But during this time Brian had to deal with the breakdown of his first marriage and, unbeknownst to the public, Freddie received his AIDS diagnosis. After their hugely successful (and ultimately final) tour in 1986 they were completely exhausted, and thus agreed to take a break to focus on solo projects for a while. This is a fantastic box set for a great album, one which came at a difficult and life-changing period for the band. So in this post I want to review the set in full, to give my thoughts on all the music tracks and videos, the memorabilia, the book and the radio interviews – which means there’s a lot to cover here, and I hope you enjoy it! Queen have also posted a couple of short documentary features about The Miracle to coincide with its re-release, which you can see here and here. I’ve made an unboxing video to go with this post, where you can see my initial reactions to the contents of the set, and there’s an unboxing video by Brian May as well. There are cheaper editions too though, depending on what you can afford, including the 8-disc set without the press kit, a 2-disc edition consisting of the album and the sessions, and a download version that covers all 4 music CDs, plus there are related items of merchandise.
And that’s not bad at all, considering how much you get. So I was charged £127.99 for the 8-disc box set, £25 for the press pack and £6.26 shipping, making £159.25 in total. The set was retailing at £169.99 (plus shipping), but I took advantage of a 10% discount code that I received from their store for my birthday a few months ago. When it was first announced I eagerly pre-ordered the full Super Deluxe Collector’s Edition & Press Pack as an early festive treat for myself, so I thought I’d do a detailed review now that I’ve had time to go through it and savour its contents. The posts have been very sporadic due to all sorts of other things keeping me busy, as well as the level of detail they contain, but it’s always been my intention to continue the series when time permits.Īnd now I have the opportunity to do a Christmas special, as the band recently unveiled a new edition of their 1989 album The Miracle. Back in the first lockdown in 2020 I started doing an occasional series of reviews celebrating Queen‘s 50th anniversary by doing very in-depth reviews of some of their albums.
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