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As part of the USA promotion for “Queen in 3-D” book launch, Brian appeared on KLOS ‘Jonesy’s Jukebox 24 August 2017, chatting with Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols and The Professionals.

Brian May on Jonesy’s Jukebox – https://youtu.be/GTEPtYXtV94

TRANSCRIPT by Jen Tunney – MORE ADDING

JONESY’S JUKE BOX – 955 KLOS

<QUEEN: ‘Doing Alright’ plays out>

JONESY: Delicious.

BRIAN: Ah – them were’t days. I haven’t heard that for a long time.

JONESY: Now listen. Jonesy’s Jukebox on KLOS. That was Queen ‘Doin’ All Right’ and sitting next to me is the bloke who played all the guitar on it. You know what’s great about that album, I know it stuck in my head “no synthesizers”.

BRIAN: Yeah, yeah It came about because people said “Ooh, it very good, it’s good arrangements and stuff, but it’s all done by synthesizers”, and we thought “Hmm.. we’ll rjust tell people we don’t do synthesizers”, because in those days we didn’t.

JONESY: Yeah,

BRIAN: It was just guitars and voices – very raw and you know raw materials, whatever.

JONESY: Did that take long? Was that your first record that you did? Did you have another band before that? I don’t know.

BRIAN: Yeah, I was in bands at school. I was in a band called 1984, which in those days was way ahead and “1984” was the title of a futuristic science fiction novel and 1984 seems like impossibly in the distance in those days. It’s way, way in the past now. But yeah, I was in a band called 1984 and then the band called Smile with Roger who became….you know… that’s how I met Roger. I advertised on a college notice board and Roger answered the advert, I said, “I want a drummer who can do everything that Ginger Baker and Mitch Mitchell can do and Keith Moon.” And he answered and said “yeah, I can do that”.

JONESY: Not a bad looking bloke as well.

BRIAN: Ah, he’s very good, yeah. He’s very attractive to women apparently. (Laughing)

JONESY: Oh man. It’s Brian May, if you’re just tuning in.

BRIAN: And I get to sit with Steve Jones

JONESY: You the best was when you saw me in the park.

BRIAN: I had no idea who you were.

JONESY: You thought I was like guy who was like showing you where to go you which was was. That was hilarious.

BRIAN: I’m also half asleep because I’m jet-lagged a million ways and I don’t know where I am, but yeah, I’m thrilled to be sitting here with you. We were just talking about early days of you making “Never Mind The Bollocks” and us making “News of the World” in the same studio -Wessex in North London, and you made an album which changed the world and I think we did as well and here we both are. I’m thrilled. I’m really happy that we get the chance to sit here and talk.

JONESY: So you had no idea you were gonna come on Jonesy’s Jukebox, the guitarist of the Sex Pistols show?

BRIAN: You know the truth is I don’t know what the hell I’m doing. I just go where they point me and stuff like this. Yeah, I know we booked two days promotion, and I saw “Jonesy”, and I didn’t know it was you, you know. This is a genuine surprise.

JONESY: Nice surprise.

BRIAN: A very very nice surprise.

JONESY: I’m flattered. Flattered you’re surprised and nicely…

BRIAN: I’m thrilled absolutely. We can talk about Sex Pistols all the time. I don’t care. We don’t need to talk about my book.

JONESY: I’ll tell you what I do want to know though is there’s one song on there… is it ‘Sheer Heart Attack’, that sounds very punk influenced.

BRIAN: Yeah. This is Roger’s track. Yeah. And he was, yeah, Roger was the one guy in the band who was aware of what’s going on around him. Very aware. You know very aware of fashions and sort of trends in music and stuff, but he had that track for quite a while. The ’Sheer Heart Attack’ track he’d had in his head and he went, “I want this on the album because you know things are going with the punk way and everything and I want this. This is my punk track” or whatever.

JONESY: And you thought what is this?

BRIAN: I thought “What is this racket?” (laughing) Yeah, well Roger and me are famously never in agreement about anything you know, and I was just – I was not in that frame at all, you know, because in my mindI think we were punks anyway from the beginning – my strange deranged brain. But Roger was, yeah, and still is you know he’s the guy whose aware of trends. He was aware of David Bowie long before any of us knew who he was and he went to a David Bowie show and I remember him saying, “Yeah. It was amazing” you know, he got the audience all with him and then they carried him off on their shoulders and everything … (inaudible) really… and was just – that was the “The Man Who Sold The World” album.

JONESEY: Yeah, when he had long hair – or did he have spikes? Yeah, yeah.

BRIAN: … and women’s dresses, which was kind of unusual in those days.

JONESY: It wasn’t my cup of tea to be honest with you. I more to it when he got… you know…Ziggy Stardust

BRIAN: Yeah, I didn’t get it till Roger kind of put it in front of me and then I thought, “Oh yeah” actually, and, of course, then they had Mick Ronson, who was a really really fine player. What a lovely player he was, and of course they were around Trident Studios, where we were recording most of the time so I used to bump into Mick Ronson late at night over cups of coffee and chew the fat.

JONESY: Sweet guy.

BRIAN: Fantastic guy and what a lovely beautiful player.

JONESY: And a great arranger.

BRIAN: Really good. Yeah, he did all those string arrangements for ‘Starman’, and “Ziggy Stardust”.

JONESY: “Transformer” – Lou Reed.

BRIAN: Yeah

JONESY: ’Transformer’.

BRIAN: Hmm. He’s a great guy. Sad loss. He played with us at our Freddie Tribute concert, yeah along with David. We did “Heroes”. Long gone. I can’t believe I’m saying that. They’re long gone.

