QueenGreatest Hits

Label:

Elektra – 5E-564

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Compilation

Country:

Australia

Released:

Genre:

Pop

Style:

Arena Rock

Tracklist

A1 Queen Another One Bites The Dust 3:33
A2 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 5:55
A3 Queen Crazy Little Thing Called Love 2:42
A4 Queen Killer Queen 3:00
A5 Queen Fat Bottomed Girls 3:22
A6 Queen Bicycle Race 3:00
A7 Queen Tie Your Mother Down 3:43
B1 Queen We Will Rock You 2:00
B2 Queen We Are The Champions 2:59
B3 Queen Flash
ProducerMay*
2:47
B4 Queen Somebody To Love
VoiceRoger*
4:55
B5 Queen You're My Best Friend
Electric PianoJohn Deacon
2:50
B6 Queen Keep Yourself Alive
ProducerJohn Anthony
Written-ByMay*
3:30
B7 Queen Play The Game 3:28
B8 David Bowie Under Pressure
Engineer, Mixed ByMack (2)
Written-By, ProducerQueen
4:06

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Elektra/Asylum Records
  • Copyright ©Elektra/Asylum Records
  • Published ByCastle (4)
  • Published ByEssex
  • Marketed ByWEA Record & Tape Distributors Pty. Limited
  • Manufactured ByWEA Records Pty. Limited
  • Distributed ByWEA Records Pty. Limited
  • Lacquer Cut AtCBS Records, Artarmon – MX199181
  • Lacquer Cut AtCBS Records, Artarmon – MX199182

Credits

  • Design [Sleeve Design]Cream (7)
  • Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ♀]Meredith Brooks (2)
  • Photography BySnowdon*
  • ProducerRoy Thomas Baker (tracks: A2, A4 to A6, B5, B6)
  • Producer [Assisted By]Mike Stone (tracks: B1, B2)
  • Written-ByJohn Deacon (tracks: A1, B5)

Notes

Comes with a printed inner sleeve with tracklisting and credits, and images of album covers on which each track originally appeared.
In the runout matrix no.s, "♀" is hand-etched, all other characters are stamped.

Outer sleeve:
Marketed by WEA Record & Tape Distributors Pty Limited [Warner logo] A Warner Communications Company
℗ & © 1981 Elektra/Asylum Records, 962 North La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90069. 665 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10022. A Division of Warner Communications, Inc. [Warner logo]

Inner sleeve:
Track A1 Released from "The Game" album in August 1980
Track A2 From "A Night At The Opera". Released in October 1975.
Track A3 From "single was released in October 1979 well in advance of the album.
Track A4 Released simultaneously with "Sheer Heart Attack" album in October 1974.
Track A5 From the album "Bicycle Race. Released October 1978.
Track A6 From "Fat Bottomed Girls.
Track A7 Released December 27, 1976. The second single from A Day At The Races.
Track B1 Released in Europe as the 'B' side of "We Are The Champions".
Track B2 From the album "News Of The World" and released in October 1977.
Track B3 From the album "Flash Gordon". Queen's first movie soundtrack venture, released November 1980.
Track B4 Released in November 1976
Track B5 Second single from "A Night At The Opera". Released in May 1976.
Track B6 Released July 11, 1975. Queen's very first single offering from the first album Queen.
Track B7 From "The Game" album. Released in May 1980.
Track B8 recorded in Montreux, Switzerland, September 1981.

Labels:
Tracks A1, A3, B3, B7: Castle
℗ 1980 Elektra/Asylum Records
Track A2, B5: Castle
℗ 1975 Elektra/Asylum Records
Track A4: Castle
℗ 1974 Elektra/Asylum Records
Tracks A5, A6: Castle
℗ 1978 Elektra/Asylum Records
Tracks A7, B4: Castle
℗ 1976 Elektra/Asylum Records
Tracks B1, B2: Castle
℗ 1977 Elektra/Asylum Records
Track B6: Castle
℗ 1973 Elektra/Asylum Records
Track B7: Castle/Essex
℗ 1981 Elektra/Asylum Records
℗ 1981 Elektra/Asylum Records
Manufactured and Distributed by WEA Records Pty. Limited
WEA Records Pty Limited [Warner logo] A Warner Communications Company

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): MX199181
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): MX199182
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A hand-etched and stamped): ♀ MX199181 5E564-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B hand-etched and stamped): ♀ MX199182 5E564-2

Other Versions (5 of 753)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
New Submission
Greatest Hits (LP, Advance, Compilation, Stereo) Elektra 5E-517 US 1980
Recently Edited
Greatest Hits (Cassette, Compilation) EMI 7-94111-4 UK 1981
Greatest Hits (LP, Compilation, Stereo, No Barcode, Round Cornered Innersleeve) EMI EMTV30, 0C 062-78 041 UK 1981
Recently Edited
Grootste Hits (LP, Compilation) EMI 1A 064-54079, TV 064-54079 Netherlands 1981
Recently Edited
Greatest Hits (LP, Compilation) EMI 1A 064-54079, TV 064-78041 Europe 1981

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  • brendan.brady6's avatar
    brendan.brady6
    The original and best version as it contains the two rocking singles Keep yourself alive and Tie your mother down.

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