Brian May (GBR)

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Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 23 Feb 2021, 15:47

Brian May - Back To The Light (Japan Edition) (1992)

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Year : 1992 (Japan Edition)
Style : Melodic Rock , Classic Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 136 mb


Bio:

Brian Harold May, CBE (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and astrophysicist, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. He uses a home-built electric guitar, called the Red Special. His compositions for the band include "We Will Rock You", "Tie Your Mother Down", "I Want It All", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Flash", "Hammer to Fall", "Save Me", "Who Wants to Live Forever" and "The Show Must Go On".May was a co-founder of Queen with lead singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, having previously performed with Taylor in the band Smile, which he had joined while he was at university. Within five years of their formation in 1970 and the recruitment of bass player John Deacon completing the lineup, Queen had become established as one of the biggest rock bands in both the UK and the world, with the album A Night at the Opera and its single "Bohemian Rhapsody". From the mid-1970s until the early 1990s, Queen were an almost constant presence in the UK charts and played some of the biggest venues in the world, most notably giving an acclaimed performance at Live Aid in 1985. As a member of Queen, May became regarded as a virtuoso musician, and he was identified with a distinctive sound created through his layered guitar work. Following the death of Mercury in 1991, Queen were put on hiatus for several years but were eventually reconvened by May and Taylor for further performances featuring other vocalists. In 2005, a Planet Rock poll saw May voted the 7th greatest guitarist of all time.He was ranked at No. 26 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".In 2012, May was ranked the 2nd greatest guitarist of all time by a Guitar World magazine readers poll.He was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2005 for "services to the music industry and for charity work".May attained a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College London in 2007 and was Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 2008 to 2013.He was a "science team collaborator" with NASA's New Horizons Pluto mission.He is also a co-founder of the awareness campaign, Asteroid Day.[8] Asteroid 52665 Brianmay was named after him. May is also an animal rights activist, campaigning against the hunting of foxes and the culling of badgers in the UK.

Album:

Back to the Light is the first solo album by Queen guitarist Brian May released on 28 September 1992 in the UK and on 2 February 1993 in the United States and Canada. The album contains the Top 10 singles "Too Much Love Will Kill You" and "Driven by You".The album was recorded between 1988 and 1992 at the Allerton Hill Studios and mixed at the Metropolis Studios. It is Brian May's second non-Queen album after 1983 Star Fleet Project.The track "Just One Life" was written as a tribute to the actor Philip Sayer, who died in 1989. "Rollin' Over" is a cover of Small Faces song from the album Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake. An alternate "explicit" version of "Love Token" was recorded with lyrics which may have been deemed offensive by the record label. The lyric "shit for brains" was replaced by "meat for brains," while the lyrics "well, fuck you" were replaced by "that's a shame." The original "explicit" version was never officially released except on a free CD packaged with RCD Magazine, Vol. 4.The songs "Headlong" and "I Can't Live with You" released on Queen album Innuendo were originally intended to be included on the album, but when Brian May heard Freddie Mercury singing the tracks, he instead preferred them to become Queen songs.An alternative version of "Too Much Love Will Kill You" was also recorded by Queen and can be found on their Made in Heaven album (1995), with vocals by Freddie Mercury.The US edition of the album included a remix of "Driven by You" (with a new drum track from Cozy Powell) as a bonus track, also b-side to "Too Much Love Will Kill You" single. The Japanese edition of the album included "Just One Life" (Guitar Version) and "Too Much Love Will Kill You (Guitar Version)", b-sides to "Driven by You" and "Too Much Love Will Kill You" singles respectively.Japan edition includes a 24-page booklet and an obi.Tracks 13 and 14 indicated as *Bonus tracks only for Japan.

Line-Up:

Brian May All Guitars, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals,& Keyboards (QUEEN)
Cozy Powell Drums
Geoff Tugmore Drums On #10 & #12
Gary Tibbs Bass On #2, #10, #12
Neil Murray Bass On #3, #8
John Deacon Bass On #6
Mike Moran Piano On #3, #12, Keyboards On #9
Don Airey Extra Keyboards On #4, #7
Chris Thompson Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals On #12
Miriam Stockley Backing Vocals On #2, #12
Maggie Ryder Backing Vocals On #2, #12
Suzie O'List Backing Vocals On #2, #11
Gill O'Donovan Backing Vocals On #2, #11

Tracklist:

