Vinyl L.P · EMI Records · EMC 3351.
1980 · U.K
Back cover.
Inner sleeve.
Inner sleeve.
Labels.
Album Lyrics & Dialogues:
Flash’s Theme.
(May)
Ming: Klytus, I’m bored. What play thing can you offer me today?
Klytus: An obscure body in the S-K System, your majesty. The inhabitants refer to it as the planet Earth
Ming: How peaceful it looks
Ming: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Ming: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Klytus: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, most effective your majesty. Will you destroy this…. Earth?
Ming: Later, I like to play with things while… before annihilation.
Flash a-ah
Savior of the Universe
Flash
He save everyone of us
Flash
He’s a miracle
Flash
King of the impossible
He’s for everyone of us
Stand for everyone of us
He save with a mighty hand
Every man every woman
Every chill-he’s a mighty
Flash.
Just a man
With a man’s courage
Nothing but a man
But he can never fail
No-one but the pure at heart
May find the Golden Grail.
Dale: My God we’re moving
Zarkov: For God’s sake, strap yourselves down.
In the Space Capsule (The Love Theme).
(Taylor)
Instrumental.
Agent: Strange object imaged in the Imperial Vortex
Klytus: What distance?
Agent: Now parallel to Starfield Zygma 12, approaching
Klytus: Test object for life waves
Agent: Positive. Form unknown. Approximate Mong scale three
Agent: Object entering our control range, approaching the Sea of Fire
Klytus: Bring it through safely. Land it
Ming’s Aerial Controller: Prisoners, march below me to the presence of Emperor Ming.
Ming’s Theme (In Court of Ming the Merciless).
(Mercury)
Instrumental.
Crowd: Hail, Ming, hail! Ruler of the universe
Crowd: Hail, Ming, hail! Emperor of the galaxy
Klytus: The tributes of the Hawkmen will be first
Dale: Are we dreaming?
Flash: I’d like to think so
Vultan: The fabled ice jewel of Frigia. We seized it in battle from the royal crypt
Barin: Stop. The ice jewel is our tribute, not Vultan’s. Vultan stole it while we were burying our dead on Frigia
Vultan: Liar
Barin: You are a thief
Vultan: Die
Klytus: Fetch down your weapons. No-one, but no-one dies in the palace without a command from the emperor
Barin: Hail Ming
Vultan: Die
Klytus: Vultan! You obey, or you sacrifice your daughter
Vultan: Hail Ming
Klytus: Now the tributes, from Ardentia
Ardentian Prince: Your majesty, we, the people of Ardentia, we have suffered since you blasted our kingdom. I can offer you nothing this year except my loyalty
Klytus: Prince Thun, we prize nothing more highly. And tell us, how great is this loyalty to your emperor?
Ardentian Prince: Without measure
Ming: We are delighted to hear it. Fall on your sword. Show us this loyalty, throw yourself onto your sword
Ardentian Prince: May this deed of Prince Thun be an example to all the kingdoms of Mongo, death to Ming
Flash: This Ming’s a psycho
Ming’s Aerial Controller: This Ming is a psycho
Klytus: Who said that?
Ming’s Aerial Controller: The fair haired prisoner
Aura: Come along Fellini
Dale: Hey, remember me?
Klytus: Who are you?
Flash: Flash Gordon, quarter back, New York Jets
Dale: Dale Arden, your highness. Live and let live, that’s my motto
Zarkov: My name is Hans Zarkov, I’m a scientist. I kidnapped them here in an effort to save our planet Earth
Klytus: An obscure body in the SK System, the satellite which has been giving you so much amusement… recently
Zarkov: But why? We are only interested in friendship. Why do you attack us?
Ming: Why not? Pathetic earthlings, hurling your bodies out into the void without the slightest inkling of who or what is out here. If you had known anything about the true nature of the universe, anything at all, you would have hidden from it entirely. Come closer, no not you, you, let us see you
Dale: No.
The Ring (Hypnotic Seduction of Dale).
(Mercury)
Instrumental.
Flash: Dale!
Zarkov: Don’t Flash
Ming: Did you ever see such response?
Klytus: No, truly. She even rivals your daughter
Dale: What happened to me?
Flash: I don’t know, but it was pretty sensational
Ming: Remove the Earth woman. Prepare her for our pleasure
Crowd: Hail Ming, hail Ming, hail!
Flash: Forget it Ming, Dale’s with me.
Football Fight.
(Mercury)
Instrumental.
Flash: Yeah
Ming: Klytus, are your men on the right pills?
Dale: Get ’em Flash
Ming: Maybe you should execute their trainer?
Dale: Go Flash
Klytus: Come here, you fools. He’s playing some barbaric game. Now match him, like this. Now
Flash: Forty one, forty two, forty three
Dale: Go Flash go, go Flash go, go Flash go, go Flash go.
In the Death Cell (Love Theme Reprise).
(Taylor)
Instrumental.
Flash: You look great. No kidding, you look great
Dale: It’s the eye make-up. I hope I remember the trick when I wake up
Flash: I’ll be darned, that’s exactly what I was gonna tell you
Dale: What?
Flash: This isn’t happening Dale, we’re not here, it’s just a bad dream
Dale: Oh, I agree completely, why we’ll wake up any minute in Dark Harbour and have a laugh about all this
Flash: Yeah, only next time I won’t just ask the maitre d’ your name, I’ll walk over and talk to you
Dale: You promise?
Flash: I promise, cross my heart and hope to… I really will talk to you Dale
Dale: Oh, what if we’re wrong, Flash?
Flash: We can’t be
Dale: What if it isn’t a dream?
Flash: Then you’ll find Zarkov, you’ll save the Earth somehow, and he’ll get you home in the capsule
Dale: But what about you?
Flash: Don’t think of me Dale, think of
Dale: Flash!
Flash: No, don’t, don’t, don’t look at it
Dale: It won’t turn over, it won’t turn over
Ming: Did you enjoy yourselves on Sybaria? I understand you flew the doctor there last week. Klytus kindly fed me the information
Aura: Klytus? He wants me himself. His agents are always making up lies about me
Aura: Look, water is leaking from her eyes
Ming: It’s what they call tears, it’s a sign of their weakness
Doctor: This will help you on your way.
Execution of Flash.
(Deacon)
Instrumental.
Dale: Flash, Flash, Flash
Aura: Hurry
Doctor: Do you realise what happens to me if I’m found out?
The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash).
(Mercury)
Instrumental.
Flash: Where am I?
Aura: Back from the dead. I’ve saved you
Flash: My God! How?
Aura: By magic, of course, with a kiss, because I like you
Flash: Where’s Dale and Zarkov?
Aura: Don’t worry about them, they’re safe now. Quickly, put this uniform on before the lizard men arrive to bury you. Don’t worry, I won’t look. I like you a lot.
Arboria (Planet of the Tree Men).
(Deacon)
Instrumental.
Aura: I brought you a present – Flash
Barin: Welcome back from the grave
Barin: You are playing with fire, Aura
Aura: Of course I am
Barin: Harbouring a fugitive from Ming is treason
Flash: Prince Barin, I’m not your enemy, Ming is. Let’s all team up and fight him
Barin: Lower them into the swamp.
Escape From the Swamp.
(Taylor)
Instrumental.
Slave: You are to be prepared for your wedding.
Flash to the Rescue.
(May)
Instrumental.
Dale: I’m lost Aura, nothing can save me now
Flash, a-ah
Commander: General Kala, Flash Gordon approaching
Kala: What do you mean, Flash Gordon approaching?
Commander: On a Hawkman rocket cycle. Shall I inform his majesty?
Kala: Imbecile, the emperor would shoot you, for corrupting his wedding with this news. Fire when Gordon’s in range
Flash, a-ah
Kala: He’s escaping, idiots. Despatch War Rocket Ajax to bring back his body
Captain: Charge the boosters
Controller: Flash Gordon in range, Captain
Captain: Fire
Controller: Shall we go in after him, Captain?
Captain: No, reduce velocity
Flash: Vultan, my trap plan worked, they’ll follow me for sure
Vultan: Good, standby my Hawkmen
Controller: He’s not coming out Sir
Captain: Charge capacitators to electrify cloud. Prepare skynets to catch Gordon’s body
Captain: Fire capacitators
Vultan: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, they’re trying to flush you out
Captain: OK, let’s go in after him
Vultan: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, good, they’re coming through
Vultan: Squadron forty.
Vultan’s Theme (Attack of the Hawk Men).
(Mercury)
Instrumental.
Vultan: – dive
Captain: Arm topside. Fire
Vultan: Second wave – dive
Captain: Stop all engines, repel borders.
Battle Theme.
(May)
Instrumental.
Flash: Biro’s hit, I’m going in after him
Vultan: Uh, impetuous boy. Ah well, who wants to live forever? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha – dive
Flash.
Flash: Biro, hold on I’m coming. Biro, you alright?
Biro: They just winged me. Detonate the mine
Flash: Right
Vultan: Long live Flash.
The Wedding March.
(May)
Instrumental.
Marriage of Dale and Ming (And Flash Approaching).
(May/Taylor)
Instrumental.
Vultan: Come on Flash, come on, it’s time to bail out
Flash: Sorry Vultan, I’m not coming
Vultan: What?
Vultan: Come on, you’ll be destroyed
Flash: You loony bird, get out of here, they need you on the ground
Flash, a-ah
He saved everyone of us
Vultan: Onwards my brave Hawkmen, let peace be known forever as Flash Gordon’s name.
Priest: Do you, Ming The Merciless, ruler of the universe, take this earthling, Dale Arden, to be your empress of the hour
Ming: Of the hour, yes
Priest: Do you promise to use her as you will?
Ming: Certainly
Priest: Not to blast her into space… until such time as you grow weary of her
Ming: I do
Dale: I do not
Flash – a-ah
He’s a miracle
King of the impossible.
Priest: Recite after me your majesty, with this ring, I thee wed.
Flash.
Crash Dive on Mingo City.
(May)
Instrumental.
Ming’s Aerial Controller: Hail Flash Gordon, saviour of the universe.
Flash’s Theme Reprise.
(May)
Flash: Yeah!
He’s for everyone of us
Stand for everyone of us
He saved with a mighty hand
Every man every woman
Every child – he’s a mighty flash
Vultan: Barin is the rightful heir
Crowd: Hail Barin! King of possible
Barin: We owe everything to Flash. Hail Flash. We appoint Vultan general of our armies. From this day on, let every breed of Mongul live together, in peace
Vultan: Hail Barin!
Dale: Will we ever get out of here Hans?
Zarkov: I don’t know, but we’ll try
Barin: We certainly invite you all to stay
Flash: What do you think?
Dale: I’m a New York City girl. It’s a little bit too quite around here for me
(No-one but the pure of heart may find the golden grail, ah, oooh)
Flash.
The Hero.
(May)
Ming: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Yeah
So you feel like you ain’t nobody
Always needed to be somebody
Put your feet on the ground
Put your hand on your heart
Lift your head to the stars
And the world’s for your taking
Are you ready to save the world
Yeah
So you feel like it’s end of story
Find it all pretty satisfactory
Well I tell you my friend
This might seem like the end
But the continuation is
Yours for the making
Yes, you’re a hero
Ooh, yeah
Flash, a-ah
Saviour of the universe
Flash, a-ah
He’s for everyone of us
Stand for everyone of us
He saved with a mighty hand (he saved with a mighty hand)
He saved with a mighty hand (he saved with a mighty hand)
He saved with a mighty hand (he saved us)
Every man, every woman, every child, he’s a mighty
Flash, a-ah.
Bonus Track:
Flash’s Theme.
(May)
Flash, a-ah, saviour of the universe
Flash, a-ah, you saved everyone of us
Reporter: Seemingly there is no reason for these extraordinary inter-galactical upsets (Ming: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha)
Dale: What’s happening Flash?