JONESY: A lot of people – that’s the one thing I realised when you get older, how many people die if you stick around,

BRIAN: Yeah. I remember seen an interview with some 80 year old guy years and years ago, and then they said, “What’s it like to be 80?” He said, “Oh, it’s kinda good to be alive, but most of your friends have gone.” Yeah, I mean, I mean I just passed the 70-mark and I can’t believe I’m saying this, you know. I don’t feel like 70 years old. I feel like a boy. I feel like sort of 35 at the most, you know. But it’s odd. Suddenly people see you in a different way, and you’re still sort of young and nervous inside. Peculiar isn’t it?

JONESY: Yeah.

BRIAN: I mean, you’re not as old as me. You’re just a boy yourself.

JONESY: 62 next month.

BRIAN: Well, you’re coming on. You’re getting there.

JONESY: You just had a birthday – July?

BRIAN: Yeah, and it’s threescore years and ten which is the sort of nominal lifespan of a human being, so I’m feeling like everything from now on is a bonus. My dad died at 66. I’m thinking, “Okay, what it’s really worthwhile to do now?” I mean, this is worthwhile, sitting talking to you, but what in the world is? – what should we spend our time doing in the remaining time we have, Steve?

JONESY: My big my big thing that I like to do is be in Nature In my old age. I like to be around Nature, and and you know. Helping others, I suppose.

BRIAN: Yeah, that’s good. Understand your place in the Universe. I like that too. That’s why I think eclipses really engage me so much. You know because in that moment of totality, you have to do one, in that moment where the sun is eclipsed – like it was two minutes 40 seconds this time – you are looking from this rock that we live on called Planet Earth into the centre of the Solar System snd you can see the Sun’s family of planets. It’s the only time you can ever do thatAnd you suddenly get this feeling of, ‘Okay,I understand where I am in this Solar system’ , this tiny little family called the Solar System, which is a tiny speck in the local galaxy – the Milky Way Galaxy, which is in turn a tiny speck in the Universe. And I think it’s good to have that feeling – understand how small we are and wonder why we think we’re so important.

JONESY: That’s that’s the big, that’s the big thing.

BRIAN: Maybe we are. I don’t know.

JONESY: And who really think we’re in control, but really there’s no control.

BRIAN: That’s right, and think we have dominion over every creature on this planet which by rights I don’t think we should, you know. To me every creature on this planet has an equal right to have a good life, you know. We shouldn’t be abusing animals is one of my big things, you know. I think we got it all wrong. We weren’t put here to be users and abusers of all the other creatures on this planet. We were here to you know to do good stuff.

JONESY: Are you a Vegan?

BRIAN: I wish I was a Vegan. No – I’m a vegetarian. I haven’t managed to make this, the journey to being Vegan yet. A lot of my friends are and I eat a lot of Vegan food, but I can’t call myself a Vegan.

JONESY: You like a bit of goat cheese?

BRIAN: Yeah, I like cheese, but I don’t like the process by which it’s obtained. Yeah cheese is a hard one because Vegan cheese is really really not desirable

JONESY: Well most of the soy which is …

BRIAN: Yeah, I’m not a big soy fan, you know.

JONESY: They give you a give you a knockers – soy.

BRIAN: Gives you knockers on your knockers. (laughing) Sorry, we’re being English here.

JONESY: It’s okay. I think everyone gets it. But I’ve been off the meat for a while.

BRIAN: Good.

JONESY: I’m trying to go that way.

BRIAN: Fantastic.

JONESY: I do have a weakness for a bit of goat cheese.

BRIAN: Yeah, I have a weakness for cheese It’s hard to give up, but yeah I spent a lot of my time around dairy farmers in England because I’m involved in trying to save that badger from persecution. You know, legalised persecution because it’s blamed for Bovine TB. And you know it’s a big big subject, but our contention is that the badgers are not a vector. They’re not the reason. They’re they’re a result of Bovine TB and cows – TB.

JONESY: What you mean the badgers are giving cows some diseases?

BRIAN: This is the legend, yeah. This is why they’re being persecuted, and they’re being culled by the Government, but actually all the research seems to show that badgers get TB from cows, but probably not much the other way around so killing badgers isn’t gonna to help the situation. It’s a thing that’s been offered to farmers as a solution and It’s become very political and farmers are actually afraid to speak out even if they do understand that badgers are not the cause of their problems. So you know, but I’m saying you know I’ve seen a lot of farmers – I’ve seen a lot of dairy farms and there are some very good dairy farmers, but I don’t think we should be doing it – I really don’t. You know we’re not designed to drink the milk of a cow. Why should we be. There’s an awful lot of stuff in it which is not good for us.

JONESY: Do youremember the commercials when you were a kid? Milk’ s good for you.

BRIAN: Yeah – it was based on no Scientific evidence whatsoever, you know. Yeah, milk’s supposed to be great for your bones and all this stuff. Essential.

JONESY: Strong bones.

BRIAN: Yeah, well this is propaganda. We all swallowed it, but it’s probably not the case. So drinking almond milk is probably a whole lot better for you, and it’s in the end better for the environment too, and it’s better from the point of view of animal cruelty. So yeah, we should all be vegan. We damn well should be.

JONESY: Where do you think it all started then? Back in the stone age When all you had was animals to eat?

BRIAN: I think it’s okay on a small scale and I think in the old days there was a kind of contract between men and animals. You know you look after the animal. You feed it, you protect it and in the end you eat it. It’s a kind of…

JONESY: Indian trade.

BRIAN: Yeah, the Indians – exactly yeah – but when it becomes like mass producing animals and giving them terrible conditions to live in and slaughtering them in hideous ways, you know. Boy – we went way off the track and we eat billions of animals that have been abused 0er year now, and I…

JONESY: And the Karma is it makes you sick. It makes people sick.

