Complete with a digital recreation of the original 1983 source material’s artwork, Star Fleet Sessions doesn’t just gleam anew. Across 136 minutes of audio, the box set takes the listener right behind the curtain, highlighting the electricity that made the project such a special chapter in Brian’s life and career. Undimmed by time or fashion, ‘The Platinum Collection’ is a reminder that Queen were always colourful, always dynamic, always ablaze with passion and pride.

Ed (I can still never call him “Eddie Van Halen” because he more than once told me he found it annoying!) played the guitar as if it were a piano … tapping and snapping, and sliding and skipping around the fingerboard like an electric sprite – always with a cheeky smile. If anything he did was difficult for him, he never showed it. A total original. Pure joy. What an everlasting privilege to play with him.”The first of the exclusive Queen The Greatest Pop Up Store 7" vinyls goes on sale this Friday, October 8th at 11am (BST), both in-store and online. October – Freddie Mercury – ‘A’ side: Somebody To Love / ‘B’ side: You Take My Breath Away – 11am (BST) – SOLD OUT The third release is John Deacon – ‘A’ side: Spread Your Wings / ‘B’ side: One Year Of Love – 11am (BST) For Van Halen fans, the “Star Fleet” takes feature eight Edward guitar solos, “never quite treading the same path twice,” says Brian. “Ed was a wonderful soul. Listening to him and me, I feel completely outclassed by him in the studio. But in a very pleasant way – what a joy for me to be around a guy who could do all that. Such a privilege. The third of the exclusive Queen The Greatest Pop Up Store 7″ vinyl goes on sale this Friday, October 15th at 11am (BST), both in-store and online.

There was a lot of ebullience, a lot of exploration, discovery and astonishment,” Brian adds. “And some truly magical moments when everything gelled together – a fusion of energies!”

Between its warm, hymnal verses and erupting choruses, the song’s search “for a clearer view” maps out that journey in microcosm. As Brian explains, “the song came at a difficult time in my life. It wasn’t a sunshine time. I had to find a place where I could see a signpost to the journey I had to make. So the song is about that.