airplay and charts in the first week of release: in February 1974 Queen achieve their first UK and worldwide hit.

From this moment on, Queen hit singles become a virtual certainty, with the release of each successive album, each one musically a departure from the last, and, significantly, featuring compositions from all four band members. Queen is to date the only group whose members have all written No. 1 hits around the world.

Packaged in a flip top box the 13 CD singles feature a selection of faithfully reproduced cover artwork from around the world.

Featured Tracks
CD1
A. KEEP YOURSELF ALIVE
B. SON AND DAUGHTER
CD 2
A. SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE
B. SEE WHAT A FOOL I'VE BEEN
CD 3
A. KILLER QUEEN
A. FLICK OF THE WRIST
CD 4
A. NOW I'M HERE
B. LILY OF THE VALLEY
CD 5
A. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
B. I'M IN LOVE WITH MY CAR
CD 6
A. YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND
B. ‘39
CD 7
A. SOMEBODY TO LOVE
B. WHITE MAN
CD 8
A. TIE YOUR MOTHER DOWN
B. YOU AND I
CD 9 - Queen's first EP
A. GOOD OLD FASHIONED LOVER BOY
DEATH ON TWO LEGS (DEDICATED TO...)
B. TENEMENT FUNSTER
WHITE QUEEN (AS IT BEGAN)
CD 10
A. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
B. WE WILL ROCK YOU
CD 11
A. SPREAD YOUR WINGS
B. SHEER HEART ATTACK
CD 12
A. BICYCLE RACE
A. FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS
CD 13
A. DON'T STOP ME NOW
B. IN ONLY SEVEN DAYS