BRIAN: Yeah, it does, because you’re eating animals that had a bad life, were fed the wrong stuff and had stress in their lives And it’s not good for us. That’s what I think that’s the origin of so much of our illness. So I was saying to someone today, you know the world is all about money which to me is all wrong, but strangely enough what is gonna happen is money will lead us to the right path in the end because soon it will be cheaper to make a steak that tastes like steak and is much better for you than it is to breed a cow and kill it and eat it so as soon as the alternatives to meat are cheaper, then it’s game over. You know nobody will be going to the trouble of breeding animals, and dealing with their sicknesses and slaughtering them and all this. It’s an incredibly inefficient process and the milk as well. They will be just eating the food that’s been made in a much cheaper and more efficient way, which will be much better for us ‘cause it won’t have all the growth hormones. It won’t have antibiotics in it, etc, etc.

JONESY: Even though there’s eight billion people in the world.

BRIAN: Yeah, it’ll be cheaper and more efficient to feed them non-animal diets. Yeah it will be and quite soon. I think. There’s already some people are making making substitute meat which people prefer to the real thing. I mean, I certainly do. Give me a veggie burger any day. I hate to think what’s in – I wouldn’t dream of eating a hamburger. Not if you paid me these days.

JONESY: What about fish?

BRIAN: I eat a little bit of fish occasionally, but I don’t feel good about it and when you see videos of the way they’re caught and the way they’re just put in in their millions struggling into some horrible cage to be slaughtered to be or to be crushed to death. I don’t feel good about it. So I try and I try and not do it. It’s a while though – I think we’re all on a path. You know you’re saying it’s a while since you ate meat. For me, too it’s many years since I ate a mammal, But I don’t get – I don’t feel good about you eating fish anymore and occasionally I’ll do it and then I think “No” I’m not gonna do that again for a while.

JONESY: So is it a moral thing more than the actual physical being?

BRIAN: Yeah. It’s a moral thing but I’m sure that I’m healthier for not eating meat. Absolutely sure.

JONESY: Yeah. No, I did vegan for four years. I went a bit nuts to be honest with you. You think every one agrees with every body? Some type body types or genetic makeup?

BRIAN: I really don’t know. I think it depends what you eat, of course. You know depends on what diet you have. I just wanna talk about your riffs though really.

JONESY: Yeah. (Laughing)

BRIAN: ‘God Save The Queen’ riff. Where that come from? That’s your riff innit. I ain’t Johnny Rotten’s riff, That’s your riff.

JONESY: Johnny didn’t write any music. It was me and Glen Matlock that come up on the music

BRIAN: Right, but he did lyrics?

JONESY: Johnny wrote all the words.

BRIAN: Ah good, good. Yeah, but the riff yeah, where that riff come from?

JONESY: I dunno. Where does any of them come from?

BRIAN: I dunno. They come from the sky don’t they someplace and you have to catch ‘em.

JONESY: You know I was very very, at the time I mean I literally only been, I’m so bored telling this story but I wanna tell ya, I’d only been playing guitar three months before we did our first show. I was kind of singing at the beginning. I didn’t get it. This is before we got John and Malcolm McLaren said “You know, you don’t need to sing:, and I agreed. I, we did one gig at Salters Cafe, down King’s Road. Did you ever go to that place?

BRIAN: I’ve been – yes.

JONESY: … and it was horrible. I couldn’t stand it, I threw up, and I was just not the front guy you know, realised that, and then we got rid of the guitar player that we had. I got slung at a guitar and we auditioned for a singer and…

BRIAN: John Lydon turned up. Young, charming John Lydon.

Yeah, and so we start rehearsing for about three months, and then we our first gig was at St Martin’s College and then when by the time we did our first gig it was about six months… nine months before we actually went in and started doing…

BRIAN: Recording.

JONESY: Yeah – with Chris Thomas.  Johnny wrote all the words.

BRIAN: Ah good, good. Yeah, but the riff yeah, where that riff come from?

JONESY: I dunno. Where does any of them come from?

BRIAN: I dunno. They come from the sky don’t they someplace and you have to catch ‘em.

JONESY: You know I was very very, at the time I mean I literally only been, I’m so bored telling this story but I wanna tell ya, I’d only been playing guitar three months before we did our first show. I was kind of singing at the beginning. I didn’t get it. This is before we got John and Malcolm McLaren said “You know, you don’t need to sing:, and I agreed. I, we did one gig at Salters Cafe, down King’s Road. Did you ever go to that place?

BRIAN: I’ve been – yes.

JONESY: … and it was horrible. I couldn’t stand it, I threw up, and I was just not the front guy you know, realised that, and then we got rid of the guitar player that we had. I got slung at a guitar and we auditioned for a singer and…

BRIAN: John Lydon turned up. Young, charming John Lydon.

Yeah, and so we start rehearsing for about three months, and then we our first gig was at St Martin’s College and then when by the time we did our first gig it was about six months… nine months before we actually went in and started doing

BRIAN: Recording.

JONESY: Yeah – with Chris Thomas.

BRIAN: But it wasn’t with Chris in the beginning was it? Didn’t he take over the album from somebody else?

CONTINUING.

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NWaterstones bookshop in Kensington, London, have  just installed an impressive “Queen in 3-D” window that will be there for a couple of weeks

They also have signed books.

So – Londoners – head on down there – check out the window display AND pick up a copy of the book signed by Brian May himself !

Waterstones
193 Kensington High St,
Kensington,
London W8 6SH

020 7937 8432

While in LA, Brian May dropped by the KTLA5 Morning News studio on 24 August, for a chat with Jojo and his morning show team to talk about “Queen in 3-D” and Queen, ahead of the Book Soup signing later in the day.

Here’s a video of the interview and a transcript. Enjoy!

Jojo Talks To Queen Legend Guitarist Brian May, KTLA 5 Morning News 24 August 2017
– https://youtu.be/1zPBkWcysEI

TRANSCRIPT by Jen Tunney
E&OE
Brianmay.com

JOJO: Oh no big deal. I’m just hanging backstage with Brian May from Queen.

