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Queen Boxed Set Discography

The Hit Box
Queen Complete
The Complete Works
The 3" CD Singles (Germany)
Queen Mania
The 3" CD Singles (Japan)
The Box Of Tricks
The Queen Collection
Greatest Hits I & II (green/mahogany box)
Greatest Hits I & II (gold sleeve)
Ultimate Queen
Queen Live Video Box Set (Japan)
Miniatures

The Crown Jewels
Queen Live Video Box Set (UK)
The Platinum Collection
Special Edition - Gold
Queen & Freddie Mercury: The Definitive Collection
Queen Singles Collection 1
Queen Singles Collection 2
Absolute Greatest
Queen Singles Collection 3
Queen Singles Collection 4
Queen 40th Anniversary Boxed Set
40 Years Of Queen
Queen Orb USB Gift Box

   
The Hit Box
1984. Released in Holland only.
The LP's in this set were also issued in Holland as two double-albums in 1985, called 'The Golden Collection'.
  A set containing the four LP's 'News Of The World', 'Jazz', 'The Game' and 'Hot Space'.

Holland 4 LP Set (EMI 9079)

Queen Complete
1985. Released in Sweden only.
  A boxed set containing all 11 studio LP's upto and including 'The Works'.

Sweden 11 LP Set (15-5895)

The Complete Works [gallery | full details | shop]
5 December 1985. Released in the UK only.

A boxed set containing 13 LP's (11 studio albums upto and including 'The Works', and 'Live Killers') in plain white sleeves, plus a special LP of non-album material titled 'Complete Vision', as follows:

A1. See What A Fool I've Been
A2. A Human Body
A3. Soul Brother
A4. I Go Crazy
B1. Thank God It's Christmas
B2. One Vision
B3. Blurred Vision

The set also includes a colour booklet, tour itinerary, and map showing the countries which Queen have toured and released records in. The set was available as a signed and numbered set, a numbered set, or un-numbered, and in addition, the set was available with a 33rpm or 45rpm copy of the 'Complete Vision' LP.

UK 14 LP Set (QBOX1)

The 3" CD Singles [gallery | Japan boxed set | full details]
1988. Released in Germany only.
  A boxed set containing the set of 12 3" CD singles released in the UK in 1988, housed in leather gold-stamped wallet. 555 sets were issued.

Germany 12 CD Set (QUE1-12)

Queen Mania
1989. Released in Germany only.
  A boxed set containing the 15 studio and live CD albums (one double) released upto and including 'The Miracle', with a Queen T-Shirt and badge.

Germany 16 CD Set (QUEENBOX1)

The 3" CD Singles [gallery | German boxed set | full details]
1991/1992. Released in Japan only.

A boxed set containing the set of 12 3" CD singles released in the UK in 1988. Each CD is in a 3" x 6" snap case, and the set also contains a lyric booklet.

Japan 12 CD Set (TODP-2251-62)

The Box Of Tricks [gallery | full details]
May 1992. Released in the UK only.

A boxed set containing the exclusive video 'Live At The Rainbow' (on VHS only), the exclusive album 'The 12" Collection' (on either CD or Cassette), a colour book, T-Shirt, enamel badge, sew-on badge, and poster of worldwide album and single sleeves.

UK CD and VHS set (CDQTEL 0001)
UK Cassette and VHS set (TCQTEL 0001)

The Queen Collection [gallery | Brazil 'Queen Collection' album]
10 November 1992. Released in the USA only.

This set contains the USA only CD's of 'Greatest Hits' and 'Classic Queen', plus a special disc titled 'Queen Talks' which features the 1989 interview with Mike Read and an 'extended' version of 'Thank God It's Christmas'.

USA 3 CD Set (HR 61407 2)

Greatest Hits I & II [gallery]
30 November 1992. Released in the UK only. Either this set, or the next one, reached no 37 in the UK charts in it's own right.

A set containing the 'Greatest Hits' and 'Greatest Hits II' CD's in their original sleeves, in a special textured Green or Mahogany numbered limited edition box.

UK 2 CD Set, Green box (GHBOX1)
UK 2 CD Set, Mahogany box (GHBOX1)

Greatest Hits I & II [gallery | shop]
7 November 1994. Released in the UK, USA, Japan, Holland and Austria. Either this set, or the previous one, reached no 37 in the UK charts in it's own right.
The set was later reissued in 1998 or 1999 in the UK.

