Author: Matsubayashi Tenpei
Size: A5
Number of pages: 256

Queen is Britain's most successful band in the world.
The author, Matsubayashi Tenpei, was their director from 1975 to 1982 and contributed to the rise and maintenance of their popularity in Japan.
This book is a memoir from the perspective of a director who was at the forefront of the Queen craze that swept across Japan during the 1970s, the golden age of Western music, when records were selling at their peak.

[CONTENTS (tentative)]
01. Introduction

02. My first encounter with Queen. I listened to Queen as a music fan.
From their debut to "Sheer Heart Attack."

03. The ABCs of Western Music Director Studies. An analysis of Queen's popularity from that perspective.

04. Freddie, the brilliant rock and roll showman.
The Art of "Bohemian Rhapsody."

05. John Deacon's contributions. Freddie and the Disco.
Musical transition and maturity from the early to mid-period.

06. Discussion: Rock and Fashion in the 70s: Miyuki Kaneko
(British vintage fashion researcher/author)

07. Interview: Freddie as a pianist: Hiroyuki Namba
(Composer, keyboardist, visiting professor at Tokyo College of Music)

08. Personal Liner Notes "A Night at the Opera"

09. Personal Liner Notes "The Magnificent Lace"

10. Personal Liner Notes "Dedicated to the World"

11. Personal Liner Notes "Jazz"

12. Personal Liner Notes "Queen Live Killers"

13. Personal Liner Notes "The Game"

14. Personal Liner Notes for "Flash Gordon"

15. Personal Liner Notes "Queen Greatest Hits"

16. Personal Liner Notes "Hot Space"

17. Final Movement

18. Bonus Track (Afterword)

[About the Author]
Author profile: Matsubayashi Tenpei was born in Tokyo on June 12, 1953.
His father was Toho film director, Matsubayashi Muneyoshi.

In March 1975, during his third year of university, he was hired as a part-timer at Warner Pioneer's Western Music Department.
He joined the company as a full-time employee upon graduation in 1976.
As a director, he has worked with Queen, the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Lee Ritenour, Grover Washington Jr., Television, and Motley Crue, among others.

In 1983, he turned to being a Japanese music producer and produced recordings for Shonentai, Kiyotaka Sugiyama, Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe, Atsumi Kurazawa, Jackie Chan, Akiko Wada, Katsuhiko Nakagawa, Cho Yongpil, LL Brothers, and others.
In 1994, he joined Horipro Inc. and oversaw the music side of things.
As a master recording producer, he has worked with Akiko Wada, Sayuri Ishikawa, Kyoko Fukada, Hajime Mizoguchi, Masako Mori, and others.

He is currently working as a freelance music producer, creative director and writer.