QUEEN – Platinum Collection (Reissue) – 6LP – Vinyl Box Set [FEB 6]

6LP – Limited Edition Black Vinyl Set featuring all three Greatest Hits Volumes housed in a deluxe slipcase with individual LP sleeves. Includes booklet (2026 Reissue). Released for the first time on vinyl, Queens compilation The Platinum Collection, featuring all three of their Greatest Hits albums, shows their unrivalled track record of chart-topping, award-winning, record-breaking rock and pop classics. With four songwriters in the band Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon Queen created a glorious legacy of all-time anthems that still ring out across the ages. For past and future fans alike, they will rock you! First released in 1981, Greatest Hits is the best-selling album of all time in the UK having sold over 6.8 million copies, with global sales in excess of 25 million. Spanning Queens triumphant first act, from 1974 to 1980, Greatest Hits includes some of the worlds most beloved rock standards, including the stadium-sized symphonic chart-topper Bohemian Rhapsody and the roof-raising We Are The Champions, which was named the most catchy song of all time by a team of scientists in 2011. But this album also dazzles with its stylistically promiscuous range, from the crowd rousing We Will Rock You, the tongue in cheek Fat Bottomed Girls, the stomp-stomp-stomp late 70s disco inspired Another One Bites the Dust, to the finger-snapping jukebox retro-rock homage Crazy Little Thing Called Love and the soaring, impassioned, gospel-fired Aretha-isms of Somebody To Love. Originally released shortly before Freddie Mercurys death in 1991, Greatest Hits II has sold over 19 million copies worldwide. It spans 1981 to 1991, the period which followed Queen having dropped their famous no synthesizers rule elevating them to new heights of creativity. Opening up their guitar-heavy sound to embrace funk, disco and electronics resulted in rich rewards, transforming these former Seventies glam rockers into a glossy, streamlined, emphatically contemporary super-group. Rebooted and rewired, Queen produced some of their most immortal hits during this imperial Eighties phase. Built around an improvised studio jam, their infectious David Bowie collaboration Under Pressure became a global chart-topping smash. The retro-futurist epic Radio Gaga and the humorously romantic I Want To Break Free stand as testaments to their early mastery of synthesizers, while the muscular ripcord riffs of Hammer To Fall and octave-vaulting grand-piano acrobatics of Its a Hard Life are vintage Queen both sonically and lyrically. Greatest Hits II, officially the tenth best selling album of all time in the UK, is steeped in warmth and optimism, from the tender sentiments and sumptuous harmonies of Friends Will Be Friends to the planet-sized synth-rock fanfares of One Vision, a Live Aid-inspired hymn to humankinds better angels. Mercury even chronicles his failing health with stoic humour, notably on the heroically defiant swan song The Show Must Go On, not going gently into that good night but still burning bright, and still playing shamelessly to the gallery. Greatest Hits III, rarely available on vinyl, features their latter-day songs, the band members solo hits and the bands collaborations with other artists including Elton John and Montserrat Caballe. Undimmed by time or fashion, The Platinum Collection is a reminder that Queen were always colourful, always dynamic, always ablaze with passion and pride. Tracklist: Greatest Hits I (2LP)LP11. Bohemian Rhapsody2. Another One Bites the Dust3. Killer Queen4. Fat Bottomed Girls5. Bicycle Race6. Youre My Best Friend7. Dont Stop Me Now8. Save Me LP21. Crazy Little Thing Called Love2. Somebody to Love3. Now Im Here4. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy5. Play the Game6. Flash7. Seven Seas of Rhye8. We Will Rock You9. We Are the Champions Greatest Hits II (2LP)LP31. A Kind of Magic2. Under Pressure (with David Bowie)3. Radio Ga Ga4. I Want It All5. I Want to Break Free6. Innuendo7. Its a Hard Life8. Breakthru LP41. Who Wants to Live Forever2. Headlong3. The Miracle4. Im Going Slightly Mad5. The Invisible Man6. Hammer to Fall7. Friends Will Be Friends8. The Show Must Go On9. One Vision Greatest Hits III (2LP)LP51. The Show Must Go On (Live with Elton John)2. Under Pressure (Rah Mix)3. Barcelona (Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caball)4. Too Much Love Will Kill You5. Somebody to Love (Live with George Michael)6. You Dont Fool Me7. Heaven for Everyone8. Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love) LP61. Driven by You (Brian May)2. Living on My Own (Freddie Mercury)3. Let Me Live4. The Great Pretender (Freddie Mercury)5. Princes of the Universe6. Another One Bites the Dust (with Wyclef Jean)7. No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)8. These Are the Days of Our Lives9. Thank God Its Christmas Reviews There are no reviews yet. Be the first to review “QUEEN – Platinum Collection (Reissue) – 6LP – Vinyl Box Set [FEB 6]” Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Your rating * Rate… Perfect Good Average Not that bad Very poor Your review *Name * Email * Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.