Queen Studio Collection

Totally a fan of Queen here!!!! So I love it!!!!! Thanks Amazon for the return when the fist one came with some imperfections they were AWESOME!!!!!! Now, maybe some people will think it is to expensive to buy it, yes it is, but like I said before I am a Queen fan and in my eyes has a high value. I am not and audiophile or anything like that but this studio set sounds like heaven, I guess you need a good audio system too but I use a regular (yamaha) 5.1 channels and the sound is amazing. To add it the Color LP .... WOW...... I love it............. the sad part is this USA version does not come with the MP3 codes ......... or maybe was just mine that did not have it. The book..... AMAZING.... (well almost everything they (Queen) throw out there for the fans is gold for me, like I said "almost" everything, the book gives us a little more inside of Queen, some memorabilia, nice stuff to spend some time on it. Over all I love it and any fan of Queen out there should get this.

I have been a fan of vinyl for all my life and just couldn't resist this box set, even though I have all Queen records in standard edition issues. When I received my first box set I was overwhelmed by the care taken in the packaging and for the genius idea of making the albums in colored vinyl. I have left the box records unplayed for several years until I finally decided I should try them out and proceeded to play the first album. Surprise! The record wouldn't fit the spindle of any of my turntables (too tight). I them tried the other albums and most (but not all!) had the same problem. How to enlarge the center hole without destroying the records became a #1 concern and I found a solution using sharp scissors. Unfortunately, as I was "carefully" carving the hole, my hand slipped and I got a nice and deep scratch on the label and last track of "The Works". That method had clearly not worked, but it got worse! I used another tool to enlarge the center hole and now some of the records have a "loose" fit. In short: get a second box before it's gone from the market. This one will be tested and I will NOT use anything to tamper with the center hole. Now, getting down from my soapbox: if you can afford this box, don't hesitate: purchase it. It's the most beautiful item in my vinyl collection. -Fernando

The box set is nice! I really didn’t mess with it to much because I didn’t want to get any thing dirty and wet. The slip cover is also missing which sucks! USPS left my package out in the rain, doesn’t surprise me, people these days don’t care about your package, they just dump it off, as long as they are getting paid I guess. I have had this problem before and actually caught the idiot the last time. He just catapulted my package from the walk up about 5 feet from the porch. Any way, cool vinyl set if your a hard core Queen fan!

I have been a queen fan since I was able to listen to radio on my own (1980s). This is a gift for my 50th birthday from my family. When it came I was so excited to open the box (very heavy). This set is so very well put together and contains all of their 15 albums in 18 discs. The visual presentation is brilliantly formatted from the packaging to the different colors of each of the discs. Also included in the box is the fully illustrated 108 page 12"x12" hardbound book. Queen is for me the best band ever. I never got to see them in concert myself, but this comes close.

For me this is money well spent. This is one of the best box sets I have ever purchased. It weighs a ton, LOL. I'm not going to bluster on the sound quality or compare them to the original vinyl I have had in my collection for over twenty years, Heck since they came out I bought them new. The colored vinyl is COOL. The book is worth the price alone. Very cool information in the book from Brain and the rest of the band. Yes it is expensive but I do not regret it one bit. If lost or stolen It would be replace immediately. What more can I say I love it !

I put off buying this collection as I already have all their studio albums on black vinyl l, but I decided after buying the greatest hits 1,2&3 box set that I wanted the coloured studio collection aswell they sound amazing and look well and the book contained with-in the package is well presented I wouldn't expect anything less from a Queen release 10/10

I am located in the US and have owned only American pressings of the Queen albums. A few of these albums sound much better than my original copies (Queen, Queen II, and News of the World, to name a few). Overall, these either meet or exceed the quality of what the originals I've owned. It's easy to get swept away with the discussion of these LPs being pressed from digital masters. Don't be pedantic. These sound great, and the presentation is worth the extra change.

I love, love, love this box set. It was packaged well and arrived safely and quickly. The music sounds great, but the albums don't all play in the same order. In some cases a single album is even a double album. I am not disappointed by this, but had to get used to it. The colored vinyl is beautiful and makes it fun to play. The sound is crisp and sounds even better when turned up loud! I recommend this to any Queen fan and anyone new to this music will become a Queen fan. There is also a book to follow along with so that you can read about the album while listening to it.