A two CD set of 'Greatest Hits' and 'Greatest Hits II', pressed as gold and black CD's, in a gold slipcase. The set also contains a colour booklet.

UK 2 CD Set (CDPCSD 161)

Ultimate Queen [gallery | full details | shop]
13 November 1995. Released worldwide, limited to 15,000 copies, and 3,000 in the UK.

A wall mountable, 20 CD cabinet, containing 18 Queen albums (two doubles) from 'Queen' upto 'Made In Heaven' (excluding 'Greatest Hits', 'Greatest Hits II' and 'Queen At The Beeb'), each pressed as a special picture CD. It also includes a Freddie Mercury hologram and a colour booklet.

UK 20 CD Boxed Set (QUEENBOX 20)

Queen Live Video Boxed Set [gallery | UK live video boxed set]
1997. Released in Japan only.

Contains the Japanese VHS videos of 'Live In Rio', 'Rare Live' and 'Live At Wembley', each in new sleeves, housed in an outer slipcase.

Japan 3 Video Set (TOVW-3225)

Miniatures [gallery]
1998. Released in the UK only, possibly only available through 'HMV' shops, as I don't recall seeing it anywhere else.

These are two four-CD sets containing the Japanese Miniatures albums, in a numbered slipcase.

Volume I : 'Queen', 'Queen II', 'Sheer Heart Attack' and 'A Night At The Opera'.

UK 4-CD Set (4984072)

Volume II : 'A Day At The Races', 'News Of The World', 'Jazz' and 'The Game'.

UK 4-CD Set (4984082)

The Crown Jewels [gallery | promo sampler | shop]
1998. Released in the USA only.

This set is a special hinged box containing the set of eight Japanese Miniatures CD's, from 'Queen' through to 'The Game'.

USA 8 CD Set (162200)

Queen Live Video Boxed Set [gallery | Japan live video boxed set]
1998. Released in the UK, available through 'HMV' shops only.

Contains the three VHS videos 'We Will Rock You' (the 90 minute version), 'Live In Rio' and 'Live In Budapest', each in slipcases, housed in an outer slipcase.

UK 3 Video Set (VC6713)

The Platinum Collection [gallery | shop]
13 November 2000. Released in the UK only. It reached no. 63 in the album charts and was removed from sale on 31 December 2000.
It was reissued on 13 May 2002 to coincide with the 'We Will Rock You' musical, reached no. 2 in the album charts, and spent at least 116 weeks in the charts. The US release has been certified at least double platinum, for sales exceeding 2 million.

This set contains the three CD's 'Greatest Hits', 'Greatest Hits II', and 'Greatest Hits III', in a standard three-way double CD case, in a silver slipcase with a booklet. Each CD is pressed as a picture CD.

UK 3 CD Set (529 8832)

Special Edition - Gold [gallery]
2002. Released in South Korea only, possibly to coincide with the 2002 FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan.

This set contains the standard UK pressing of 'Greatest Hits' on CD, in a special textured gold box, with a lyric booklet and a bonus disc which contains:

01. Under Pressure (Greatest Hits II version)
02. Radio Ga Ga (album version)
03. I Want To Break Free (single version)
04. Body Language (album version)
05. Action This Day (album version)
06. Love Of My Life (album version)
07. Dragon Attack (album version)
08. The Great Pretender (single version)
09. Barcelona (single version)
10. '39 (album version)
11. I Was Born To Love You (Queen version)
12. Too Much Love Will Kill You (Queen version)
13. God Save The Queen (album version)

South Korea 2CD Set (EKPD 0073)

Queen & Freddie Mercury: The Definitive Collection
2007. Issued in Italy only.
  This is a four CD box set that came free with a weekly TV guide called 'Sorrisi E Canzoni'.

It included a black and silver box, a 128 page lyric book, and four CD's featuring the original artwork, but slightly modified to include the logo of the magazine. The set was given away over four weeks as follows:

12 March 2007 - the box, and 'Greatest Hits I'
19 March 2007 - the booklet, and 'Greatest Hits II'
26 March 2007 - 'Greatest Hits III'
2 April 2007 - 'Lover Of Life, Singer Of Songs: The Very Best Of Freddie Mercury Solo'
Queen Singles Collection 1 [gallery | full details | shop]
1 December 2008. Released in the UK and Japan.