Reporter: Only Dr. Hans Zarkov, formerly of Nasa, has provided any explanation
Flash, a-ah, he’s a miracle
Reporter: This morning’s unprecedented solar eclipse is no cause for alarm
Flash, a-ah, king of the impossible
He’s for everyone of us
Stand for everyone of us
He saved with a mighty hand (ahhh, ah)
Every man every woman (ahh, ah)
Every child – he’s a mighty flash (ahh, ahh, ah)
Commander: General Kala, Flash Gordon approaching
Kala: What do you mean, Flash Gordon approaching? Open fire. All weapons. Dispatch war rocket Ajax to bring back his body
Flash, a-ah
Vultan: Gordon’s alive?
Flash, a-ah, you saved everyone of us
Just a man
With a man’s courage
You know he’s
Nothing but a man
He can never fail
No-one but the pure at heart
May find the Golden Grail
Ohh, oh
Ohh, oh.
Dale: Flash, Flash I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth .
Flash.
Liner Notes:
MUSIC BY QUEEN
John Deacon (bass guitar, guitar, synth)
Roger Taylor (drums, vocals, synth)
Brian May (lead guitar, vocals, synth)
Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, synth)
Album produced by May-Mack for Queen Productions 1980
Executive Producers – Queen
Mix-down engineering by Mack and Alan Douglas
Original recordings engineered by Alan Douglas at The Town House, The
Music Center and Advision, except ‘The Hero’ by Mack at Utopia Studios
Music arranged by Queen
Additional orchestral arrangements by Howard Blake; conducted by Howard Blake,
recorded by John Richards and Eric Tomlinson at Anvil Studios
All other Arrangements by Queen
Our thanks to
Dino de Laurentis, Mike Hodges, Joe Smith, Jim Beach, Paul Prenter, Gilbert Marovani, Malcolm Cooke,
Robin Clarke, Howard Blake, Gerry Humphries, Robin O’Donoghue,
Dean Humphries, Jonathan Bates, Golda Offenheim, Rita Burgess, Marlis Duncklou,
Paul Hulme, Mark Phillips, Gideon Koopel, Nick Walker, Steve Travell, John Baker,
Brian Mole, Chris Kelly, Peter Hince, Chris Taylor, Brian Zellis.
Queen Photos – Neal Preston
Artwork – Cream
1991 Hollywood Records Remaster
Digitally remastered by Stephen Marcussen at
Precision Mastering, Hollywood.
2001 Remaster
Remastered by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios 2001.
2011 Remaster
This 2011 version has been meticulously re-created using the finest modern analogue and digital technology.
Executive Producers: Brian May and Roger Taylor.
Mastered by Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, ME.
Audio Supervised by Justin Shirley-Smith and Kris Fredriksson.
Additional audio restoration by Kris Fredriksson. Additional audio supervision by Joshua J Macrae.
Special thanks: Greg Brooks, Gary Taylor.
Queen management: Jim Beach.
Bonus EP
Executive Producers: Brian May and Roger Taylor.
Bonus EP Mastered by Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering, Portland, ME. Audio restoration by Kris Fredriksson.
Audio Supervised by Justin Shirley-Smith and Kris Fredriksson.
Flash (Single Version): Produced by Brian May and Mack. Executive Producers: Queen. Mix Down Engineering by Mack and Alan Douglas.
The Hero (October 1980… Revisited): Produced by Brian May and Mack. Recorded by Mack and Alan Douglas.
Mixed by Joshua J Macrae and Justin Shirley-Smith.
The Kiss (Early Version, March 1980): Produced by Brian May and Mack. Recorded by Mack and Alan Douglas.
Mixed by Joshua J Macrae and Justin Shirley-Smith.
Football Fight (Early Version, No Synths! – February 1980): Produced by Brian May and Mack. Recorded by Mack and Alan Douglas.
Mixed by Joshua J Macrae and Justin Shirley-Smith.
Flash (Live in Montreal, November 1981): Recorded by Mack and Kooster McAllister. Mix Produced by Justin Shirley-Smith, Kris Fredriksson and Joshua J Macrae.
The Hero (Live in Montreal, November 1981): Recorded by Mack and Kooster McAllister. Mix Produced by Justin Shirley-Smith, Kris Fredriksson and Joshua J Macrae.
Special Thanks: Greg Brooks, Gary Taylor, Declan O’Regan, All at British Grove Studios and FX Copyroom.
