Queen Studio Collection [VINYL]

This is a superb quality presentation of all the studio recorded Queen albums, I have all on various formats over the years and still have some first pressings on vinyl, they had done a really good job on these new pressings, real care and attention has been paid to them and it shows on the whole the results are very good indeed especially so from News Of The World onwards. I am a little disappointed with the new mix of Queen II and A Night At The Opera in particulate, I am nit picking but to me the bass eq has been lifted too much and has a detrimental effect to the overall sound quality, it becomes less dynamic and flat, its also apparent they have cleaned these early recording up and to me they are now a little too sanitized for my taste, original tape hiss is a good thing sometimes!! Back to the many positives the vinyl plays dead quiet and is flat it also looks stunning as does the covers with all the original artwork being of the highest quality, very similar to that of the Beatles Mono Box Set. The addition of the hard back book is great it is really well put together,informative and detailed. To sum up this is a super box set, the vinyl looks and sounds fantastic for the majority of people they will be 100% happy my only caveat is the slightly over zealous cleaning up of the early albums, if I want clean sanitised sound I would go for CD I don`t want it on a analogue vinyl pressing.

I've yet to open, let alone listen to, every record in this collection, but what a collection this is. It arrived extremely well packaged from Amazon. The usual fare of a box within a box within a box and lots of paper scrunched up inside to keep everything snug. Upon opening it, it's jam packed with every queen album (as you'd imagine) and a fantastic quality hard back book with excerpts about each record in the collection. It makes for fantastic reading while getting ready to drop the needle. Not only is the writing fantastic, but the photos and artwork contained within are fantastic, overall a really well put together book. On to the records which is presumably why one would buy this collection. They are all of a coloured variety. Normally, I'm not a huge fan of coloured vinyl, but these seem to work very well, and all I've listened to so far have an extremely quiet noise floor. It seems like a great deal of care has gone into the pressing and quality control of these records, it really shows and I'm extremely happy about this. I've only come across one quibble so far in my listening through of the whole collection, and that is me questioning the choice of the covers. It seems as though the cover for Queen II opens in a rather unorthadox way. I'm pretty sure that the original release of this was as a single 2 sided record, they've now split it into a White Side and a Black side, while cool, the opening of the cover itself seems as though the hinge is incorrectly placed, opening from the top rather than the side. This is a minor quibble, but if I was to for example take the record out of the box and put it on my shelf with the other records in my collection, it would look like it was on its side when displayed with the spine facing outward. A minor quibble, but a quibble none the less. I'm not going to store these on my shelf individually, but rather store them in the box, so this isn't a huge issue for me. This alone is not enough in my eyes to lose a star. Regarding the albums themselves, I'm not going to list them, nor review them. Suffice to say, if you've heard Queen albums before, these haven't changed in this packaging. If you like Queen, and you like Records, and you have the money, just buy it.

This is a neat and comprehensive box set. It is clear that great effort has gone into the mastering as, although lots of Queen albums were not recorded to a gold standard, significant increases in sound quality are evident in the bass quality and control and openness in higher frequencies. The pressings done by Optimal are very good but not A1 superb. There is a bit of surface noise on most albums and a few pops and ticks that don't clean off with a record cleaning machine. I wonder if the stampers are a bit tired after they reissued these pressings. However, the sound is really good and a clear improvement over earlier pressings. Presentation is excellent with a nice box and interesting book included. Individual album sleeves are also well printed. The music speaks for itself really. A very talented band who produced a great variety of music over their career.

I sat on the fence for a while before taking the plunge with this one,my main concern being how the coloured vinyl would sound,as normally they tend to be noisier and of lower fidelity than good quality black vinyl.These pressings,however, are spot on, and the fact that they're pressed at Optimal in Germany has ensured that they are as quiet as possible between tracks. The sound quality is absolutely first rate,the half speed mastering getting every detail into the grooves.Queen have never sounded so good!! The vinyl looks wonderful and the quality of the artwork on the outer and inner sleeves is stunning,they've done a marvellous job of replicating all the details and textures of the originals and the accompanying hardback book complements each album vinyl perfectly,some great reading there along with loads of band photo's,lyrics and notes etc. The book is only available with this vinyl box set,making it an even more worthwhile purchase. This set is a must for any Queen fan,or indeed anyone that appreciates the music of Queen,and the quality and detail that's contained within this brilliant vinyl collection.

