A Day at the Races

~ Release by Queen (see all versions of this release, 44 available)

Annotation

There are two pressings of this early release with the same catalog number and barcode and identical artwork except on the CD label. The other is made in W. Germany and has 11 tracks, splitting the first track after the intro. This one is made in the UK and has 10 tracks. Both have unusual indexing between You Take My Breath Away and Long Away that is not shared with later releases.

Annotation last modified on 2017-05-03 00:56 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Tie Your Mother Down
engineer:
Mike Stone (producer, enginner, UK, 60’s–80’s)
producer:
Queen (UK rock group)
bass guitar:
John Deacon (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
drums (drum set):
Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
guitar:
Brian May (Queen guitarist) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
background vocals:
Brian May (Queen guitarist) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11), Freddie Mercury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11) and Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
lead vocals:
Freddie Mercury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Queen Productions Ltd. (company and copyright holder, do not use as an imprint or release label) (in 1976, in 2011)
recorded at:
Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill (from 1976-07 until 1976-11), The Manor in Oxfordshire (from 1976-07 until 1976-11) and Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
recording of:
Tie Your Mother Down (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
lyricist and composer:
Brian May (Queen guitarist)
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
3.654:49
2You Take My Breath Away
engineer:
Mike Stone (producer, enginner, UK, 60’s–80’s)
producer:
Queen (UK rock group)
recording of:
You Take My Breath Away
lyricist and composer:
Freddie Mercury
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing France, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Queen Music Ltd., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
4:40
3Long Away
engineer:
Mike Stone (producer, enginner, UK, 60’s–80’s)
producer:
Queen (UK rock group)
recording of:
Long Away
lyricist and composer:
Brian May (Queen guitarist)
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
4:00
4The Millionaire Waltz
engineer:
Mike Stone (producer, enginner, UK, 60’s–80’s)
producer:
Queen (UK rock group)
bass guitar:
John Deacon (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
drums (drum set):
Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
guitar:
Brian May (Queen guitarist) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
piano and lead vocals:
Freddie Mercury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
background vocals:
Brian May (Queen guitarist) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11), Freddie Mercury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11) and Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
orchestrator:
Brian May (Queen guitarist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Queen Productions Ltd. (company and copyright holder, do not use as an imprint or release label) (in 1976, in 2011)
recorded at:
Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill (from 1976-07 until 1976-11), The Manor in Oxfordshire (from 1976-07 until 1976-11) and Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
recording of:
The Millionaire Waltz (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
orchestrator:
Brian May (Queen guitarist)
lyricist and composer:
Freddie Mercury
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
4.254:56
5You and I
engineer:
Mike Stone (producer, enginner, UK, 60’s–80’s)
producer:
Queen (UK rock group)
acoustic guitar and bass guitar:
John Deacon (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
drums (drum set):
Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
guitar:
Brian May (Queen guitarist) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
piano and lead vocals:
Freddie Mercury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
background vocals:
Brian May (Queen guitarist) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11) and Freddie Mercury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
vocals:
Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Queen Productions Ltd. (company and copyright holder, do not use as an imprint or release label) (in 1976, in 2011)
recorded at:
Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill (from 1976-07 until 1976-11), The Manor in Oxfordshire (from 1976-07 until 1976-11) and Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
recording of:
You and I (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
lyricist and composer:
John Deacon
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
3.73:27
6Somebody to Love
engineer:
Mike Stone (producer, enginner, UK, 60’s–80’s)
producer:
Queen (UK rock group)
bass and bass guitar:
John Deacon (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
drums (drum set):
Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
guitar:
Brian May (Queen guitarist) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Freddie Mercury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
choir vocals [gospel choir]:
Brian May (Queen guitarist) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11), Freddie Mercury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11) and Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1976), Hollywood Records, Inc. (holding company, not a release label; Disney subsidiary) (in 1976) and Queen Productions Ltd. (company and copyright holder, do not use as an imprint or release label) (in 1976, in 2011)
recorded at:
Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill (from 1976-07 until 1976-11), The Manor in Oxfordshire (from 1976-07 until 1976-11) and Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
recording of:
Somebody to Love (Queen song) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
lyricist, writer and composer:
Freddie Mercury
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
part of:
We Will Rock You (German version of the Queen musical)
part of:
We Will Rock You (Queen musical)
4.354:59
7White Man
engineer:
Mike Stone (producer, enginner, UK, 60’s–80’s)
producer:
Queen (UK rock group)
bass guitar:
John Deacon (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
drums (drum set):
Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
guitar:
Brian May (Queen guitarist) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
background vocals:
Brian May (Queen guitarist) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11), Freddie Mercury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11) and Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
lead vocals:
Freddie Mercury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1976) and Queen Productions Ltd. (company and copyright holder, do not use as an imprint or release label) (in 1976, in 2011)
recorded at:
Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill (from 1976-07 until 1976-11), The Manor in Oxfordshire (from 1976-07 until 1976-11) and Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
recording of:
White Man (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
lyricist and composer:
Brian May (Queen guitarist)
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
3.754:59
8Good Old‐Fashioned Lover Boy
engineer:
Mike Stone (producer, enginner, UK, 60’s–80’s)
producer:
Queen (UK rock group)
bass guitar:
John Deacon (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
drums (drum set), triangle and wood block:
Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
guitar:
Brian May (Queen guitarist) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
piano and lead vocals:
Freddie Mercury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
additional guest vocals:
Mike Stone (producer, enginner, UK, 60’s–80’s) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
background vocals:
Brian May (Queen guitarist) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11), Freddie Mercury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11) and Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Hollywood Records, Inc. (holding company, not a release label; Disney subsidiary) (in 1976), Queen Productions Ltd. (company and copyright holder, do not use as an imprint or release label) (in 1976, in 2011) and Elektra Records (not for release label use! please use its imprint "Elektra" instead) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill (from 1976-07 until 1976-11), The Manor in Oxfordshire (from 1976-07 until 1976-11) and Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
recording of:
Good Old‐Fashioned Lover Boy (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
lyricist and composer:
Freddie Mercury
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
3.752:54
9Drowse
engineer:
Mike Stone (producer, enginner, UK, 60’s–80’s)
producer:
Queen (UK rock group)
acoustic guitar and slide guitar:
Brian May (Queen guitarist) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
bass guitar:
John Deacon (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
drums (drum set):
Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)
electric guitar [rhythm guitar], background vocals and lead vocals:
Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
vocals:
Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Queen Productions Ltd. (company and copyright holder, do not use as an imprint or release label) (in 1976, in 2011)
recorded at:
Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill (from 1976-07 until 1976-11), The Manor in Oxfordshire (from 1976-07 until 1976-11) and Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
recording of:
Drowse (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
lyricist and composer:
Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
3.43:46
10Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)
engineer:
Mike Stone (producer, enginner, UK, 60’s–80’s)
producer:
Queen (UK rock group)
bass guitar:
John Deacon (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
drums (drum set) and tambourine:
Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
guitar, harmonium and piano [plastic piano] and piano:
Brian May (Queen guitarist) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
background vocals:
Brian May (Queen guitarist) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11), Freddie Mercury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11) and Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
lead vocals:
Freddie Mercury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Queen Productions Ltd. (company and copyright holder, do not use as an imprint or release label) (in 1976, in 2011)
recorded at:
Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill (from 1976-07 until 1976-11), The Manor in Oxfordshire (from 1976-07 until 1976-11) and Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
recording of:
Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) (from 1976-07 until 1976-11)
lyricist and composer:
Brian May (Queen guitarist)
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., EMI Music Publishing France, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Queen Music Ltd., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3.55:52