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A small personal website with the aim to share detailed release information for a number of artists, but also to highlight items from my collection

collection features

  • The British record collector magazine Record Collector has published several Top 20 to 100 “Worldwide Rarities” lists throughout the years for Queen and solo releases. The ones published between 1998 and 2000 can be found here. Some more lists have been published throughout the years with the last notable one being from 2021, but all […]

    Read more: Roger Taylor Top 100 collectables
  • The British record collector magazine Record Collector has published several Top 20 to 100 “Worldwide Rarities” lists throughout the years for Queen and solo releases. The ones published between 1998 and 2000 can be found here. Some more lists have been published throughout the years with the last notable one being from 2021, but all […]

    Read more: Queen & solo Top 100 collectables
  • Germany seems to have had a special relationship with Queen. In September I talked about a 3″ CD-single set which was released for the German market in 1988 or 1989. German fans got another CD collection called Queen Mania which is covered in today’s feature. The set Queen Mania is a beautiful and, these days, […]

    Read more: Queen Mania CD box set
  • In my previous collection feature, I talked about The Cross their second album called Mad: Bad: And Dangerous To Know. The article ended with two rare acetates for an unreleased single and this prompted me to dive into the world of acetates! What is an acetate disc? In order to produce a vinyl record, a […]

    Read more: Introduction to acetate records
  • Queen’s drummer Roger Taylor founded a new band called The Cross during mid 1987 while Queen were on a break after their Magic Tour ended in August 1986. Unlike in Queen, Roger featured on lead vocals and rhythm guitar in the band. The other members, recruited through anonymous adverts, were Clayton Moss on guitar, Spike […]

    Read more: The Cross MAD: BAD: releases
  • Despite The Police short-lived career, which lasted from 1977 to 1986, not counting the 2007 reunion and numerous Greatest Hits releases, the band still managed to create a collector’s heaven for those who are passionate enough to dive deep into their discography. Reggatta de Blanc In October 1979, the band released their second album called […]

    Read more: The Police prototype heaven
  • Queen were arguably on an all-time high in 1980 after their album The Game and single Another One Bites The Dust topped the charts globally for many weeks. Especially in the US is was a huge chart topper, where it has sold four million copies to date. The success of John Deacon’s Bites The Dust […]

    Read more: 1982 Queen/Bowie test pressing
  • Queen dabbled their toes into the world of CD’s as early as 1983, but released their full album discography on CD in 1986. About two years later, in 1988, they decided to release some of their past singles on the 3″ CD-single format. Possibly because it was a new exiting format for singles by other […]

    Read more: The 3″ Queen CD-singles

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