Queen’s ‘A Night At The Opera’ And ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ To Receive Vinyl Reissues
The album and the single are both celebrating 50th anniversaries.
Rock legends Queen are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their monumental multi-platinum 1975 album A Night At The Opera and legendary diamond-certified single “Bohemian Rhapsody” with vinyl reissues.
Originally released in November 1975 and featuring the classic lineup of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon, A Night At The Opera was Queen’s grandest artistic statement and most successful album to that point, reaching No.1 in five countries, including the UK.
Marking 50 years since its original release, A Night At The Opera will be reissued on crystal clear vinyl with gold labels on October 18 in the UK (as part of National Album Day) and October 17 in the rest of the world.
“Bohemian Rhapsody,” which spent a record-breaking nine weeks at No.1 in the UK singles chart on its original release, is also being reissued on October 31 as a transparent, blue heavyweight 7” vinyl and transparent, blue heavyweight 12” vinyl. It will also be available as an exclusive 12” picture disc and blue cassette single.
“A Night At The Opera was a hugely important album for us,” says Queen guitarist Sir Brian May. “It opened up the world for us.”
“We were at the peak of our confidence,” adds drummer Roger Taylor, “It felt like there wasn’t anything we couldn’t do, and it shows on that album.”
The year 1975 was a pivotal one for Queen. A Night At The Opera and “Bohemian Rhapsody” propelled them to new commercial and artistic heights, sealing their status as one of the most visionary bands Britain has ever produced.
Artists as diverse as the Foo Fighters and The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson have saluted their multi-faceted brilliance, with the latter describing “Bohemian Rhapsody” as “a fulfilment and an answer to a teenage prayer of artistic music.”
Adds Taylor about the single: “I always believed in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ from the start. The first time Fred played us his idea for it, I remember thinking, ‘Oh, this is something special.’ And it was.”
Order Bohemian Rhapsody here and A Night at the Opera here.
