But perhaps the real gemstones of The Miracle Sessions CD are the spoken segments that bookend the musical takes. But in fact, we went in there again and our wonderful engineering team went, 'OK, we can do this and this.

Elsewhere, The Miracle Collector’s Edition brims with rarities, outtakes, instrumentals, interviews and videos, including the last interview John gave, from the set of the video for the hard-driving single ‘Breakthru’. The album as originally released on CD, remastered by Bob Ludwig in 2011 from the original first-generation master mixes. The contents are divided into two parts, and it is the rough mix for all songs + 1 song of “THE MIRACLE” to decorate the beginning. This show of unity was elegantly conveyed by band art director Richard Gray’s cover for The Miracle, which depicts Queen’s four faces merged into one. Heard for the first time in Queen history, the spoken outtakes from The Miracle Sessions invite fans onto the studio floor to experience the band’s unvarnished dynamic, more natural and revealing than any ‘official’ press interview.A set dedicated to Hot Space might help repair this LP's reputation with many listeners who rarely ventured past its first side.

All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Non-music content includes a 76-page hardcover book, two posters, two postcards and four art prints. Generally considered to be a song by Brian May’s “BACK TO THE LIGHT”, this is the original QUEEN version that first appeared in the world.

Featuring a plethora of fascinating insights into a hugely pivotal moment in Queen’s storied history, this is The Miracle fans have been waiting for. Mined for the intro to Breakthru, there doesn't appear to be much else from this one after the point where they made a decision to cut, though a very pleasant surprise may be on the cards. Unlike TEASER, there are many long ones (more than 11 minutes for “Stealin ‘” demo), it’s just an interesting take in listening carefully.