Deep Cuts: Volume One 1973-1976
Deep Cuts: Volume One 1973-1976
Released	14 March 2011 (UK)
Recorded	1972 - 1976 at various studios
Length	mm:ss
Label	Universal/Island (UK)
Producer(s)	Queen, variously with John Anthony, Roy Thomas Baker, Robin Geoffrey Cable, and Mike Stone
Queen chronology
Deep Cuts: Volume One 1973-1976 2011 Deep Cuts: Volume Two 1977-1982 2011

With the news that Queen were jumping ship from EMI to Universal Music, fans immediately salivated over what bountiful treasures would finally be unearthed on future reissue programs. Universal were well-known for their attention to detail and completeness with other artists' reissues, and certainly the same would be held true with their latest acquisition. (Little did fans know that Universal all but begged Queen Productions for unlimited access, but were denied outright.) The first step in an aggressive 40th anniversary campaign was to entice new fans who were familiar only to Queen's greatest hits, and Deep Cuts: Volume One 1973-1976, compiled by Brian, Roger, and Foo Fighter Taylor Hawkins, is a mostly successful insight into what lay beyond Bohemian Rhapsody and Killer Queen.

Naturally, it would be easy to quibble with the tracklisting, and each fan is going to have his or her own opinions on what should have been included – although the omissions of White Queen (As It Began) and You And I are downright inexcusable, and calling Keep Yourself Alive a deep cut is utterly confounding – and perhaps some standalone edits of Tenement Funster, Flick Of The Wrist, and Lily Of The Valley would have been more enticing. (The two unique edits, of Ogre Battle and The March Of The Black Queen, are interesting, if inessential.) But for what it is, Deep Cuts: Volume One 1973-1976 is an attractive and well-constructed compilation that gave some hope to the fanbase that QPL was finally listening.

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John Deacon -

Brian May -

Freddie Mercury -

Roger Taylor -

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