The Artist: Queen
The CD: “Queen Rock Montreal”
The DVD: “Queen Rock Montreal”

With the frontman for the band having been deceased for nearly two decades, the folks maintaining Queen’s catalog have had to be pretty creative in mining product that can be recycled. In this case, they’ve gone back to a previously-released video, restored it, expanded it to its original running order and have cranked out both a DVD and a 2-CD set called “Queen Rock Montreal.”

As live recordings go, this is top-notch. It was the only Queen concert shot on film, and the band was at the top of their arena-pleasing form. Previously released on VHS in edited form as “We Will Rock You,” this is a document of the last night of the last North American tour by the original line up of Queen with Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon. This was recorded in November, 1981.

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