01. The Dark
02. Back To The Light
03. Love Token
04. Resurrection
05. Too Much Love Will Kill You
06. Driven By You
07. Nothin' But Blue
08. I'm Scared
09. Last Horizon
10. Let Your Heart Rule Your Head
11. Just One Life
12. Rollin' Over
13. Just One Life (Guitar Version) (Bonus Track)
14. Too Much Love Will Kill You" (Guitar Version) (Bonus Track)

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Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 23 Feb 2021, 15:49

Brian May - Collaborations I (2017)

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Year : 2017
Style : Melodic Rock , Classic Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 136 mb


Bio:

Brian Harold May, CBE (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and astrophysicist, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. He uses a home-built electric guitar, called the Red Special. His compositions for the band include "We Will Rock You", "Tie Your Mother Down", "I Want It All", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Flash", "Hammer to Fall", "Save Me", "Who Wants to Live Forever" and "The Show Must Go On".May was a co-founder of Queen with lead singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, having previously performed with Taylor in the band Smile, which he had joined while he was at university. Within five years of their formation in 1970 and the recruitment of bass player John Deacon completing the lineup, Queen had become established as one of the biggest rock bands in both the UK and the world, with the album A Night at the Opera and its single "Bohemian Rhapsody". From the mid-1970s until the early 1990s, Queen were an almost constant presence in the UK charts and played some of the biggest venues in the world, most notably giving an acclaimed performance at Live Aid in 1985. As a member of Queen, May became regarded as a virtuoso musician, and he was identified with a distinctive sound created through his layered guitar work. Following the death of Mercury in 1991, Queen were put on hiatus for several years but were eventually reconvened by May and Taylor for further performances featuring other vocalists. In 2005, a Planet Rock poll saw May voted the 7th greatest guitarist of all time.He was ranked at No. 26 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".In 2012, May was ranked the 2nd greatest guitarist of all time by a Guitar World magazine readers poll.He was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2005 for "services to the music industry and for charity work".May attained a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College London in 2007 and was Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 2008 to 2013.He was a "science team collaborator" with NASA's New Horizons Pluto mission.He is also a co-founder of the awareness campaign, Asteroid Day.[8] Asteroid 52665 Brianmay was named after him. May is also an animal rights activist, campaigning against the hunting of foxes and the culling of badgers in the UK.

Album:

Amazing collection !!

Line-Up:

Brian Harold May - guitar , vocals (Queen)

Tracklist:

01. Steve Hackett - Slot Machine (4:25)
02. Steve Hackett - Don't Fall Away From Me (3:39)
03. Meat Loaf - Bad For Good (7:35)
04. Minako Honda - Crazy Nights (Japanese Version) (4:09)
05. Toni Martin - Is There A Heaven (5:01)
06. Gordon Giltrap - Heartsong (4:24)
07. Anita Dobson - Talking Of Love (3:50)
08. Cliff Richard - Move It (4:12)
09. Carmine Appice - Nobody Knew (Black White House) (4:53)
10. Tim Staffell - Earth (4:50)
11. Lynn Carey Saylor - If We Believe (3:58)
12. Chris Thompson - A Shift In The Wind (Parts 1&2) (6:44)
13. Robbie Williams - Eternity (5:03)
14. Judie Tzuke - I Can Read Books (4:21)
15. Kerry Ellis - Born Free (3:31)
16. Meat Loaf - A Time For Heroes (5:10)
17. Queen - No One But You (Only The Good Die Young) (4:11)

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Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 23 Feb 2021, 15:50

Brian May - Collaborations II (2017)

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Year : 2017
Style : Melodic Rock , Classic Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 136 mb


Bio:

Brian Harold May, CBE (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and astrophysicist, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. He uses a home-built electric guitar, called the Red Special. His compositions for the band include "We Will Rock You", "Tie Your Mother Down", "I Want It All", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Flash", "Hammer to Fall", "Save Me", "Who Wants to Live Forever" and "The Show Must Go On".May was a co-founder of Queen with lead singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, having previously performed with Taylor in the band Smile, which he had joined while he was at university. Within five years of their formation in 1970 and the recruitment of bass player John Deacon completing the lineup, Queen had become established as one of the biggest rock bands in both the UK and the world, with the album A Night at the Opera and its single "Bohemian Rhapsody". From the mid-1970s until the early 1990s, Queen were an almost constant presence in the UK charts and played some of the biggest venues in the world, most notably giving an acclaimed performance at Live Aid in 1985. As a member of Queen, May became regarded as a virtuoso musician, and he was identified with a distinctive sound created through his layered guitar work. Following the death of Mercury in 1991, Queen were put on hiatus for several years but were eventually reconvened by May and Taylor for further performances featuring other vocalists. In 2005, a Planet Rock poll saw May voted the 7th greatest guitarist of all time.He was ranked at No. 26 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".In 2012, May was ranked the 2nd greatest guitarist of all time by a Guitar World magazine readers poll.He was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2005 for "services to the music industry and for charity work".May attained a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College London in 2007 and was Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 2008 to 2013.He was a "science team collaborator" with NASA's New Horizons Pluto mission.He is also a co-founder of the awareness campaign, Asteroid Day.[8] Asteroid 52665 Brianmay was named after him. May is also an animal rights activist, campaigning against the hunting of foxes and the culling of badgers in the UK.

