Queen‘s 15 studio albums will be released in a new box-set collection on September 25th.
From the 1973 eponymous debut through to 1995’s ‘Made In Heaven‘, which comprised material recorded by Freddie Mercury before his death, the albums have been restored by engineer Bob Ludwig from the original master tapes, and will be available as an 18-disc set, each pressed on a different colour disc.
“Queen always had a special fondness for vinyl, the medium in which they first began to create, around 1970,” a statement reads.
“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.”
To coincide with the release, Queen have teamed up with Rega to produce a limited edition themed record player.