BRIAN:  I know, I’m nice.

JOJO:  it’s just so exciting to have you here.   I mean I worked at KISS FM Top-40 radio station but Queen has influenced everybody top to bottom so huge congrats on all that.

BRIAN:  Thank you.

JOJO: Of course. Brian May, legendary Queen guitarist.  He is here to talk about this this book.  Before we do that though, for the kids who have no idea if for some reason you’re living under a rock, listen to this track.  You know this track.  Let’s hear it.

<VIDEO CLIP:
Freddie  Mercury’Bohemian Rhapsody:
Mama ooh-o0h.  Didn’t mean to make you cry.  If I’m not back again this time tomorrow….

NEWS TEAM: sing “Carry on, carry on. …”

STUDIO:  if there is an education in music this song has to be on that list of things that people need to know.

BRIAN:  Everyone seems to know it around the world and it’s incredible you know. I was saying to Jojo back stage, we had a dream and we were precocious boys, and all boys have dreams, but the dream came true and sometimes I wake up and think, “Did that really happen?”  All around the world everybody knows this song.  Everybody knows who we are.  It’s a privilege. It’s great.  It’s something wonderful that happened.

JOJO:  You were saying “We wanted to conquer the world”, you did.

BRIAN: Yeah.

JOJO:  Simple as that.  You’re releasing this book, “Queen in 3-D”.  It’s the first of its kind to my understanding.  Give me some details.

BRIAN:  Plug, plug, plug.

JOJO:  LooK at that.  Look at this baby,

BRIAN:  Oh look yeah. This is the slipcase for the book and it’s something unusual.  No-one – no one’s ever done this before.  This is what you get inside the book.  So you sell sell, sell, you get the book (laughing) which has lots of nice mono pictures, you know – normal kind of pictures of us all through the years.  Queen all through the years with Freddie.

STUDIO:  How much fun was it for you to pull pictures to be in this book?

BRIAN: Well I always carried a stereo camera with me – a 3-D camera with me all through for the last 40 to 50 years and I had this kind of collection of pictures which I didn’t know what to do with, so one day somebody said, “Why don’t you do the book?”  So I thought you know, I thought I didn’t have enough pictures but I have so many – but the magic thing is this, which comes in the book as well, which is your OWL.  This is my patent OWL viewer, which is a stereoscope. It’s essentially a 19th century stereoscope – but this is my version of it, which is made in Sunbury upon Thames in England.  It focuses.  You hold it by the back with your thumbs.

Now you put this on the pictures in the book, the stereo pictures, and you view them like this, and suddenly instead of looking at a flat picture, you’re looking through a window at a 3-D world.

STUDIO:  Oh my goodness.

BRIAN:  It’s like a time machine really.  I mean I can’t show you on TV.

JOJO: Wow. You guys take a look at this.  This is great.

BRIAN: If i get a WOW from you guys I’ll be happy.

JOJO:  Take that yes.  Here you go.

STUDIO: These are not eclipse glasses. (laughing) It’s like they’re living. yeah.

JOJO: You had the presence of mind.  You owned one of these and you took these pictures – all of them?

BRIAN:  Yeah and sometimes I would give it to the local photographer when we went on stage, which is why you get some live pictures of us, but most of this, this is backstage, in airplanes and a boats and trains and cars and stuff.

STUDIO:  You’ve been everywhere.

BRIAN:  We’ve been a lot of places:

JOHO.  Mark that’s don’t break it.  You break it, you buy it.

BRIAN:  It’s hard to break.

JOJO:  Hey, speaking of Queen, a coupe of questions.  Of course you guys are still doing touring.  Adam – how’s it been?  I know Adam he’s such a sweetheart.  What’s your thoughts on Adam in the band.

BRIAN:  Adam is a dream he’s just great. I call him the GFG, you know, the “Gift From God”, ’cos we weren’t looking for someone.  We really weren’t  – Roger and I we did some time, we went out with Paul Rodgers after we lost Freddie, which was great but it kind of came to a natural end and then we thought. “Okay it’s done now – we’ve done our stuff and that was history and now we’re someone different”, and then along comes Adam Lambert.  Everyone says “You gotta have this man, you know, this guy in your band you know, and it was right.  He does all the right stuff and Freddie would love him, of that I’m sure.  So we go out – we just did a 26-date , a 26-date tour of the States. which was wild.  You know it’s as packed and buzzing and energetic as anything we’ve ever done in our whole career I think.

JOJO:  I was just flipping through the book and there’s, I just caught one picture of Wembley Stadium.  Playing places like that.  That’s what – a hundred thousand people?  What is that like?

BRIAN:  It’s great.  It’s like nothing else really, yeah.  I feel so privileged that we did get to do all that and we still do.  It’s incredible and you know all around the world, I think one of the greatest things that happened to us was we didn’t become an English band.  We became an International band.  I’m kind of an International person.   I think people should be together.  You know music is for everyone, so we immediately kind of went around the world, places like Argentina and Brazil, which no-one had ever visited before in style like we did with the full rig.   So yeah, it’s been a great,you know, you feel very fortunate.

JOJO:  You’re conquering the world, no doubt. You can meet Brian tonight 6:00PM, Book Soup, Sunset Boulevard.  Of course “Queen in 3-D”. You can get the book in queenin3-D.com and of course Queen on tour. Brian, it’s an honour.  Fist bump to make it official.  Thank you.  There we go.

STUDIO:  Brian – such a pleasure.

BRIAN:  Thank you.

LA FOLKS…

Check out your local stations to catch interviews conducted with Brian May today – includes…

KTLA5 – MORNING NEWS

LA folks, Brian May is officially in town and you can catch him on KTLA 5 News today at 9.10am.[17.10 GMT]… and later get your book signed at Book Soup ! http://www.booksoup.com

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THE SOUND

Competition – ENTER HERE to win a pair of passes to attend QUEEN in 3-D Exclusive Bookaunch event at The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank on Friday, August 25th at 7:30PM.

