THE MOTHER OF ALL QUEEN COLLECTABLES

Music collectables sometimes get a mench on MC. Yesterday I saw a future one I reckon. At well over £300 there can't be too many of them around. A friend brought it over to show me, a limited edition box set of all of Queen's studio LP's all re-issued in minty coloured vinyl along with a large lustrous coffee-table book. 

All the albums - about 12 maybe - and the book were neatly packed inside a bespoke LP case like the ones we all had in the Seventies. It weighed a ton and came in a neat card slip-over sleeve. An amazing set and deffo a collectable of tomorrow, if not today!

I was never a huge Queen fan. I did listen to them as a teenager if they were on somewhere but I never bought any of there stuff. I was just too into heavy rock and Queen weren't heavy. I did like Seven Seas of Rye and a few other tracks like Ogre Battle and Prophet Song but the whole operatic thing they developed put me off. Obviously being a guitar fan I did appreciate Brian May's memorable licks.

I remember seeing them on TV when Live Aid was on and yes, I too thought Queen did a barnstorming set. Maybe their finest moment as they conquered the whole world.

I once sold a Seventies white fold-up designer lamp on Ebay. It was only later that I saw the very same thing on Freddie Mercury's piano performance during Bohemian Rhapsody on You Tube! Pity I didn't see it it earlier, I would have mentioned it in my listing and got a few more quid maybe! A definite Queen collectable, ha ha!

Were and are you a Queen fan readers? Would you buy the new LP box set for nearly £400? Or have you got the originals already?