Ecco l'oggetto dei desideri per tutti i fan dei QUEEN e per i collezionisti in generale di super cofanetti. L'intera discografia della band su vinili colorati (tutti di colori diversi ispirati alle cromie delle copertine stesse) riprodotti su 18 LP di eccellente qualità già a partire dalle copertine. Ogni album è imbustato singolarmente con sleeve trasparenti per evitare che le copertine si sporchino o si deteriorino. Gli artwork rispettano le versioni originali UK replicando perfettamente le stampe dell'epoca con una qualità e accuratezza che ricorda il "Beatles Vinyl Box Set Stereo", quello che ancora oggi rappresenta il non plus ultra dei box set in vinile. Come per i Beatles i vinili sono racchiusi in uno splendido box in cartone pressato color oro e presenta anche un libro di 108 pagine con copertina rigida ricchissimo di testi e immagini, curiosità a foto. Per gli udiofili alcune importati cose da sapere: - Tutti i 15 albums di studio derivano dai nastri originali, digital masters realizzati in alta definizione 24 bit/96 kHz - Masterizzati per il vinile da Bob Ludwig - Matrici dei vinili realizzate con il metodo Half-speed agli Abbey Road Studios - stampati in Germania dalla Optimal su LP 180 grammi di alta qualità, vinili colorati - Versioni colorate non disponibili singolarmente (in vendita solo nella versione boxset) Qualcuno si chiederà che forse i conti non tornano: perché 15 album su 18 LP? E' presto detto, per la prima volta "Queen II" e "Innuendo" sono presentati su vinile doppio. C'è poi "made In Heaven" che era doppio già in origine. Come si può capire la qualità in generale di questo boxset è davvero all'altezza del nome QUEEN, un progetto straordinario che andrebbe preso da esempio per altre realizzazioni. Ci auguriamo che la Universal dopo i Beatles e i QUEEN realizzino un box su questo standard anche per i Pink Floyd (per il quale forse bisognerà fare un mutuo).

Totally a fan of Queen here!!!! So I love it!!!!! Thanks Amazon for the return when the fist one came with some imperfections they were AWESOME!!!!!! Now, maybe some people will think it is to expensive to buy it, yes it is, but like I said before I am a Queen fan and in my eyes has a high value. I am not and audiophile or anything like that but this studio set sounds like heaven, I guess you need a good audio system too but I use a regular (yamaha) 5.1 channels and the sound is amazing. To add it the Color LP .... WOW...... I love it............. the sad part is this USA version does not come with the MP3 codes ......... or maybe was just mine that did not have it. The book..... AMAZING.... (well almost everything they (Queen) throw out there for the fans is gold for me, like I said "almost" everything, the book gives us a little more inside of Queen, some memorabilia, nice stuff to spend some time on it. Over all I love it and any fan of Queen out there should get this.

excelente producto y muy bonito box set, desafortunadamente el album "the works" venia con un error de impresión en el vinilo y no se escuchan los primeros temas del lado A y B.

Je vais répéter ce qui a été déjà dit mais effectivement ce coffret est splendide. Messieurs May et Taylor, producteurs ne se sont pas moqués de leurs fans. Alors certes le prix pourrait être dissuasif mais au regard de la qualité générale irréprochable, du nombre de vinyles colorés, de la qualité d'impression des pochettes, de la qualité de la mastérisation et celle du livre joint et bien finalement le prix est très ajusté. En comparant les vinyles originaux achetés au moment de leur sortie et la qualité de ceux inclus dans ce coffret, il n'a pas photo !

Mooi vormgegeven collectie van alle Queen albums. Gegarandeerd luisterplezier. De LP’s zijn zeer goed gemasterd en luisteren perfect, met een vol geluid dat recht doet aan de originele albums. Heerlijk voor een mooie luistersessie.