“The debut album we always dreamed of bringing to you”: Queen announce Collector’s Edition “rebuild” of first album

Newly retitled Queen I, the 2024 edition of Queen’s 1973 debut has been remixed, remastered and expanded

Queen have announced a new edition of their 1973 self-titled debut album. Scheduled for release on October 25, it’ll be available across a number of different formats, including a remixed, remastered and expanded multi-disc set. 

“This is not just a remaster,” writes Brian May, “this is a brand new 2024 rebuild of the entire Queen debut album, which, with the benefit of hindsight, we have re-titled Queen I.

“All the performances are exactly as they originally appeared in 1973, but every instrument has been revisited to produce the ‘live’ ambient sounds we would have liked to use originally. The result is Queen as it would have sounded with today’s knowledge and technology – a first. Queen I is the debut album we always dreamed of bringing to you.”