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Label: EMI – 12QUEEN 7, EMI – 12 QUEEN 7
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single
Country: UK
Released: 1986
Genre: Rock, Stage & Screen
Style: Pop Rock, Soundtrack
Tracklist:
A A Kind Of Magic (Extended Version) 6:23
B A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling 5:05
Published By – Queen Music Ltd.
Published By – EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Queen Productions Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Queen Productions Ltd.
Manufactured By – EMI Records Ltd.
Mastered At – The Town House
Pressed By – EMI Records
Producer – David Richards, Queen
Written-By – Taylor*
From the Film “Highlander – There Can Be Only One”
Queen Music Ltd./EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
℗ 1986 Original sound recording made by Queen Productions Limited.
© 1986 Queen Productions Limited
Manufactured in the UK by EMI Records Limited
A side:
A Kind Of Magic 6:23
The first 3 minutes is basically the album version. After that, the mix takes off into a long instrumental section and back into the regular mix. The extra instrumental bit adds a little to the song.
B side:
A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling 5:02
The regular mix with an added percussion intro that actually adds quite a bit. This is the better of the two (the 4:44″ version).
An instrumental track by Roger, inspired by the instrumental parts of Don’t Lose Your Head. Basically all percussion and keyboards and a very interesting listen.
Record Company EMI
Producer David Richards, Queen
Written-By Roger Taylor
From the film Highlander – There Can Be Only One
(c)&(p) 1986 Queen Productions Limited.
A Kind of Magic
“A Kind of Magic” was written by Taylor. He has admitted writing down some lyrics, which proved to be the basis for both “One Vision” and “A Kind of Magic”, something made obvious by the demo of the song appearing for the first time on the 2011 Universal Bonus EP, which mixes some lyrics. Later on, unbeknown to Taylor who was off to the US for a few days, Mercury took it over, “polished” the lyrics, added the bass line, some connectors and re-arranged the structure. Regardless, the new, more pop oriented version was still credited to Taylor. It was this version that was featured on the album, released as a single and included their auxiliary live musician, Spike Edney, playing some keyboards. The heavier, rockier alternate version, also making its official début on the 2011 Universal Bonus EP, played during the credits of Highlander. The song was covered by Elaine Paige in 1988 on her album called The Queen Album.
March the 17th, in the UK, the remix of A Kind Of Magic was issued as the single, paired with the B-side A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling and its own video. It was a #3 UK hit single.
Queen worked on the same titled album, completing Highlander tracks into songs and writing new material. There is substantial evidence that, by March, the band had not yet agreed upon a title for the album. None of the singles released this month mention the name of the album the band was working on, but rather boldly proclaim they are from the film Highlander. The film itself, at the end of the final credits, carries the much-discussed tag: Soundtrack Album Available On EMI Records And Tapes. This could even mean that the band had not decided yet whether the album was a soundtrack or not, or its equally plausible that the producers were considering a soundtrack album of composer Michael Kamen’s score without any of the Queen music in it. So far, aside from One Vision (whose release predated Highlander) all the released songs were connected to the film. In interviews at the time, its referred to by the band simply as the the album.
John Deacon soon found himself focused on a second film project. He had been asked to contribute a track to a film adaptation of the popular World War 1 book series Biggles. John formed the band The Immortals, with Robert Ahwai and Lenny Zakatek, for this one-off track. Its no coincidence that John chose that as the bands name, as immortals are the central characters in Highlander. This track remains one of the few projects John would undertake outside of Queen. Not being a singer, he felt limited in his ability to ever create a solo album.
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