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Queen: The Works

1st: EMI 1C 064 2400141, 1984

2nd: Parlophone/EMI QUEENLP 11/50999 684873 17, 2010

Originally released: February 27, 1984

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Alice Cooper: The Alice Cooper Show (1977)

Recorded live on the 1977 tour.

Warner Bros. Records

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Rock Band Queen Collage (Brian May, Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, Roger Taylor, Greatest Hits, Concert Song. Studio and Life music discography Queen, 1973 Queen, 1974 Sheer Heart Attack, 1974 A Night at the Opera, 1975 A Day at the Races, 1976 News of the World, 1977 Jazz, 1978 The Game, 1980 Flash Gordon, 1980 Hot Space, 1982 The Works, 1984 A Kind of Magic, 1986 The Miracle, 1989 Innuendo, 1991 Made in Heaven, 1995

100+ Rock Band Posters and Canvas Prints

Print Option: ♦ Framed Poster Print ♦ Canvas Print ♦ Metal Print ♦ Acrylic Print ♦ Wood Prints 🌐 Worldwide shipping

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Brian May + Friends Starfleet Sessions [Box Set] 2023 Virgin ————————————————— Tracks EP: 2023 Mix 01. Star Fleet 02. Let Me Out 03. Blues Breaker

Tracks CD One: 2023 Mix 01. Star Fleet [single edit] 02. Let Me Out 03. Blues Breaker 04. Cynthia Fox release day interview 1983 05. Bob Coburn Rockline interview 1984 Live at the Palace Theater, LA, 1993 06. Let Me Out 07. We Will Rock You 08. We Will Rock You - Fast  09. Star Fleet

Tracks CD Two: 01. Star Fleet [take 1] 02. Star Fleet [take 2] 03. Star Fleet [take 3] 04. Star Fleet [take 4] 05. Star Fleet [take 5] 06. Solo jam 07. Star Fleet [take 7] 08. Star Fleet [take 8] 09. Star Fleet [take 10] 10. Star Fleet [take 11] 11. Star Fleet [alternate overdub EVH solo] 12. Jam 13. Let Me Out [rehearsal 1] 14. Let Me Out [rehearsal 2] 15. Boogie Woogie jam 16. Let Me Out [take 1] 17. Jazz Police 18. Let Me Out [take 3] 19. Let Me Out [take 4] 20. Jam (Let's Do the Show Right Here) 21. Let Me Out [take 6] 22. Funky jam 23. Let Me Out [take 7]

Tracks Single: 01. Star Fleet 02. Son of Star Fleet —————————————————

Phil Chen

Alan Gratzer

Eddie van Halen

Fred Mandel

Brian May

* Long Live Rock Archive

[fuckyeahvanhalen86-95]

Brian May says he wouldn't have released the upcoming Star Fleet Project reissue featuring Eddie Van Halen without Alex Van Halen's support.

In a new interview with Cleveland.com, May said he thought about releasing the newly expanded and remastered box set shortly after Eddie's passing in October 2020 but decided the time wasn't right. Here's an excerpt from Gary Graff's interview:

DO YOU VIEW THE BOX SET AS ALSO A TRIBUTE TO EDDIE IN A WAY?

MAY: “Yes, it is but I did hesitate. At the time when I was starting to think about it, it was just about the time Ed passed away and I just couldn't do it. I just didn't feel right about it. Then a few years passed and I got to talking to Alex Van Halen, who's a great inspiration and also a wonderful musician. Alex has become a trusted friend and I have enormous admiration for him. He's been through such a terrible time because, of course, the two brothers were completely inseparable. For Alex, it's like losing half of himself. So, I wanted Alex's blessing to do this 'cause I didn't want to do anything that felt distasteful.”

Earlier, May explained how Eddie became a part of the project:

IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HEAR MORE EDDIE VAN HALEN PLAYING. HOW DID HE BECOME PART OF THIS?

MAY: “Ed I knew as a friend but l'd very seldom had a chance to hang out with him; l got very drunk with him one night, very ill-advisedy...but that's another story. (laughs) With Ed, I set him up. I wanted to hear what happened when you put Ed as a firework on a stage and lit the blue-touch paper and stood back to see what happens. I gave him that stage in the middle of the ("Star Fleet") song; that to me was the climax of the whole song, the bit where Ed steps forward and does his own thing, unfettered by anything. He steps in and it comes out completely out of his head—that's not an overdub, he just does it. Every time he does it, it's different, 'cause his brain's constantly creating new stuff, which to me is one of the great joys of the (box set). love to hear the different version of what he came up with. What an extraordinary, extraordinary player he was, just incredible.”

Brian May and Eddie Van Halen's Legendary 1983 SUPER SESSIONS are IN STOCK and shipping now at VanHalenStore.com! (Release date is July 14th)

ALL NEW MIXES of the ENTIRE 2-Day SESSIONS from the original multi-track recordings are now available in the COMPLETE BOXED SET of EVERYTHING RECORDED!

Star Fleet Project, the near-mythical, long-out-of-print mini- album recorded by Brian May and Eddie Van Halen, is finally reissued!

Recorded in 1983 with an all-star band that included session bass guitar ace Phil Chen, keyboardist Fred Mandel and then-REO Speedwagon drummer Alan Gratzer, the set has been fully remastered by Brian May, and will be reissued in full July 14th with a multitude of previously unreleased jams and outtakes. NOW SHIPPING!

