QUEEN A kind of Magic VIRGIN (2015 180g HALF-SPEED MASTERED Audiophile pressing)

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QUEEN A kind of Magic VIRGIN (2015 180g HALF-SPEED MASTERED Audiophile pressing)

Tracklist

A1 One Vision Written-By – Queen 5:10 A2 A Kind Of Magic Written-By – Roger Taylor 4:25 A3 One Year Of Love Written-By – John Deacon 4:27 A4 Pain Is So Close To Pleasure Written-By – Freddie Mercury, John Deacon 4:22 A5 Friends Will Be Friends Written-By – Freddie Mercury, John Deacon
4:08 B1 Who Wants To Live Forever Written-By – Brian May 5:14 B2 Gimme The Prize (Kurgan's Theme) Written-By – Brian May 4:33 B3 Don't Lose Your Head Written-By – Roger Taylor 4:38 B4 Princes Of The Universe Written-By – Freddie Mercury 3:32

*(all photos are of the actual item)

• Freddie Mercury – lead vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (1-6, 9), keyboards (2, 4, 5, 9), sampler (1, 4, 5)
• Brian May – electric guitar (all but 3), backing vocals (5, 6, 9), synthesizer (1, 6), sampler (1), lead vocals (6)
• Roger Taylor – drums (all but 3), backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 9), drum machine (2, 6, 8), synthesizer (2)
• John Deacon – bass (all but 6), electric guitar (4, 5, 8), synthesizer (3, 4), sampler (3, 4), drum machine (3, 4)
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• Additional personnel
• Spike Edney – keyboards (5, 8)
• Joan Armatrading – incidental vocals (8)
• Steve Gregory – alto saxophone (3)
• Lynton Naiff – arranged and conducted string section (3)
• National Philharmonic Orchestra – arranged by Michael Kamen and May and conducted by Kamen (6)
• Roger Chiasson – album cover
• Remastered At – Gateway Mastering
• Lacquer Cut At – Abbey Road Studios
• Copyright (c) – Queen Productions Ltd.

• Lacquer Cut By [Half-Speed Vinyl Mastering] – Miles Showell
• Remastered By [Digital Mastering 2011] – Bob Ludwig

Notes

On sleeve is mentioned with sticker: "180 Gram Heavyweight Black Vinyl" and "Half Speed Mastered" and symbol barcode "0 50087 32895 5"

• Matrix / Runout (Side One Runout, Etched): BF83622-01 A1 4720279 MILES ABBEY ROAD 1/2 SPEED
• Matrix / Runout (Side Two Runout, Etched): BF83622-01 B1 4720279 MILES ABBEY ROAD 1/2 SPEED
• Matrix / Runout (Side Two Runout, Etched): BF83622-0? B2 4720279 MILES ABBY ROAD ½ SPEED

     A Kind of Magic is the twelfth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 2 June 1986 by EMI Records in the UK and by Capitol Records in the US. It was their first studio album to be recorded digitally, and is based on the soundtrack to the film Highlander, the first in a series directed by Russell Mulcahy.      A Kind of Magic was Queen's first album to be released since they had received acclaim for their performance at Live Aid in 1985. It was an immediate hit in the UK, going straight to number one and selling 100,000 copies in its first week. It remained in the UK charts for 63 weeks, selling about six million copies worldwide (600,000 in the UK alone). The album spawned four hit singles: the album's title track "A Kind of Magic", "One Vision", "Friends Will Be Friends", and "Who Wants to Live Forever", which features an orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen, while the last track, "Princes of the Universe", is the theme song to Highlander.      Although Queen would release another two albums with Freddie Mercury, A Kind of Magic would turn out to be his last album promoted with a concert tour, due to his diagnosis with AIDS the following year.      The album gained some notoriety as one of the first albums released by a major western rock group in the USSR after the beginning of perestroika. The unitary state-owned music label Melodiya purchased the reproduction license to A Kind of Magic, along with the concert film from the Magic Tour, titled Hungarian Rhapsody, filmed in Budapest. These productions enjoyed massive success in the country. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia