This might be kicking around, but I wondered what people would want as bonuses on the remaining eight albums. I say eight because Flash Gordon wouldn't really need extras as a soundtrack and MiH was pieced together from leftovers. I looked at what the bonuses were for the first five albums and I was mainly disappointed. I won't go into much detail, but out of the twenty-seven tracks, nine maybe ten had merit. The others went to pot. What the hell was up with having the backing track of Tie Your Mother Down - advanced home-mixing software could have got it! Same thing applies for the instrumentals and a capellas! And the live versions of Lap of the Gods Revisited and Somebody to Love? MASSIVE COMEDOWN! Just get the Wembley '86 and MK '82 DVDs. Oh wait. nearly all of us do, or have at least heard the live versions quite a few times anyway. What do you think would be good bonuses for the other albums? Here's my thoughts.
NoTW bonuses 1. Feelings, Feelings 2. I Wanna Testify 3. Turn on the TV 4. Sheer Heart Attack (1974 demo) 5. We Will Rock You (Acapella) - true version, which was documented. Not made up of extracts from the Rick Rubin remix
Jazz bonuses 1. No Violins 2. Coming Soon (early take) 3. Let Me Entertain You (w/We are the Champions singalong) - NB: This version premiered at a 2007 fan convention 4. My Country I & II (single edit) 5. We Will Rock You (Fast, Live Killers)
The Game bonuses 1. Sandbox 2. Beautiful Day (1980 demo) - NB: Not the MiH track which used a base of this for framework 3. A Human Body 4. Play the Game (alternate take w/Andy Gibb on co-lead vocal) - if it exists. At the moment its status is just rumoured 5. The Hero (soundtrack version) - despite the name, this only appears over the Flash Gordon movie credits
Hot Space bonuses 1. Feel Like 2. Soul Brother 3. Cool Cat (w/David Bowie) 4. Las Palabras De Amor (Demo) 5. Staying Power (27-1-82 demo)
The Works bonuses 1. It's A Hard Life (Freddie's vocal slave) 2. Let Me In Your Heart Again (Queen version) 3. Another Little Piece of My Heart (2-9-84 demo of Let Me Live) 4. Victory (Queen version, not the Summer '83 take Freddie did with Michael Jackson) 5. Man Made Paradise (Queen version)
AKOM bonuses 1. New York, New York (full version) - QP deny this track's existence, but it's likely the band did it judging by Highlander 2. Love Makin' Love (Queen version) 3. Heaven for Everyone (1986 demo) - Crystal Taylor said this was recorded, but we can't be sure 4. One Year of Love (early piano version) 5. Butterfly (in Magic Years you can hear Brian working on this)
Miracle bonuses 1. Sleepy Blues 2. I Guess We're Falling Out 3. A New Life is Born 4. TMLWKY (Freddie/Brian vocal guide) 5. Hijack My Heart (3:27 demo)
Innuendo bonuses 1. Lost Opportunity 2. Robbery 3. Self-Made Man 4. Face It Alone (trimmed down version which brings together the best bits from the 10-minute demo) 5. Freedom Train (Queen version) - a 45-second snippet has been leaked which shows the second verse and half of the second chorus)
Judge whether you like these, and whether you'd change some. For those of you interested in the snippet of Freedom Train, here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX-I4Y4JhsA
Rick · Member since
What's up with the Roger solo tracks? Or were they initially meant as Queen songs? (referring to No Violins f.e.)
Penetration_Guru · Member since
What's your basis for saying "there must be a full version of new York, New York"?
A snippet was needed for Highlander, so they made a snippet.
soxtalon · Member since
NoTW bonuses 1. Feelings, Feelings 2. I Wanna Testify 3. Turn on the TV 4. Sheer Heart Attack (1974 demo) 5. We Will Rock You (Acapella) - true version, which was documented. Not made up of extracts from the Rick Rubin remix
There will be NO solo tracks, I can guarantee that so defintely no Testify/TV and I've never heard of any Queen version of said tracks
The other 3 will most likely either not be released or saved for a deeper archival project after all the reissues are out there. You're looking most likely at BBC and live tracks here.
