Queen At The Beeb

Hello forum!

I wanna know about the "officiality" of that album, released in 1989.

I have the 1st edition LP. and i see in the back cover the mark "Band Of Joy". Is it a subsidiary of EMI? It is another company authorised by Queen to release this BBC songs?

And also another question: why Queen release these songs and not all of the BBC ones that releases later in the 2011 re-editions (like Nevermore or Jesus)?

Thanks.

It's as official as it gets! The US version that came out in '95 (exactly the same material, but different cover art and titled Queen At The BBC) was put out by Hollywood Records (I dont know what exactly "Band of Joy" is)

Just my guess, but I always thought maybe they used sessions 1 and 3 but not 2 so there wouldn't be any repeated songs.....

They really should put out a "Complete BBC Sessions" set at some point.....session 5's kinda not that interesting, but 4 and 6 have some awesome stuff still not officially released......

(btw Jesus was a demo, not a BBC session song)

I have the HR version on cd. A long time ago I saw the UK version on a street sell but I didn't buy it... Shame on me! Maybe I'll buy it some day on ebay... It's too expensive!
A box with all the sessions is needed!

It`s an official Queen album. Even there was almost no promption for that album.

looks great in a frame on the wall, even better than Queen II IMHO

Thanks to all, the mistery i had is almost solved. Only rests the "Band Of Joy" brand...

BAND OF JOY was a records label based in UK between 1978 and 1998. I don't know why, but I remember to have read somewhere it was a subsidiary of SONY. Since there are no informations about it I may be easily wrong of course. The QUEEN AT THE BEEB release was subject to agreement between BBC and EMI.

I thought I read somewhere that the shot used for the cover of the US version actually a rejected cover shot for the first album....

My sister, who lived in England at the 90's, gave me as present Queen at the bbc in cd ¿?....strange being in uk, middle 90's, the usa edition.
I always loved so much that record, than I even preffer the versions of the songs in the record than in the Queen first album or Ogre Battle from Queen II.

To have all the bbc sessions, there is a bootleg in vinyl, double vinyl, very good, and at a razonable prize.

And, hidden somewhere amongst John Stuart's 'History' pages......

http://www.queenzone.com/queen-rare.aspx

....is a comment from him where Greg Brook's stated, at a convention, that the remaining 15 tracks would be released as part of a box set in either 2002 or 2004.

tick....tick....tick.....

http://cdn.discogs.com/zz5vK5xDRzmL6e7Rdh4R2ERGeM4=/fit-in/600x530/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(96)/discogs-images/R-804270-1301188028.jpeg.jpg

There was also this (I remember seeing it in a store somewhere years ago!).......

Released in 1996, saying the tracks were 'taken from the forthcoming album Queen At The BBC'! Guess its still forthcoming, maybe......lol

[QUOTE] [b]Claudio_CQI wrote:[/b]

BAND OF JOY was a records label based in UK between 1978 and 1998. I don't know why, but I remember to have read somewhere it was a subsidiary of SONY. Since there are no informations about it I may be easily wrong of course. The QUEEN AT THE BEEB release was subject to agreement between BBC and EMI.[/QUOTE]

Thanks, the mistery is solved ;)

[QUOTE] [b]The King Of Rhye wrote:[/b]

I thought I read somewhere that the shot used for the cover of the US version actually a rejected cover shot for the first album....[/QUOTE]

interesting. Although is a great cover, yes!

[QUOTE] [b]Apocalipsis_Darko wrote:[/b]

My sister, who lived in England at the 90's, gave me as present Queen at the bbc in cd ¿?....strange being in uk, middle 90's, the usa edition.
I always loved so much that record, than I even preffer the versions of the songs in the record than in the Queen first album or Ogre Battle from Queen II.

To have all the bbc sessions, there is a bootleg in vinyl, double vinyl, very good, and at a razonable prize.
[/QUOTE]

Great story, much appreciated

Can you tell me the vinyl name? Thanks ;)

[QUOTE] [b]*goodco* wrote:[/b]

And, hidden somewhere amongst John Stuart's 'History' pages......

http://www.queenzone.com/queen-rare.aspx

....is a comment from him where Greg Brook's stated, at a convention, that the remaining 15 tracks would be released as part of a box set in either 2002 or 2004.

tick....tick....tick.....

[/QUOTE]

So interesting... I´ll take a look. Thanks.

[QUOTE] [b]The King Of Rhye wrote:[/b]

http://cdn.discogs.com/zz5vK5xDRzmL6e7Rdh4R2ERGeM4=/fit-in/600x530/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(96)/discogs-images/R-804270-1301188028.jpeg.jpg

There was also this (I remember seeing it in a store somewhere years ago!).......

Released in 1996, saying the tracks were 'taken from the forthcoming album Queen At The BBC'! Guess its still forthcoming, maybe......lol[/QUOTE]

(Needed double post)

I have it, i have bought it in UK. So interesting, maybe a fail in Queen LP releases... I mean, is possible!

The direct link to the 'full BBC release in 2002' from John Stuart, (quoting Greg Brooks)

(scroll down to his Nov 4, 2005 12:07pm post)

http://www.queenzone.com/forums/416639/1977-ultimate-collection-part-one-news-of-the-world.aspx?page=2

btw, been using this 'bible', along with queenvault.com and the good folks who post the rarities on youtube to construct my own 'anthology'.

I thank you all.

And why this box was unreleased? We are in 2015 and this announce was for 2002...

I prefer this to another concert, seriously. And if they don´t want, don´t release a box, but you can release a vinyl or a CD, i´m sure people will be satisfied. Seriously, if the Queen Archivist is reading this, please keep in mind releasing it!