Queen to re-issue second set of 5 albums

Mon, 11 Apr 2011

Queen are continuing their 40th Anniversary Celebrations by releasing another batch of albums as re-issues on June 13th, (they already this year have re-released their first 5 albums in March 2011) 
In the official press release on QueenOnline.com the band confirm the release on 1977-1982: Excess All Areas, in this time "Queen officially became the most successful band in the world releasing some of the biggest and best songs of all time including ‘Tie Your Mother Down’, ‘Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy’, ‘We Are The Champions’, ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘Fat Bottomed Girls’, ‘Bicycle Race’, ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’, ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’, ‘Save Me’, ‘Play The Game’, ‘Another One Bites The Dust’, ‘Flash’ and ‘Under Pressure’ featuring David Bowie. " says the statement.

The albums in the second set of re-issues on Island Records will also be accompanied by the second in the Queen: Deep Cuts series, looking at some of the lesser known tracks from the time period;

1977-1982 Re-Issued Albums are:

- News Of The World
- Jazz
- The Game
- Flash Gordon
- Hot Space

The band's PR company has also added previews of the re-mastered tracks, check out Dragon Attack below.
Queen - Dragon Attack (Remastered) by PurplePR

Queen's 40th Anniversary was also kicked off with their first exhibition in London  'Stormtroopers in Stilettos', it brought in a huge crowd of over 20,000 visitors in just two weeks and the launch party had attendance from a host of stars and musicians including the Foo Fighters.

Check out the full press release here

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