Queen Books YEAR NAT.
1976
TITLE
UK
Queen
1976
UK
Queen - An Official Biography Plus Their Recent U.S. Royal Tour
1976
US
Somebody to love – Words and music by Freddie Mercury
AUTHOR
George Tremlett
Larry Pryce
EDITED BY
Futura
Star Books
Emi publishing ltd
ISBN
PAGES
NOTES
0 8600 7412 9
142 pages, 16 pages of b/w photos
One of the first Queen biographies. Queen`s early years, rare interviews & facts, chronology, discography etc.
0 352397 46 2
124 pages, 8 pages of b/w photos
One of the first Queen biographies. Queen`s Trident era, recording songs and more
10 pages
Music sheet of Somebody to love
COVER
YEAR NAT.
1977
US
TITLE
AUTHOR
JAP
Queen – Brian May (Japanese title...)
1981
UK
Queen - An Illustrated Biography
ISBN
The big 3 music corporation
QUEEN-THE BEST OFGUITAR BOOK
1978
EDITED BY
Shinko Music Publishing
Judith Davis
Proteus Publishing Limited
0-906071-91-7
PAGES
NOTES
97
25 songs with chord diagrams, word, music
130
This very collectible book features some great pictures, articles on Brian May and guitar tablature to 10 of Queen's early works.
96 pages, lots of b/w and color photos
Queen history & discography
COVER
YEAR NAT.
TITLE
AUTHOR
EDITED BY
ISBN
PAGES
NOTES
1981
UK
Queen - The First Ten Years
Mike West
Babylon Books
0 907188 07 9
112 pages, lots of b/w and color photos
Queen biography, discography, bootlegs and more
1981
UK
Queen`s Greatest Pix
Jacques Lowe
Quartet
0 7043 3389 9
96 pages, b/w and color photos
Rare and usual Queen pictures
1982
UK
Gluttons For Punishment The South America Tours 1981
Peter Lubin
80 pages, lots of b/w and color photos
VERY RARE! South American tour chronicle & other tours. BEAUTIFUL!
COVER
YEAR NAT.
TITLE
AUTHOR
EDITED BY
ISBN
PAGES
NOTES
96
Italian version of "Queen`s Greatest Pix", with red sleeve instead of white and different order of pictures inside the book
1984
ITA
Noi Siamo i Campioni
Jacques Lowe
Fratelli Gallo editori
1984
UK
Queen - The First Twelve Years
Mike West
Babylon Books
0-907188-22-22
88 pages, lots of b/w and color photos
Queen biography, discography, bootlegs and more
1984
UK
Queen – The Works
EMI Music Publishing
0 86175 353 4
56
Authentic transcriptions with notes and tablature
COVER
YEAR NAT.
TITLE
AUTHOR
EDITED BY
ISBN
PAGES
NOTES
A book about the concert with many rare and good Queen pix
1985
UK
Live Aid
Peter Hillmore
Sidgwick & Jackson
0 2833 99315 4
192 pages, lots of b/w and color photos
1986
UK
Queen - A Visual Documentary
Ken Dean
Omnibus Press
0-7119-0857-5
96 pages, lots of b/w and Queen story, tour dates etc. color photos
Richard Gray
Sidgwick & Jackson in association with IMP
0-283-99488-6
96 pages, lots of b/w and color photos
1987
UK
Queen - A Magic Tour
Photos collection
COVER
YEAR NAT.
1991
UK
TITLE
AUTHOR
EDITED BY
ISBN
PAGES
NOTES
Freddie Mercury - A Kind Of Magic
Ross Clarke
Kingsfleet
1-874130-01-9
110 pages, lots of b/w and color photos
Freddie`s biography
1991
UK
Queen - The New Visual Documentary
Ken Dean
Omnibus Press
0-7119-2828-2
It`s updated version of A Visual Documentary book 128 pages, issued in 1986. Does not lots of b/w and contain four pages with color photos photos from previous book, but contains more pages from 1986 till 1991.
1991
UK
Queen`s Greatest Pix II
Richard Gray
Imp books
0-86359-807-2
96 pages, lots of b/w and Photos collection 1981-1991 color photos
COVER
YEAR NAT.
