Queen hit a milestone in 2017 with the 40th anniversary of their smash album News Of The World. The band is now releasing a special deluxe boxed set to commemorate the event, due out worldwide on November 17. A trailer ha been released to promote the set, which you can see below.
The 40th anniversary is also marked with the release of a special limited-edition picture-disc album. Newly cut from the Bob Ludwig 2011 master, this picture disc version will be available in a strictly limited run of 1977 individually numbered copies housed in a commemorative die-cut sleeve. This version will only be available through pre-order from the official Queen webstore.
The new package includes the original album on CD, plus two further CDs of recently unearthed out-takes and rarities from the band’s archives, one of which is a newly created “alternative” version of the whole album — “Raw Sessions”.
The third CD in the package, “Bonus Tracks”, features a feast of previously released but hard-to-find versions of “News Of The World” tracks recorded in concert, for radio shows, or in alternate mixes. Included is the band’s entire five-song final live session recorded for BBC Radio in October 1977, seven live performances of “News Of The World” songs, plus rare backing tracks and instrumentals of the Queen classics.
The package is completed with a brand new one-hour DVD documentary, “Queen: The American Dream”, created from backstage material filmed during Queen’s 1977 USA “News Of The World” tour.