Brian May will narrate and project previously unseen images from the book in high quality 3-D. Including a Q&A with Brian May. http://www.thesoundla.com/contest/queen-3-d

Check out Cynthia Fox’s programme on The Sound this afternoon from 2pm PST [8pm BST] http://www.thesoundla.com/hosts/cynthia-fox

Cynthia Fox

Listen out also on:

KNX 1070 News Radio – Phone  interview with Brian.

KLOS/Jonesy Jukebox

KCBS/KCAL

KTLA

In Italian:

CORRIERE DELLA MUSICA
Brian May: Queen In 3-D Finally In Italy
20 August 2017  Books

Brian May: Queen In 3-D Finalmente In Italia
20 agosto 2017 Libri
UN CAPOLAVORO STEREOSCOPICO che racconta LA STORIA DEI QUEEN attraverso gli scatti in 3-D di BRIAN MAY

www.queenin3-D.com

QUEEN IN 3-D: sarà pubblicato il 6 ottobre da Edel Italy, raccoglie più di 300 illustrazioni stereo inedite, il libro si presenta in un cofanetto con foto lenticolare 3-D in copertina e con un esclusivo stereoscopio OWL 3-D brevettato da Brian May

Tradotto da Raffaella Rolla

PUOI PREORDINARLO QUI:
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“La cosa più simile a un’autobiografia che May abbia scritto”
The Bookseller

 

“L’intero processo di scrittura di questo nuovo libro è stato quasi subconscio. Mentre guardavo le foto in 3-D i ricordi si risvegliavano e le storie uscivano di getto. È l’elemento 3-D che rende tutto così evocativo. Credo che ogni immagine coinvolgerà i lettori più a fondo, come è successo a me, rendendoli partecipi di una scena, condividendo un inedito momento Queen”.
Brian May

 

Sono stati scritti numerosi libri sui Queen, ma questa è una novità assoluta – una visione intima dall’interno da un membro fondatore della band; ed è anche la prima storia di un qualsiasi gruppo rock mai realizzata in 3-D. Non solo Brian May ha scritto il libro (non c’è un ‘ghost writer’ qui), ma le illustrazioni in 3-D sono state tutte scattate con le sue fotocamere stereoscopiche, per lo più da Brian stesso. Fin dagli esordi  Brian era solito portare con sé una stereocamera (3-D), così durante i tour dei Queen o durante le registrazioni poteva catturare dei rari momenti dietro le quinte di una delle più grandi rock band mondiali. Ora, a distanza di decenni, queste immagini vengono condivise per la prima volta. Alcune foto sono state completamente processate solo durante la realizzazione del libro. Pensato inizialmente da Brian come un lavoro veloce, questo progetto si è trasformato per May e il suo team in una vera e propria passione che li ha travolti per più di tre anni. Ogni volta che il libro sembrava prossimo alla conclusione, ecco sbucare delle nuove foto in 3-D, dimenticate chissà dove, che suscitavano una nuova ondata di ricordi arricchendone la narrativa. Il libro alla fine è diventato una raccolta avvincente di scatti della vita di Brian e dei Queen nell’arco di oltre 50 anni.

Pubblicato come un elegante libro da comodino d’alta qualità dalla casa editrice di Brian ‘London Stereoscopic Company’, Queen in 3-D svela la band, vista attraverso gli occhi di May, nel corso della sua lunga storia. Il libro comprende circa 360 illustrazioni fotografiche, la maggior parte delle quali visibili nello loro splendore stereoscopico (essendo la stereoscopia madre legittima della Realtà Virtuale) utilizzando il visore OWL incluso. Oltre a catturare lui stesso delle immagini, occasionalmente Brian prestava la sua fotocamera ad amici o fotografi locali, in modo di essere immortalato anche lui in questo viaggio. Brian racconta la storia che si cela dietro a ogni immagine in una prosa vivace e coinvolgente. Spesso in modo leggero e colloquiale, ma a volte anche molto riflessivo e filosofico accompagnando il lettore verso un contatto più profondo con l’immagine, lo spazio e il tempo. La maggior parte di questi ricordi di Brian riguardanti se stesso e i suoi colleghi della band Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor e John Deacon sono qui condivisi per la prima volta. Alcune immagini sono state scattate sul palco; altre dietro le quinte, compresi alcuni scatti personali fatti in viaggio e durante il tempo libero, dando una visione ravvicinata della band mai vista prima. Freddie, un personaggio enigmatico, gelosamente protettivo della sua privacy, cercava di defilarsi una volta giù dal palco, evitando di essere fotografato. Ma interagiva in modo giocoso e inconsapevole con la fotocamera di Brian e qui vediamo dei rari scorci di questo fenomenale showman immortalati dal suo compagno di band e amico intimo. Gli attuali fan della band potranno inoltre apprezzare le sezioni contemporanee, comprendenti momenti sul palco e fuori con Adam Lambert.

Questo è un libro importante, non solo perché cattura l’essenza stessa di una delle più grandi band mondiali di tutti i tempi, ma esplora anche la cultura, la politica e l’atmosfera dei numerosi paesi in cui i Queen si sono esibiti. Brian ha creato un testo che racconta i cambiamenti avvenuti nell’industria musicale insieme ai grandi cambiamenti della storia mondiale.

COME VEDERE LE IMMAGINI IN 3-D

Per condividere la magia dell’originale stile 3-D vittoriano con il pubblico del 21° secolo, Brian ha progettato il suo esclusivo stereoscopio, detto OWL (il gufo), che è diventato uno standard nel mondo della stereoscopia. In ogni copia del libro è inserita una edizione speciale del visore OWL, di colore giallo Wembley (la leggendaria giacchetta gialla indossata da Freddie Mercury a Wembley), riposto con cura nel cofanetto del libro nella sua busta protettiva. Il tuo OWL è tutto ciò che serve per portarti nel mondo reale incredibilmente tridimensionale dei Queen racchiuso in questo libro.

