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New Horizons
Produced by: Brian May
Engineering and Co-Production by: Justin Shirley-Smith and Kris Fredriksson
Recorded at: Allerton Hill
UK/US Duck Productions digital release: 1 January 2019
UK/US Duck Productions 12": 13 April 2019 BM12001 / Did Not Chart
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New Horizons (Ultima Thule Mix) (May/Black)
Engineering and Co-Production by: Justin Shirley-Smith and Kris Fredriksson
Recorded at: Allerton Hill
UK/US Duck Productions digital release: 1 January 2019
UK/US Duck Productions 12": 13 April 2019 BM12001 / Did Not Chart
| Side One 1. New Horizons (Ultima Thule Extended Mix) (May/Black) 4:41 | Side Two 1. New Horizons (Ultima Thule Instrumental) (May/Black) 3:52 |
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New Horizons (Ultima Thule Mix) (May/Black)
Single Info
To celebrate the NASA New Horizons interplanetary space
probe, Brian May, who was also a consultant on the project, recorded his
first entirely solo work in 20 years. Sharing the name of the mission, New
Horizons was released on New Years Day 2019 at the NASA Applied Physics
Laboratory in Columbia, Maryland, marking mankind's encounter with Ultima
Thule, an object on the edge of the solar system.
New Horizons was co-written by Brian May and Don Black. May is on lead vocals and all instrumentation, save for drums by John Miceli. Stephen Hawking is also appropriately featured.
The track was released as a digital download on January 1, 2019 and as a limited Record Store Day 12" vinyl with extended and instrumental mixes.
New Horizons was co-written by Brian May and Don Black. May is on lead vocals and all instrumentation, save for drums by John Miceli. Stephen Hawking is also appropriately featured.
The track was released as a digital download on January 1, 2019 and as a limited Record Store Day 12" vinyl with extended and instrumental mixes.
New Horizons
New Horizons (Ultima Thule Mix)
4:22
Appears on: New Horizons digital download
Billed as his first new entirely solo work in 20 years, New Horizons is Brian's tribute to the NASA mission of the same name. The track was premired on New Years Day 2019 at the NASA Applied Physics Laboratory in Columbia, Maryland to celebrate mankind's encounter with Ultima Thule, an object on the edge of the solar system. New Horizons features samples of messages from Stephen Hawking, vocals by Brian and of course, his signature guitar sound.
New Horizons (Ultima Thule Extended Mix) 4:41
Appears on: New Horizons 12" Record Store Day vinyl
Available exclusively on the 2019 Record Store Day 12" vinyl release, the Ultima Thule Extended Mix is basically a combination of the download single and the video version. The countdown from the video version starts this mix and the Stephen Hawking outro from the download single is retained at the end. The 12" single was limited to 4,000 copies.
New Horizons (Ultima Thule Instrumental) 3:52
Appears on: New Horizons 12" Record Store Day vinyl
The Ultima Thule Instrumental is also available exclusively on the 2019 Record Store Day 12" vinyl. As the name suggests, there are no lead vocals from Brian, rather the backing track is presented in full glory. There is no countdown at the beginning, nor is the Stephen Hawking outro used.
New Horizons (Ultima Thule Mix) (Video Version) 4:13
Appears on: YouTube video
The audio mix from the video version of New Horizons differs from the standard digital download single. The video adds the countdown of the probe launch at the beginning and does not feature the outro speech by Stephen Hawking.
Appears on: New Horizons digital download
Billed as his first new entirely solo work in 20 years, New Horizons is Brian's tribute to the NASA mission of the same name. The track was premired on New Years Day 2019 at the NASA Applied Physics Laboratory in Columbia, Maryland to celebrate mankind's encounter with Ultima Thule, an object on the edge of the solar system. New Horizons features samples of messages from Stephen Hawking, vocals by Brian and of course, his signature guitar sound.
New Horizons (Ultima Thule Extended Mix) 4:41
Appears on: New Horizons 12" Record Store Day vinyl
Available exclusively on the 2019 Record Store Day 12" vinyl release, the Ultima Thule Extended Mix is basically a combination of the download single and the video version. The countdown from the video version starts this mix and the Stephen Hawking outro from the download single is retained at the end. The 12" single was limited to 4,000 copies.
New Horizons (Ultima Thule Instrumental) 3:52
Appears on: New Horizons 12" Record Store Day vinyl
The Ultima Thule Instrumental is also available exclusively on the 2019 Record Store Day 12" vinyl. As the name suggests, there are no lead vocals from Brian, rather the backing track is presented in full glory. There is no countdown at the beginning, nor is the Stephen Hawking outro used.
New Horizons (Ultima Thule Mix) (Video Version) 4:13
Appears on: YouTube video
The audio mix from the video version of New Horizons differs from the standard digital download single. The video adds the countdown of the probe launch at the beginning and does not feature the outro speech by Stephen Hawking.