Jazz bonuses 1. No Violins 2. Coming Soon (early take) 3. Let Me Entertain You (w/We are the Champions singalong) - NB: This version premiered at a 2007 fan convention 4. My Country I & II (single edit) 5. We Will Rock You (Fast, Live Killers)
Again no solo tracks so no Violins or Country. 2&3 will be future archival - most likely some live tracks/edits/backing tracks
The Game bonuses 1. Sandbox 2. Beautiful Day (1980 demo) - NB: Not the MiH track which used a base of this for framework 3. A Human Body 4. Play the Game (alternate take w/Andy Gibb on co-lead vocal) - if it exists. At the moment its status is just rumoured 5. The Hero (soundtrack version) - despite the name, this only appears over the Flash Gordon movie credits
#3 is likely - #4 is questionable, no reason #5 as Flash will have bonus tracks - they all will supposedly whether it makes sense or not...#1 will be on a deeper archival set. #2 will be future archive as well and if it was on a reissue would be on the MIH reissue I would think but maybe not. Most likely there will be remixes, live tracks here.
Hot Space bonuses 1. Feel Like 2. Soul Brother 3. Cool Cat (w/David Bowie) 4. Las Palabras De Amor (Demo) 5. Staying Power (27-1-82 demo)
#1 #4 and #5 will be deepar archival if at all. #3 will never be released I think - if David didn't want it released back then, why would he want it released now? Most likely this will be a few live, and maybe the 12" mixes. #2 is also likely.
The Works bonuses 1. It's A Hard Life (Freddie's vocal slave) 2. Let Me In Your Heart Again (Queen version) 3. Another Little Piece of My Heart (2-9-84 demo of Let Me Live) 4. Victory (Queen version, not the Summer '83 take Freddie did with Michael Jackson) 5. Man Made Paradise (Queen version)
All 5 of these would be in a deeper archival set - more likely I Go Crazy, 12" and some live tracks/backing tracks, etc.
AKOM bonuses 1. New York, New York (full version) - QP deny this track's existence, but it's likely the band did it judging by Highlander 2. Love Makin' Love (Queen version) 3. Heaven for Everyone (1986 demo) - Crystal Taylor said this was recorded, but we can't be sure 4. One Year of Love (early piano version) 5. Butterfly (in Magic Years you can hear Brian working on this)
1 - Brian himself denied it saying they only recorded that snippet and I believe it because they probably recorded specifically for the scene like they did for Flash Gordon. 2-5 might be in a deeper archival set.
Miracle bonuses 1. Sleepy Blues 2. I Guess We're Falling Out 3. A New Life is Born 4. TMLWKY (Freddie/Brian vocal guide) 5. Hijack My Heart (3:27 demo)
#1 is Brian solo so defnitely not. 2-5 will be in a deeper set - most likley getting b-sides and 12" mixes
Innuendo bonuses 1. Lost Opportunity 2. Robbery 3. Self-Made Man 4. Face It Alone (trimmed down version which brings together the best bits from the 10-minute demo) 5. Freedom Train (Queen version) - a 45-second snippet has been leaked which shows the second verse and half of the second chorus)
Most likley #1, 2,4-5 would be on a deeper set. #4 comes from the Miracle Sessions and would be on a deeper set. And that snippet was proved to be a fake IIRC. (I can't check the YouTube from work) We'll most likely get The I Can't Live With You re-take and some backing tracks.
Wiley · Member since
What's this I'm reading about Let Me Entertain You with We Are The Champions singalong? Could somebody please elaborate?
br5946 · Member since
Wiley - sure! Look in Queenpedia sessionography: 1978 July-October Jazz sessions. According to the additional info on Let Me Entertain You this version premiered at a 2007 fan convention. The early version of Coming Soon also dates from those sessions.
Just to enlighten people saying the solo tracks are quibbles, Roger started working on Fun in Space just about the same time to Jazz sessions started so I thought why not? Same thing with having Sleepy Blues as a Miracle bonus and having Rog's first solo single - both sides - on NotW. But Testify and TV will most likely open the retrospective box Roger has promised us revolving around his solo career. (NB: When is the Unblinking Eye album coming out?!?) If this box ever sees the light, at least Testify and TV will get a second release.
