Queen in Japan

Queen's music was transposed into many different formats for scorebooks in Japan throughout the 70s and 80s. Lyric books (or "poetry collections") were also popular, especially since they provided corresponding Japanese translations.

Scorebooks     Lyrics    


Scorebooks

Name/Date
Cover
Publisher/Notes/ISBN
1975 or 1976
Queen Rock Piano Sounds
Rittor Music. I believe this is an early publication and seems to be pretty rare.
1976
Queen A Night at the Opera Score
Rittor Music. Contained color photos
1976 or 1977
Queen Super Rock Guitar Score

Rittor Music. Apparently Long Away was written by Freddie...
1976?
Queen 1 [first edition seems to be just "QUEEN"]
Nichion Music. Guitar parts from A Night at the Opera
1977?
Queen 2
Nichion Music. Guitar parts for A Day at the Races
1977
Queen A Day at the Races Score
Rittor Music. Contained color photos
197?
Queen Best Band Score
Rittor Music. Came with color pinup & 8 pages of color photos. Freddie's estate sold a copy of this in the 2023 Sotheby's auction.
1978?
Queen Rock Organ Score
Rittor Music
1978?
Queen Best II Box Set
Rittor Music
1978
Queen II Rock Piano Sounds
Rittor Music. The "II" in the title refers to the volume of this score—it contains songs up to News of the World
1978?
Queen Best Piano Songs
Contains songs up to News of the World
1978?
Queen 3
Nichion Music. Guitar parts for News of the World
1978?
News of the World Piano Score
Nichion Music
1978?
News of the World Complete Score
Nichion Music
1979?
Jazz Queen
Nichion Music. Guitar parts for Jazz
1978
Brian May Music Technique
Shinko Music
1979
Queen Live Killers: Brian May's Live Guitar Technique
Toshiba EMI
late 70s
Super Rock Guitarist: Brian May's Technique & Sound
EMI
1980
Queen The Game Scorebook
EMI
Early 80s
Queen Sounds Band Score
Shinko Music. Contains music through The Game
1984
Queen Super Best with Tablature
DoReMi. 4-810-85346-2
1991
Queen Best Band Score
Shinko Music. Guitar/bass
1994
Queen Best Band Score
Shinko Music. 4-401-34756-0
1994, 2002, 2005
Queen Off the Record
1-859-09224-8
199?
Queen Made in Heaven Wide Edition
Guitar score. 4-401-36635-4
1996
Queen Karaoke Best 10
Lead guitar parts, came with CD
1998
Queen Best Band Score
Shinko Music. 4-401-34879-4
1998
Queen Super Best
DoReMi. 4-810-85914-0
199?
Queen Super Best vol. 2
DoReMi. 4-8108-5949-5
2000
Queen Piano Collection
Shinko Music. 4-401-01439-2
200?
Queen Greatest Hits Sheet Music
Shinko Music version of Hal-Leonard book
2001
Queen in Vision
Rittor Music. Band Score
2004
Queen Rocks Band Score
EMI. 4-899-9-99121-2
2005?
Best of Queen Band Score
Shinko Music version of Hal-Leonard book
2014, 2016
Queen piano Solo & Singalong
Shinko Music. 4-401-03395-9
2018
Queen Sheet Music
DoReMi. Guitar & karaoke, came with CD. 4-285-14794-0
2019
Queen Singalong with Piano
Shinko Music. 4-401-03801-5
2019
Queen Piano Solo
Shinko Music. 4-401-03795-7


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Lyric Books

Name/Date
Cover
Publisher/Notes/ISBN
1978
Queen Lyrics
Shinko Music. Contains all lyrics up to News of the World
1982
Queen Lyrics Rock Book
Shinko Music
1986
Queen Poem Collection
Shinko Music. Contains all lyrics up to A Kind of Magic. 4-401-61734-7
2002
Complete Queen Poetry Collection
Shinko Music. 4-401-61734-7
2011
Complete Queen Poetry Collection
Shinko Music. 4-401-63549-3
2019
Queen the Complete Lyrics
Shinko Music. 4-401-64728-9


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