Memorabilia:
Album Lyrics & Dialogues:
Flash’s Theme.
(May)
Ming: Klytus, I’m bored. What play thing can you offer me today?
Klytus: An obscure body in the S-K System, your majesty. The inhabitants refer to it as the planet Earth
Ming: How peaceful it looks
Ming: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Ming: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Klytus: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, most effective your majesty. Will you destroy this…. Earth?
Ming: Later, I like to play with things while… before annihilation.
Flash a-ah
Savior of the Universe
Flash
He save everyone of us
Flash
He’s a miracle
Flash
King of the impossible
He’s for everyone of us
Stand for everyone of us
He save with a mighty hand
Every man every woman
Every chill-he’s a mighty
Flash.
Just a man
With a man’s courage
Nothing but a man
But he can never fail
No-one but the pure at heart
May find the Golden Grail.
Dale: My God we’re moving
Zarkov: For God’s sake, strap yourselves down.
In the Space Capsule (The Love Theme).
(Taylor)
Instrumental.
Agent: Strange object imaged in the Imperial Vortex
Klytus: What distance?
Agent: Now parallel to Starfield Zygma 12, approaching
Klytus: Test object for life waves
Agent: Positive. Form unknown. Approximate Mong scale three
Agent: Object entering our control range, approaching the Sea of Fire
Klytus: Bring it through safely. Land it
Ming’s Aerial Controller: Prisoners, march below me to the presence of Emperor Ming.
Ming’s Theme (In Court of Ming the Merciless).
(Mercury)
Instrumental.
Crowd: Hail, Ming, hail! Ruler of the universe
Crowd: Hail, Ming, hail! Emperor of the galaxy
Klytus: The tributes of the Hawkmen will be first
Dale: Are we dreaming?
Flash: I’d like to think so
Vultan: The fabled ice jewel of Frigia. We seized it in battle from the royal crypt
Barin: Stop. The ice jewel is our tribute, not Vultan’s. Vultan stole it while we were burying our dead on Frigia
Vultan: Liar
Barin: You are a thief
Vultan: Die
Klytus: Fetch down your weapons. No-one, but no-one dies in the palace without a command from the emperor
Barin: Hail Ming
Vultan: Die
Klytus: Vultan! You obey, or you sacrifice your daughter
Vultan: Hail Ming
Klytus: Now the tributes, from Ardentia
Ardentian Prince: Your majesty, we, the people of Ardentia, we have suffered since you blasted our kingdom. I can offer you nothing this year except my loyalty
Klytus: Prince Thun, we prize nothing more highly. And tell us, how great is this loyalty to your emperor?
Ardentian Prince: Without measure
Ming: We are delighted to hear it. Fall on your sword. Show us this loyalty, throw yourself onto your sword
Ardentian Prince: May this deed of Prince Thun be an example to all the kingdoms of Mongo, death to Ming
Flash: This Ming’s a psycho
Ming’s Aerial Controller: This Ming is a psycho
Klytus: Who said that?
Ming’s Aerial Controller: The fair haired prisoner
Aura: Come along Fellini
Dale: Hey, remember me?
Klytus: Who are you?
Flash: Flash Gordon, quarter back, New York Jets
Dale: Dale Arden, your highness. Live and let live, that’s my motto
Zarkov: My name is Hans Zarkov, I’m a scientist. I kidnapped them here in an effort to save our planet Earth
Klytus: An obscure body in the SK System, the satellite which has been giving you so much amusement… recently
Zarkov: But why? We are only interested in friendship. Why do you attack us?
Ming: Why not? Pathetic earthlings, hurling your bodies out into the void without the slightest inkling of who or what is out here. If you had known anything about the true nature of the universe, anything at all, you would have hidden from it entirely. Come closer, no not you, you, let us see you
Dale: No.
The Ring (Hypnotic Seduction of Dale).
(Mercury)
Instrumental.
Flash: Dale!
Zarkov: Don’t Flash
Ming: Did you ever see such response?
Klytus: No, truly. She even rivals your daughter
Dale: What happened to me?
