Queen – On Air

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Label:

 Virgin EMI Records – 0602557082319

Format:
Box Set , Deluxe Edition
2 x CD , Album, Remastered
4 x CD

Country:

 UK, Europe & US

Released:

Genre:

 Non-Music

Style:

 Pop Rock

Tracklist

The Complete BBC Radio Sessions (1973-1977)
Session 1: February 1973
1-1 My Fairy King
Written-By – Mercury*
4:16
1-2 Keep Yourself Alive
Written-By – May*
3:53
1-3 Doing All Right
Written-By – Staffell*
4:17
1-4 Liar
Written-By – Mercury*
6:34
Session 2: July 1973
1-5 See What A Fool I've Been
Written-By – May*
4:28
1-6 Keep Yourself Alive
Written-By – May*
3:56
1-7 Liar
Written-By – Mercury*
6:37
1-8 Son And Daughter
Written-By – May*
6:10
Session 3: December 1973
1-9 Ogre Battle
Written-By – Mercury*
4:48
1-10 Modern Times Rock'n'Roll
Written-By – Taylor*
2:06
1-11 Great King Rat
Written-By – Mercury*
5:57
1-12 Son And Daughter
Written-By – May*
7:17
Session 4: April 1974
2-1 Modern Times Rock'nRoll
Written-By – Taylor*
2:53
2-2 Nevermore
Written-By – Mercury*
1:30
2-3 White Queen (As It Began)
Written-By – May*
4:56
Session 5: October 1974
2-4 Now I'm Here
Written-By – May*
4:25
2-5 Stone Cold Crazy
Written-By – Queen
2:17
2-6 Flick Of The Wrist
Written-By – Mercury*
3:31
2-7 Tenement Funster
Written-By – Taylor*
3:12
Session 6: October 1977
2-8 We Will Rock You
Written-By – May*
1:35
2-9 We Will Rock You [Fast]
Written-By – May*
2:51
2-10 Spread Your Wings
Written-By – Deacon*
5:32
2-11 It's Late
Written-By – May*
6:36
2-12 My Melancholy Blues
Written-By – Mercury*
3:15
Queen Live On Air
Golders Green Hippodrome, London, England, 13th September 1973
3-1 Procession (Intro Tape)
Written-By – May*
1:41
3-2 Father To Son
Written-By – May*
5:29
3-3 Son And Daughter
Written-By – May*
3:44
3-4 Guitar Solo
Written-By – May*
1:25
3-5 Son And Daughter (Reprise)
Written-By – May*
2:08
3-6 Ogre Battle
Written-By – Mercury*
5:22
3-7 Liar
Written-By – Mercury*
7:27
3-8 Jailhouse Rock
Written-By – Leiber/Stoller*
1:07
Estádio Do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil, 20th March 1981
3-9 Intro
Written-By – Taylor*
0:26
3-10 We Will Rock You [Fast]
Written-By – May*
3:02
3-11 Let Me Entertain You
Written-By – Mercury*
3:26
3-12 I'm In Love With My Car
Written-By – Taylor*
2:09
3-13 Alright Alright
Written-By – Queen
2:39
3-14 Dragon Attack
Written-By – May*
3:27
3-15 Now I'm Here (Reprise)
Written-By – May*
1:50
3-16 Love Of My Life
Written-By – Mercury*
4:39
Maimarktgelände, Mannheim, , 21st June 1986
3-17 A Kind Of Magic
Written-By – Taylor*
6:25
3-18 Vocal Improvisation
Written-By – Mercury*
1:03
3-19 Under Pressure
Written-By – Queen
3:38
3-20 Is This The World We Created...?
Written-By – Mercury*
2:49
3-21 (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care
Written-By – Leiber/Stoller*
1:27
3-22 Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart)
Written-By – Pitney*
1:39
3-23 Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Written-By – Mercury*
4:55
3-24 God Save The Queen
Arranged By – May*
