Rock titans Queen are celebrating the fiftieth anniversaries of 1975’s basic A Evening At The Opera album and Bohemian Rhapsody single by reissuing them as “opulent” new editions.
A Evening At The Opera can be launched on crystal clear vinyl with gold labels on October 18 within the UK (as a part of Nationwide Album Day) and on October 17 in the remainder of the world.
In the meantime, Bohemian Rhapsody can be launched on clear blue vinyl in each 7″ and 12″ editions on October 31. It can even be accessible as a direct-to-consumer 12” image disc and blue cassette single by way of the Queen web site.
“A Evening At The Opera was a massively vital album for us,” says guitarist Brian Could. “It opened up the world for us. We really felt like we may attempt something at that time. As songwriters, we had been difficult one another and competing with one another in the very best approach.
“It actually was a watershed album for us. Thanks in a big half to Bohemian Rhapsody, folks knew who we had been – not simply within the UK, however in America, Australia, in all places.”
“We had been on the peak of our confidence,” provides drummer Roger Taylor, “It felt like there wasn’t something we couldn’t do, and it reveals on that album.
“It’s such an eclectic album. It’s mad and it’s great and it’s received a little bit of every thing in it.”
On the time of its launch, A Evening At The Opera was reported to be the most costly album ever recorded, but it surely hit the highest of the UK chart, was the band’s first platinum album within the US, and has reportedly now offered over 11 million copies.
Bohemian Rhapsody topped the UK charts for a then-record 9 weeks in late 1975, and in addition hit the #1 spot in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Eire, the Netherlands and New Zealand. It returned to the highest of the UK chart in 1992 within the wake of Freddie Mercury‘s loss of life.
“I at all times believed in Bohemian Rhapsody from the beginning,” says Taylor. “The primary time Fred performed us his thought for it, I bear in mind pondering, ‘Oh, that is one thing particular.’ And it was.”
A Evening At The Opera and Bohemian Rhapsody are each accessible to pre-order now.
Extra Queen: The subsequent concern of Basic Rock can be a premium concern with an official A Evening At The Opera sticker, poster and artwork card. It’ll be on UK newsstands from October 10 and can be accessible on-line from Magazines Direct.
