-De bbc recordings
Session 1 (1973):
My Fairy King,
Keep Yourself Alive,
Doing All Right,
Liar
this session has been released on At The Beeb in 1989
Session 2 (1973):
See What A Fool I’ve Been,
Liar,
Son & Daughter,
Keep Yourself Alive
unreleased session but can be easily found on many bootlegs
Session 3 (1974):
Ogre Battle,
Great King Rat,
Modern Times Rock ‘N’ Roll,
Son & Daughter
this session has been released on At The Beeb in 1989. Ogre Battle misses the long intro on this release, because the master tape should be damaged
Session 4 (1974):
Modern Times Rock ‘N’ Roll,
The March Of The Black Queen,
Nevermore,
White Queenunreleased session. This one was lost for many years but Queen Productions recently bought a private copy from a collector
Session 5 (1974):
Now I’m Here,
Stone Cold Crazy,
Flick Of The Wrist,
Tenement Funster
unreleased session but it can be found on a few bootlegs
Session 6 (1977):
Spread Your Wings,
It’s Late,
My Melancholy Blues,
We Will Rock You
unreleased session but can be easily found on many bootlegsunreleased stuff that will remain unreleasedThere will be some stuff that will never be released for some reasons, like copyrights, damaged master tapes, no approval of a band member and so on.
However, when a song is in this list, it doesn’t mean it will never be released! I could be wrong or my sources could be wrong.
Ibex concert: the complete Ibex concert wasn’t available on the Freddie Mercury 2000 box set, because the sound quality was too low. This is a good reason to keep it off the set, but why did they still release the track Rain? The quality is the same as the rest of the tracks.
Even worse in a few cases! It could be a copyright problem, but let’s hope it will be released in one of the Queen box sets.
Love Kills:
four remixes have been made by No More Brothers in 1993 and were finished in 1999 / 2000. They were Radio Mix ’93, Jazzy Mix and Symphony Mix plus an edit of the Radio Mix. All four mixes should be released as a single in Autumn 2000 but permission was withheld for some reason. Till date they remain unreleased.
State Of Shock:
a Michael Jackson track from 1983. This demo was recorded with Freddie and Michael. It was later re-recorded with Michael and Mick Jagger.Due to copyright and ownership problems it’s hard to tell when and how this track will be released. But Jim Beach, Queen’s manager, has some kind of plans for the unreleased Mercury/Jackson tracks.
There Must Be More To Life Than This:
a demo with Freddie and Michael Jackson, recorded somewhere 1983. It features Freddie on piano plus giving lyrics directions and Michael singing the song.Due to copyright and ownership problems it’s hard to tell when and how this track will be released. But Jim Beach, Queen’s manager, has some kind of plans for the unreleased Mercury/Jackson tracks.
There Must Be More To Life Than This (Remix):
a 1996 remix by… John Deacon. I don’t know if it’s good and why it was remixed, but it was withheld from release, probably because the information about this track came out of the EMI office without permission. This sounds like a lame excuse to me, there has to be another reason.Victory: originally a Queen track, but later re-recorded by Freddie and Michael Jackson in 1983. It was never released and some time later (re-)re-recorded by The Jacksons.It is rumoured that Brian and Roger recorded backing vocals some time ago (early 2002) for this track.Due to copyright and ownership problems it’s hard to tell when and how this track will be released. But Jim Beach, Queen’s manager, has some kind of plans for the unreleased Mercury/Jackson tracks.solo demo stuffBesides Queen demos there are also solo demos by Brian, Roger, Freddie and perhaps even John. Not many are known but a few are.
Africa By Night:
an early demo version by Freddie from the Barcelona sessions that later became Queen’s All God’s People. Queen re-worked it, so why wasn’t the Freddie demo available on the 2000 box set? Probably because the Freddie demo version and the Queen demo version almost sound the same (like the Man Made Paradise demo of Freddie and Queen), so my guess is that we will only see the Queen demo version and never the Freddie version.
Celebration:
a 1984 Roger Taylor song from the Strange Frontier sessions. The song has a similar sound as the 1987 The Cross sound, but it isn’t by The Cross!Creatures Of The Night: probably an unreleased demo by Freddie recorded during the Mr Bad Guy sessions, although I have no information about this track. It’s unreleased (if it exists) and will probably never see the light of day.
Goin’ Back:
a demo version from 1973 by ‘Larry Lurex’. It will probably be different than the version that was released on the B-side, but this demo remains unreleased.
Green:
by Wreckage. A few different demo versions have appeared and one of them is definitly different with different lyrics. The reason why they didn’t include it might be because one version is more than enough. However, the die-hard fan wants it all.
I Can Hear Music:
demo version of this 1973 track. It will probably be different than the version that was released on the single, but this demo version remains unreleased.
I Can Take You Higher:
recorded by Roger in 1984 during the Strange Frontier sessions. A powerfull song about love. Two versions are known: an edited 40 seconds version and a full version.
Keep On Running:
a 1984 Roger Taylor track, recorded during the Strange Frontier sessions. The recording sounds like a finished product, so it could have been included on the album or as a b-side, however this was not done (no reason is known). The song is a cover which was originally performed by Spencer Davis Group.
I Can’t Get You Out Of My Head:
an unreleased 1984 Roger track from the Strange Frontier sessions. It doesn’t fit in the SF-theme at all, because it has a country like feeling / mood. Nevertheless it’s a nice love song but it’s obvious why it wasn’t released.
Ride The Night:
an early version of Resurrection by Brian. Demo versions exist with Jamie Page on vocals (if I’m not mistaken
I Want To Take You Higher: Roger was very productive in 1984, because besides the songs that ended up on Strange Frontier, he wrote a few others that didn’t made it to the album. This song is a heavy track about (driving) cars that really should have been released, preferably as a b-side.
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