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Thank you all for the 'thank you's'
I still have Brian's and Roger's offerings for the century, but that will have to wait until I finally see my unofficial grandson (great nephew) for the first time this weekend in Vegas for his first birthday (born almost three months premature).
Boy, did life get in the way of this thread. My S-I-L and husband sold their home and moved out there to be with their grandson and son and daughter-in-law. We helped box, paint, etc their old house. For a month, we thought we were going to sell our home, and did beaucoup amount of updates. Then Mrs. DA's 'situation'. And a best friend's wife, and my best friend, and.....so on and so on.
And.... I fell into the rabbit hole of doing almost all the darn links for the youtube concerts that had been uploaded during the last couple of years (nothing like a Queen concert, and remember 'Never miss the beginning of a Queen concert!'
) Unlike TAC (yes, he is a smart one
), he started his UFO discography research months in advance. This one started the day after I made my first post
I'll thank him yet again for encouragement throughout behind the scenes, as well as telling me about sizing jpegs, and the imgur.com site (as all my Fbook Messenger pics would end up with a different address, and the pic would disappear weeks later
). Oh, and for his Spotify numbers. Perhaps he followed along, as his wife, always the smartest one
is a big Queen fan!
Trivial: for this century, there were approximately 46 official releases, either worldwide, UK/Europe, North America, or Japan.
Add five Freddie releases.
Oh....and let's not forget that some of these came in various forms: CD, CD and DVD, vinyl, 2 CD and 3 vinyl, etc etc
And....all fifteen studio LPs and two 'Greatest Hits' were reissued in 2011 on CD (with bonus discs).
And...all fifteen studio LPs were re-released on vinyl within the past five years, 'The Platinum Collection' was rereleased on colored vinyl last year, and then there was........ it goes on, and on, and on and on and on and on
and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on....... I'll add some additional stuff here later tonight, but two things first:
I've listed
https://www.queenlive.ca/ as 'the bible' for Queen concerts. I donated to his website for his years of work. I got an Anita Dobson 'Talking Of Love' disc just from asking
Ryan Newton, for all of those updated audio concerts on youtube (or, perhaps I should
because of all the extra work he created for me
. Can't wait to finally listen to more of them this year.
There's Martin at
https://www.queenconcerts.com/And finally
http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/If you want to see 99% of what the cover art is for the LPs, CDs, and DVDs front and back covers, , this is the place. As well as the CDs, CD booklets, booklets, vinyl inner sleeves, etc. This site also includes the solo releases.
I had problems in the beginning with putting up the artwork, but finally managed.
oh, and of course,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band) discography and tours
I also had to laugh at getting this book for the holidays....AFTER I'd finished the discography!
"In this new installment in Voyageur Press’s Album by Album series, rock journalist Martin Popoff convenes a cast of 19 Queen experts and superfans to discuss all 15 of the band’s studio albums (including their soundtrack for the 1980 film Flash Gordon). Panelists include Queen experts, rock journalists, musicians, and record industry figures. The results are freewheeling discussions delving into the individual songs, the circumstances that surrounded the recording of each album, the band and contemporary rock contexts into which they were released, and more."Those commenting on various albums include Queen expert Jim Jenkins, Reinhold Mack, Chris Caffery (Savatage), David Ellefson (Megadeth) , Hansi Kursch (Blind Guardian), Ian Mosley (Marillion), Patrick Myers (tribute band Killer Queen), Daniel Nester (writer and super fan that we've met), Nina Noir (female tribute band Killer Queen) Darius Rucker (Hootie & The Blowfish), Dee Snider (Twisted Sister), and Sir Paul McCartney (Wings, and some band before Wings
).
https://www.amazon.com/Queen-Album-Martin-Popoff/dp/0760362831 (with my usual gripe....if it's a 'Queen' book or album, then show the damn band.
)
and this for our anniversary
(also album by album, with tour info included)
Lots of photographs throughout these two books I had not seen before, with good/great discussion and insights throughout. Some omissions, but overall, they are very good reads.
The timing could have been better:
"Nice to close the barn doors after the cows got out"
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I'll close by telling everyone yet again to check out 'The Miracle' demos, along with 'I Guess We're Falling Out'. And turn it UP!!!
We just listened to it on the home stereo, at about volume 7 (neighbors, ya know). All the interesting initial lyrics, the 'Leroy Brown' intro to 'I Want It All' and the instrumental at the end (my wife gasped when it wasn't in it's final location), and, again.... 'Was It All Worth It'!!!
Maybe this is a 'Frankensteined' demo package (the lyric appears in Track Two), but their rock n roll roots truly shine on this!