Mercury Records Partners With EMI, Hollywood Records To Release Landmark Queen Concerts

March 18, 2024

queen-montreal-live-aid-double-4k-box-art — Courtesy: Mercury Studios

March 14 — Two iconic performances from Queen will make their way home this spring.

The band’s November 24 & 25, 1981 concert in Montreal and its legendary performance at Live Aid are scheduled for release May 10 on separate double 4K UHD, double Blu-ray, double CD and triple vinyl platforms. Mercury Studios has partnered with EMI and Hollywood Records for the release of the archived performances.

Pre-orders are open. In anticipation of the recording’s release, a live clip of the band’s performance of ‘Let Me Entertain You‘ premiered Friday. The performance was included in the band’s Montreal concert.

Queen guitarist Brian May had the following to say of the band’s performance at the famed Forum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

“Montreal is one of our favourite cities, it’s a great audience there, very full of energy,” says Brian May. “We’d played this particular venue, The Forum, several times before, and it was always full of really enthusiastic people giving us a lot of energy back.”

Queen drummer Roger Taylor was introspective as he reflected on the band’s concert, which was recently presented as an IMAX experience.

“It’s fascinating to now realize how free we were on stage in 1981,” Taylor said. “It’s a four piece, just the four of us in Queen, and to see Freddie. It’s like being on stage with the band because the cameras are very high quality for the time. I’ve never seen anything that makes you feel quite so involved with the performance.”

May shared Taylor’s thoughts on the performance.

“I can’t think of any other record of our shows in which you are so intimately in contact with Freddie,” May said. “You can almost see everything that’s going on in his head, you can see his anger, you can see his insecurity, you can see his consciousness that he can move people right to the back of the auditorium. To me, it‘s very emotional. Oh my God, he was good.”

The full track listing for the recordings’ platforms is noted below:

2CD

CD1
1. Intro
2. We Will Rock You (Fast)
3. Let Me Entertain You
4. Play The Game
5. Somebody To Love
6. Killer Queen
7. I’m In Love With My Car
8. Get Down, Make Love
9. Save Me
10. Now I’m Here
11. Dragon Attack
12. Now I’m Here (Reprise)
13. Love Of My Life

CD2
1. Under Pressure
2. Keep Yourself Alive
3. Drum And Tympani Solo
4. Guitar Solo
5. Flash
6. The Hero
7. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
8. Jailhouse Rock
9. Bohemian Rhapsody
10. Tie Your Mother Down
11. Another One Bites The Dust
12. Sheer Heart Attack
13. We Will Rock You
14. We Are The Champions
15. God Save The Queen

3LP
SIDE A
1. Intro
2. We Will Rock You (Fast)
3. Let Me Entertain You
4. Play The Game
5. Somebody To Love

SIDE B
1. Killer Queen
2. I’m In Love With My Car
3. Get Down, Make Love
4. Save Me

SIDE C
1. Now I’m Here
2. Dragon Attack
3. Now I’m Here (Reprise)
4. Love Of My Life
5. Under Pressure

SIDE D
1. Keep Yourself Alive
2. Drum And Tympani Solo
3. Guitar Solo
4. Flash
5. The Hero

SIDE E
1. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
2. Jailhouse Rock
3. Bohemian Rhapsody
4. Tie Your Mother Down

SIDE F
1. Another One Bites The Dust
2. Sheer Heart Attack
3. We Will Rock You
4. We Are The Champions
5. God Save The Queen

Queen Rock Montreal + Live Aid Double Blu-Ray / Double 4K Ultra High Definition
(Mercury Studios)

4K – Disc 1
Queen Rock Montreal (full frame version) SDR/HDR
1. Intro

2. We Will Rock You (fast)
3. Let Me Entertain You
4. Play The Game
5. Somebody To Love
6. Killer Queen
7. I’m In Love With My Car
8. Get Down Make Love
9. Save Me
10. Now I’m Here
11. Dragon Attack
12. Now I’m Here (reprise)
13. Love Of My Life
14. Under Pressure
15. Keep Yourself Alive
16. Drum & Timpani Solo
17. Guitar Solo
18. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
19. Jailhouse Rock
20. Bohemian Rhapsody
21. Tie Your Mother Down
22. Another One Bites The Dust
23. Sheer Heart Attack
24. We Will Rock You
25. We Are The Champions
26. God Save The Queen
Queen Rock Montreal Commentary from Brian May & Roger Taylor

Live Aid:
1. Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Radio Ga Ga
3. Hammer To Fall
4. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
5. We Will Rock You
6. We Are The Champions
7. Is This The World We Created…?

4K Disc 2
Queen Rock Montreal (widescreen version) SDR/HDR
1. Intro

Bonus: Live Aid Rehearsal:
Bohemian Rhapsody
Radio Ga Ga
Hammer To Fall

Blu-ray – Disc 1
Queen Rock Montreal (full frame version)
1. Intro

2. We Will Rock You (fast)
3. Let Me Entertain You
4. Play The Game
5. Somebody To Love
6. Killer Queen
7. I’m In Love With My Car
8. Get Down Make Love
9. Save Me
10. Now I’m Here
11. Dragon Attack
12. Now I’m Here (Reprise)
13. Love Of My Life
14. Under Pressure
15. Keep Yourself Alive
16. Drum & Timpani Solo
17. Guitar Solo
18. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
19. Jailhouse Rock
20. Bohemian Rhapsody
21. Tie Your Mother Down
22. Another One Bites The Dust
23. Sheer Heart Attack
24. We Will Rock You
25. We Are The Champions
26. God Save The Queen
Queen Rock Montreal Commentary from Brian May & Roger Taylor