Altre attività di Brian May e dei Queen:

I Queen + Adam Lambert hanno iniziato un tour di 26 date il 23 giugno  partendo da Phoenix, in Arizona. Nuove date sono previste in autunno e passeranno dall’Italia il 10 novembre (Unipol Arena). La band presenterà uno spettacolo nuovo di zecca appositamente progettato e creato per questo tour, portando ai fan le loro hit preferite dei Queen, tra cui “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “We Will Rock You”, “We Are The Champions”, “Another One Bites The Dust”, e “Radio Ga Ga”. Nel concerto, ad alta energia, i Queen presenteranno il loro catalogo live in tutta la sua passione e gloria. Brian ha pubblicato lo scorso 7 aprile “Golden Days”, un sorprendente nuovo album in studio con la cantante Kerry Ellis. La nuovissima versione del gioco del Monopoly dei Queen, alla quale Brian stesso ha collaborato, è attualmente in vendita nei negozi. Gli appassionati di questo gioco sperimenteranno la vita on the road dei Queen, seguendo le orme della band alla conquista del mondo. Le decisioni prese determineranno se sei in grado di farcela oppure no nel mondo della musica! Questa versione Queen del Monopoly promette di inserirsi fra i bestseller di sempre. Il film molto atteso basato sulla vita di Freddie, dentro e fuori dai Queen, è finalmente giunto al traguardo e un annuncio ufficiale è previsto entro breve. Brian e Roger supervisioneranno il contenuto musicale del film.

RIGUARDO ALL’AUTORE

Brian May, membro fondatore, e chitarrista del gruppo rock Queen, e co-creatore del musical rock teatrale internazionale We Will Rock You, è anche un astrofisico con dottorato di Ricerca nella Polvere Zodiacale, un appassionato attivista nelle campagne per i diritti degli animali, e da sempre un appassionato di fotografia in 3-D. Recentemente, è diventato un editore di successo, decidendo di condividere con il mondo la sua collezione di stereofotografie vittoriane stereo attraverso i libri pubblicati dalla London Stereoscopic Company (una ricreazione della società originariamente fondata nel 1854). Brian è attualmente impegnato in tour  con i Queen, con Adam Lambert alla voce, per buona parte dell’anno, e inoltre compone, registra e si esibisce con la cantante Kerry Ellis, una delle star del cast originale di We Will Rock You e attrice di successo nella West End e a Broadway. Le ultime iniziative di Brian comprendono la creazione in 3-D, a 360 gradi, di film in realtà virtuale fra cui un video clip, di imminente pubblicazione, realizzato durante il recente concerto dei Queen e Adam Lambert a Barcellona- e scherzosamente intitolato “VR the champions”.

LA TRADUZIONE

E’ affidata a Raffaella Rolla, una vera “Queen expert” oltre che traduttrice di grande esperienza e capacità. Segue il gruppo da più di 20 anni e tra le altre cose ha lavorato per i Queen nella produzione italiana del musical We Will Rock You, per il Mercury Phoenix Trust, per la mostra permanente Queen Studio Experience di Montreux e alla precedente traduzione del libro “La Red Special di Brian May”.

“Le mie parole sono al sicuro nelle mani di Raffaella, anzi non sono mai state così al sicuro”. Brian May

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Brian May
Queen In 3-D

Luca Garrò
Giornalista musicale con esperienza decennale, Luca Garrò scrive o ha scritto per alcune delle riviste musicali più note del nostro paese, da Rolling Stone a Jam, passando per Rockstar, Rocksound, Onstage e Classic Rock, oltre ad essere uno dei fondatori del magazine online Outune.net. Appassionato di classic rock fin dall’infanzia, ha scritto centinaia di articoli sugli argomenti più disparati e sta curando una biografia su Brian May, di cui è amico da diversi anni. Da cinque anni è tra i curatori del Dizionario del Pop Rock Zanichelli.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
E&OE

A STEREOSCOPIC READER telling THE STORY OF QUEEN through the 3-D shots of BRIAN MAY

www.queenin3-D.com

QUEEN IN 3-D: will be released October 6  by Edel Italy, collects more than 300 unpublished stereo illustrations, the book is presented in a 3-D subtle photo cover on the cover and an exclusive 3-D OWL stereoscope patented by Brian May

Raffaella Rolla

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“The most similar to an autobiography that May wrote”

The Bookseller

“The whole process of writing this new book was almost subconscious. As I watched the photos in 3-D memories woke up and the stories came out of jet. It is the 3-D element that makes everything so evocative. I believe every image will involve readers more deeply, as happened to me, making them part of a scene, sharing an unprecedented Queen moment. “

Brian May

Numerous books on the Queen have been written, but this is an absolute novelty – an intimate insight from within by a founding member of the band; and is also the first story of  any one rock group ever made in 3-D. Not only did Brian May write the book (there is no ghost writer here), but the 3-D illustrations have all been shot with his stereoscopic cameras, mostly from Brian himself. Since its inception, Brian used to wear a stereocamera (3-D), so during the Queen’s tours or during recordings, he could capture rare moments behind the scenes of one of the world’s greatest rock bands. Now, after decades, these images are shared for the first time. Some photos have been completely processed only during the making of the book. Initially thought by Brian as a quick job, this project turned to May and his team in a real passion that has overwhelmed them for more than three years. Every time the book seemed to be close to the end, here are emerging new 3-D photos, forget whoever they were, which aroused a new wave of memories enriching the narrative. The book eventually became a fascinating collection of shots of Brian and Queen’s lives over the past 50 years.

