last song freddie recorded

These are the days of our lives

Nope...as far as we know, it's Mother Love...but even I question that lol.

it must be mother love. brian recalls that freddie did the track but wasn't able to complete the last verse so brian sang that bit. it makes sense. these are the days of our lives was the last video he did.

Yes, but if that vocal was recorded in May of 91, and according to Jim Hutton that Freddie was in the studio all the way up to 3 weeks up until he died, there could be more that nobody knows about. Probably not the case, but...anything is possible!

There was just a recent discussion about it here.

There are varying stories about when Freddie laid down his vocal for Mother Love, but extensive detective work seems to point to May 1991.

As The Real Wizard says, looking at all the known dates for 1991, Queen (and Freddie in particular) did the last sessions in May. The evidence is pretty specific and paints a picture that they finished those May sessions with no definite plans to return to the studio that year.

I mainly agree with the Wizard and the King. It´s datet in late may 91 ( slips of papers in David Richards hands showing that mother love is datet 22/5/91 - source -Champions of the world VHS /DVD). One week later 30/5/91 they filmed TADOOL in London.
BUT there are rumors and sources that "something" further has going on. It can`t ruled out completely.

The date could mean they began the song then, but it could've been resumed later.

Has anyone ever done a close examination of the vocals on Mother Love, looking for splices in Freddie's vocals? If we're going to assume, as Sebastian seems to be implying he does, that Freddie's parts weren't recorded in one go, you would expect to find (subtle) differences in the exact sound of vocal parts recorded at different times.

[QUOTE] [b]musicland munich wrote:[/b]

I mainly agree with the Wizard and the King. It´s datet in late may 91 ( slips of papers in David Richards hands showing that mother love is datet 22/5/91 - source -Champions of the world VHS /DVD). One week later 30/5/91 they filmed TADOOL in London.
BUT there are rumors and sources that "something" further has going on. It can`t ruled out completely.[/QUOTE]

Champions of the world DVD???

Peter confirmed that the last time Freddie was in the studio in October 1991

Peter "said", not "confirmed"

There is plenty of revisionist history in the books written by Freestone and Hutton. Far too much to list.

[QUOTE] [b]musicland munich wrote:[/b]

I mainly agree with the Wizard and the King.[/QUOTE]

This is turning into a Lord Of The Rings script. I like it.

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]

Peter "said", not "confirmed"

There is plenty of revisionist history in the books written by Freestone and Hutton. Far too much to list.[/QUOTE]

And also misremembered details, as it was a turbulent time for everyone in the Queen camp. I'm not saying Peter is lying, though I'd love to see the quote he gave about October 1991 studio time. The problem becomes that there are verifiable facts that differ from that statement.

The Cross scheduled a promo and live tour for Sept. and Oct. And that scheduling process is done well in advance, which tells me that Queen did not plan to return to the studio until afterwards (and by then we're in November and Freddie's health is declining rapidly).

The Summer 1991 Fan Club magazine (released late June/early July) explicitly states that Queen had no further plans to return to the studio that year following their recent session work (which coincides with the May "Mother Love" and TATDOOL video shoot dates).

Roger Taylor's October letter to the Autumn 1991 Fan Club magazine says Queen recorded 4 tracks earlier in the year, but makes no mention of any current or forthcoming Queen recording plans. And he's quite detailed about the other things he and Queen are doing, such as releasing GH2, finishing Blue Rock and preparing for the tour.

All of this, along with things like Brian working on his solo album, working with Cozy and doing things like Guitar Legends, tells me Queen did nothing together as a band in the studio after May 1991, nor that Freddie recorded anything in the studio after May 1991.

I really suppose David Richards would be the best person to ask, mainy because, well...he was their cheif producer at the time! But of course he's not going to say much about it, if anything (except that Freddie was 'full of beans' lol).

Sure Peter or Jim could have been a bit off about their dates, but probably not by much. And besides if they were lying about anything, what purpose would it serve?

I mean there's a million theories about this and only one could speculate unless one of us knew the absolute concrete truth.

In terms of 'Mother Love' sounding spliced (read the post but don't remember who said it...sorry!), Brian did say they did 3 takes of every line that Freddie sang, so certainly the vocal track that we have all come to know and love could indeed be a frankenstein in terms of take 1, take 3 on this line, etc.