TITLE
1992
SPA
Queen
1992
ITA
Freddie Mercury
1992
ITA
La marcia della Regina nera
AUTHOR
EDITED BY
Judith Davis
Ediciones Jucar
ISBN
84-334-2060-7
Lo Vecchio
Loredana Zino Vassalo
Gammalibri
88-7953-003-8
PAGES
NOTES
182 pages
Spanish version of Queen An Illustrated Biography, different cover, different pictures, smaller
32
32 pictures, colour or B/W
150
Fiction Freddie Mercury biography
COVER
YEAR NAT.
1992
ITA
TITLE
AUTHOR
Queen – Wembley Memorial Concert – Cartoline da collezione
1992
ITA
Superstars No. 1
1992
POL
Queen
Ken Dean
EDITED BY
ISBN
PAGES
NOTES
Lo Vecchio
Collection of rare postcards
Edizioni Eden
100
This book was sold together with a 60 minutes video called "Forever" - a shortened edition of the Budapest concert
128
Polish version of Queen The New Visual Documentary
Rock-Serwis
83-85335-09-9
COVER
YEAR NAT.
TITLE
AUTHOR
EDITED BY
ISBN
PAGES
NOTES
Freddie`s friends` memories
David Evans and Britannia Press David Minns Publishing
0-9519937-0-4
158 pages, 8 pages of b/w and color photos
1992
UK
Freddie Mercury - This Is The Real Life...
1992
UK
Queen - In Their Own Words
Mick St. Michael
Omnibus Press
0-7119-3014-7
112 pages, lots of b/w photos
Queen`s quotes
1992
UK
The Show Must Go On - The Life Of Freddie Mercury
Rick Sky
Fontana
0-00637843-9
181
I quote Alex Smirnov: “awful book - no comments”
COVER
YEAR NAT.
TITLE
AUTHOR
EDITED BY
ISBN
PAGES
NOTES
Stephen Rider
Kingsfleet pubblications
1874130124
238 pages, 16 pages of color photos
Usual Queen "story"
1992
UK
These Are The Days Of Our Lives
1992
US
Queen – Hard Rock – A night at the opera
Revolutionary Comics
30
Fictional comics about Queen, b/w
US
Queen – Rock 'n' roll comics
Revolutionary Comics
30
Fictional comics about Queen, b/w
1992
COVER
YEAR NAT.
TITLE
AUTHOR
EDITED BY
Jacky Gunn & Jim Arcana Editrice Jenkins
ISBN
PAGES
NOTES
88-7966-013-6
300
Italian edition of "As It Began", white cover.
Photos collection
1993
ITA
Queen - La Biografia Ufficiale
1993
UK
show lage picture The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert For AIDS Awareness
IMP
0 86359 979 6
96 pages, lots of b/w and color photos
3-8118-3965-9
120, every CD format book with Queen page with story with very good pictures colour pictures
88-04-39166-9
1994
GER
Queen – Cd Books
Mick St. Michael
Carltoon books (printed in Italy, german language)
1994
ITA
I Miei Anni Con Freddie Mercury
Jim Hutton
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
270
Italian version of "Mercury And Me" by Jim Hutton
COVER
YEAR NAT.
TITLE
AUTHOR
EDITED BY
ISBN
PAGES
NOTES
Issued without Brian`s permission and based on "As It Began" book
1994
UK
Queen and I - The Brian May Story
Laura Jackson
Smith Gryphon
1-85685-062-5
216 pages, 16 pages of b/w photos
1995
UK
Queen - The Early Years
Mark Hodkinson
Omnibus Press
0-7119-4820-8
207 pages, 12 Excellent story of pre-Queen pages of b/w groups photos
1995
UK
Queen - The Full Picture
Denis O`Regan
Bloomsbury
0 7475 2475 0
160 pages, lots of b/w and color photos
Photos collection
COVER
YEAR NAT.
TITLE
AUTHOR
EDITED BY
ISBN
PAGES
NOTES
Great book for collectors, include comments and tracks listings for most of Queen concerts, but it has many errors too...
