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Star Trax Karaoke: The Songs of Queen

Released 11 July 2003


Becoming Queen

Released 8 June 2004

Notes: "Becoming Queen" is a one-hour "rockumentary" about the formation of one of the most unique rock bands of all time. Extensive rare photos, archival footage and interviews with musicians, friends, BBC personalities and the band members themselves create this unique insight into the band that literally invented "stadium rock."


Magic Moments

Released 15 June 2004

Notes: This DVD features exclusive and previously unseen film footage including in-depth interviews with those that worked closely with Queen throughout their career, including Wayne Sleep, Annie Nightingale, Peter Stringfellow, old friends, Journalists and Producers, as well as rare band footage interspersed through the program. Queen: Magic Moments traces the roots of their success, telling the bands story from day one to the day Freddie died. Using rare band footage and exclusive interviews with the groups closest confidantes this DVD is destined to become the ultimate Queen documentary.


Under Review - 1973 - 1980

Released 15 November 2005

Notes: Queen Under Review 1973 - 1980 features rare live and studio performances of the band playing some of their best known hits; rare and classic Queen interview footage, and a host of other features, all interspersed with the independent review and criticism from a panel of esteemed experts. These include; the broadcaster, journalist and long time friend of Freddie Mercury, Paul Gambaccini; rock author, journalist and Queen expert, Malcolm Dome; guitarist and journalist Simon Bradley; contributing editor from Uncut Magazine, Nigel Williamson; ex Melody Maker features editor Chris Welch, among many other contributors.


Arranging for Solo Guitar: The Queen Titles

Released 1 December 2005

Notes: This award-winning DVD showcases Edgar Cruz’s notorious solo guitar arrangement of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. Also includes solo fingerstyle renditions of We Are The Champions, Killer Queen and Crazy Little Thing Called Love which are performed and then taught in great detail. Edgar demonstrates the process he uses to distill the essence of these rock classics with all of their familiar harmonies and orchestrations onto a single guitar. He covers all the techniques necessary to execute the difficult passages, and simplified variations are presented to make the arrangements accessible to students of many levels. Beyond the Queen titles, Edgar’s unique approach and insight can be applied to literally any song you choose. Multi-angle DVD features streaming musical notation and tab on the alternate video track. Notation and tab is also printable from the disc. All arrangements in standard tuning. "...Edgar Cruz is a wizard. How else can one explain how he captures the sounds of an entire band and reduces them to a single guitar? It's that special gift, skill, magic – whatever you'd like to call it – that has produced such amazing solo guitar performances as Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. If Cruz caught the attention of the guitar playing and listening world with that masterpiece, then that world had better brace itself..." – John Schroeter, Publisher, Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine

Winner of two Accolade Awards (best instructional/educational and best editing) as well as a nomination for the 2005 DVD Awards.


On the Rock Trail: Queen

Released 2 May 2006

Notes: QUEEN Christmas 1975 was a remarkable time for the band Queen as their groundbreaking single Bohemian Rhapsody held the number one chart position in the UK for nine weeks. Showcasing the unique talent of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon, the complex operatic section of Bohemian Rhapsody could not be performed live so a video was produced, which changed the face of music, quite literally, for all time. Never again would a single be released without a promotional video to back it up and Queen was forever associated with both visual and musical spectacle. However, there’s a great deal more to Queen than Bohemian Rhapsody and On the Rock Trail will provide an incredible insight into this luminescent Rock phenomenon that took the world by storm. (*This documentary does not include any original Queen music)


Music Box Biographical Collection

Released 11 July 2006


Bohemian Champions - Interviews

Released 9 August 2006


Under Review - 1980 - 1991

Released 29 August 2006

Notes: In the 1980s Queen became the confident, mature yet still challenging band they'd always threatened to be. Unlike many groups who'd broken through in the early 1970s, Queen were unaffected by the onslaught of punk; they were neither old wave nor new wave, they were just Queen. Queen - Under Review 1980 -1991 features live and studio performances by the group, rare interviews and a host of other features all interspersed with the independent review and criticism from a panel of esteemed experts. These include; broadcaster, journalist and long term friend of Freddie Mercury, Paul Gambaccini; music author and Classic Rock Magazine journalist, Malcolm Dome and many others.


Queen: Rock Case Studies

Released 6 June 2007

Notes: The triumphs and the tragedies; Rock Case Studies is a complete review of all Queens albums from their debut to Innuendo. Reams of archival interview and performance footage are explored by critics and music journalists. Top live footage includes Queen Live in Japan 1982; Live in Rio De Janeiro; Live Aid 1985 and much more! We also have an exclusive interview with Jeff Griffin; the producer of Queens BBC sessions and key member of the Live Aid team, plus the expert insights of seasoned musician and music producer, Les Davidson. Also included is a 72 page book, with an experts biography of the band, rare color photos and a studio album track by track break down.


DVD Collector's Box

Released 26 June 2007

Notes: The Queen DVD Collectors Box is a 2-DVD documentary set that proves at length why this legendary group are still dearly loved by so many. This first disc tells the full story of the band and their entire career, pointing the cameras where they have never previously preyed. The second focuses on their music in the 1970s, with footage of classic songs and photographs even the most hardcore fan will be surprised to see. The list of exclusive commentators across both the films includes friends of the band such as Paul Gambaccini, Wayne Sleep and Peter Stringfellow, journalists such as Daryl Easlea and Nigel Williamson, and a host of others.