Opera Omnia

~ Release by Queen (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

This unofficial 'Opera Omnia' was released as a four CD boxed set in Italy in 1992, in a blue and gold box, with a colour booklet. It contains live versions of almost every Queen song ever performed live, from a number of different concerts, in chronological order.

Annotation last modified on 2022-09-03 14:17 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Body Language
recorded at:
Hokkaidoritso Sangyo in Sapporo, Hokkaido (Hokkaidō), Japan (on 1982-10-19)
live recording of:
Body Language ↑⬱ (on 1982-10-19)
lyricist and composer:
Freddie Mercury
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
3:00
2Calling All Girls
recorded at:
Hokkaidoritso Sangyo in Sapporo, Hokkaido (Hokkaidō), Japan (on 1982-10-19) and 福岡市九電記念体育館 (Fukuoka Kyudenkinen Gymnasium) in Yakuin, Fukuoka, Fukuoka (Fukuoka Prefecture), Japan (on 1982-10-19)
live recording of:
Calling All Girls (on 1982-10-19)
lyricist and composer:
Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
4:24
3Put Out the Fire
recorded at:
Hokkaidoritso Sangyo in Sapporo, Hokkaido (Hokkaidō), Japan (on 1982-10-19)
live recording of:
Put Out the Fire (on 1982-10-19)
lyricist and composer:
Brian May (Queen guitarist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
2:05
4Back Chat
recorded at:
Hokkaidoritso Sangyo in Sapporo, Hokkaido (Hokkaidō), Japan (on 1982-10-19)
live recording of:
Back Chat (on 1982-10-01)
lyricist and composer:
John Deacon
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
5:16
5Action This Day
recorded at:
阪急西宮スタジアム (Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium) in Nishinomiya, Hyogo (Hyōgo Prefecture), Japan (on 1982-10-24)
live recording of:
Action This Day (on 1982-10-24)
lyricist and composer:
Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
5:08
6Life Is Real (Song for Lennon)
recorded at:
Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States (on 1982-08-09)
live recording of:
Life Is Real (Song for Lennon) (on 1982-08-09)
lyricist and composer:
Freddie Mercury
dedicated to:
John Lennon (The Beatles)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
3:33
7Radio Ga Ga
recorded at:
国立代々木競技場 (Yoyogi National Gymnasium, complex; use ONLY if no more specific venue info is available) in Jinnan, Shibuya (Shibuya-ku), Tokyo, Japan (on 1985-05-11)
live recording of:
Radio Ga Ga (on 1985-05-11)
lyricist and composer:
Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
included in:
We Will Rock You (Queen musical)
included in:
We Will Rock You (German version of the Queen musical)
5:44
8I Want to Break Free
recorded at:
国立代々木競技場 (Yoyogi National Gymnasium, complex; use ONLY if no more specific venue info is available) in Jinnan, Shibuya (Shibuya-ku), Tokyo, Japan (on 1985-05-11)
live recording of:
I Want to Break Free (on 1985-05-11)
lyricist and composer:
John Deacon
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
included in:
We Will Rock You (Queen musical)
included in:
We Will Rock You (German version of the Queen musical)
3:22
9Machines / Tear It Up
recorded at:
国立代々木競技場 (Yoyogi National Gymnasium, complex; use ONLY if no more specific venue info is available) in Jinnan, Shibuya (Shibuya-ku), Tokyo, Japan (on 1985-05-11)
live medley including a recording of:
Machines (or ‘Back to Humans’) (on 1985-05-11)
writer:
Brian May (Queen guitarist) and Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
live medley including a recording of:
Tear It Up (on 1985-05-11)
lyricist and composer:
Brian May (Queen guitarist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
3:38
10It’s a Hard Life
recorded at:
国立代々木競技場 (Yoyogi National Gymnasium, complex; use ONLY if no more specific venue info is available) in Jinnan, Shibuya (Shibuya-ku), Tokyo, Japan (on 1985-05-11)
live recording of:
It’s a Hard Life (on 1985-05-11)
lyricist and composer:
Freddie Mercury
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
4:22
11Is This the World We Created…?
recorded at:
