Queen Debut Album Queen I Gets Special Limited Edition

Dolby Atmos Audiophile Blu-ray Release

Arriving June 13

Title Released by Sony Music in US and Universal Music

Group For Rest of World

Pre-Order Queen I Dolby Atmos Blu-ray:

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Queen I Website: https://www.queeniofficial.com/

“There are now a few nice adventurous Easter eggs in there, which those who know the album intimately will hopefully enjoy.”

Brian May.

“This is not just a remaster, this is a brand new 2024 rebuild of

the entire Queen debut album” quoted Brian May when

announcing the release of the band’s revisit of their eponymous

debut album late last year, retitled Queen I for this stunning new

update. May further elaborated: “Every instrument has been

revisited to produce the ‘live’ ambient sound we would have liked

to use originally.”

Now Queen take the release to the next stage, today announcing

a brand new, limited edition immersive Dolby Atmos release of

the album, set to be available on Audiophile Blu-ray on June 13.

This new release arrives in the US by Sony Music. Universal

Music Group is releasing for the rest of the world.

With Brian May and Roger Taylor acting as executive producers,

and overseen by Queen’s long-standing audio-production team

of Justin Shirley-Smith, Joshua J Macrae and Kris Fredriksson,

this enhanced spatial surround sound format release breathes

stunning new life into the band’s epic and unique multi-layered

sound.

Says Justin Shirley-Smith: “It always feels like Queen’s music

was designed for immersive formats. It’s dramatic and powerful

and has a lot of dynamics. The original album was recorded more

than 50 years ago, but it was so ambitious musically,

rhythmically and lyrically. It’s beyond belief really, and it’s such

a joy for us to work on.”

To mix Queen I in Dolby Atmos, the team made stems from the

2024 stereo mix, allowing them to process and pan each musical

part individually, bringing new depth and dimensions to an

album already bursting with invention.

Shirley-Smith explains: “It’s always fun working in Atmos

because we are confident that the mix is already good from the

stereo and this expanded sound field gives us an opportunity to

feature the backing track without masking some of the

intricate multi-layered elements that Queen are famous for.

“We finished the mix with Lewis Jones at Abbey Road where they

have a great mix studio equipped with all the speakers required,”

he continues. “Lewis has worked on a great many significant

immersive projects and is a crucial part of the Atmos mix team.”

Originally released in 1973 and featuring the iconic line-up of

Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon,

Queen’s self-titled debut album marked the start of the band’s

stellar journey, showcasing a band whose staggering musical

talents and breadth of ambition remain unmatched.

Songs such as Keep Yourself Alive, Liar, The Night Comes Down,

Great King Rat, My Fairy King and Modern Times Rock ’n’ Roll

are the work of a band able to deliver everything from surging

hard rock anthems and delicate ballads to ornate, visionary mini-

symphonies.

“There are so many different styles on the album,” says Justin

Shirley-Smith of Queen I. “For instance, the song My Fairy King

is a precursor to what came later with Bohemian Rhapsody. It’s

so adventurous, and this new mix brings out things that you

won’t have heard before. Like everything on the album, it sounds

fantastic.”

Queen’s landmark debut album was reissued to widespread

acclaim in 2024 as a remixed, remastered and expanded

6CD+1PL box set edition. Retitled Queen I, it restored the ‘lost’

track Mad The Swine to the final tracklisting and saw the band

return to the UK album chart, providing them with their highest

chart placing since Live Around The World, recorded with current

singer Adam Lambert, reached No.1 in 2020.

Now, more than 50 years after Queen’s debut was originally

released, this immersive Dolby Atmos mix shines a whole new

light on this iconic album.

Says Brian May: “I'm particularly excited about this new Dolby

Atmos version of what we now call QUEEN 1. When the boys

were converting the stereo rebuild into a surround experience,

I was unable to be there, due to a health hiccup. So I was very

happy to have the opportunity to go back in with them recently

and add my own contribution to this multichannel mix. There

are now a few nice adventurous Easter eggs in there, which

those who know the album intimately will hopefully enjoy. So

the Blu-ray version is an update from the version that has

currently been available to stream. Nobody has ever heard our

first album quite like this !!!”

“At last,” concludes Roger Taylor, “we get our first album to

sound as we imagined it should sound….phew!”

Audiophile Blu-ray

QUEEN I - 2024 MIX

Dolby Atmos

Stereo (96kHz/24bit)

Stereo Backing Tracks (96kHz/24bit)

Tracklisting:

1. Keep Yourself Alive

2. Doing All Right

3. Great King Rat

4. Mad The Swine

5. My Fairy King

6. Liar

7. The Night Comes Down

8. Modern Times Rock ‘n’ Roll

9. Son And Daughter

10. Jesus

11. Seven Seas Of Rhye...

QUEEN I -2024 MIX

Dolby Atmos

Stereo (96kHz/24bit)

Stereo Backing Tracks (96kHz/24bit)

Executive Producers:Brian May and Roger Taylor

Stereo Mixes Produced by:Justin Shirley-Smith, Joshua J

Macrae and Kris Fredriksson

Dolby Atmos Mixed by: Justin Shirley-Smith, Joshua J Macrae,

Kris Fredriksson and Lewis Jones, Abbey Road Studio.

Includes 12 page booklet.