Published as an elegant high quality bedside book by Brian ‘London Stereoscopic Company’,  Queen in 3-D reveals the band, seen through May’s eyes, throughout its long history. The book includes about 360 photographic illustrations, most of which are visible in their stereoscopic splendor (being the legitimate stereoscopic legacy of Virtual Reality) using the included OWL viewer. In addition to capturing images himself, occasionally Brian gave his camera to local friends or photographers, so he was immortalized on this trip as well. Brian tells the story that lies behind every image in a lively and engaging prose. Often in a light and colloquial manner, but sometimes also very thoughtful and philosophical, accompanying the reader towards a deeper contact with the image, space and time. Most of these memories of Brian concerning himself and his bandmates Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and John Deacon are here for the first time. Some pictures were taken on the stage; others behind the scenes, including some personal shots on the go and during free time, giving a closer look to the band never seen before. Freddie, an enigmatic character, jealously protective of her privacy, tried to break down once from the stage, avoiding being photographed. But he interacted in a playful and unconscious manner with Brian’s camera and here we see the rare glimpses of this phenomenal showman immortalized by his bandmate and intimate friend. Current band fans will also appreciate contemporary sections,

This is an important book, not only because it captures the very essence of one of the world’s greatest bands of all time, but also explores the culture, politics and atmosphere of the many countries where the Queen has performed. Brian has created a text that tells the changes made in the music industry along with the great changes in world history.

HOW TO SEE IMAGES IN 3-D

To share the magic of the original Victorian 3-D style with the 21st century audience, Brian has designed his exclusive stereoscope, OWL (Owl), which has become a standard in the stereoscopic world. In each copy of the book is a special edition of the OWL viewer, yellow Wembley (the legendary yellow jacket worn by Freddie Mercury at Wembley), placed carefully in the bookcase casket in its protective envelope. Your OWL is all you need to bring you into the incredibly three-dimensional reality of the Queen enclosed in this book.

Other Brian May and Queen’s Activities:

The Queen + Adam Lambert started a tour of 26 dates on June 23 from Phoenix, Arizona. New dates are scheduled in the fall and will pass from Italy on November 10 (Unipol Arena). The band will feature a brand new show designed and created for this tour, bringing fans to their favorite hits of the Queen, including “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “We Will Rock You”, “We Are The Champions”, “Another One Bites The Dust “and” Radio Ga Ga “. In the high-energy concert, the Queen will present their live catalog in all their passion and glory. Brian released on April 7th “Golden Days”, a stunning new studio album with singer Kerry Ellis. The newest version of the Queen Monopoly game, to which Brian himself collaborated, is currently being sold in stores. Fans of this game will experience life on the road of the Queen, following the band’s pursuit of the world. The decisions taken will determine whether you are able to do so or not in the music world! This Queen version of Monopoly promises to be among the bestsellers of all time. The much anticipated film based on Freddie’s life, inside and out of the Queen, has finally reached the finish line and an official announcement is expected shortly. Brian and Roger will oversee the musical content of the film. The much anticipated film based on Freddie’s life, inside and out of the Queen, has finally reached the finish line and an official announcement is expected shortly. Brian and Roger will oversee the musical content of the film. The much anticipated film based on Freddie’s life, inside and out of the Queen, has finally reached the finish line and an official announcement is expected shortly. Brian and Roger will oversee the musical content of the film.

RELATED TO THE AUTHOR

Brian May, founding member and guitarist of the rock queen group, and co-creator of the international rock musical We Will Rock You, is also an astrophysicist with a PhD in Zodiac Disease Research, an avid activist in animal rights campaigns, and has always been a passionate about photography in 3-D. Recently, he has become a successful publisher, deciding to share his collection of stereo Victorian stereo stereotypes with the world through books published by the London Stereoscopic Company (a company recreation originally founded in 1854). Brian is currently on tour with the Queen, with Adam Lambert playing for the most part of the year, and composing, recording and performing with singer Kerry Ellis, one of the stars of the original cast of We Will Rock You and a successful actress in West End and Broadway. Brian’s latest initiatives include the creation of 3-D, 360-degree, virtual reality movies including a forthcoming video clip made during the recent Queen and Adam Lambert Concert in Barcelona – and jokingly titled “VR the champions “.

THE TRANSLATION

It is entrusted to Raffaella Rolla, a true “Queen Expert” as well as a translator of great experience and abilities. He has been in the group for more than 20 years, and among other things he has worked for the Queen in the Italian production of We Will Rock You, for the Mercury Phoenix Trust, for the permanent exhibition Queen Studio Experience in Montreux and the previous translation of the book ” The Red Special of Brian May “.

“My words are safe in Raffaella’s hands, indeed I’ve never been so safe.” Brian May

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Brian May
Queen In 3-D

Luca Garrò
A ten-year-long music journalist, Luca Garrò writes or has written for some of our country’s most famous music magazines, from Rolling Stone to Jam, for Rockstar, Rocksound, Onstage and Classic Rock, as well as being one of the founders of the online Outune magazine .net. He has been a fan of classic rock since childhood, has written hundreds of articles on the most disparate topics and is curating a biography of Brian May, whom he has been friends for several years. For five years she has been curator of the Pop Music Zanichelli Dictionary.

In response to French Queen fans who desperately want to be able to read Brian May’s “Queen in 3-D” book in French – despite the rights already having been sold in German, Italian, Czech, Spanish, and with great interest in many other territories, so far a French publisher has not been found!

The book is a bestseller in English, and the German, Italian, Czech, and Spanish editions have been printed and will be launched in the next few months. We also have an edition selling in Japan. USA publication is imminent (24 August).

We need an enthusiastic publishing partner in France! Our LSC team will be at the Frankfurt Bookfair in October, and will be delighted to meet with all potential partners.