Album:

Amazing collection number 2 !!

Line-Up:

Brian Harold May - guitar , vocals (Queen)

Tracklist:

01. Brian May - Furia - The Meeting (Solo Guitar) (1:36)
02. Anita Dobson - Let Me In (Your Heart Again) (3:58)
03. Tim Staffell - Doin' Alright (3:45)
04. Paul Rodgers - I'm Ready (3:02)
05. Roger Taylor & The Cross - Love Lies Bleeding (4:27)
06. Billy Squier - (Another) 1984 (4:56)
07. Sissel - What Are We Made Of? (3:44)
08. Anita Dobson - You Can't Stay The Night (4:52)
09. Holly Johnson - Love Train (4:04)
10. Tony Iommi - Flame On (4:31)
11. Zucchero - Il Mare Impetuoso Al Tramonto (4:00)
12. Lynn Carey Saylor - We Belong (4:31)
13. Hale & Pace - The Stonk (3:50)
14. Eddy Howell - The Man From Manhattan (3:21)
15. Catherine Porter - Somebody To Love (3:45)
16. Cozy Powell - Somewhere In Time (3:53)
17. Status Quo - Raining In My Heart (3:36)
18. Lady Gaga - You & I (5:09)
19. Kerry Ellis - No One But You (Only The Good Die Young) Live (5:26)

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Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 23 Feb 2021, 15:51

Brian May & Kerry Ellis - Golden Days (2017)

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Year : 2017
Style : Melodic Rock , Classic Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + scans + Video
Size : 136 mb


Bio:

Brian Harold May, CBE (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and astrophysicist, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. He uses a home-built electric guitar, called the Red Special. His compositions for the band include "We Will Rock You", "Tie Your Mother Down", "I Want It All", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Flash", "Hammer to Fall", "Save Me", "Who Wants to Live Forever" and "The Show Must Go On".May was a co-founder of Queen with lead singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, having previously performed with Taylor in the band Smile, which he had joined while he was at university. Within five years of their formation in 1970 and the recruitment of bass player John Deacon completing the lineup, Queen had become established as one of the biggest rock bands in both the UK and the world, with the album A Night at the Opera and its single "Bohemian Rhapsody". From the mid-1970s until the early 1990s, Queen were an almost constant presence in the UK charts and played some of the biggest venues in the world, most notably giving an acclaimed performance at Live Aid in 1985. As a member of Queen, May became regarded as a virtuoso musician, and he was identified with a distinctive sound created through his layered guitar work. Following the death of Mercury in 1991, Queen were put on hiatus for several years but were eventually reconvened by May and Taylor for further performances featuring other vocalists. In 2005, a Planet Rock poll saw May voted the 7th greatest guitarist of all time.He was ranked at No. 26 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".In 2012, May was ranked the 2nd greatest guitarist of all time by a Guitar World magazine readers poll.He was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2005 for "services to the music industry and for charity work".May attained a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College London in 2007 and was Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 2008 to 2013.He was a "science team collaborator" with NASA's New Horizons Pluto mission.He is also a co-founder of the awareness campaign, Asteroid Day.[8] Asteroid 52665 Brianmay was named after him. May is also an animal rights activist, campaigning against the hunting of foxes and the culling of badgers in the UK.