This is the first of four sets chronicling Queen's worldwide singles, and includes the first 13 hit singles, from 'Keep Yourself Alive' up to 'Don't Stop Me Now', housed in an outer boxed set. Each single had it's own card sleeve, with a design based on original artwork from around the world. In total the set featured 28 tracks spread across the CD's.

UK 13 CD Set (5099924335829)

Queen Singles Collection 2 [gallery | full details | shop]
15 June 2009. Released in the UK and Japan.
This is the second of four sets chronicling Queen's worldwide singles, and includes the singles from 'Love Of My Life (live)' up to 'I Want To Break Free', housed in an outer boxed set. Each single had it's own card sleeve, with a design based on original artwork from around the world. In total the set featured 26 tracks spread across the CD's.

UK 13 CD Set (5099996549728)

Absolute Greatest [gallery | album release]
16 November 2009. Available to buy from 'QueenOnline' only.

This set was limited to 500 numbered copies, and features the book version of the album, a CD sized desktop calendar, a T-shirt, a Christmas card, certificate of authenticity, and an art print of the 'Bohemian Rhapsody' tape box inlay, housed in a leather effect box.

Book and 2CD Set (unknown catalogue)

Queen Singles Collection 3 [gallery | full details | shop]
31 May 2010. Released in the UK only.

This is the third of four sets chronicling Queen's worldwide singles, and includes the singles from 'It's A Hard Life' to 'Scandal', housed in an outer boxed set. Each single had it's own card sleeve, with a design based on original artwork from around the world. In total the set featured 27 tracks spread across the CD's.

UK 13 CD Set (5099968483920)

Queen Singles Collection 4 [gallery | full details | shop]
18 October 2010. Released in the UK only.

This is the final set of four chronicling Queen's worldwide singles, and includes the singles from 'The Miracle' to 'Under Pressure (Rah remix)', housed in an outer boxed set. Each single had it's own card sleeve, with a design based on original artwork from around the world. In total the set featured 29 tracks spread across the CD's.

UK 13 CD Set (5099990921520)

Queen 40th Anniversary Boxed Set [gallery]
4 April 2011 (with the first five albums) or 5 December 2011 (with all fifteen albums). Released in the UK and worldwide.
In the USA, three seperate boxed sets were released, on 17 May, 13 September and 1 November, containing each of the five albums in each batch, with a poster. The US sets were exclusive to Amazon.com.




Worldwide five-sided cardboard boxed set, with the first five deluxe studio albums and space for the remaining ten.

UK 10 CD Boxed Set (2766457)

Worldwide five-sided cardboard boxed set, with all fifteen deluxe studio albums.

UK 30 CD Boxed Set (unknown catalogue)

Amazon.com exclusive boxed sets, featuring five deluxe studio albums and a poster.

USA 10 CD Boxed Set (volume 1, in a black sleeve)
USA 10 CD Boxed Set (volume 2, in a white sleeve) (B0057T21MY)
USA 10 CD Boxed Set (volume 3, in a red sleeve) (B005K1VRII)

40 Years Of Queen [gallery | shop]
24 September 2011. Released in the UK and presumably worldwide.

This is a stunning book chronicling the history of the band, housed in an outer box. It contains many rare photographs, replicas of concert posters, tickets, handwritten lyrics and other rare memorabilia, plus a thirty minute CD containing a rare 1977 radio interview.

UK Book and Interview Disc (unknown catalogue)

Queen Orb USB Gift Box [gallery | shop]
5 December 2011. Released worldwide.

This is a numbered black velvet lined box, limited to 5,000 worldwide, which features a golden Orb with the Queen crest, a USB drive containing all 15 remastered studio albums and photo gallery, a Queen crest necklace, and a red velvet bag. The studio albums are available as both WAV files and 320kbps MP3's, but it is unclear whether they are the single or double disc versions. The set measures 9.4 x 9.4 x 10.2 cm.

UK Orb Box Set with USB Drive, Necklace and Bag (unknown catalogue number)


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