Queen I 50th Anniversary

It's not my least favourite album of theirs but it's probably my least played of the ones I do play, mainly because it does sound quite dated now and the production wasn't all that wonderful to begin with.

No terrible songs on it - S&D and Jesus are probably the weakest tracks for me, but those are certainly not among the worst in the Queen catalogue.

I'd like to have had a remix if they were going to do anything for the 50th, perhaps some live stuff that's been said to be floating around, and if there were any outtakes, they'd be more than welcome as well.

November is often a popular time of year for Queen releases, so I guess we can still hope, but I won't be holding my breath.

Seems that the queen Facebook has disappeared (well it has for me anyway), maybe we are getting a big update? Probably not lol

I noticed that too, but QueenOnline.com and Twitter are still up, maybe some cleaning up

Although it's never been my favourite Queen album I consider their debut LP to be possibly the best 1st album released in the classic rock genre. My favourite songs on it are Doing Alright, Great King Rat, My Fairy King and Liar. My least favourite is Seven Seas of Rhye.

Like LF previously stated, I'd like outtakes, live tracks and a remix to be included for bonus material.

Ted

I love Queen I - it's (usually) in my top 3 Queen LPs, but finest classic rock debut ever? No. I can name quite a few that sit above it IMO:


Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Montrose - Montrose
Crosby Stills & Nash - Crosby Stills & Nash
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel
Heart - Dreamboat Annie
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
George Harrison - All things Must Pass

and my own personal favourite....The Cars - The Cars

I guess I should clarify, I meant "that havent already seen the light of day"

I wonder if they have ever found the infamous Hangman acetate in the archives, Greg told to Queen Italia Fans in Nov.22 that they have sorted acetates from 71-73 recently

maybe they'll announce a 50th anniversary boxset, this surely couldn't be something they'd just ignore, hopefully anyway

Justin Shirley Smith has been announced to take part at the FM Birthday Event as well, where he'll be playing stuff from Queen I. I'm fully expecting a box set now in October at this point, as the band haven't been that forthcoming in the past with playing outtakes in public since people starting taping them at conventions.

Imagine whole album being re-mixed the way that Mad The Swine has been mixed for the release as a B-side to the Headlong.... That would vastly improve the sound.
A boxset with outtakes and maybe the early Imperial gig would be nice!

That's a little unfair... Ozzy and Harrison were experienced and accomplished musicians, their solo debut albums weren't their first rodeos.

But I do agree Queen's debut, although a very strong one, wasn't the finest. They still had a lot to mature. Had Queen II been their first album, that would've been much more of a statement of who they were and what they were set out to do.

I'll also agree with you on Led Zep, and also add Black Sabbath's and Jimi Hendrix Experience's debut albums here. They aren't just great albums, they were foundational in their genres and highlighted very well what we could expect from those bands in the following years.

Looking at a slightly bigger picture. Brian is about to release a fairly expensive boxset. Maybe QP don’t want to go into competition with themselves over sales to a limited fan base. These releases after all are not Greatest Hits.

I’m hoping for a November/December release for the Queen album, but like many here I’m sceptical about seeing anything.

The Nostradamus principal. Make enough predictions, and sooner or later one of them will be right!