国立代々木競技場 (Yoyogi National Gymnasium, complex; use ONLY if no more specific venue info is available) in Jinnan, Shibuya (Shibuya-ku), Tokyo, Japan (on 1985-05-11)
live recording of:
Is This the World We Created (on 1985-05-11)
writer:
Brian May (Queen guitarist) and Freddie Mercury
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
2:47
12Hammer to Fall
recorded at:
国立代々木競技場 (Yoyogi National Gymnasium, complex; use ONLY if no more specific venue info is available) in Jinnan, Shibuya (Shibuya-ku), Tokyo, Japan (on 1985-05-11)
live recording of:
Hammer to Fall (on 1985-05-11)
lyricist and composer:
Brian May (Queen guitarist)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
included in:
We Will Rock You (Queen musical)
included in:
We Will Rock You (German version of the Queen musical)
5:08
13One Vision
recorded at:
Ferenc Puskás Stadium in Budapest, Hungary (on 1986-07-27)
live recording of:
One Vision (on 1986-07-27)
writer:
John Deacon, Brian May (Queen guitarist), Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (in 1986) and Queen Music Ltd. (in 1986)
included in:
We Will Rock You (Queen musical)
live recording of:
One Vision
writer:
John Deacon, Brian May (Queen guitarist), Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (in 1986) and Queen Music Ltd. (in 1986)
included in:
We Will Rock You (Queen musical)
4:18
14A Kind of Magic
recorded at:
Ferenc Puskás Stadium in Budapest, Hungary (on 1986-07-27)
live recording of:
A Kind of Magic (on 1986-07-27)
lyricist and composer:
Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (in 1986) and Queen Music Ltd. (in 1986)
included in:
We Will Rock You (Queen musical)
included in:
We Will Rock You (German version of the Queen musical)
5:54
15Who Wants to Live Forever
recorded at:
Ferenc Puskás Stadium in Budapest, Hungary (on 1986-07-27)
live recording of:
Who Wants to Live Forever? (on 1986-07-27)
lyricist and composer:
Brian May (Queen guitarist)
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Queen Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Limited (PRS‐affiliated) (in 1986) and Queen Music Limited (in 1986)
included in:
We Will Rock You (Queen musical)
included in:
We Will Rock You (German version of the Queen musical)
4:00
16Friends Will Be Friends
recorded at:
Ferenc Puskás Stadium in Budapest, Hungary (on 1986-07-27)
live recording of:
Friends Will Be Friends (on 1986-07-27)
writer:
John Deacon and Freddie Mercury
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (in 1986) and Queen Music Ltd. (in 1986)
2:01
17Tutti Frutti
recorded at:
Ferenc Puskás Stadium in Budapest, Hungary (on 1986-07-27)
live cover recording of:
Tutti Frutti (on 1986-07-27)
lyricist:
Dorothy LaBostrie (American songwriter) and Richard Wayne Penniman
composer:
Dorothy LaBostrie (American songwriter), Joe Lubin and Richard Wayne Penniman
publisher:
ATV Music Ltd., Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Venice, Venice Music, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division) and Phonogram GmbH (in 1983)
3:40
18Jailhouse Rock
recorded at:
国立代々木競技場 (Yoyogi National Gymnasium, complex; use ONLY if no more specific venue info is available) in Jinnan, Shibuya (Shibuya-ku), Tokyo, Japan (on 1985-05-11)
live cover recording of:
Jailhouse Rock (on 1985-05-11)
lyricist:
Jerry Leiber
composer:
Mike Stoller
publisher:
ABG Elvis Songs, Elvis Presley Music, Elvis Presley Music Inc., Elvis Presley Music Susan Aberbach Trust, Gladys Music Elvis Presley Enterprises LLC, Jerry Leiber Music, Mike Stoller Music (ASCAP), Silver Seahorse Music LLC and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
sub-publisher:
Fujipacific Music, Inc., ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
2:45
19God Save the Queen
recorded at:
Hokkaidoritso Sangyo in Sapporo, Hokkaido (Hokkaidō), Japan (on 1982-10-19)
live recording of:
God Save the Queen (UK rock group Queen’s version) (on 1982-10-19)
composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
electric guitar arranger:
Brian May (Queen guitarist)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
version of:
God Save the King (national anthem of several countries in the British Commonwealth)
1:11