A Day at the Races

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Matrix / Runout (Side B etched, variant 5): 6E-101-B-1 7̸E̸-̸1̸0̸9̸1̸-̸A̸ 7E-1091-A̸B-1 SP SP X1-1 STERLING Purvis, George (2007). Queen: Complete Works. London, UK: Titan Group Publishing. p.57. ISBN 978-0-85768-551-3. 'A Day at the Races' would be Queen's final excursion in the grandiose pomp and glam they had perfected from their formation... Queenlvr314 (20 July 2009). "Roger Taylor Interview 1976"– via YouTube. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link) Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.243. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. RPM Top 100 Albums of 1977". RPM. 31 December 1977. Archived from the original on 5 April 2014 . Retrieved 24 February 2012.

The 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums (of All Time)". Out.com. 2008. Archived from the original on 7 November 2008.Rohter, Larry (2 February 1977). "Queen's Deja Vu 'At the Races' ". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022 . Retrieved 14 March 2022– via Queen Archives. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Wyróżnienia – Platynowe płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2009 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. 8 July 2009.

American album certifications – Queen – A Day at the Races". Recording Industry Association of America. On 21 July, Crystal Taylor, one of the band's roadies, who would later become Roger's personal assistant, arrived at The Manor to provide assistance with equipment and observe the session. He originally planned to stay a week, but on 28 July, the band asked him to stay another week. [18] Around this date, work began to relax as the band had finished 6 songs. Those songs were "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy", "The Millionaire Waltz", "You Take My Breath Away", "White Man" (then titled "Simple Man"), "Drowse", and a shorter version of "Somebody To Love". As August entered, the band worked on the remaining songs of the album, and finished a longer version of "Somebody To Love". [19] Work was still relaxed though, and the band would sometimes play billiards or card games during productive days. During a game of billiards on 8 August, between Roger and Crystal Taylor, Roger asked Crystal to be his personal roadie, to which Crystal accepted. [18]

Oasis album is greatest ever". This is London. 1 June 2006. Archived from the original on 25 December 2010. The song was the biggest hit single from the album. It went to number two on the UK charts (kept from the number one spot by " Under the Moon of Love" by Showaddywaddy) and number 13 on the US singles chart. [29] [30] [31] "White Man" Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1sted.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p.166. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.

Offiziellecharts.de – Queen – A Day at the Races" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 22 April 2022. On 8 November 2010, record company Universal Music announced a remastered and expanded reissue of the album set for release in May 2011. This was part of a new record deal between Queen and Universal Music, which marked the end of Queen's almost 40-year association with EMI Records. All of the band's albums were remastered and reissued by Universal in 2011. Ramirez, AJ (8 June 2011). "In the Lap of the Gods: The First Five Queen Albums". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 26 November 2013 . Retrieved 19 April 2016. Cohen, Scott (6 July 1976). "The Queen Interview". Circus . Retrieved 15 February 2022– via BrianMay.com.Setsuo, Saitoh (April 1981). "Brian May - "I'm always aiming for something better" ". Queen The Miracle (in Japanese). Music Life. A music video was made for the song, directed by Bruce Gowers and based on a performance clip shot at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York, in February 1977 during the band's US arena headlining tour. [25] After its release in 1976, the song was played by Queen on every subsequent tour. [26] "You Take My Breath Away" Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9. Queen entered The Manor in Oxfordshire on 12 July to commence work on A Day At The Races. [15] Absent was Roy Thomas Baker, who had helped the band produce their last four albums. [16] This was because of a four-album contract he had signed with the band in 1972. This contract had expired after the release of the band's fourth album, and the band had decided to record the album by themselves, with the assistance of engineers Mike Stone and Gary Langan. Baker would travel to America to produce more material after signing a contract with CBS Records. [17] On 19 July, May's 29th birthday, (according to a letter written for the fan club around this time) while the band were recording in The Manor, the band were mailed items related to penguins. A giant penguin ice maker was also shipped to the band. These items were mailed to the band because of May's interest in penguins.