Kerry Ellis

Kerry Jane Ellis (born 6 May 1979) is an English actress and singer who is best known for her work in musical theatre and subsequent crossover into music. Born and raised in Suffolk, Ellis began performing at an early age before attending Laine Theatre Arts from the age of 16.Ellis made her first professional stage appearance in 1998 and went on to make her West End debut in the 2001 revival of My Fair Lady as Martine McCutcheon's understudy in the role of Eliza Doolittle. After meeting Queen guitarist Brian May in 2002, she landed the role of Meat in the original London cast of We Will Rock You and has subsequently played lead roles in West End musicals Les Misérables, Wicked (which also took her to Broadway), Oliver! and Cats as well as appearing in national tours and concert productions of musicals like Miss Saigon, Chess, The War of the Worlds and RENT. Ellis, who has received several awards and nominations for her performances, has become recognised as the First Lady of West End musicals.She has also worked sporadically in film and television.Though she unsuccessfully auditioned for The Voice UK in 2012, Ellis had been expanding her repertoire as a solo artist in collaboration with May since 2002. She has released three studio albums Anthems (2010), which reached number 15 on the UK Albums Chart, the self-titled Kerry Ellis (2014) and "Golden Days" as well as an extended play Wicked in Rock (2008) and a live album Acoustic by Candlelight (2013). In addition to headlining solo concert tours like Anthems: The Tour and The Born Free Tour, and singing in concerts across the world, Ellis also appears as a featured artist on several albums and is featured on various cast albums. She also involves herself in charity work for the Born Free Foundation with May and is the patron of several arts organisations.

Album:

5 years ago the Queen guitarist Brian May decided he would produce an album for an exciting new artist he had discovered. That artist was called Kerry Ellis and was well known to musical theatre audiences in London. She went on to be given the title of the ‘First Lady of the West End’ and established herself as one of the most revered musical theatre performers of her generation.The album May produced was called Anthems and signaled the start of a musical collaboration, which, much to the excitement of their legions of fans has endured and seen them play to packed houses around the world.The pair has recently gone back into the studio to produce a new 13-track album entitled Golden Days, which perfectly displays May’s musicianship alongside Ellis’ exquisite vocal ability resulting in an record filled with soaring melodies and rocking rhythms.It’s an eclectic mix with something for all of their different types of fans, from power ballads to classic covers and even a musical theatre standard put in for good measure.Highlights include a poppy melody written by the partnership called “The Kissing Me Song”, a rousing version of Phil Lynott and Gary Moore’s “Parisienne Walkways” and a song they have performed live on many occasions and which highlights the pair’s devotion to animal rights, John Barry and Don Black’s “Born Free”.Musical theatre fans will simply adore Ellis’ rendition of “If I Loved You” from Rogers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, which is performed with just an acoustic guitar to give a melancholic and heart wrenching sound and there is also an interesting addition to the track list, with the psychedelic “Love In a Rainbow” complete with sitar accompaniment.This album is another triumph for the team of May and Ellis and is almost guaranteed to be a hit.

Line-Up:

Brian Harold May - guitar , vocals (Queen)
Kerry Ellis - vocals

Tracklist:

01. Love in a Rainbow (Brian May, Kerry Ellis) (4:30)
02. Roll With You (Brian May, Kerry Ellis) (3:55)
03. Golden Days (Brian May) (4:22)
04. It's Gonna Be All Right (The Panic Attack Song) (Brian May) (3:46)
05. Amazing Grace (John Newton, Trad. Arr, Brian May) (2:48)
06. One Voice (Ruth Moody) (3:22)
07. If I Loved You (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) (3:33)
08. Born Free (John Barry, Don Black) (3:11)
09. Parisienne Walkways (Phil Lynott, Gary Moore) (3:44)
10. I Who Have Nothing (Carlo Donida, Mogol, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) (4:08)
11. The Kissing Me Song (Brian May, Kerry Ellis) (3:43)
12. Story of a Heart (Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson) (4:23)
13. Can't Help Falling in Love (Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss) (3:13)

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Príspevokod užívateľa Horex » 06 Aug 2021, 06:40

Brian May - Back To The Light (2CD) (Deluxe Edition) (2021)

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Year : 1992 (Deluxe Edition 2021)
Style : Melodic Rock , Classic Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 136 mb


Bio:

