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Queen – A Night At The Opera
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – MFSL 1-067, Elektra – MFSL 1-067
Series: Original Master Recording –
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Country: US
Released: May 1982
Genre: Rock
Style: Hard Rock, Classic Rock
Tracklist
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A1 Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To...)
Written-By – Mercury*
3:43
A2 Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon
Written-By – Mercury*
1:08
A3 I'm In Love With My Car
Vocals – Roger TaylorWritten-By – Taylor*
3:05
A4 You're My Best Friend
Electric Piano – John DeaconWritten-By – Deacon*
2:50
A5 '39
Double Bass – John DeaconVocals – Brian MayWritten-By – May*
3:25
A6 Sweet Lady
Written-By – May*
4:01
A7 Seaside Rendezvous
Orchestrated By [Vocal Orchestration Of Brass] – Roger TaylorOrchestrated By [Vocal Orchestration Of Woodwind] – Freddie MercuryWritten-By – Mercury*
2:13
B1 The Prophet's Song
Koto [Toy Koto] – Brian MayWritten-By – May*
8:17
B2 Love Of My Life
Harp – Brian MayWritten-By – Mercury*
3:38
B3 Good Company
Vocals, Ukulele [Genuine Aloha Ukelele (Made In Japan)], Guitar [Guitar Jazz Band] – Brian MayWritten-By – May*
3:26
B4 Bohemian Rhapsody
Vocals [Operatic Vocals] – Brian*, Freddie*, Roger*Written-By – Mercury*
5:55
B5 God Save The Queen
Arranged By [Trad. Arr.] – May*
1:11
Companies, etc.
Record Company – Trident Audio Productions Ltd.
Licensed From – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
Manufactured By – MFSL, Inc.
Distributed By – MFSL, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Queen (4)
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
Copyright (c) – Queen (4)
Copyright (c) – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
Recorded At – Roundhouse Studios
Recorded At – Olympic Studios
Recorded At – Rockfield Studios
Recorded At – Scorpio Studios
Recorded At – Lansdowne Studios
Mixed At – Sarm East Studios
Remastered At – Original Masteringworks
Pressed By – Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd.
Published By – B. Feldman & Co. Ltd.
Published By – Trident Music (2)
Credits
Art Direction – David Costa
Crew [Equipment Supervision] – John Harris
Electric Bass – John Deacon
Engineer [Invaluable Additional Engineering] – Gary Lyons
Guitar [Guitars], Orchestra [Orchestral Backdrops] – Brian May
Management – John Reid (8)
Percussion – Roger Taylor
Producer [Produced By] – Queen, Roy Thomas Baker
Vocals [Vocals, Vocals And More Vocals], Piano [Bechstein Debauchery] – Freddie Mercury
Notes
Half-Speed Production and Mastering by Original Masteringworks™ • Specially Plated and Pressed on High Definition Super Vinyl by Victor Company of Japan Ltd. • Special Static-Free, Dust-Free Inner Sleeve • Special Heavy Duty Protective Packaging • Source: The Original Stereo Master Tape • Mastered With The Ortofon Cutting System • Manufactured and Distributed by MFSL, Inc., Chatsworth, CA 91311, under license from Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records a division of Warner Communications Inc.
Pressed in Japan (on labels)
Printed in U.S.A. (on spine)
Special thanks to Rick Curtin & Brian Palmer
No Synthesisers!
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): MFSL 1-067 A
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): MFSL 1-067 B
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched, [H 1 2 2 ✣] stamped): MFSL-1-067 A2 H 1 21 ✣ O E
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched, [H 1 2 2 ✣] stamped): MFSL-1-067 B2 H 1 2 2 ✣
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Tracks:.................................................................
1. Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To...).....
2. Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon.....
3. I'm In Love With My Car.....
4. You're My Best Friend.....
5. 39 .....
6. Sweet Lady.....
7. Seaside Rendezvous.....
8. Prophet's Song, The.....
9. Love Of My Life .....
10. Good Company......
11. Bohemian Rhapsody......
12. God Save The Queen.....
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............... Album notes ...................
..................... FIRST MFSL-PRESSING SERIES-MADE IN JAPAN !!..................
Queen:..... Freddie Mercury (vocals, piano); ..... Brian May (guitar, harp, ukulele, background vocals); ..... John Deacon (electric piano, acoustic & electric basses);..... Roger Taylor (percussion, background vocals).........................................
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................ Though they began their career practicing an artier, more theatrical variant on the Led Zeppelin heavy rock sound, Queen was always capable of much more. Ultimately, Freddie and the boys were popsters at heart, and capable ones to boot. A NIGHT AT THE OPERA is where they begin to show their eclecticism and compositional facility. The album title is probably a reference to the FM rock anthem "Bohemian Rhapsody," which begins as an existential ballad before moving into a mock-operatic section featuring scores of overdubbed Freddie Mercurys. "Rhapsody" is just the tip of the iceberg here. "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" is a music hall ditty that owes a debt to the Kinks. "'39" is a surprisingly poignant folk-rocker written and sung by Brian May. "You're My Best Friend" is pure '70s AM melodic pop. Queen even ventures into vaudeville territory (given Mercury's show biz leanings, not as much of a stretch as one might think) on the fatalistic, old-timey "Good Company." There are several souped-up rockers here as well, but it's A NIGHT AT THE OPERA's winning stylistic experimentation that makes it a milestone in Queen history..............
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Nie mehr haben "Queen" ein derartig monolithisches Meisterwerk abgeliefert, wie mit "A night at the opera". Wie bereits der Titel nahelegt, hauen Freddie Mercury und Company ihrem Publikum eine bis dato ungekannte Mischung aus Pathos, Stimmgewalt und knalligen Melodien um die Ohren, die auch heute noch nichts von ihrer Wirkung verloren hat. Der Großteil der auf dem Album enthaltenen Tracks hat zwischenzeitlich Kultstatus. Wem die späteren Sachen von "Queen" zu radiokompatibel waren, sollte sich nicht scheuen, wieder mal diese Album neu zu entdecken. ..................
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