The Crown Jewels [Box]

Performer: Queen
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: This box set includes Queen's first eight studio albums in their original album-style packaging. Queen: Brian May (vocals, guitar, harp, ukelele, piano, bells); Freddie Mercury (vocals, piano, harpsichord, synthesizer); Roger Taylor (vocals, drums, percussion); John Deacon (guitar, electric piano, acoustic & electric basses). All tracks have been digitally remastered. QUEEN: Producers: John Anthony, Roy Baker, Queen. Engineers include: Roy Baker, Mike Stone, Ted Sharpe. Principally recorded at Trident Studios, London, England QUEEN II: Producers: Roy Thomas Baker, Queen, Nicholas Sansono, Freddie Bastone. Engineer: Mike Stone. Recorded at Trident Studios, London, England. SHEER HEART ATTACK: Producers: Roy Thomas Baker, Queen. A NIGHT AT THE OPERA: Producers: Roy Thomas Baker, Queen. Engineers: Mike Stone, Gary Lyons. A DAY AT THE RACES: Producer: Queen. Engineer: Mike Stone. Recorded in England between July and November 1976. NEWS OF THE WORLD: Producer: Queen. Engineer: Mike Stone. JAZZ: Producers: Roy Thomas Baker, Queen. Engineer: Geoff Workman. Recorded in Montreux, Switzerland and Nice, France between July and October, 1978. THE GAME: Producers: Queen, Mack. Engineer: Mack. Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany. Personnel: Freddie Mercury (vocals, piano, harpsichord); Roger Taylor (vocals, drums, percussion, background vocals); Brian May (vocals, background vocals); John Deacon (acoustic guitar, double bass, electric bass, bass guitar). Audio Remasterer: Peter Mew. Liner Note Author: Matt Pinfield. Photographers: Mick Rock ; Peter Hince; Douglas Puddifoot; David Finch. Arranger: Queen. Queen started as a kind of glam-rock variant on the '70s heavy-rock sound of Led Zeppelin, but it soon became apparent that there was much more to the group than that. The high-pitched vocal acrobatics of flamboyant frontman Freddie Mercury, and the songwriting skills of all four Queen members, enabled the group to explore countless genres, sometimes several in the course of a single album. Besides the multi-tracked choral vocal expeditions of Mercury, a sonic trademark was the almost orchestral guitar sound of Brian May. These elements were the connecting thread on the band's first eight albums (representing the peak of their career), which are collected in their entirety on this long-overdue box set. From hard-rock bombast to introspective balladry and even funky floor-shakers, Queen's distinctive sound and compositional prowess is presented here in full flower.

Queen embodied 1970s glam rock--mixing heavy riffs and intricate vocal harmonies with a gender-bending image. Freddie Mercury's operatic voice and Brian May's guitar were multi-tracked ad infinitum to create pomp-rock in the grandest sense. In the '80s, Queen tried on rockabilly, disco, and more, but always returned to their arena-rock roots. The group ended with Mercury's tragic AIDS-related death in 1991.

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