Queen - A Kind Of Magic

This album was recorded from September 1985 to March 1986, at Musicland Studios in Munich, at Mountain Studios in Montreux, and at Townhouse Studios in London. Orchestra was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London in early 1986. Original CD versions featured "extra magical ingredients" in the form of three bonus tracks not available on vinyl or tape (and were the band's first "DDD" recordings). The same year this was released, the entire Queen back catalogue was reissued on CD for the first time by EMI. This release was reissued once again on CD and tape in remastered form in 1991 for the US and Canadian market on Hollywood Records, using different non-album tracks and remixes not included in the original versions. Parlophone also reissued the remastered versions in 1993/1994, and subsequently, several newly remastered versions were issued. In 2009, the entire back catalogue of Queen studio albums was remastered and re-released again on heavyweight vinyl, with another batch of digital remasters following in 2011 to commemorate Queen's 40th anniversary and their signing to Island Records.