Eddie Van Halen with Brian May of Queen (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)

Coming on July 14th is Brian May’s box set, Brian May + Friends’ Star Fleet Project – 40th Anniversary Edition, according to Loudersound. The material is culled from his brief side band with the late, great Eddie Van Halen.

In April 1983, over two days at L.A.’s Record Plant, the band — featuring Queen drummer Roger Taylor on backing vocals, Rod Stewart bassist Phil ChenREO Speedwagon drummer Alan Gratzer, and Alice Cooper keyboardist Fred Mandel — recorded a long-out-of-print EP, that’s the center of the new major, expanded box set.

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