Queen II (Collector’s Edition box set)

~ Release by Queen (see all versions of this release, 62 available)

Tracklist

1CD: 2026 Mix
2CD: Sessions
#TitleRatingLength
1Procession (Stage intro Tape - April 1973)
2:05
2Father to Son (takes 4 & 9 - with Guide vocal)
recording of:
Father to Son (Queen)
lyricist and composer:
Brian May (Queen guitarist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Queen Music Ltd., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
7:31
3As It Began (Brian's studio demo - October 1969)
recording of:
White Queen (As It Began) (in 1969-10)
lyricist and composer:
Brian May (Queen guitarist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
2:14
4Some Day One Day (take 1 - with Guide Vocals)
recording of:
Some Day One Day
lyricist and composer:
Brian May (Queen guitarist)
5:04
5The Loser in the End (Roger's First demo)
recording of:
The Loser in the End
lyricist and composer:
Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)
1:08
6The Loser in the End (Roger's Second demo)
recording of:
The Loser in the End
lyricist and composer:
Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)
2:03
7Ogre Battle (takes 2 & 6 - with Guide vocal)
recording of:
Ogre Battle
lyricist and composer:
Freddie Mercury
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
included in:
We Will Rock You (Queen musical)
included in:
We Will Rock You (German version of the Queen musical)
5:25
8The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke (takes 4 & 9)
recording of:
The Fairy Feller’s Master‐Stroke
lyricist and composer:
Freddie Mercury
4:13
9Nevermore (take 6)
recording of:
Nevermore
lyricist and composer:
Freddie Mercury
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
2:43
10The March of the Black Queen (First Section takes 3 & 5)
2:42
11The March of the Black Queen (Second Section take 1)
recording of:
The March of the Black Queen
lyricist and composer:
Freddie Mercury
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), Queen Music Ltd. and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works)
4:00
12Funny How Love Is (take 4)
recording of:
Funny How Love Is
lyricist and composer:
Freddie Mercury
4:00
13Seven Seas of Rhye (takes 4, 5 & 6)
recording of:
Seven Seas of Rhye…
lyricist and composer:
Freddie Mercury
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Queen Music Ltd., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
included in:
We Will Rock You (Queen musical)
included in:
We Will Rock You (German version of the Queen musical)
5:13
14I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside (take 4)
recording of:
I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside
lyricist and composer:
John A. Glover-Kind
0:46
15See What a Fool I've Been (B-Side version 2026 mix)
recording of:
See What a Fool I’ve Been
lyricist and composer:
Brian May (Queen guitarist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
4:32
16Not for Sale (Polar Bear)
recording of:
Polar Bear
writer:
Brian May (Queen guitarist) and Tim Staffell
publisher:
Orange Sky Music Ltd. and ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
3:56
3CD: Backing Tracks
4CD: At the BBC
5CD: Live