The Magic Years Volume One
'The Foundations'
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Released 30 November 1987
Length 60 minutes
BBFC Certificate - 15

Directed by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher.
Commentary written by Simon Witter, spoken by Stuart St. Paul.

This video is the first of a three volume documentary on the band. It is divided into the following sections, with rare footage highlighted in red or linked to the songs section:

Introduction

• Introduction - excerpt of 'One Vision' (intro)
• Interview with Bob Geldof
• 'We Will Rock You' with audio and video footage of the track from over the years; plus comments from other musicians
• Short excerpt of 'We Will Rock You' from 1979
• Backstage footage of 'The Magic Tour'

The Band

• Interview with Jackie Stewart, followed by 'Another One Bites The Dust' audio excerpt, and clips of John from various promo videos (including 'No Turning Back')
• Interview with Gary Langham, followed by 'Hammer To Fall' audio excerpt, and clips of Brian from various promo videos
• Interview with Elton John, followed by 'We Are The Champions' audio excerpt, and clips of Freddie from various promo videos
• Interview with Billy Squier, followed by 'Radio Ga Ga' audio clip, and clips of Roger from various promo videos (including 'Strange Frontier')
• Interview with David Penhaligon (one of Roger's schoolfriends) about Roger's early musical exploits

Early Days

• Clip of 'Keep Yourself Alive' (1973 promo video)
• Interview with John Taylor (Duran Duran) followed by audio clip of 'Doin' Alright' and footage of London
• Early interview with Roger (talking to Bob Harris), and audio clip of 'My Fairy King', with early photos of Smile.
• Interviews with Freddie and Roger, both talking to Bob Harris, with further excerpt of 'Doin' Alright'.
• Audio clip of 'My Fairy King', early photos of Queen, interviews with Brian, and footage of Kensington Market
• Interviews with Roger and Brian (with Bob Harris), audio clip of 'Son And Daughter'
• Interview with John (with Bob Harris), clip of 'Liar' (promo video, 1973), and interviews with Steve Harley, Queen roadie 'Ratty', Mel Smith, Freddie (1984/5 ish) and Paul McCartney
• Interview with Freddie (1984/5) and clip of 'Killer Queen' (on Top Of The Pops), and interviews with Status Quo, Elton John, and Billy Squier
• Short interview with John Deacon, clip of the 'Keep Yourself Alive' Old Grey Whistle test footage, and interview with producer Michael Appleton
• Interview with Brian, and clips of 'Procession' and 'Now I'm Here' from 'Live At The Rainbow'
• Interview with Barbara Baker (Roy Thomas Baker's wife), and clips of 'In The Lap Of The Gods' and 'Stone Cold Crazy' from 'Live At The Rainbow'
• Interview with Jim Beach, further clip of 'Now I'm Here' (from 'Rainbow'), interview with Norman Sheffield (ex-manager), and clip of 'In The Lap Of The Gods (Revisited)' from 'Live At The Rainbow'

Bohemian Rhapsody

• Clip of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' video and interviews with Samantha Fox, Dave Stewart and Roy Thomas Baker
• Clip of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' (Hammersmith 1975), interview with John Deacon, further clip of promo video, and interviews with Roy Thomas Baker and John Reid.
• Clip of Queen collecting the 1977 BPI award for best British single

Making Videos

• Selection of clips from numerous videos - 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and various others, and interview with Michael Appleton
• Interview with Brian, and 'making of' footage of 'Spread Your Wings' and 'We Will Rock You'
• Footage of 'Bicycle Race', and interview with Roy Thomas Baker
• Interview with Freddie and clip of 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love'
• Interview with Brian and 'making of' footage of 'Save Me'
• Interview with Roger, clip of 'Flash', and interview with Brian
• Interview with John and rehearsal and 'making of' footage of 'I Was Born To Love You'
• Clip of 'Radio Ga Ga', interview with Freddie (in Australia, 1985), clip of 'I Want To Break Free', and interview with Mel Smith
• Clip of 'It's A Hard Life', and interviews with Roger and Diana Moseley (costume designer)
• Interview with Russel Mulcahy, clips of 'A Kind Of Magic' and 'Princes Of The Universe', and interviews with Roger and Christopher Lambert
• Clip of 'One Vision'

In The Studio (much of this footage was also made available on 'Greatest Video Hits II')

• Footage of around Queen's studio, with Brian's unreleased 'Piano Solo', and interviews with Roger and Brian
• Interview with John, footage of Queen in the studio, interview with Freddie, and footage of Brian improvising 'One Vision'
• Further improvised footage and interviews with Roy Thomas Baker, Mack, David Richards, Roger, Freddie, Brian and John
• Further improvised footage (with alternate lyrics), and 'One Vision' 'Just For Fun' version
• Interview with Freddie

End Credits

• Excerpt of 'One Vision', with promo video; credits over song outro

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