Queen II (deluxe edition)
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Annotation
℗&© 2026 Queen Productions Ltd. Under exclusive license to Universal international Music BV.
28 page booklet with Digisleeve slots holding discs.
No track times given.
Other Identifiers
Rights Society: BIEM/SDRM
Label Code: LC01846
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): [Universal logo] 7839745 [Universal logo] AP49924-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
Mastering SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI L576
Mould SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI 9757
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): [Universal logo] 7839746 [Universal logo] AP49925-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
Mastering SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI L576
Mould SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI 9757
Annotation last modified on 2026-03-30 16:29 UTC.
Tracklist
| || 1CD: Queen II - 2026 Mix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Procession
| 1:13 | |
| 2 | Father to Son
| 6:13 | |
| 3 | White Queen (As It Began)
| 4:35 | |
| 4 | Someday One Day
| 4:21 | |
| 5 | The Loser in the End
| 4:05 | |
| 6 | Ogre Battle
| 4:06 | |
| 7 | The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke
| 2:41 | |
| 8 | Nevermore
| 1:19 | |
| 9 | The March of the Black Queen
| 6:32 | |
| 10 | Funny How Love Is
| 2:51 | |
| 11 | Seven Seas of Rhye
| 2:52 | |
| 2CD: Queen II – Sessions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Procession (Stage intro Tape - April 1973) | 2:05 | |
| 2 | Father to Son (takes 4 & 9 - with Guide vocal)
| 7:31 | |
| 3 | As It Began (Brian's studio demo - October 1969)
| 2:14 | |
| 4 | Some Day One Day (take 1 - with Guide Vocals)
| 5:04 | |
| 5 | The Loser in the End (Roger's First demo)
| 1:08 | |
| 6 | The Loser in the End (Roger's Second demo)
| 2:03 | |
| 7 | Ogre Battle (takes 2 & 6 - with Guide vocal)
| 5:25 | |
| 8 | The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke (takes 4 & 9)
| 4:13 | |
| 9 | Nevermore (take 6)
| 2:43 | |
| 10 | The March of the Black Queen (First Section takes 3 & 5)
| 4:42 | |
| 11 | The March of the Black Queen (Second Section take 1)
| 4:00 | |
| 12 | Funny How Love Is (take 4)
| 4:00 | |
| 13 | Seven Seas of Rhye (takes 4, 5 & 6)
| 5:13 | |
| 14 | I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside (take 4)
| 0:46 | |
| 15 | See What a Fool I've Been (B-Side version 2026 mix)
| 4:32 | |
| 16 | Not for Sale (Polar Bear)
| 3:56 | |
Credits
Release
| art direction: | Simon Halfon Mick Rock (British photographer) |
|---|---|
| photography: | Johnny Dewe Mathews (photographer) (task: booklet photography pages 3, 4, 17, 18-19) Douglas Puddifoot (photographer) (task: booklet photography pages 6-9, 13-14, 20) Mick Rock (British photographer) |
| miscellaneous support: | Jim Beach (executive producer of the 46664 project) (task: management / queen management deluxe edition) Matilda Beach (task: management / queen management deluxe edition) Greg Brooks (Queen archivist) (task: supervised by / content supervised by deluxe edition; task: research / archivist) John K. Chester (task: restoration / speed stabilization) James Clarke (senior software engineer at Abbey Road Studios; audio engineer) (task: restoration / additional audio restoration) Emma Donoghue (photographer) (task: project manager) Kris Fredriksson (task: supervised by / content supervised by deluxe edition) Jamie Howarth (task: restoration / speed stabilization) Justin Shirley-Smith (task: supervised by / content supervised by deluxe edition) Jack Nelson (management) (task: management) |
| mixer: | Kris Fredriksson (task: queen II- 2026 mix, mixes produced by; task: queen II- sessions, mixes produced by) Joshua J. Macrae (Roger Taylor/Queen producer) (task: queen II- 2026 mix, mixes produced by; task: queen II- sessions, mixes produced by) Justin Shirley-Smith (task: queen II- 2026 mix, mixes produced by; task: queen II- sessions, mixes produced by) |
| assistant engineer: | Zeb Mullen Will Purcell |
| engineer: | Mike Stone (producer and engineer, 1960s–80s) (task: engineered at trident studios) |
| additional producer: | Robin Geoffrey Cable Queen (UK rock group) |
| executive producer: | Brian May (Queen guitarist) (task: queen II-2026 mix; task: queen II-sessions; task: deluxe edition) Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (task: queen II-2026 mix; task: queen II-sessions; task: deluxe edition) |
| producer: | Roy Thomas Baker (producer) Queen (UK rock group) |
| editor: | John K. Chester Jamie Howarth |
| mastering: | Adam Ayan (Gateway Mastering) |
| acoustic guitar and bass guitar: | John Deacon |
| bell [bells] and guitar: | Brian May (Queen guitarist) |
| castanets [vitrtuoso castanets]: | Roy Thomas Baker (producer) |
| harpsichord: | Freddie Mercury |
| percussion: | Roger Meddows-Taylor (Queen drummer) |
| piano: | Brian May (Queen guitarist) Freddie Mercury |
| vocal: | Brian May (Queen guitarist) Freddie Mercury Roger Meddows-Taylor (Queen drummer) |
| design: | Richard Gray (photographer and designer) (task: design consultant deluxe edition) Simon Halfon (task: deluxe edition) |
| artwork: | Queen (UK rock group) (task: sleeve concept / sleeve) Mick Rock (British photographer) (task: sleeve concept / sleeve) Ridgeway Watt (visual artist; performs with Queen) (task: typography) |
| transferrer: | Kris Fredriksson Graham Meek Declan O'Regan |
| manufactured by: | Optimal Media GmbH (manufacturer; do NOT use as release label) |
|---|---|
| publisher: | EMI Music Publishing Ltd. |
| licensed to: | Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) |
| miscellaneous support: | Nemperor (task: designed at) |
| recorded at: | Trident Studios (London, UK) in Soho, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| mastered at: | Ayan Mastering in Portland, Maine, United States |
| engineered at: | Audio Research Group |
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/36881488 [info] |
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Release group
| associated singles/EPs: | Seven Seas of Rhye |
|---|---|
| covers: | Queen II by Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen cover band) |
| included in: | Miniatures: Volume 1 Queen 40 (Volume 1) Queen II / Sheer Heart Attack The Complete Works The Crown Jewels: A 25th Anniversary Celebration The Orb The Ultimate Collection |
| part of: | 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 309) (order: 309) |
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