Thursday, June 01, 2023

'Brian May + Friends: Star Fleet Project' Special 40th Anniversary Edition

Just announced - this is sure to be one of the most-anticipated reissues of 2023!..Robert Kinsler




BRIAN MAY + FRIENDS
STAR FLEET PROJECT
Special 40th Anniversary Edition

STAR FLEET SESSIONS 
Featuring Brian May, Edward Van Halen, 
Alan Gratzer, Phil Chen, Fred Mandel

2-CD, Vinyl Single & LP
DELUXE BOX SET
Gold Series Release July 14, 2023 
 

Digital Single “Star Fleet” (Edited Single Version)
Leads In Release - available today, June 1

Pre-order Star Fleet Project


“It’s all here. ALL of it. Every note we played on those two days is right here, on show for the first time. I will take you behind the scenes into that studio with us for two unforgettably exhilarating days.” - Brian May


When Queen took a break for the first part of 1983, Brian May put his time to good use. Waking up one morning in Los Angeles, he decided to phone a few friends and invite them to collaborate on some tracks in California’s famous Record Plant studios. The resulting collaboration was a great success, and Brian would later mold the recordings into a unique mini-album, Brian May + Friends: Star Fleet Project.

This third release in the “Brian May Gold Series” offers an extensively revisited and expanded box set edition of these legendary sessions. The set is a complete document of the two days, April 21 and 22, 1983 that May spent in the Record Plant, Los Angeles accompanied by top rock music luminaries Edward Van Halen (guitar), Alan Gratzer (drums), Phil Chen (bass) and Fred Mandel (keyboards). The box set includes a spectacular 23-track CD filled with previously unreleased material. 

Containing two CDs, one vinyl LP, and a vinyl single, as well as other collector’s items, Brian May + Friends: Star Fleet Sessions will be launched as a Deluxe Edition box set, worldwide on July 14th.  

A separate exclusive 7” double A-side single, also available on CD comes out on the same day, July 14th, featuring newly mixed single versions of “Star Fleet” and “Let Me Out.” A special red vinyl version will be available exclusively through the official Queen Online store and is available to pre-order at: https://www.queenonlinestore.com/Brian-May/Starfleet/

The July 14 box set release is ushered in with a special stand alone digital single, “Star Fleet (Edited Single Version)” which becomes available to coincide with today’s, June 1st, box set announcement. The single digital track is available immediately for digital download and streaming.  Listen to the track HERE.

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