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Some things that did not get to happen are probably not seen as such in the eyes of many observers as one can guess from these discussions here. Freddie Mercury's solo career, for instance, might not be seen as a missed opportunity for many, yet I tend to think of this that way. You see, I always had a hunch he kept his best work for his band, though the pieces he did on his own are not bad per se. He presented both his versatility and his old-fashioned showmanship in a neat package. However, I do think I'm reading the songs he did without Queen through the prism of his death, because I believe he didn't really hit his stride as a solo singer in the same way as he did with the group. I ask myself – where could he have gone, had he lived?

[drspacepoodle]

Bri day - Star Fleet launch day

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Album Review: Brian May and Friends “Star Fleet Sessions”

As the guitarist for Queen, Brian May gets loads of respect. It’s hard to be noticed in a band where the singer is Freddie Mercury, one of the greatest singers ever. I got into Queen as a teen. The band’s albums A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races are classics. The band went beyond genres and labels. They were bigger than the sum of their parts, each member being a virtuoso musician,even if it was Freddie Mercury’s voice in the spotlight on some songs! But just listen to the guitar solo on “Bohemian Rhapsody” or “Tie Your Mother Down” and you can hear the musical genius in May. But May’s solo work is highly underrated. He released some solo albums in the 90s after Mercury’s death. But prior to that in 1983, he recorded a solo EP Star Fleet Project that is getting the 40th anniversary treatment this week.

album cover

In 1983, during some down time with Queen, May brought in various friends to record a new solo project: drummer Alan Grantzer (of REO Speedwagon at the time), bassist Phil Chen (1946-2021, known for his work with Jeff Beck), keyboardist Fred Mandel (Alice Cooper) and of course guitarist Eddie Van Halen (1955-2020, the guitar legend of Van Halen). I can not overstate how exciting it is to unearth a long lost album where two guitar virtuosos played together. EVH and Brian May - WOW! The original EP was a 3-track EP released in October 1983. The new anniversary edition is a 2-CD set that also includes some live tracks May did at a concert in 1993, some radio interviews, and various takes and versions of the songs.

May and friends in 1983

The original EP is an absolute buried treasure. So cool to hear May and his friends rock out to these sci-fi laced rockers. But the alternate takes become For Fans Only after a while. When you hear alternate takes on, say for example, anniversary sets by The Beatles or Jimi Hendrix - the listener knows the iconic songs and hearing the alternate take is shedding new light on the songs. Here - it’s alternate takes of songs I (and many more) are just hearing for the first time now. So it’s a different experience. Some of this is cool and guitar geeks are going to eat this up. But I think it might’ve been a stronger album if they had combined the EP with another May solo album. But EVH fans are sure to devour this album. Glad to see it’s being brought back!

For info on Brian May: https://brianmay.com/

Original EP: 4 out of 5 stars

40th Anniversary Edition: 3 out of 5 stars

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[80smovies]

[brokehorrorfan]

Little Monsters will be released on Blu-ray (with Digital) in Steelbook packaging on March 5 exclusively at Walmart for $19.96. Other than the packaging, the disc is identical to Lionsgate's Vestron Video release from 2020.

The 1989 comedy film is directed by Richard Greenberg and written by Terry Rossio & Ted Elliott (Aladdin, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl). Fred Savage, Howie Mandel, Daniel Stern, Margaret Whitton, Frank Whaley, and Rick Ducommun star.

Vance Kelly designed the Steelbook art. Special features are listed below, where you can also see the interior layout.

Special features:

Audio commentary by Cult of Monster editor-in-chief Jarret Gahan

Isolated score selections and audio interview with composer David Newman

Interview with actor Howie Mandel

Interview with producer Andrew Licht

Interview with special makeup effects creator Robert Short

Vintage interviews with director Richard Alan Greenberg, actors Fred Savage and Ben Savage, special makeup effects creator Robert Short

Behind-the-scenes footage

Howie Mandel makeup transformation footage

EPK & VHS promo

Theatrical trailer

Still gallery

Little Monsters is the story of Brian (Fred Savage), a sixth-grader who’s recently moved to a new town and made friends with Maurice (Howie Mandel) – the monster who lives under Brian’s bed! Maurice introduces Brian to the world of monsters, where junk food rules, adulters aren’t allowed, and the fun and games never end. But when Brian’s brother is kidnapped, it’s time for Brian to get serious and fight the monsters on their turf.

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Brian May + Friends: Star Fleet Project (1983)

2023 Vinyl Reissue

Universal Music

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Custom Spooky Film Lockscreens

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Alice Cooper The Alice Cooper Show 1977 Warner Brothers ————————————————— Tracks: 01. Under My Wheels 02. I’m Eighteen 03. Only Women Bleed 04. Sick Things 05. Is It My Body 06. I Never Cry 07. Billion Dollar Babies 08. Devil’s Food • The Black Widow 09. You and Me 10. I Love the Dead • Go to Hell • Wish You Were Here 11. School’s Out —————————————————

Alice Cooper

Steve Hunter

Whitey Glan

Prakash John

Fred Mandel

Dick Wagner

* Long Live Rock Archive

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Totally had to get this Maurice magnet!!! 💙🛏️🔦🕶️⚾🎯🍎🥤