Flash: I don’t know, but it was pretty sensational
Ming: Remove the Earth woman. Prepare her for our pleasure
Crowd: Hail Ming, hail Ming, hail!
Flash: Forget it Ming, Dale’s with me.
Football Fight.
(Mercury)
Instrumental.
Flash: Yeah
Ming: Klytus, are your men on the right pills?
Dale: Get ’em Flash
Ming: Maybe you should execute their trainer?
Dale: Go Flash
Klytus: Come here, you fools. He’s playing some barbaric game. Now match him, like this. Now
Flash: Forty one, forty two, forty three
Dale: Go Flash go, go Flash go, go Flash go, go Flash go.
In the Death Cell (Love Theme Reprise).
(Taylor)
Instrumental.
Flash: You look great. No kidding, you look great
Dale: It’s the eye make-up. I hope I remember the trick when I wake up
Flash: I’ll be darned, that’s exactly what I was gonna tell you
Dale: What?
Flash: This isn’t happening Dale, we’re not here, it’s just a bad dream
Dale: Oh, I agree completely, why we’ll wake up any minute in Dark Harbour and have a laugh about all this
Flash: Yeah, only next time I won’t just ask the maitre d’ your name, I’ll walk over and talk to you
Dale: You promise?
Flash: I promise, cross my heart and hope to… I really will talk to you Dale
Dale: Oh, what if we’re wrong, Flash?
Flash: We can’t be
Dale: What if it isn’t a dream?
Flash: Then you’ll find Zarkov, you’ll save the Earth somehow, and he’ll get you home in the capsule
Dale: But what about you?
Flash: Don’t think of me Dale, think of
Dale: Flash!
Flash: No, don’t, don’t, don’t look at it
Dale: It won’t turn over, it won’t turn over
Ming: Did you enjoy yourselves on Sybaria? I understand you flew the doctor there last week. Klytus kindly fed me the information
Aura: Klytus? He wants me himself. His agents are always making up lies about me
Aura: Look, water is leaking from her eyes
Ming: It’s what they call tears, it’s a sign of their weakness
Doctor: This will help you on your way.
Execution of Flash.
(Deacon)
Instrumental.
Dale: Flash, Flash, Flash
Aura: Hurry
Doctor: Do you realise what happens to me if I’m found out?
The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash).
(Mercury)
Instrumental.
Flash: Where am I?
Aura: Back from the dead. I’ve saved you
Flash: My God! How?
Aura: By magic, of course, with a kiss, because I like you
Flash: Where’s Dale and Zarkov?
Aura: Don’t worry about them, they’re safe now. Quickly, put this uniform on before the lizard men arrive to bury you. Don’t worry, I won’t look. I like you a lot.
Arboria (Planet of the Tree Men).
(Deacon)
Instrumental.
Aura: I brought you a present – Flash
Barin: Welcome back from the grave
Barin: You are playing with fire, Aura
Aura: Of course I am
Barin: Harbouring a fugitive from Ming is treason
Flash: Prince Barin, I’m not your enemy, Ming is. Let’s all team up and fight him
Barin: Lower them into the swamp.
Escape From the Swamp.
(Taylor)
Instrumental.
Slave: You are to be prepared for your wedding.
Flash to the Rescue.
(May)
Instrumental.
Dale: I’m lost Aura, nothing can save me now
Flash, a-ah
Commander: General Kala, Flash Gordon approaching
Kala: What do you mean, Flash Gordon approaching?
Commander: On a Hawkman rocket cycle. Shall I inform his majesty?
Kala: Imbecile, the emperor would shoot you, for corrupting his wedding with this news. Fire when Gordon’s in range
Flash, a-ah
Kala: He’s escaping, idiots. Despatch War Rocket Ajax to bring back his body
Captain: Charge the boosters
Controller: Flash Gordon in range, Captain
Captain: Fire
Controller: Shall we go in after him, Captain?
Captain: No, reduce velocity
Flash: Vultan, my trap plan worked, they’ll follow me for sure
Vultan: Good, standby my Hawkmen
Controller: He’s not coming out Sir
Captain: Charge capacitators to electrify cloud. Prepare skynets to catch Gordon’s body
Captain: Fire capacitators
Vultan: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, they’re trying to flush you out
Captain: OK, let’s go in after him
Vultan: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, good, they’re coming through
Vultan: Squadron forty.