1995
UK
Queen Live - A Concert Documentary
Greg Brooks
Omnibus Press
0-7119-4814-3
176 pages, lots of b/w and color photos
1995
UK
Rock Lives: The Ultimate Story: Freddie Mercury & Queen
Neville Marten and Jeffrey Hudson
Castle Communication s
1-86074-040-5
130 pages, lots of b/w and color photos
Nothing interesting in text. Photos are by Dennis O`Regan
1996
ITA
Freddie Mercury - Il Grande Provocatore
Maurizio Becker
Alpi Editori
46
Freddie`s sexuality seems to be the most interesting topic here
COVER
YEAR NAT.
1996
ITA
TITLE
AUTHOR
Queen – 76 testi con accordi – TuttoQueen – Nuova edizione
EDITED BY
ISBN
PAGES
NOTES
Carish
88-7207-378-2
78
76 lyrics with guitar chords
208 pages, 4 pages of b/w photos
Another one Freddie Mercury story, but much better that Laura Jackson`s book! Full of well-known facts, but contains more memories of Freddie`s friends
127
Lyrics and pictures for the 90% of the book
1996
UK
Living On The Edge - The Freddie Mercury Story
David Bret
Robson Books
1997
ITA
Freddie Mercury – Queen – Viaggio tra le note del gruppo simbolo degli anni '80
AA.VV.
Nath & Company
1-861105-054-2
COVER
YEAR NAT.
TITLE
1997
ITA
Queen - I Miti Canzone
1997
ITA
Queen Tutti i testi con traduzione a fronte
1997
UK
Freddie Mercury - The Definitive Biography
AUTHOR
Max FelsaniMichele PrimiMauro Saita
Lesley-Ann Jones
EDITED BY
ISBN
PAGES
NOTES
Mondadori
88 04 43407 4
100
It includes various lyrics with translation and a discography with a lot of funny mistakes
Giunti
88-09-21073-5
334
Song book
466
Another great book! Featuring a lot of information about Freddie`s early years, but it`s hard to read for non-Freddie fanatics. Different and better cover than the first release
Hodder & Stoughton
0-340-67209-9
COVER
YEAR NAT.
1998
1999
2000
ITA
FRA
UK
TITLE
AUTHOR
EDITED BY
ISBN
PAGES
NOTES
Queen Lunga vita alla regina
Michele Primi
Giunti
ISBN: 8809214714 ISBN-13: 9788809214712
126
CD format book with Queen story, albums per albums, very intersting
138 pages
A very RARE and WONDERFUL Queen comic book, spanning over all the career (from pre-Queen bands to Another world in 1998), in b/w but great anyway!
28 pages
The book for people who learn in English
Queen - Those Magical Dreams That We Shared
Livewire Real Lives: Freddie Mercury
Jean-Francois & Camille Simonet
Auto-édité
Hodder & Stoughton (in Sandra Woodcock association with The Basic Skills Agency)
0 340 77618 8
COVER
YEAR NAT.
TITLE
AUTHOR
EDITED BY
ISBN
PAGES
NOTES Italian version of “Freddie Mercury”, previously named as Mister Mercury. It`s probably the best book about Freddie written by his long time assistant Peter "Feebee" Freestone. There are many unknown facts from Queen history and Mercury`s private life. Book is plain of very rare private photos.
2002
ITA
Freddie Mercury – Adesso svela ogni segreto
Peter Freestone with David Evans
Edizioni Lo Vecchio
88-873-33070-7
255
2003
ITA
Le canzoni dei Queen – Commento e traduzione dei testi
Christian Diemoz
Editori Riuniti
88-359-5380-4
398
2004
UK
Queen – 30 postcards
Hercules Books
0-7554-3735-7
30
UK Hercules 2004 set of 30 postcards sealed in custom picture sleeve
COVER
YEAR NAT.
2005
2005
2005
TITLE
ITA
Queen – Discografia Illustrata
UK
Queen Live – A concert documentary
UK
The Queen collectors guide
AUTHOR
Franco Brizi
Greg Brooks
Lee Watkins
EDITED BY
Coniglio Editore
Omnibus Press
ISBN
PAGES
NOTES
88-88833-51-X
Italian-only deluxe issue 100 pag. Colour book, inc. full colour illustrated Italian vinyl 96, full colour discography, LP & 12^ & 7^ singles, complete with all promo and obscure edition
1-84449-660-0
293
New edition of the 1995 book with the same name, some errors corrected, some things missing again...
80, full colour
The book contains over 1200 images all professionally scanned and colour corrected to match the original releases
COVER
YEAR NAT.
