QUEEN
NEW ENGLAND OPERA (2CD)
COMPACT DISC DOUBLE
Item no. :ZC2CD125 Barcode :0823564036977 Artist :QUEEN Product type :Compact Disc Double Label :ZIP CITY Release Date :03 March 2023
During the US leg of the tour, on 30th January 1976, the band performed at the Boston Music Hall in Massachusetts, where they performed one
of the tour’s very best shows, which many fans still remember fondly to this day. Recorded for live radio broadcast by a local station, the show
has still never been released. That all changes now as the entire performance is available on this new 2CD set.
• A Night at the Opera, the fourth studio album by Queen, was released on 21 November 1975 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom.
Produced by Roy Thomas Baker and Queen, it was reportedly the most expensive album ever recorded at the time of its release.
• Named after the Marx Brothers' film of the same name, A Night at the Opera was recorded at various studios across a four-month
period in 1975. Due to management issues, Queen had received almost none of the money they earned for their previous albums.
Subsequently, they ended their contract with Trident Studios and did not use their studios for the album. They employed a complex
production that extensively used multitrack recording, and the songs incorporated a wide range of styles, such as ballads, music hall,
dixieland, hard rock and progressive influences. Aside from their usual equipment, Queen also utilised a diverse range of instruments
such as a double bass, harp, ukulele and more.
• Upon release, A Night at the Opera topped the UK Albums Chart for four non-consecutive weeks. It peaked at number four on the US
Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart and became the band's first platinum-certified album in the US. It also produced the band's most
successful single in the UK, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, which became their first UK number one.
• Contemporary reviews for A Night at the Opera were mixed, with praise for its production and the diverse musical themes, and
recognition as the album that established Queen as worldwide superstars.
• The album was completed a week before the group were to embark on their A Night at the Opera Tour in support of the album. This
resulted in a 36-hour mixing session, as the group wanted to have time to rehearse their setlist before touring. Due to time constraints,
the group only had three and a half days to rehearse, at Elstree. The tour spanned 1975 and 1976, and covered the UK, the US,
Japan, and Australia.
• During the US leg of the tour, on 30th January 1976, the band performed at the Boston Music Hall in Massachusetts, where they
performed one of the tour’s very best shows, which many fans still remember fondly to this day. Recorded for live radio broadcast by a
local station, the show has still never been released. That all changes now as the entire performance is available on this new 2CD set.
DISC ONE
1 Bohemian Rhapsody 3:03
2 Ogre Battle 4:48
3 Sweet Little Lady 4:32
4 White Queen (As It Began) 6:02
5 Flick Of The Wrist 4:28
6 Bohemian Rhapsody 2:18
7 Killer Queen 2:08
8 The March Of The Black Queen 1:40
9 Bohemian Rhapsody (Reprise) 1:00
10 Bring Back That Leroy Brown 1:48
11 Brighton Rock 2:25
12 Guitar Solo 8:28
13 Son And Daughter 1:59
14 The Prophet’s Song 7:55
15 Stone Cold Crazy 2:20
DISC TWO
1 Doing All Right 6:34
2 Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon 1:26
3 Keep Yourself Alive 6:33
4 Seven Seas Of Rhye 3:19
5 Liar 9:51
6 In The Lap Of The Gods…Revisited 4:10
7 Now I’m Here 5:06
8 Big Spender 1:30
9 Jailhouse Rock 3:16
10 Stupid Cupid/Be-Bop-A-Lula 1:52
11 Jailhouse Rock 1:10
12 God Save The Queen 1:18
13 Hangman 6:07
