Brian May mentions "Made in Heaven 2" being worked on

I like to think John will be on MIH2. I dare say it's quite possible that he could be, just we won't know it's new stuff laid down. That would keep him in retirement and keep things peaceful for him I think.

[QUOTE] [b]jrd1951 wrote:[/b]

For those of you old enough to remember....The Miracle sessions produced so many tracks that there was a proposal for a 'Alternative Miracle' LP.This idea was shelved to make way for 'Greatest Hits 2',which was initially to be released in 1990,for obvious reasons.Queen had signed a five album deal with EMI in 1983,so were obliged to come up with something.Freddie then decided to make Innuendo,and hits was scheduled for late '91.I have heard (as most have,on Youtube etc..) many of them and they could be worked in to something great.If Freddie's on it,then I'm in ![/QUOTE]

Interesting that Greatest Hits 2 was due to be released before Innuendo - this would have made GH2 a lot shorter album; was the original intention to include the rest of the Hot Space singles on it, or just leave it as as a 12 song compilation?

The "offshore" song also could be Dog With A Bone. We know Roger had just heard it again in the recent past and dug it. And it would fit the description a bit - a fan club song...so it was heard by some but not likely to be remembered except for the diehards who were there (in Brian's opinion not mine)

I still keep my fingers crossed for a Queen version of I Dream of Christmas, and Love Kills"

I doubt 'fan club' means people have heard it as i'm not sure Brian and Roger remember what's been played at fan clubs and what hasn't. Maybe it is the Let Me In Your Heart Again song

Dog With A Bone is available on the Fan Club 2010 DVD.

This project (MIH II) might end in something musically tremendous. The archive material is vast. Recently I've seen the pre live-aid interview in which Brain, asked about the origins of ITTWWC, tells that they've rejected so much tracks.... It made me wonder how many unfinished/rejected (non-fitting for album) ideas are there in the Queen archives.
Apart from that, it seems that tracks which could be considered as worth finishing/reworking for the so-called MiH II project would be taken from the 80-91 era as FM's voice is more recognisable on those for the "general public".

Maybe there are some actually finished or nearly-finished tracks left from AKOM sessions which would fit that project.
Future will definitely tell.

Hey! It looks like my post was deleted! Let's try it again! Too bad its not Queen! John Deacon isn't on it!

A Queen album without John (looking past QPR) yet WITH Freddie will be weird

My guess is that they will keep as much as possible of John's original bass tracks from the demos and outtakes, and Brian will quietly add what is necessary. Let's hope there is some Deacy magic on the demos............

[QUOTE] [b]AlexRocks wrote:[/b]
Too bad it's not really Queen without John Deacon though. AHEM!!![/QUOTE]

[QUOTE] [b]AlexRocks wrote:[/b]
Hey! It looks like my post was deleted! Let's try it again! Too bad its not Queen! John Deacon isn't on it! [/QUOTE]
Ummmm...

They could work with Silver salmon and Hangman and put on it.... But i don´t know if there are availables (decent) MT`s of that songs...

Oh snap! It IS still there! Thanks Waunakonor for letting me know! Perhaps I should try harder...sigh. Alrighty then!

Can't see this seeing the light of day,Roger has already said he's against an album of rejected tracks, and John definitely won't be interested !

The proposed collection Alternative Miracle is described in the Winter 1989 Fan Club magazine thus:

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ALTERNATIVE MIRACLE
Plans are afoot for an 'Alternative Miracle' album released especially for YOU. It will feature all the B-sides and 12" mixes from The Miracle single releases, tracks that will not be found on album anywhere else. If the project is realized then it will be released sometime in February.
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This was followed in the next issue, Spring 1990 (3 months later), by the following:

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ALTERNATIVE MIRACLE
This album will NOT now be compiled. For various reasons it was considered that it wasn't a feasible idea. Sorry about that!
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It seems like the band kicked the idea around and dropped it pretty quickly. The first mention of it in the Winter 1989 mag suggests that it was maybe going to be a Fan Club-only release, for members maybe. It seems unlikely (and maybe why it was ultimately dropped) that a collection of B-sides and 12" mixes would be a mass market release or even cost-effective for a Fan Club exclusive.

If they HAD decided to issue it as apparently originally conceived, even including the CD bonus tracks, it only would have contained these tracks:

Hang On In There
Chinese Torture
Hijack My Heart
Stealin'
My Life Has Been Saved (1989)
The Invisible Man (12" Version)
Scandal (12" Mix)
Breakthru (Extended Version)
I Want It All (Single Version) - maybe
Stone Cold Crazy (Live) - maybe
My Melancholy Blues (Live) - maybe

That explains it. Thank you! Pity though!