Many of you seem to eluding to an archival set. I guess your mind is set on the question 'when is said set coming out?' I agree to the question. When the hell IS it coming out (if it is!)? Look through the Queenpedia sessionography. I'm sure if half the ''unreleased'' stuff was unearthed on offical sources we'd end up with a good few hours of brilliant tracks. My good vision is a Queen version of Solo Collection composing of seven discs. The first disc gets all the spare studio stuff from Queen I through to SHA. Disc two all the spares from ANATO to NotW. Disc three gets spares from Jazz to Flash. Disc four HS to Magic. Disc 5 does Miracle to MiH. The final disc bundles up all the non-album B-sides, sort of an extension of that bonus LP from the 1985 boxset The Complete Works. And maybe, just maybe, the seventh disc has the famous Queen for an Hour interview??? But we'll probably end up with previously-released-or-heavily-bootlegged live versions or horrible 12" mixes as bonuses.
What's this I'm reading about Let Me Entertain You with We Are The Champions singalong? Could somebody please elaborate?
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There's a convention recording of a longer version of Let Me Entertain You. After the fade-out, everyone kept singing, and it eventually ended with a bit of Champions. I think the recording has been shared here..
Jimmy Dean · Member since
Hmmm... don't see this happening. If half the stuff you say is probable - then your theory is flawed. Hangman, Funny How Love Is (Demo), Liar (edit), any other demo from 1974-1976 - pretty sure Queen didn't write all those classics in one take. Even a Boh-Rhap demo when the song was still in its early form - Freddie hitting the piano or alternate takes of the opera chrorus and Brian trying different sounds or solos - this stuff HAS to exist - and even the most flawed Queen demo - Freddie singing out of tune for a couple of bars - anything - would be heavily more appealing (even on repeated listens) than The High Def Mix of Teo Toriatte or the A-capella version of the Boh-rhap operatic bit.
I go back to the Beatles anyhology every now and then. My favorite track - besides the raw version of The End is the demo of And Your Bird Can Sing - listening to them laugh while recording the track makes it an interesting listen every time. I'm sure Queen has plenty of stuff like that. Hearing them battle it out over who's idea is better. This stuff can't be that personal after so many years!
How long will we have to wait?
paulosham · Member since
I fucking hate all this probable bullshit. It's certainly not a topic for the "serious" discussion section. You might as well be talking about cheese for all I care.
bigV · Member since
Penetration_Guru wrote: What's your basis for saying "there must be a full version of new York, New York"?
A snippet was needed for Highlander, so they made a snippet.
I don't think they even "made" the snippet. Remember that they were doing all kinds of silly stuff in the studio during the AKOM sessions (fried chicken, anyone?). It's possible (and indeed more likely) that "New York, New York" was an ad-lib from Freddie during the recording of what would later become "Don't Lose Your Head".
V.
darcy-wright · Member since
What about Headlong (Video Version) for Innuendo?
There will be more remixes, instrumentals, acapella mixes, crappy 80s 12" versions which were made just to boost sales. I hold no breath on anything awsome.
Ray D O'Gaga · Member since
Some of those crappy 80s 12" versions are really good.
splicksplack · Member since
bigV wrote: Penetration_Guru wrote: What's your basis for saying "there must be a full version of new York, New York"?
A snippet was needed for Highlander, so they made a snippet.
I don't think they even "made" the snippet. Remember that they were doing all kinds of silly stuff in the studio during the AKOM sessions (fried chicken, anyone?). It's possible (and indeed more likely) that "New York, New York" was an ad-lib from Freddie during the recording of what would later become "Don't Lose Your Head".
V.
ad-libs don't occur fully laden with multi-part harmonies.
bigV · Member since
splicksplack wrote: bigV wrote: Penetration_Guru wrote: What's your basis for saying "there must be a full version of new York, New York"?
A snippet was needed for Highlander, so they made a snippet.
I don't think they even "made" the snippet. Remember that they were doing all kinds of silly stuff in the studio during the AKOM sessions (fried chicken, anyone?). It's possible (and indeed more likely) that "New York, New York" was an ad-lib from Freddie during the recording of what would later become "Don't Lose Your Head".
V.
ad-libs don't occur fully laden with multi-part harmonies.
Really?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqfobwLcgJY
V.
FriedChicken · Member since
Do you really think we will get demo's all of a sudden, on a 2nd remaster set?
Of course not, it's going to be the same kind of crap as the first batch.
I'll have a guess:
News of the World:
01 - We Will Rock You (Live London, 1986) 02 - We are the Champions (Instrumental) 03 - Spread your Wings (BBC session) 04 - My Melancholy Blues (Live, 1977) 05 - It's Late (BBC)
