In the late 60s, four academic outsiders formed Queen in London. Through college friendships and shared vision, they refined their live show and recorded their first three albums.
Bill Bailey tells the story of rock's most flamboyant and iconic band.
In the first episode of Eras: Queen, it's the late 60s, and four outsiders with academic brains collide in London. We find out how Freddie, Brian, Roger, and John were drawn together through college friendships and a shared creative vision.
In the first half of the 70s, they played college gigs and support tours, started to refine their live show and build an audience proving they could command the attention of their growing fans. From recording demos, we go with them as they recorded their first three albums, Queen, Queen II and Sheer Heart Attack.
Through rare ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ archive and new interviews from Brian May and Roger Taylor plus contributors including record executive Paul Watts, journalist Rosie Horide who followed the band in their early days and Bob Harris, an early supporter, we find out how their ascension was met with financial struggles but as a band they had a shared creative vision to take on the World.
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Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody
- Greatest Hits I II & III (The Platinum Collection).
- Parlophone.
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Queen
We Will Rock You
- News Of The World.
- Island.
- 1.
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Queen
Don't Stop Me Now
- Jazz.
- Island.
- 12.
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Bill Haley and His Comets
Rock Around The Clock
- That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
- EMI.
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Lata Mangeshkar
Maan Loonga
- Universal Music India Pvt Ltd..
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience
All Along The Watchtower
- POLYDOR.
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Aretha Franklin
Respect
- Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
- Atlantic.
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Queen
God Save The Queen
- A Night At The Opera.
- Island.
- 12.
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Queen
Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)
- EMI.
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Queen
Keep Yourself Alive
- Queen.
- EMI.
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Queen
Liar
- Queen.
- Hollywood Records.
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Queen
Killer Queen
- NOW - Yearbook 1974 (Various Artists).
- Now.
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Queen
Stone Cold Crazy
- Sheer Heart Attack.
- EMI.
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The stories of the biggest artists in the world told over the years in their own words.