{"product_id":"queen-jazz-vinyl-lp-half-speed-mastered","title":"Queen – Jazz  [Vinyl LP Half Speed Mastered]","description":"\u003ch3\u003eQueen – Jazz [180g Vinyl LP]\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Half-Speed Mastered, Embossed Gatefold, Stereo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number:\u003c\/strong\u003e 602547202741\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode:\u003c\/strong\u003e 602547202741\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hard Rock \/ Arena Rock \/ Classic Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Virgin EMI Records \/ Universal Music\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10 November 1978\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReissue Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2015\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePressing:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180 Gram Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New \u0026amp; Sealed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJazz\u003c\/em\u003e is the seventh studio album by Queen — released on 10 November 1978 on EMI Records in the UK and Elektra Records in the US — and one of the most stylistically wide-ranging records in their catalogue. It was also the first Queen album to be recorded outside the United Kingdom: sessions began at \u003cstrong\u003eMountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland\u003c\/strong\u003e in July 1978 — the studio the band would later purchase outright — and concluded at \u003cstrong\u003eSuper Bear Studios in Nice, France\u003c\/strong\u003e in October. The reunion with producer \u003cstrong\u003eRoy Thomas Baker\u003c\/strong\u003e after his absence on \u003cem\u003eNews of the World\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Works\u003c\/em\u003e gave the sessions a looser, more ambitious character, and the resulting album demonstrated a band completely uninterested in consolidating a formula. The album reached \u003cstrong\u003enumber two on the UK Albums Chart\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003enumber six on the US Billboard 200\u003c\/strong\u003e, and has sold over \u003cstrong\u003efive million copies worldwide\u003c\/strong\u003e. The irony of its title was entirely deliberate: the album contains no jazz whatsoever, and Brian May has confirmed the name was chosen precisely for that reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album's two lead singles were released as a double A-side in October 1978, generating immediate controversy and commercial success in equal measure. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Bicycle Race\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — accompanied by a music video filmed at Wimbledon Stadium featuring 65 nude female cyclists — and \u003cstrong\u003e\"Fat Bottomed Girls\"\u003c\/strong\u003e together reached \u003cstrong\u003enumber eleven in the UK\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003enumber twenty-four in the US\u003c\/strong\u003e, producing the kind of headlines that cement a band's reputation regardless of the musical content. The musical content was, in fact, exceptional: \u003cstrong\u003e\"Don't Stop Me Now\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — released as a single in January 1979 and reaching number nine in the UK — has become one of the most beloved Queen recordings, a euphoric, piano-driven celebration of hedonism in Mercury's most uninhibited vocal performance, later voted by BBC listeners as the greatest song to exercise to and used in countless films and television series; it was ranked by \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e as one of the greatest rock songs of all time. The album's opener \u003cstrong\u003e\"Mustapha\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is an extraordinary piece of mock-Arabic spectacle; \u003cstrong\u003e\"Dreamer's Ball\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is a delicate acoustic piece influenced by Django Reinhardt; \u003cstrong\u003e\"More of That Jazz\"\u003c\/strong\u003e closes the album by quoting melodic fragments from every other track in a piece of structural self-referentiality unusual for mainstream rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003e2015 Virgin EMI \/ Universal reissue\u003c\/strong\u003e presents the album using the \u003cstrong\u003e2011 remix\u003c\/strong\u003e sourced from the original multitrack recordings, \u003cstrong\u003ehalf-speed mastered on 180 gram black vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e. The half-speed mastering process — in which the lathe cuts at half the normal rotational speed, giving the cutting head twice the time to trace each groove — produces demonstrably cleaner high-frequency reproduction and more stable stereo imaging than standard-speed cuts. The pressing is housed in an \u003cstrong\u003eembossed gatefold sleeve\u003c\/strong\u003e faithful to the album's original bold graphic design — the cover artwork, suggested by \u003cstrong\u003eRoger Taylor\u003c\/strong\u003e who had seen a similar design painted on the Berlin Wall, remains one of the most visually arresting in the Queen catalogue. The catalogue number and barcode are identical on this pressing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMustapha\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFat Bottomed Girls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJealousy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBicycle Race\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf You Can't Beat Them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet Me Entertain You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDead on Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Only Seven Days\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDreamer's Ball\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFun It\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeaving Home Ain't Easy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDon't Stop Me Now\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMore of That Jazz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCredits\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFreddie Mercury – Vocals, Piano\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrian May – Guitar, Vocals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoger Taylor – Drums, Vocals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Deacon – Bass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoy Thomas Baker – Producer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQueen – Producers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabel – Virgin EMI Records \/ Universal Music\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Queen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57504731234691,"sku":"602547202741","price":31.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0932\/9757\/4275\/files\/92b9f788-70b7-4a6e-8461-91d3c7788ef7.webp?v=1772725165","url":"https:\/\/vikingrecords.co.uk\/products\/queen-jazz-vinyl-lp-half-speed-mastered","provider":"Viking Records Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}