Any interested party – please contact us at: info@queenin3-D.com or info@londonstereo.com

 

Here is a promo flyer, produced for the release of the German edition of “Queen in 3-D”, which is due 6 October 2017.  See also: BUY THE BOOK

Image: Queen German Fan Club

Lomography have launched a competition to win a signed copy of “Queen in 3-D” plus one of their cameras.

In time for the weekend, Lomography – the world’s largest analogue photography site, have just launched a competition on their website to win a signed copy of “Queen in 3-D” plus one of their cameras.

They say….

“We recently interviewed Brian May of Queen about his passion for stereo photography. We are now thrilled to offer you the chance of winning a signed copy of his new book “Queen in 3-D” which is published by The London Stereoscopic Company and features unseen and intimate photographs over a 50 year period. You can also win a Diana F+ camera to start your own analogue journey just like Brian!

The Queen In 3-D book includes over 300 previously unseen 3-D photographs, documenting the band from the 1970s onwards and includes May’s patent OWL viewer so you can see these images in full stereo glory! You can win a signed copy of this book plus the Diana F+.

To enter this fabulous competition just upload 10 of your best “double” themed shots HERE..”

READ MORE HERE. Good luck!

Details of German release:

earBooks (a publishing house of the Edel Germany) will publish the German version of the stereoscopic book “Queen In 3-D” on 06.10.2017.

Queen in 3-D is the first book ever to be published about the legendary rock band Queen by a member of the band. It’s a unique collection of original, highly personal snapshots of Queen from its inception in the early ’70s right up to the present day, accompanied by the exclusive recollections of founding member and lead guitarist, Brian May. These shots of Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, Roger Taylor, and Brian himself, on and off stage all round the world, spring into life when viewed with Brian’s patent OWL viewer (supplied free with the book). Through the eyes of Brian s camera you are transported back in time to experience Queen’s miraculous 46-year journey as if you were actually there.

Pre-order here:  PREGO-SHOP.de  |  AMAZON.de

PRESS RELEASE

(wording close to UK Press Release)

 

BRIAN MAY – QUEEN IN 3-D

Die erste offizielle Queen-Autobiografie
mit Texten von Brian May
und exklusiven Bildern aus seinem Privatarchiv

»Es gab keinen Ghostwriter für dieses Buch. Das bin alles ich. Keine literarische Prosa, sondern meinen eigenen Worte. Zusammen mit meiner persönlichen fotografischen Sammlung sind sie eine intime Reise durch den Queen-Kosmos.« BRIAN MAY

ÜBER DAS BUCH In der ersten offiziellen Queen-Autobiografie „Queen in 3-D“ schildert Gründungsmitglied und Leadgitarrist Brian May aufrichtig und detailreich seine höchstpersönlichen Erinnerungen an ein bewegtes Rockstarleben. Dabei erkundet er nicht nur das Wesen einer der innovativsten Rockbands aller Zeiten, sondern wirft gleichzeitig ein helles Licht auf die Politik, Kultur und Atmosphäre all jener Länder, die Queen bereist haben.

Begleitet von seiner exklusiven Sammlung intimer Momentaufnahmen entsteht ein authentisches und vielschichtiges Bild des Queen-Alltags. Die Bilder aus dem Privatarchiv des passionierten Fotografen May gewähren einen unverstellten Blick auf die Band vor und hinter den Kulissen von den 1970er-Jahren bis heute. Ob in entspannter Pose zu Hause, unterwegs in der Limousine oder mit dem Privatjet, im Studio oder während Konzerten in den weltgrößten Arenen, die Kamera war stets mit dabei.

Freddie Mercury, privat eher schüchtern und stets auf seine Privatsphäre bedacht, agiert spielerisch vor der Linse seines engen Freundes und Bandkollegen. So hat man den Ausnahme-Frontmann noch nie gesehen.

Das Besondere: Seit frühester Jugend hegt Brian May eine große Leidenschaft für stereoskopische Fotografie, kurz gesagt 3-D-Fotografie. In seinem Buch präsentiert er nun erstmals mehr als 300 nie zuvor veröffentlichte 3-D-Fotos.

Jedes davon hat seine eigene Geschichte und zieht den Betrachter geradezu in die Szene hinein. Die dafür benötigte Spezial-Brille liegt dem Buch bei. So können die Leser sich sofort auf eine faszinierende Zeitreise begeben, Hand in Hand mit einer der größten Rockbands der Welt.

BRIAN MAY
QUEEN IN 3 -D
256 Seiten, Hardcover im Schuber, mit beiliegender 3-D-Brille Über 300 Abbildungen
Format 24,3 x 32,4 cm
978-3-943573-29-9
€ 39,95 (D) / € 41,10 (A)
Erscheinungstermin:
6. Oktober 2017

 

DER AUTOR
BRIAN MAY

BRIAN MAY ist Gründungsmitglied der Rockband Queen und einer der berühmtesten Gitarristen, Songwriter, Produzenten und Künstler der Welt.

Außerdem kennt man ihn als passionierten Tierschützer, Astrophysiker, Sachbuchautor und Verleger der London Stereoscopic Company (LSC). Mit seinen Stereo-Büchern, von denen jedes eine eigens entworfene 3-D-Brille enthält, trägt er maßgeblich zur wieder aufkeimenden Popularität der 3-D-Fotografie bei.

»Seit wir uns 1970 zusammengetan und altklug beschlossen haben, die Welt zu verändern, hat Queens Musik alle Grenzen in Bezug auf Alter, Herkunft, Hautfarbe und Glauben gesprengt.

Ich bin stolz auf unsere Erfolge und hoffe, dieses Buch transportiert die guten Gefühle, die wir während dieser spannenden Zeit empfanden. Ihr alle habt Queen von außen gesehen. Freut Euch nun auf intime Einblicke, Momentaufnahmen und Geschichten.« BRIAN MAY

 

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