Written-By – Trad.*
1:21
The Interviews (1976-1992)
Freddie With Kenny Everett, 'A Day At The Races' Album, Capital Radio, November 1976 (15:56)
4-1 Untitled 3:06
4-2 Untitled 2:27
4-3 Untitled 2:51
4-4 Untitled 1:51
4-5 Untitled 1:13
4-6 Untitled 0:42
4-7 Untitled 1:32
4-8 Untitled 0:53
4-9 Untitled 1:19
Queen Interview With Tom Browne, 'News Of The World' Album, BBC Radio 1, Christmas 1977 (40:36)
4-10 Untitled 3:08
4-11 Untitled 1:08
4-12 Untitled 1:49
4-13 Untitled 2:17
4-14 Untitled 2:49
4-15 Untitled 3:54
4-16 Untitled 1:37
4-17 Untitled 1:02
4-18 Untitled 0:56
4-19 Untitled 2:11
4-20 Untitled 1:41
4-21 Untitled 3:12
4-22 Untitled 1:16
4-23 Untitled 2:02
4-24 Untitled 1:28
4-25 Untitled 2:15
4-26 Untitled 1:03
4-27 Untitled 3:16
4-28 Untitled 1:02
4-29 Untitled 1:14
4-30 Untitled 1:01
4-31 Roger With Richard Skinner, 'Live Killers' Album, BBC Radio 1, June 1979 4:32
Roger With Tommy Vance, 'Flash Gordon' Album And Film, BBC Radio 1, December 1980 (5:53)
4-32 Untitled 1:15
4-33 Untitled 0:45
4-34 Untitled 0:36
4-35 Untitled 0:35
4-36 Untitled 2:39
Roy Thomas Baker 'The Record Producers', BBC Radio 1 (10:36)
4-37 Untitled 2:32
4-38 Untitled 3:35
4-39 Untitled 2:27
4-40 Untitled 2:01
5-1 John Interview, South American Tour, BBC Radio 1, March 1981 2:26
Brian On 'Rock On' With John Tobler, 'Hot Space' Album, BBC Radio 1, June 1982 (11:07)
5-2 Untitled 1:52
5-3 Untitled 0:22
5-4 Untitled 1:50
5-5 Untitled 1:57
5-6 Untitled 1:24
5-7 Untitled 1:20
5-8 Untitled 2:20
Brian On 'Saturday Live' With Richard Skinner And Andy Foster, 'The Works' Album, BBC Radio 1, August 1984 (11:46)
5-9 Untitled 4:24
5-10 Untitled 2:47
5-11 Untitled 2:16
5-12 Untitled 0:30
5-13 Untitled 1:46
5-14 Freddie On 'Newsbeat', The Works Tour, BBC Radio 1, August 1984 2:31
5-15 Brian On 'Newsbeat', 'The Works' album, BBC Radio 1, September 1984 2:44
5-16 Freddie On 'Saturday Live' With Graham Neale, 'The Works' Album, BBC Radio 1, September 1984 5:13
Freddie With Simon Bates, BBC Radio 1, April 1985 (28:51)
5-17 Untitled 6:17
5-18 Untitled 2:18
5-19 Untitled 2:30
5-20 Untitled 2:53
5-21 Untitled 3:42
5-22 Untitled 2:51
5-23 Untitled 3:07
5-24 Untitled 0:43
5-25 Untitled 4:26
5-26 Brian On 'The Way It Is' With David 'Kid' Jensen, Capital Radio. Wembley Stadium, London, July 1986 4:42
Roger Interview, 'My Top Ten' With Andy Peebles, BBC Radio 1, May 1986 (24:45)
6-1 Untitled 2:10
6-2 Untitled 4:10
6-3 Untitled 4:58
6-4 Untitled 2:01
6-5 Untitled 1:35
6-6 Untitled 3:18
6-7 Untitled 0:11
6-8 Untitled 2:09
6-9 Untitled 1:33
6-10 Untitled 1:50
6-11 Untitled 0:46
'Queen For An Hour' Interview With Mike Read, 'The Miracle' Album, BBC Radio 1, May 1989 (41:18)
6-12 Untitled 4:45
6-13 Untitled 5:16
6-14 Untitled 3:22
6-15 Untitled 0:56
6-16 Untitled 6:09
6-17 Untitled 6:37
6-18 Untitled 1:23
6-19 Untitled 9:45
6-20 Untitled 1:26
6-21 Untitled 1:33
6-22 Brian With Simon Bates, 'Freddie And Too Much Love Will Kill You', BBC Radio 2, August 1992 5:52
6-23 Brian With Johnnie Walker, 'Freddie And The Tribute Concert', BBC Radio 2, October 1992 2:49

