- Box of Tricks
Infobox Album
Name = The 12" Collection
Type = Box set
Artist = Queen
Released = 1992
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Genre = Rock
Length = ?
Label = Parlophone
Producer = ?
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Next album =Box Of Tricks is a compilation box set by Queen which was sold in England in 1992 for £50
* CD or Cassette of Queen- The 12" Collection
* PAL video tape of Queen- Live at the Rainbow
* Album and Single Covers Poster
* A sew-on cloth Queen patch
* A metal Queen pin
* A soft cover photo book, 32 pages
* A Queen T-ShirtThe 12" Collection
Track listing
# Bohemian Rhapsody
# Radio Ga Ga
# Machines (Back To Humans) Instrumental
# I Want To Break Free
# It's A Hard Life
# Hammer To Fall
# Man On The Prowl
# A Kind Of Magic
# Pain Is So Close To Pleasure
# Breakthru
# The Invisible Man
# The Show Must Go OnBOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Written by Freddie Mercury, released (originally) on 31st October 1975. From A Night At The Opera. The forerunner of all twelve inch singles. Although Bo Rap, as it is affectionately known, was never actually released on the 12" format, its five minute fifty five second running time makes it eligible to be included on this collection.
RADIO GA GA
Written by Roger Taylor, released on 23rd January 1984. From The Works. The band's first release with a personal Queen catalogue number. Radio Ga Ga was a major success when performed at Live Aid in 1985, with the whole stadium on their feet, hands in the air for the handclapping chorus. Remixed for 12".
MACHINES
Written by Roger Taylor and Brian May, released only in the USA as the B-side to I Want To Break Free, on 13th April 1984. From The Works. The version of this track with lyrics was put on the B-side of Break Free in the UK. Brian re-visited the studios after the initial recording of that track, and did this 12" version specifically for the USA. It was never made available elsewhere.
I WANT TO BREAK FREE
Written by John Deacon, released on 2nd April 1984. From The Works. The single's video had the band members "running into their frocks" as Freddie put it. A track that also became the anthem of freedom in many of the oppressed parts of the world, it also became one of the band's most successful European hits. Remixed for 12".
IT'S A HARD LIFE
Written by Freddie Mercury, released on 16th July 1984. From The Works. This was the first twelve inch single that Queen released as a picture disc. Again a major European success and featuring a video in which Brian played a skull-shaped guitar and Freddie's outfit had been described as looking like a 'giant prawn'. Remixed for 12".
HAMMER TO FALL
Written by Brian May, released on 10th September 1984. From The Works. The 7" single version of this was quite heavy, even by Queen standards, but the specially remixed 12" was dubbed the 'Headbangers Mix'- which proved to be hugely popular in rock clubs throughout Europe.
MAN ON THE PROWL
Written by Freddie Mercury, released as the B-side to the Thank God It's Christmas on 26th November 1984. From The Works, a great album track that nearly didn't see the light of day on single, until the band decided to release their one and only 'Christmas special' single. On the 12", only this track, on the B-side, was extended and remixed. The A-side remained the same.
A KIND OF MAGIC
Written by Roger Taylor, released on 17th March 1986. From the album of the same name. The music on this album was commissioned to provide the score for the Russell Mulcahy film Highlander. The single was a major hit throughout Europe, dominating the charts at number one in no less than 35 countries. Remixed for 12".
PAIN IS SO CLOSE TO PLEASURE
Written by Freddie Mercury and John Deacon, released in the USA only on 20th August 1986. From A Kind of Magic. A highly sought after track by collectors, as it was only released in the USA and some parts of Europe. Remixed for 12".
BREAKTHRU
Written by Queen, released 19th June 1989. From The Miracle. This single gave Queen a top ten hit throughout Europe, and the video was filmed on a private railway in Cambridgeshire. The steam engine used was dubbed 'The Miracle Express'. Remixed for 12".
THE INVISIBLE MAN
Written by Queen, released 7th August 1989. From The Miracle. An excellent 12" version, featuring some really funky bass lines from John Deacon. The video was made to look like a computer game, with the band re-created using sophisticated computer motion control. Remixed for 12".
THE SHOW MUST GO ON
Written by Queen, released as a 12" single on 14th October 1991. From Innuendo. This single was released as a forerunner to the band's hugely successful Greatest Hits II compilation. The song was perceived as Freddie's apt epitaph by Queen fans worldwide, and became an anthem to strength and courage.
Queen Live At The Rainbow Video
A very rare video of Queen at the Rainbow Theatre in London 1974
Picture Sleeve Poster
Comprising of various Queen Sleeve covers from around the world
Photo Book
The softcover book (9 1/2" x 11") is basically a photo book, with no text. Many of the pictures are from photo sessions taken at the time the videos were filmed. The other photos span Queen's entire career.
Pin Badge
Magenta and Gold Enamel Pin Badge
Sew On Patch
Magenta and Gold coloured Patch (3 1/2" x 4")
T-Shirt
The Queen T-Shirt (black, with "QUEEN" in gold letters. No design)
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