Greatest Hits 1 & 2 re-issues out Today!

Today Island Records re-issue Queen’s Greatest Hits and Greatest Hits 2 collections, in celebration of Queen’s 40th anniversary. Greatest Hits remains the best selling UK album of all time and combined with Greatest Hits 2 presents the definitive Queen collection. Together they form among one the seminal collections in rock history jointly selling an incredible 40 million copies worldwide.

Both albums have been digitally re-mastered for 2011 by Bob Ludwig, the legendary mastering engineer who has worked with U2, Coldplay and Radiohead, and come complete with refreshed sleeve notes.

The Greatest Hits re-issues starts what is going to be a huge year for Queen, as 2011 marks the 40th anniversary of their formation in 1971.

The Anniversary year kicks off with a major exhibition, ‘Stormtroopers in Stilettos’ – a comprehensive look at the early part of Queen’s career. Taking place in The Old Truman Brewery in the heart of London’s East End the exhibition opens on February 25th running through to March 12th, and will cover the band pre-Queen, their formation and their first five albums from the first half of the 1970’s.

Newly signed to legendary label Island Records, and to coincide with the exhibition, the first five albums that Queen released – “Queen”, “Queen II”, “Sheer Heart Attack”, “A Night At The Opera” and “A Day At The Races – will be re-mastered and re-packaged into special deluxe album formats released in March 2011

Subsequent to the exhibition there will be a major BBC TV Documentary featuring a rare interview with Roger Taylor and Brian May and many other surprises and releases to come through the rest of the year. 2011 will see filming begin of a major Hollywood movie about Queen, starring Sacha Baron Cohen as Freddie Mercury. Acclaimed script writer Peter Morgan (“The Queen”,” Frost/Nixon” ) is working on the project, which is being produced by GK Films, Robert de Niro’s Tribeca Productions and Queen Films.

Buy now here:

Greatest Hits: Amazon, Play.com, HMV

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Greatest Hits 2: Amazon, Play.com, HMV

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Source: http://www.queenonline.com/news/1939/

is it intresting to me so called new releases nauseating compilations somebody bought?

Just can not wait to download already as soon as someone upload in the torrent network

Goodoldfashionedloverboy wrote: Just can not wait to download already as soon as someone upload in the torrent network
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Perhaps YOU should buy them and upload in the torrent network yourself....?

brians wig wrote: Goodoldfashionedloverboy wrote: Just can not wait to download already as soon as someone upload in the torrent network
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Perhaps YOU should buy them and upload in the torrent network yourself....?

No, no, I wait when them upload somebody

I'd be more interested in the BBC doco than yet another greatest hits re-master. Why do they think the mainstream fans (i.e. QOL subscribers) would be so interested in this, obviously they don't read the forums and see the cynical comments about "another re-packaged greatest hits" predictions. Given the approach is so commercial (i.e. Hit 1 and 2 AGAIN) I'm not holding my breath for too much unseen footage (e.g. more Knebworth bits) on the doco, we can only pray.

guild93 wrote: I'd be more interested in the BBC doco than yet another greatest hits re-master. Why do they think the mainstream fans (i.e. QOL subscribers) would be so interested in this, obviously they don't read the forums and see the cynical comments about "another re-packaged greatest hits" predictions. Given the approach is so commercial (i.e. Hit 1 and 2 AGAIN) I'm not holding my breath for too much unseen footage (e.g. more Knebworth bits) on the doco, we can only pray.

I`m agree with you! More DVD concerts less audio

Goodoldfashionedloverboy wrote: Goodoldfashionedloverboy wrote: 

No, no, I wait when them upload somebody
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I'm curious to know: Do you plan to BUY any of the re-masters this year?

is ANYBODY going to buy it ?

I'm buying them both today, I collect the variations anyway (such as early CD print runs, imports, etc.).  I shall report back later today as to the sound quality of both releases, if I get a chance :)

That would be great. I'm not really interested in compilations, but in the case that the albums will sounds better, I'll probably buy them

Does anybody know what version of Teo Torriatte is featured on the japanese SHM version ?
Somehow I couldn't find that info by googling.

How about who cares?

Simulator wrote: Does anybody know what version of Teo Torriatte is featured on the japanese SHM version ?
Somehow I couldn't find that info by googling.

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The one where Deacon sings the lead vocals.

So no word on these yet?