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Queen Productions Ltd.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – TV Bandeirantes
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Südwestrundfunk
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Global Radio Services Ltd.
  • Copyright © – Queen Productions Ltd.
  • Copyright © – BBC
  • Licensed To – Universal International Music B.V.
  • Licensed From – SWR Media Services GmbH
  • Manufactured By – Optimal Media GmbH – AG48532
  • Manufactured By – Optimal Media GmbH – AG48533
  • Manufactured By – Optimal Media GmbH – AG48534
  • Manufactured By – Optimal Media GmbH – AG48535
  • Manufactured By – Optimal Media GmbH – AG48536
  • Manufactured By – Optimal Media GmbH – AG48537
  • Published By – Queen Music Ltd.
  • Published By – EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
  • Published By – Carlin Music Corp.
  • Published By – Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.
  • Published By – Universal/MCA Music Ltd.
  • Recorded At – Langham Studio
  • Recorded At – Maida Vale Studios
  • Recorded At – Golders Green Hippodrome, London
  • Recorded At – Estádio Do Morumbi
  • Recorded At – Maimarktgelände Mannheim
  • Mastered At – Gateway Mastering
  • Mastered At – The Soundhouse Studios, London

Credits

  • Compiled By – Kris Fredriksson (tracks: 3-1 to 3-24)
  • Compiled By, Technician [Audio Restoration] – Kris Fredriksson (tracks: 1-1 to 2-12)
  • Cover, Illustration [Cover Illustration], Design – Clinic London
  • Design [Consultancy] – Richard Gray (2)
  • Edited By – Wilfredo Acosta (tracks: 4-1 to 6-23)
  • Engineer – Nick Griffiths (tracks: 1-9 to 1-12)
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Peter Brandt (tracks: 3-17 to 3-24)
  • Executive-Producer – Roger Taylor
  • Management – Jim Beach (2)
  • Mastered By – Adam Ayan (tracks: 1-1 to 3-24)
  • Mastered By, Technician [Audio Restoration] – Wilfredo Acosta (tracks: 4-1 to 6-23)
  • Mixed By – Gerd Rautenbach (tracks: 3-17 to 3-24)
  • Mixed By [Sound Balance] – John Etchells (tracks: 3-1 to 3-8)
  • Performer [Queen Are] – Roger Taylor
  • Photography By – Terry O'Neill (2)
  • Producer – Pete Ritzema (tracks: 2-1 to 2-3)
  • Public Relations [PR] – Phil Symes
  • Research [Additional Artefact And Photographic Research] – Janice Page (2)
  • Research [Additional] – Richard Gray (2)
  • Research [Photographic] – Paul Davies (19)
  • Research [Text And Archive, Thanks To] – Gary Taylor (6)
  • Research [Text And Archive] – Greg Brooks (2)
  • Supervised By [Additional Audio Supervision] – Joshua J Macrae* (tracks: 1-1 to 2-12)
  • Supervised By [Audio] – Kris Fredriksson (tracks: 1-1 to 2-12)
  • Technician [Leaping About] – Paul Deeley (tracks: 3-1 to 3-8)
  • Voice [Introduced By] – Bernd Mohrhoff (tracks: 3-17 to 3-24)

Notes

Made in the EU.
Issued in a CD-sized box with removable lid, six card wallets and a 36 pages booklet.
Note sticker: The complete BBC radio sessions, highlights from three concert broadcasts and over three and a half hours of interviews.