Vultan’s Theme (Attack of the Hawk Men).
(Mercury)
Instrumental.
Vultan: – dive
Captain: Arm topside. Fire
Vultan: Second wave – dive
Captain: Stop all engines, repel borders.
Battle Theme.
(May)
Instrumental.
Flash: Biro’s hit, I’m going in after him
Vultan: Uh, impetuous boy. Ah well, who wants to live forever? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha – dive
Flash.
Flash: Biro, hold on I’m coming. Biro, you alright?
Biro: They just winged me. Detonate the mine
Flash: Right
Vultan: Long live Flash.
The Wedding March.
(May)
Instrumental.
Marriage of Dale and Ming (And Flash Approaching).
(May/Taylor)
Instrumental.
Vultan: Come on Flash, come on, it’s time to bail out
Flash: Sorry Vultan, I’m not coming
Vultan: What?
Vultan: Come on, you’ll be destroyed
Flash: You loony bird, get out of here, they need you on the ground
Flash, a-ah
He saved everyone of us
Vultan: Onwards my brave Hawkmen, let peace be known forever as Flash Gordon’s name.
Priest: Do you, Ming The Merciless, ruler of the universe, take this earthling, Dale Arden, to be your empress of the hour
Ming: Of the hour, yes
Priest: Do you promise to use her as you will?
Ming: Certainly
Priest: Not to blast her into space… until such time as you grow weary of her
Ming: I do
Dale: I do not
Flash – a-ah
He’s a miracle
King of the impossible.
Priest: Recite after me your majesty, with this ring, I thee wed.
Flash.
Crash Dive on Mingo City.
(May)
Instrumental.
Ming’s Aerial Controller: Hail Flash Gordon, saviour of the universe.
Flash’s Theme Reprise.
(May)
Flash: Yeah!
He’s for everyone of us
Stand for everyone of us
He saved with a mighty hand
Every man every woman
Every child – he’s a mighty flash
Vultan: Barin is the rightful heir
Crowd: Hail Barin! King of possible
Barin: We owe everything to Flash. Hail Flash. We appoint Vultan general of our armies. From this day on, let every breed of Mongul live together, in peace
Vultan: Hail Barin!
Dale: Will we ever get out of here Hans?
Zarkov: I don’t know, but we’ll try
Barin: We certainly invite you all to stay
Flash: What do you think?
Dale: I’m a New York City girl. It’s a little bit too quite around here for me
(No-one but the pure of heart may find the golden grail, ah, oooh)
Flash.
The Hero.
(May)
Ming: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Yeah
So you feel like you ain’t nobody
Always needed to be somebody
Put your feet on the ground
Put your hand on your heart
Lift your head to the stars
And the world’s for your taking
Are you ready to save the world
Yeah
So you feel like it’s end of story
Find it all pretty satisfactory
Well I tell you my friend
This might seem like the end
But the continuation is
Yours for the making
Yes, you’re a hero
Ooh, yeah
Flash, a-ah
Saviour of the universe
Flash, a-ah
He’s for everyone of us
Stand for everyone of us
He saved with a mighty hand (he saved with a mighty hand)
He saved with a mighty hand (he saved with a mighty hand)
He saved with a mighty hand (he saved us)
Every man, every woman, every child, he’s a mighty
Flash, a-ah.
Bonus Track:
Flash’s Theme.
(May)
Flash, a-ah, saviour of the universe
Flash, a-ah, you saved everyone of us
Reporter: Seemingly there is no reason for these extraordinary inter-galactical upsets (Ming: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha)
Dale: What’s happening Flash?
Reporter: Only Dr. Hans Zarkov, formerly of Nasa, has provided any explanation
Flash, a-ah, he’s a miracle
Reporter: This morning’s unprecedented solar eclipse is no cause for alarm
Flash, a-ah, king of the impossible
He’s for everyone of us
Stand for everyone of us
He saved with a mighty hand (ahhh, ah)
Every man every woman (ahh, ah)
Every child – he’s a mighty flash (ahh, ahh, ah)
Commander: General Kala, Flash Gordon approaching
Kala: What do you mean, Flash Gordon approaching? Open fire. All weapons. Dispatch war rocket Ajax to bring back his body
Flash, a-ah
Vultan: Gordon’s alive?
