After all 5:58 of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” had finished and the resonance of the massive gong hit by drummer Roger Taylor had faded away into the ether, the room was silent for a few extra beats beyond the typical listening-session norm. I was seated in a conference room-cum-listening room at DTS headquarters in California when the gathered parties at hand promised me an experience that would solidify the mission statement of what the company was hoping to achieve with their then-burgeoning slate of DVD-Audio releases (which, admittedly, had essentially been hit or miss up to that point).Īnd with that, a choir of instantly recognizable multi-layered Freddie Mercury vocals queried, “Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?” all around us, and the 24-bit/96kHz 5.1 DTS mix was off and running in fully completely enveloping ways theretofore unheard. Queen also recorded the first official pop promo for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ as they were on tour and could not appear on Top of The Pops and this video paved the way for MTV and VH1.ĭeath On Two Legs (Dedicated to.It was sometime in late 2001 when I heard the future of surround sound. The album contains perhaps the most famous rock song of all time, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ which went on to spend fourteen weeks and number one, be voted Song of the Millennium, become the only song in history to reach Xmas No 1 twice and sell a million copies on two separate occasions. The most expensive album ever recorded at that time, it delivered rock, opera, heavy metal, romance, ballads, pop, sci-fi folk, music hall, ‘trad jazz’ and even the National Anthem. Exceptional on every level, musically, lyrically and artistically, Queen took the strongest elements of their previous two albums to make the ultimate winning combination. ‘A Night at The Opera’, named after the Marx Bros film, is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest albums of all time. Sitting alongside their contemporaries like Led Zep and David Bowie, Queen set the standard for British rock in the 1970’s and became one of the most thrilling, glamorous and downright rock n roll bands of all time, directly influencing a contemporary roll call of artists from Foo Fighters & Axl Rose to Lady Gaga and Katy Perry. Theatrical, imaginative, diverse, melodic and unpredictable they had a sound and a look all of their own. Recorded in the maelstrom of the early 1970’s London music scene Queen created a groundbreaking and unique soundtrack that remains globally influential today. March 2011 sees the re-release of Queens first five albums - one of the most exciting and influential back catalogues of all time. "We aimed for the top slot and we were not going to be satisfied with anything less." - Freddie Mercury Original UK Release Date: 21 November 1975
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