Brian Harold May, CBE (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and astrophysicist, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. He uses a home-built electric guitar, called the Red Special. His compositions for the band include "We Will Rock You", "Tie Your Mother Down", "I Want It All", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Flash", "Hammer to Fall", "Save Me", "Who Wants to Live Forever" and "The Show Must Go On".May was a co-founder of Queen with lead singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, having previously performed with Taylor in the band Smile, which he had joined while he was at university. Within five years of their formation in 1970 and the recruitment of bass player John Deacon completing the lineup, Queen had become established as one of the biggest rock bands in both the UK and the world, with the album A Night at the Opera and its single "Bohemian Rhapsody". From the mid-1970s until the early 1990s, Queen were an almost constant presence in the UK charts and played some of the biggest venues in the world, most notably giving an acclaimed performance at Live Aid in 1985. As a member of Queen, May became regarded as a virtuoso musician, and he was identified with a distinctive sound created through his layered guitar work. Following the death of Mercury in 1991, Queen were put on hiatus for several years but were eventually reconvened by May and Taylor for further performances featuring other vocalists. In 2005, a Planet Rock poll saw May voted the 7th greatest guitarist of all time.He was ranked at No. 26 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".In 2012, May was ranked the 2nd greatest guitarist of all time by a Guitar World magazine readers poll.He was appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2005 for "services to the music industry and for charity work".May attained a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College London in 2007 and was Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University from 2008 to 2013.He was a "science team collaborator" with NASA's New Horizons Pluto mission.He is also a co-founder of the awareness campaign, Asteroid Day.[8] Asteroid 52665 Brianmay was named after him. May is also an animal rights activist, campaigning against the hunting of foxes and the culling of badgers in the UK.

Album:

BRIAN MAY‘s first solo album, 1992’s Back To The Light (’93 in America), will be reissued in a Deluxe Edition – “Back To The Light [2-CD Deluxe Remastered Edition]” – newly re-mastered by guru Bob Ludwig from the original master tapes and personally overseen by Brian May. The second disc, titled ‘Out Of The Light”, contains alternate versions, B-Sides and live tracks.Bonus tracks include instrumental versions of ‘Nothin’ but Blue’, ‘Too Much Love Will Kill You’ and ‘Just One Life’. ‘Driven by You Two’ is the Ford advert version of ‘Driven by You’ and, there’s a rare take on ‘Driven by You (Cozy and Neil Version ’93)’.On its initial release in September 1992, the album was an unqualified hit, peaking at No 6 in the UK album charts. Featuring the late Cozy Powell on drums, this album rocks hard with melody.This reissue shines with its perfect, crystal clear remastered sound.There is a touching moment at the end of a live version of ‘Driven By You’ when Brian May, with his legendary signature Red Special in hand, turns momentarily away from the tens of thousands of fans in the stadium and gently smiles to the camera. The clear message of that moment is ‘everything I do is driven by you [the fans].’This message is underlined by the re-release of his 1992 solo album Back To The Light – unavailable for many years -, which contains a number of unreleased tracks. “I’m very excited,” he says, “I’ve been putting a lot of work in and polishing that up, finding some tracks that weren’t on the original; a nice new package.”The man who penned the Queen classics’ Tie Your Mother Down, We Will Rock You, Who Wants To Live Forever, sought to find solace in his own music following the untimely death of singer Freddie Mercury.In making ”Back To The Light” he drew on support from friends including Neil Murray (Whitesnake, Black Sabbath) and Gary Tibbs (Roxy Music, Adam & The Ants), drummers Cozy Powell & Geoff Dugmore, keyboardist Mike Moran and Queen band mate John Deacon on one track.The Dark is the album’s starting point, which acts as a nice counterpoint to the top 20 UK single, ‘Back To The Light’. It is easy to see why many Queen fans would have latched onto this latter track after the passing of their hero, and May shows that he can hold his own on vocals as the song grows.‘Love Token’ was co-written with ‘Cozy Powell and, as can be imagined by the pedigree of the duo involved, is a powerful and engaging rock track.The killer ‘Resurrection’ also features the pair producing hard rock, which again made the top 30 in the UK.‘Too Much Love Will Kill You’ is probably the most intimate song on this album, and May himself says that it is possibly his most important recording. May wrote the song around the time he was separating from his first wife in 1988 and starting his relationship with Anita Dobson. In some compensation for his inner conflict and heartache, the song hit number 5 in the UK charts and won an Ivor Novello Award.The rocking ‘Driven By You’ is not everyone’s favourite as it was reportedly originally written for a Ford car advertisment, but the song met with similar success in the UK.On the other hand, Cozy Powell and Queen’s John Deacon lent a hand with the bluesy cut, ‘Nothin’ But Blue’, which May wrote the night before Mercury’s death, and on which he soars on one of Joe Satriani’s signature guitars.‘Last Horizon’ provides a beautiful guitar instrumental, and is well worth a listen. The album closes with the only cover, ‘Rollin’ Over’, which I suspect is May paying homage to the authors, The Small Faces. What better way to close this highly personal record but with a nod to the musical heroes of his youth?As can be assessed from the large number of hit singles ”Back to the Light” spawned, it was an outstanding success; making number 6 in the UK album charts.Long unavailable on CD, the reissue arrives with audio supervision from Justin Shirley-Smith and Kris Fredriksson. On the original release’s liner notes, Shirley-Smith received an affectionate namecheck for, writes Brian, “dealing with my erratic recording habits” in his role as co-producer and engineer. “Brian is a perfectionist and he won’t leave something until he’s happy,” says Shirley-Smith, whose work for Queen stretches back to 1984.Sound engineer Fredriksson wanted to see that perfectionism reflected in the reissue. “If it hasn’t been available and we’re going to reissue it,” he notes, “we thought why not get it remastered by the best mastering engineer in the world?”.Enter Grammy-winner Bob Ludwig, who worked from the original restored flat mixes to ensure this new edition of ”Back To The Light” sounds better than ever.Meanwhile, Fredriksson cast the net wide to source bonus tracks for a second disc, Out of the Light.Brian’s Red Special speaks on haunting instrumental versions of ‘Nothin’ but Blue’, “Too Much Love Will Kill You” and “Just One Life”. “Driven by You Two”, the Ford advert version of “Driven by You” and “Driven by You” (Cozy and Neil Version ’93) also feature alongside some live cuts.‘’39/Let Your Heart Rule Your Head”, “Last Horizon” and “We Will Rock You’ were recorded at a triumphant Brixton Academy show on 15 June 1993, documented on the Live at the Brixton Academy album and film, where The Brian May Band featured Powell (drums), Spike Edney (keyboards), Jamie Moses (guitar), Neil Murray (bass) and, on backing vocals, Catherine Porter and Shelley Preston.The live version of “Too Much Love Will Kill You” was recorded at the Palace Theater, Los Angeles, on 6 April 1993; the night before, Brian and a special guest tore through Queen concert favourite “Tie Your Mother Down” on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. “Welcome, Mr Slash,” says Brian, as the Guns N’ Roses guitarist serves notice of May’s multi-generational influence.Almost three decades on, Brian dedicates this reissue to the late, great Cozy Powell, along with a reflection on the search the album documents. “In 2021, proudly and fondly presenting this work to a new audience,” writes May, “and noting carefully my original liner notes, I can report that I am still on the quest of finding answers to most of the questions posed in this suite of songs, and to this day, the Light still glimmers darkly, tantalizingly, always a little out of reach. Music gets us through.”Lit up with emotional honesty, big tunes, rock’n’roll vim and world-class guitar work, ”Back To The Light” shines on.