Flash, a-ah, you saved everyone of us
Just a man
With a man’s courage
You know he’s
Nothing but a man
He can never fail
No-one but the pure at heart
May find the Golden Grail
Ohh, oh
Ohh, oh.
Dale: Flash, Flash I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth .
Flash.
Liner Notes:
MUSIC BY QUEEN
John Deacon (bass guitar, guitar, synth)
Roger Taylor (drums, vocals, synth)
Brian May (lead guitar, vocals, synth)
Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, synth)
Album produced by May-Mack for Queen Productions 1980
Executive Producers – Queen
Mix-down engineering by Mack and Alan Douglas
Original recordings engineered by Alan Douglas at The Town House, The
Music Center and Advision, except ‘The Hero’ by Mack at Utopia Studios
Music arranged by Queen
Additional orchestral arrangements by Howard Blake; conducted by Howard Blake,
recorded by John Richards and Eric Tomlinson at Anvil Studios
All other Arrangements by Queen
Our thanks to
Dino de Laurentis, Mike Hodges, Joe Smith, Jim Beach, Paul Prenter, Gilbert Marovani, Malcolm Cooke,
Robin Clarke, Howard Blake, Gerry Humphries, Robin O’Donoghue,
Dean Humphries, Jonathan Bates, Golda Offenheim, Rita Burgess, Marlis Duncklou,
Paul Hulme, Mark Phillips, Gideon Koopel, Nick Walker, Steve Travell, John Baker,
Brian Mole, Chris Kelly, Peter Hince, Chris Taylor, Brian Zellis.
Queen Photos – Neal Preston
Artwork – Cream
1991 Hollywood Records Remaster
Digitally remastered by Stephen Marcussen at
Precision Mastering, Hollywood.
2001 Remaster
Remastered by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios 2001.
2011 Remaster
This 2011 version has been meticulously re-created using the finest modern analogue and digital technology.
Executive Producers: Brian May and Roger Taylor.
Mastered by Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, ME.
Audio Supervised by Justin Shirley-Smith and Kris Fredriksson.
Additional audio restoration by Kris Fredriksson. Additional audio supervision by Joshua J Macrae.
Special thanks: Greg Brooks, Gary Taylor.
Queen management: Jim Beach.
Bonus EP
Executive Producers: Brian May and Roger Taylor.
Bonus EP Mastered by Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering, Portland, ME. Audio restoration by Kris Fredriksson.
Audio Supervised by Justin Shirley-Smith and Kris Fredriksson.
Flash (Single Version): Produced by Brian May and Mack. Executive Producers: Queen. Mix Down Engineering by Mack and Alan Douglas.
The Hero (October 1980… Revisited): Produced by Brian May and Mack. Recorded by Mack and Alan Douglas.
Mixed by Joshua J Macrae and Justin Shirley-Smith.
The Kiss (Early Version, March 1980): Produced by Brian May and Mack. Recorded by Mack and Alan Douglas.
Mixed by Joshua J Macrae and Justin Shirley-Smith.
Football Fight (Early Version, No Synths! – February 1980): Produced by Brian May and Mack. Recorded by Mack and Alan Douglas.
Mixed by Joshua J Macrae and Justin Shirley-Smith.
Flash (Live in Montreal, November 1981): Recorded by Mack and Kooster McAllister. Mix Produced by Justin Shirley-Smith, Kris Fredriksson and Joshua J Macrae.
The Hero (Live in Montreal, November 1981): Recorded by Mack and Kooster McAllister. Mix Produced by Justin Shirley-Smith, Kris Fredriksson and Joshua J Macrae.
Special Thanks: Greg Brooks, Gary Taylor, Declan O’Regan, All at British Grove Studios and FX Copyroom.
Memorabilia:
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Elektra Records - Soundtrack poster.
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