Some track durations differ from what is printed in the booklet.

All six sessions have been remastered and feature here together for the very first time.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Scanned): 602557082319
  • Barcode (Text): 6 02557 08231 9
  • Barcode (Sticker on US edition): 050087351557
  • Rights Society: BIEM/SDRM
  • Label Code: LC 01846
  • Matrix / Runout (CD1, Variant 1, 2): 5708233 AG48532-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
  • Matrix / Runout (CD2, Variant 1, 2): 5708235 AG48533-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
  • Matrix / Runout (CD3, Variant 1, 2): 5708236 AG48534-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
  • Matrix / Runout (CD4, Variant 1, 2): 5708237 AG48535-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
  • Matrix / Runout (CD5, Variant 1, 2): 5708238 AG48536-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
  • Matrix / Runout (CD6, Variant 1, 2): 5708240 AG48537-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
  • Mastering SID Code (CD1, Variant 1, 2): ifpi L575
  • Mastering SID Code (CD2, Variant 1, 2): ifpi L575
  • Mastering SID Code (CD3, Variant 1, 2): ifpi L575
  • Mastering SID Code (CD4, Variant 1, 2): ifpi L575
  • Mastering SID Code (CD5, Variant 1, 2): ifpi L575
  • Mastering SID Code (CD6, Variant 1, 2): ifpi L575
  • Mould SID Code (CD1, Variant 1): IFPI 9746
  • Mould SID Code (CD2, Variant 1): IFPI 9746
  • Mould SID Code (CD3, Variant 1): IFPI 9746
  • Mould SID Code (CD4, Variant 1): IFPI 9742
  • Mould SID Code (CD5, Variant 1): IFPI 9742
  • Mould SID Code (CD6, Variant 1): IFPI 9742
  • Mould SID Code (CD1, Variant 2): IFPI 08N5
  • Mould SID Code (CD2, Variant 2): IFPI 08N5
  • Mould SID Code (CD3, Variant 2): IFPI 08N5
  • Mould SID Code (CD4, Variant 2): IFPI 08N5
  • Mould SID Code (CD5, Variant 2): IFPI 08N5
  • Mould SID Code (CD6, Variant 2): IFPI 08N5
  • Other (Cat# CD1): 0602557082333
  • Other (Cat# CD2): 0602557082357
  • Other (Cat# CD3): 0602557082364
  • Other (Cat# CD4): 0602557082371
  • Other (Cat# CD5): 0602557082388
  • Other (Cat# CD6): 0602557082401

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On Air (2×CD, Album, Remastered, SHM-CD, Digipak) Virgin EMI Records UICY-15584/5 Japan 2016
On Air (3×LP, Album) Virgin EMI Records 0602557082227, D002456801 UK, Europe & US 2016
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On Air (2×CD, Album, SHM-CD, 4×CD, , SHM-CD, Box Set, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition) Virgin EMI Records UICY-77923/8 Japan 2016
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On Air (2×CD, Album) BBC D002424002 US 2016
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Reviews

  • MrDayInTheUk's avatar
    MrDayInTheUk
    Brilliantly flawed. The radio sessions are fantastic with some great versions of some of my favourite Queen songs. White Queen and Spread Your Wings are particularly fine. We’re also finally given the fast version of We Will Rock You. I suspect it has previously appeared as a B side but it belonged on its own album with its fellow session tracks.
    The live stuff. Hmm. It’s not essential. Especially now we’ve got the Rainbow concert. I’m not complaining- it’s always good to get some old Queen live music, but the Magic show tracks are a bit too familiar now, and the ones from 1981 are great - there’s just not enough of them. I do enjoy the Golders Green show.
    Interviews. Do people play those more than once ? I think I’ve listened to them but I’m in no rush to play them again.
    Nice little box. The booklet is ok. Got all the details that you need.
    I’ll finish by saying it’s not a bad release at all. The sublime bits are truly sublime. It’s just the padding.
    8/10 but mainly on the strength of the first 2 disks.
    SQ is good.

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