2006
ITA
TITLE
Queen – Atlanti musicali Giunti
AUTHOR
Michele Primi
EDITED BY
Giunti
2006
UK
Compiled and Compiled and Freddie Mercury - A life in his edited by Greg edited by Greg own words Brooks and Simon Brooks and Lupton Simon Lupton
2006
UK
Queen – the Complete Guide to their Music
ITA
Queen & Freddie Mercury – The definitive collection songbook
2007
Martin Power
Omnibus Press
Decibel Trading Service
ISBN
PAGES
88-09-04308-1
128 pages with colour images on every page
0-9553758-0-0
176
1-84449-871-9
126
127
NOTES
Book made with many pieces of Freddie's interview, very interesting! First cover
CD format book with a lot of Queen and Freddie lyrics. Part of a box set published in 2007.
COVER
YEAR NAT.
2007
2007
2008
UK
TITLE
Queen Complete Works
AUTHOR
Georg Purvis
EDITED BY
ISBN
Reynolds & Hearn Ltd
1 905287 33-X
US
Classic Queen
Mick Rock
Sterling
ISBN-13: 978-14027-5192-9 ISBN-10: 1-40275192-3
ITA
Freddie Mercury. Parole e pensieri
Compiled and edited by Greg Brooks and Simon Lupton
Mondadori
978-88-04-57864-2
PAGES
NOTES
424
Wonderful book. Queen: Complete Works is the ultimate reference to the expansive career of Queen, both as a collective unit and as individuals. This exhaustive guide is essential reading for firsttime listeners and Queen enthusiasts alike.
192 pages, full Pictures collection from Mick of colour and Rock (photographer of the b/w pictures first albums)
221
Italian version of “Freddie Mercury - A life in his own words ”
COVER
YEAR NAT.
TITLE
AUTHOR
EDITED BY
ISBN
2008
2008
2008
PAGES
NOTES
240
ITA
Queen
ITA
Queen + Paul Rodgers – The Cosmos Rocks – Italian album premiere 10-09-08 Milano
Queen + Paul Rodgers
EMI music
Queen - Photo Library Series
Photograps by Koh Hasebe, supervised by Tsuyoshi Kawasoe
Shinko Music Entertainment
JAP
Michele Primi
Michele Primi
GREAT Italian book, 28cm x 22 cm, full of colour pictures and a true Queen story.
978-88-09-04719-8
978-4-401-62271-9
16
Lyrics and italian translation to Cosmos Rocks – Limited mini book for Italian Premiere listening to Cosmos Rocks
192
GREAT Japanese book, full of b/w and colour pictures of their first 2 tour in Japan (1975 and 1976)
COVER
YEAR NAT.
TITLE
AUTHOR
EDITED BY
ISBN
265
2009
2009
2009
PAGES
ITA
Freddie Mercury – Una biografia intima
ITA
Queen – Atlanti musicali Giunti
UK
Queen - The Definitive Biography
Peter Freestone Arcana Edizioni 978-88-6231-053-6 with David Evans
Michele Primi
Laura Jackson
Giunti
Piatkus Books
88-09-04308-1
978-0-7499-2317-4
NOTES NEW Italian version of “Freddie Mercury”, previously named as Mister Mercury, much better translated than the 2002 version. It`s probably the best book about Freddie written by his long time assistant Peter "Feebee" Freestone. There are many unknown facts from Queen history and Mercury`s private life. Book is plain of very rare private photos.
128 pages with colour images on every page
Same content of the book with the same name, only different cover
248
First published in 1999, reprinted in 2000, 2002, 2006 and 2009.Almost of Queen fans knows that Mrs. Jackson`s books are written just for money, stories and anecdotes are copied from "As It Began" by Jacky Gunn and Jim Jenkins.
COVER
YEAR NAT.
2009
US
TITLE
Queen - The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock
AUTHOR
Phil Sutcliffe
Voyageur Press
Thilo Rahn
AS Uniprint (printed in Estonia, the book is German in English and German language)
2010
GER
Rockmos!
EDITED BY
ISBN
978-0-7603-379-6
PAGES
NOTES
288
THE BEST QUEEN BOOK EVER! Hardcover, 28cm x 24 cm, full of colour pictures and text, with rare pictures and stuff, stories, testimonials and so...