Line-Up:

Brian May All Guitars, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals,& Keyboards (QUEEN)
Cozy Powell Drums
Geoff Tugmore Drums On #10 & #12
Gary Tibbs Bass On #2, #10, #12
Neil Murray Bass On #3, #8
John Deacon Bass On #6
Mike Moran Piano On #3, #12, Keyboards On #9
Don Airey Extra Keyboards On #4, #7
Chris Thompson Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals On #12
Miriam Stockley Backing Vocals On #2, #12
Maggie Ryder Backing Vocals On #2, #12
Suzie O'List Backing Vocals On #2, #11
Gill O'Donovan Backing Vocals On #2, #11

Tracklist:

CD1: Back To The Light [remastered 2021]

01. The Dark
02. Back To The Light
03. Love Token
04. Resurrection
05. Too Much Love Will Kill You
06. Driven By You
07. Nothin’ But Blue
08. I’m Scared
09. Last Horizon
10. Let Your Heart Rule Your Head
11. Just One Life
12. Rollin’ Over

CD2: Out Of The Light [alt versions, B-Sides, live]

01. Nothin’ But Blue (Guitar Version)
02. Too Much Love Will Kill You (Guitar Version)
03. Just One Life (Guitar Version)
04. Driven By You Two
05. Driven By You (Ford Ad Version)
06. Tie Your Mother Down (Live 1993) (feat. Slash)
07. Too Much Love Will Kill You (Live 1993)
08. ’39 / Let Your Heart Rule Your Head (Live 1993)
09. Last Horizon (Live 1993)
10. We Will Rock You (Live 1993)
11. Driven By You (Cozy and Neil Version ’93)

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