Queen

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Today The Mail on Sunday brings you another exclusive musical world first. Inside your copy on April 26 you’ll find an amazing free CD by Queen – one of the greatest-ever supergroups.

After joining EMI in November 1972, Queen played their label launch gig at London’s iconic Marquee Club in April the following year.

Queen's first ever television appearance came entirely by chance.

Queen, that most chameleon-like or even dare I say it 'mercurial' of bands (damn that pun and the horse it rode in on), was as tough to pin down visually as they were musically, following trends or even creating them as quited their whims. Yet they were markedly image-conscious, and that's an important part of their - or, to be more specific, of Freddie Mercury's - legacy. From groundbreaking early music videos to live performances... and the album covers themselves. Like the album contents…

Ogre Battle Faa fa fa fa fa Fa fa fa fa faa Now once upon a time - an old man told me a fable When the piper is gone - and the soup is cold on your table And if the black crow flies to find a new destination That is the sign Come tonight Come to the ogre sight Come to the ogre-battle-fight He gives a great big cry and he can swallow up the ocean With a mighty tongue he catches flies - the palm of a hand incredible size One great big eye - has a focus in your direction Now the battle is on…

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We are already pretty familiar with Brazilian graphic designer and illustrator Butcher Billy here on Bored Panda. We have featured his series of novel covers for each episode of the Netflix hit series 'The Stranger Things 2', famous love songs reimagined as creepy book covers by Stephen King, and controversial 'Black Mirror' episodes illustrated as the covers of vintage-style comic books.

Image courtesy of Mick Rock. "When you shoot an album cover it’s different because you’re looking for that one shot that’s got to have broad resonance. It’s very focussed and the energy is somewhat different. When you do a photo session for a magazine, you have to shoot a load of pages. But you know with an album cover that once that image is out there it will be around for a while. Magazines are disposable, whereas an album cover is often forever." - Mick Rock