Very interesting photobook 340 pages, full about Queen + Paul 978-3-00-032189-4 of colour Rodgers tour, unfortunatelly photos only of the dates he saw...
COVER
Queen Tourbooks (tour programs) YEAR
TOUR
1975
A night at the opera – UK 1975
1976
A night at the opera - USA 1976
1977
A Day at the races - USA 1977 (spring)
COVER
YEAR
TOUR
1977
News of the world - USA 1977 (Nov-Dec)
1978
Jazz - USA 1978
1980
The Game – USA 1980
1982
Hot Space – Europe 1982
COVER
YEAR
TOUR
1982
Hot Space – USA 1982
1984
The Works – Europe 1984
1986
A kind of magic – Europe 1986
COVER
YEAR
TOUR
1993
Brian May - Back to the light
1998
Brian May – Another World
COVER
YEAR
TOUR
1999
Roger Taylor – Electric Fire UK 1999
2005
Queen + Paul Rodgers – Spring European tour 2005
2005
Queen + Paul Rodgers – Summer European tour 2005
COVER
YEAR
TOUR
2008
Queen + Paul Rodgers – The Cosmos Rocks tour 2008
COVER
Queen Magazines special (with only Queen all over the magazine, not only 1 or 2 articles) YEAR NAT.
TITLE
PAGES
NOTES
1977
ITA
8 Popster
8 plus a poster on the back of the pages
Report about Queen in Frankfurt 1977 with rare pictures and a VERY critical interview with Brian. Interview, text and pictures by Carlo Massarini
1979
ITA
Posterstory
8 plus a poster on the back of the pages
Italian special about Queen story
COVER
YEAR NAT.
TITLE
PAGES
NOTES
1980
GER
Mini-Bravo
32
Really “mini” special (11 cm x 7 cm) but interesting with very good and rare pictures
1980
ITA
Star Boy – The Queen
12
Great italian special about Queen with report (with pictures) of the Zurich 1980 concert
1981
ITA
Numero Uno Rockstar – Inserto n. 9
8 plus a poster on the back of the pages
Interesting, critic and a little bit fictional special by Stefano Mannucci
COVER
YEAR NAT.
1981
ITA
TITLE
PAGES
NOTES
Star Boy – Queen – Il Rock invade la Pampa
12
Great italian special about first South American tour in 1981 with rare pictures and an article translated from Melody Maker
1981
JAP
Queen – The Miracle – Music Life Special
100
Commemorative full-color photographic magazine (practically a book!) of the Japanese concerts in 1981.Excellent printing quality and wonderful exclusive pictures, specially a memorabilia section with pics of early Japanese posters, singles, special magazines, etc.
1989
ITA
Star People n. 7
68
This is a sort of Italian edition of the "Queen A Magic Tour" book, plus a short update about The Miracle LP
COVER
YEAR NAT.
TITLE
PAGES
NOTES
Wonderful special by a metal (???) magazine with a lot of rare pictures, stories and infos (and even some mistakes)
1991
ITA
Metal Attack – Nuovo Metal Hammer – 20 anni
52
1992
UK
Starfile n. 1 – Freddie – Salute to the legend
16
2002
BRA
DVD Total
20
Magazine sold together with a bootleg dvd of Greatest Flix (just the old vhs converted to dvd)
COVER
YEAR NAT.
TITLE
PAGES
NOTES
2002
BRA
DVD World music
16
Magazine sold together with a bootleg dvd of Live at Wembley (just the old vhs converted to dvd)
2005
UK
Q Classic – Queen – The inside story
148
Wonderful magazine (it's almost a proper BOOK) with Queen story, albums, timeline, rare pictures, testimonials, etc
2006
ITA
Rock Legends – Queen Tribute by Rockstar
100
Wonderful magazine (it's almost a proper BOOK) with Queen story including Queen + PR, albums, old rockstar articles and so on...
COVER
YEAR NAT.
TITLE
PAGES
NOTES
2008
ITA
Virgin Radio Magazine – Milano 28 settembre 2008
24
Same content of the Roma one, only different cover
2008
ITA
Virgin Radio Magazine – Roma 26 settembre 2008
24
Full colour magazine (size of a newspaper) given at Queen + Paul Rodgers 2008 italian concerts. Interesting and well made.
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