Description
All 15 hit studio albums sourced from the original master tapes
Mastered by Bob Ludwig
Half-speed lacquers cut at Abbey Road Studios
Pressed on heavyweight 180 gram coloured vinyl
Includes a lavishly illustrated 108 page hardback book
Contains download voucher to access 320kbps MP3s of all albums
Queen on Vinyl: This is how listeners first heard the now legendary Queen in the 1970s when vinyl was the predominant format for recorded music. This September Queen will hit the crest of an already massive wave a world-wide renaissance of vinyl and record players with the ultimate set of vinyl LPs, the complete collection of Queen studio albums, re-mastered to the highest standards of quality in both audio and artwork.
Queen always had a special fondness for vinyl, the medium in which they first began to create, around 1970. As a matter of principle, every Queen studio album was offered at the time of original release on vinyl, even well into the era when CDs had taken over as the medium of choice for most of the public. However, the final two albums, Innuendo and Made In Heaven were actually formatted primarily with the CD in mind, with a longer running time, so the contents had to be edited down to fit them on to the two sides of a vinyl album. Now, specially for this edition, for the first time, these two albums have been cut at full length as double vinyl LPs four sides each making up a vinyl set that is complete in every way.
The box-set offers many other special features. Most noticeable is the coloured vinyl: designed for collectors, each album has been given a different colour, in keeping with its original artwork, giving a unique record-deck experience. The colour discs have been custom-produced especially for this set, using new material technology which ensures the sound quality is uncompromised.
There are more surprises in the box set; Queen II originally never had a designated A side or B side but Side White and Side Black. For this new edition, the album has been cut on two separate discs, black and white, each with a custom etching on the reverse side, a nice bonus for collectors.
The 18 vinyl LP box set comes with a lavishly illustrated 12 x 12 inch 108 page hardback book which features introductions to each album, quotes from Queen themselves, hand-written lyrics, rare photographs, memorabilia, and information on singles and videos all made possible with unlimited access to Queens own archive plus the personal archives of Brian May, Roger Taylor and some generous fans.
Hinged Box
Hinged lid Box: approx 340x330x130mm, 4mm board with GOLD Corvon Metal-X Diago Cover plus black hot foil embossing (200x100mm on bottom front, 200x50mm on lid) black inner liner
Book
Case bound Book, 2.5mm board, 315x312mm, book pages format 308x306mm, book cover 5/0-col CMYK + pantone (10% ink coverage) on 130gsm white art paper plus scratch proof matt lamination, end papers (un-printed) on 190gsm Offset paper (colour TBC), 108 pages 4/4-col CMYK content on 200gsm matt art paper, cased-in, perfect bound sewn
O-Card
O-card, approx 340x163x334mm on 330gsm white board, 4/0-col CMYK print, scratch proof lamination
Additional
Desiccation bags Desi Dry 30g x 2
Individual shipping carton with foam protection
All box sets will contain a download voucher for 320kbps MP3s
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