Ecco l'oggetto dei desideri per tutti i fan dei QUEEN e per i collezionisti in generale di super cofanetti. L'intera discografia della band su vinili colorati (tutti di colori diversi ispirati alle cromie delle copertine stesse) riprodotti su 18 LP di eccellente qualità già a partire dalle copertine. Ogni album è imbustato singolarmente con sleeve trasparenti per evitare che le copertine si sporchino o si deteriorino. Gli artwork rispettano le versioni originali UK replicando perfettamente le stampe dell'epoca con una qualità e accuratezza che ricorda il "Beatles Vinyl Box Set Stereo", quello che ancora oggi rappresenta il non plus ultra dei box set in vinile. Come per i Beatles i vinili sono racchiusi in uno splendido box in cartone pressato color oro e presenta anche un libro di 108 pagine con copertina rigida ricchissimo di testi e immagini, curiosità a foto. Per gli udiofili alcune importati cose da sapere: - Tutti i 15 albums di studio derivano dai nastri originali, digital masters realizzati in alta definizione 24 bit/96 kHz - Masterizzati per il vinile da Bob Ludwig - Matrici dei vinili realizzate con il metodo Half-speed agli Abbey Road Studios - stampati in Germania dalla Optimal su LP 180 grammi di alta qualità, vinili colorati - Versioni colorate non disponibili singolarmente (in vendita solo nella versione boxset) Qualcuno si chiederà che forse i conti non tornano: perché 15 album su 18 LP? E' presto detto, per la prima volta "Queen II" e "Innuendo" sono presentati su vinile doppio. C'è poi "made In Heaven" che era doppio già in origine. Come si può capire la qualità in generale di questo boxset è davvero all'altezza del nome QUEEN, un progetto straordinario che andrebbe preso da esempio per altre realizzazioni. Ci auguriamo che la Universal dopo i Beatles e i QUEEN realizzino un box su questo standard anche per i Pink Floyd (per il quale forse bisognerà fare un mutuo).

excelente producto y muy bonito box set, desafortunadamente el album "the works" venia con un error de impresión en el vinilo y no se escuchan los primeros temas del lado A y B.

Je vais répéter ce qui a été déjà dit mais effectivement ce coffret est splendide. Messieurs May et Taylor, producteurs ne se sont pas moqués de leurs fans. Alors certes le prix pourrait être dissuasif mais au regard de la qualité générale irréprochable, du nombre de vinyles colorés, de la qualité d'impression des pochettes, de la qualité de la mastérisation et celle du livre joint et bien finalement le prix est très ajusté. En comparant les vinyles originaux achetés au moment de leur sortie et la qualité de ceux inclus dans ce coffret, il n'a pas photo !

Mooi vormgegeven collectie van alle Queen albums. Gegarandeerd luisterplezier. De LP’s zijn zeer goed gemasterd en luisteren perfect, met een vol geluid dat recht doet aan de originele albums. Heerlijk voor een mooie luistersessie.

I've yet to open, let alone listen to, every record in this collection, but what a collection this is. It arrived extremely well packaged from Amazon. The usual fare of a box within a box within a box and lots of paper scrunched up inside to keep everything snug. Upon opening it, it's jam packed with every queen album (as you'd imagine) and a fantastic quality hard back book with excerpts about each record in the collection. It makes for fantastic reading while getting ready to drop the needle. Not only is the writing fantastic, but the photos and artwork contained within are fantastic, overall a really well put together book. On to the records which is presumably why one would buy this collection. They are all of a coloured variety. Normally, I'm not a huge fan of coloured vinyl, but these seem to work very well, and all I've listened to so far have an extremely quiet noise floor. It seems like a great deal of care has gone into the pressing and quality control of these records, it really shows and I'm extremely happy about this. I've only come across one quibble so far in my listening through of the whole collection, and that is me questioning the choice of the covers. It seems as though the cover for Queen II opens in a rather unorthadox way. I'm pretty sure that the original release of this was as a single 2 sided record, they've now split it into a White Side and a Black side, while cool, the opening of the cover itself seems as though the hinge is incorrectly placed, opening from the top rather than the side. This is a minor quibble, but if I was to for example take the record out of the box and put it on my shelf with the other records in my collection, it would look like it was on its side when displayed with the spine facing outward. A minor quibble, but a quibble none the less. I'm not going to store these on my shelf individually, but rather store them in the box, so this isn't a huge issue for me. This alone is not enough in my eyes to lose a star. Regarding the albums themselves, I'm not going to list them, nor review them. Suffice to say, if you've heard Queen albums before, these haven't changed in this packaging. If you like Queen, and you like Records, and you have the money, just buy it.