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'Absolute Greatest' Singles Sleeves

The book version of the 2009 album 'Absolute Greatest' featured two pages which contained a total of 140 singles sleeves from around the world, and this page lists the origins of each.

For 10 sleeves, the single is known but the country is not, and for the single sleeve which follows (which appears as the second image on the bottom row of the first page), the country is known but the actual single itself is not. Apparently this single originates from Poland, as the 'Tonpress' record label logo can just about be seen in the bottom right hand corner.

Countries Featured:

  1. UK (33)
  2. Japan (23)
  3. Unknown (11)
  4. Spain (9)
  5. USA (9)
  6. France (8)
  7. Germany (8)
  8. Holland (6)
  9. Italy (6)
  10. Portugal (6)
  11. Belgium (4)
  12. Yugoslavia (4)
  13. Hungary (3)
  14. Mexico (3)
  15. Poland (3)
  16. Australia (1)
  17. Bolivia (1)
  18. Russia (1)
  19. South Africa (1)
  20. Sweden (1)

Page 1

Row 1

  1. Tie Your Mother Down (Japan)
  2. The Show Must Go On (UK)
  3. Flash (USA)
  4. Seven Seas Of Rhye (Holland)
  5. Another One Bites The Dust (UK)
  6. Scandal (UK)
  7. Tie Your Mother Down (Holland)

Row 2

  1. You're My Best Friend (Yugoslavia)
  2. A Kind Of Magic (France)
  3. Friends Will Be Friends (UK)
  4. Under Pressure (Japan)
  5. Bohemian Rhapsody (UK)
  6. Somebody To Love (Japan)
  7. Killer Queen (Belgium)

Row 3

  1. Bohemian Rhapsody (UK reissue)
  2. Let Me Live (UK)
  3. We Will Rock You (French 1978 'reissue')
  4. Flash (UK)
  5. Bicycle Race (Japan)
  6. Love Of My Life (live) (Spain)
  7. Body Language (USA)

Row 4

  1. Killer Queen (Italy)
  2. One Vision (UK)
  3. Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (Germany)
  4. Another One Bites The Dust (Portugal)
  5. Bohemian Rhapsody (UK 1977 Blue Vinyl)
  6. Tie Your Mother Down (Germany)
  7. Too Much Love Will Kill You (UK)

Row 5

  1. Body Language (South Africa)
  2. Bicycle Race (Belgian promo)
  3. Don't Stop Me Now (Japan)
  4. The Miracle (UK)
  5. Save Me (Japan)
  6. You're My Best Friend (Germany)
  7. Body Language (Japan)

Row 6

  1. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Japan)
  2. Under Pressure (USA)
  3. You're My Best Friend (Belgium)
  4. Long Away (unknown; possibly a Russian flexidisc from 1991/2)
  5. I Want It All (Japan)
  6. Queen's First EP (UK)
  7. Bicycle Race (unknown, possibly Columbian reissue)

Row 7

  1. Somebody To Love (Portugal)
  2. Back Chat (UK)
  3. Radio Ga Ga (UK)
  4. Princes Of The Universe (USA)
  5. Now I'm Here (Japan)
  6. Somebody To Love (Italy)
  7. We Will Rock You (live) (Japan)

Row 8

  1. Bicycle Race (UK)
  2. Don't Stop Me Now (UK)
  3. Keep Yourself Alive (Japan)
  4. Calling All Girls (USA)
  5. Somebody To Love (Poland)
  6. Bohemian Rhapsody (second Dutch sleeve)
  7. We Are The Champions (French 1998 reissue)

Row 9

  1. It's A Hard Life (USA)
  2. The Show Must Go On (Italy)
  3. You're My Best Friend (UK Golden Oldie reissue)
  4. Now I'm Here (Hungary)
  5. Somebody To Love (unknown)
  6. We Are The Champions (UK)
  7. Now I'm Here (Japanese reissue)

Row 10

  1. Who Wants To Live Forever (Holland reissue)
  2. Unknown single (Poland)
  3. Unknown - possibly Bohemian Rhapsody (Turkey) or You're My Best Friend (Germany)
  4. Radio Ga Ga (unknown)
  5. Now I'm Here (Germany)
  6. Bohemian Rhapsody (France)
  7. Bohemian Rhapsody (USA Spun Gold reissue)

Page 2

Row 1

  1. Don't Stop Me Now (Mexico)
  2. Radio Ga Ga (Japan)
  3. Mustapha (Yugoslavia)
  4. Tie Your Mother Down (Belgium)
  5. A Kind Of Magic (UK)
  6. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Spain)
  7. Seven Seas Of Rhye (Germany)

Row 2

  1. Tie Your Mother Down (Spain)
  2. Somebody To Love (UK)
  3. Headlong (UK)
  4. Killer Queen (Yugoslavia)
  5. Seven Seas Of Rhye (Japan)
  6. Queen's First EP (Portugal)
  7. We Will Rock You (live) (Spain 1992)

Row 3

  1. Hammer To Fall (UK)
  2. One Year Of Love (France)
  3. Who Wants To Live Forever (UK)
  4. Save Me (UK)
  5. Love Of My Life (live) (Holland)
  6. One Vision (Japan)
  7. Now I'm Here (France)

Row 4

  1. Bohemian Rhapsody (unknown)
  2. We Are The Champions (Japan)
  3. Bicycle Race (Hungary)
  4. Jealousy (Russian flexidisc)
  5. Now I'm Here (Spain)
  6. I Want To Break Free (Germany)
  7. Somebody To Love (Mexico)

Row 5

  1. Seven Seas Of Rhye (Yugoslavia)
  2. The Invisible Man (UK)
  3. We Are The Champions (unknown)
  4. Bohemian Rhapsody (Japan)
  5. It's A Hard Life (UK)
  6. White Man (unknown; possibly a Russian flexidisc from 1991/2)
  7. Bohemian Rhapsody (Germany)

Row 6

  1. I Want To Break Free (Japan)
  2. Princes Of The Universe (Australia)
  3. Another One Bites The Dust (Sweden)
  4. Somebody To Love (Poland)
  5. Las Palabras De Amor (UK)
  6. Play The Game (Japan)
  7. Thank God It's Christmas (UK)

Row 7

  1. Flash (Japan)
  2. Bohemian Rhapsody (unknown)
  3. Keep Yourself Alive (Mexico, either a reissue or promo)
  4. Mustapha (Bolivia)
  5. You're My Best Friend (Spain)
  6. Bohemian Rhapsody (Italy)
  7. Now I'm Here (Hungary)

Row 8

  1. Play The Game (UK)
  2. Bohemian Rhapsody (Portugal)
  3. Under Pressure (Spain)
  4. Mustapha (Spain)
  5. We Will Rock You (live) (Holland 1992)
  6. You're My Best Friend (Japan)
  7. Don't Stop Me Now (unknown; possibly a Russian flexidisc from 1991/2)

Row 9

  1. Killer Queen (Portugal)
  2. You're My Best Friend (Italy)
  3. Killer Queen (Japanese reissue)
  4. Bohemian Rhapsody (UK)
  5. Killer Queen (Spain)
  6. Body Language (UK)
  7. I Was Born To Love You (French promo)

Row 10

  1. Seven Seas Of Rhye (Portugal)
  2. Radio Ga Ga (Italy)
  3. Heaven For Everyone (USA)
  4. Killer Queen (Germany)
  5. No One But You (UK)
  6. We Are The Champions (USA)
  7. Bicycle Race (France)

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