you nearly did me in (ian hunter)

just playing you nearly did me in by ian hunter for first time in ages. forgot what a great song that is! even if queen hadn't provided help its still a decent song but so glad they did. got me thinking if they did any more on ians album? and how did it come about that they provided backing?
someone told me that the rest of the album wasn't that special. something American boy wasn't it?

Tell your friend to go have their ears checked out. All American Alien Boy is a great album by Ian Hunter. Along with YNDMI, my fave song is this one called "Irene Wilde"

it's a very good album - i had it on vinyl a couple of decades ago
there's some very interesting jazz and funk things going on there.

Great album

It is a super record! probably my favourite from ian hunter.
I believe queen left london in january 76 to start with the "opera" tour in the usa, in the same plane they traveled was also traveling trudy,ian hunter's wife..,and when in new york they were invited to visit the studio were hunter was recording the lp. the song was called at first,on a demo,"silver needles" before the queen vocals..and changed to "you nearly did me in" after the freddie,roger and brian vocals.

great song.

I have the vinyl LP - this thread has promoted me to dig my turntable out!

thanks for the info guys. I will have a listen to the album.
great song

a real gem!!

Great album, underrated as hell, Jaco plays some mean bass / has been reissued with bri contributing to extensive liner notes, photos et al.

Great album, underrated as hell, Jaco plays some mean bass / has been reissued with bri contributing to extensive liner notes, photos et al.

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It is a super record! probably my favourite from ian hunter.
I believe queen left london in january 76 to start with the "opera" tour in the usa, in the same plane they traveled was also traveling trudy,ian hunter's wife..,and when in new york they were invited to visit the studio were hunter was recording the lp. the song was called at first,on a demo,"silver needles" before the queen vocals..and changed to "you nearly did me in" after the freddie,roger and brian vocals.

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Indeed ! And thanks for the background on the track the Queenies sang on.

Ian Hunter first records are underrated masterpieces.

correction:

sorry ,my mistake,the song was to be called "weary anger" in fact there is a demo of it on the remastered cd album.

Ian Hunter: "they were at the studio( Electric Lady , NY) for an hour before i knew they were there, then someone told me they were outside. They'd sat there for ages and Freddie said, isnt there anything we can do? ..so i had one particular track that i was going to put girls on and i said, well you can do this:Wonderful chaps.Fred is sorely missed"


Brian May: "he wanted the "Queen treatment" on the harmonies, and he GOT IT!

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Brian May: "he wanted the "Queen treatment" on the harmonies, and he GOT IT![/QUOTE]

Queen and McCartney, I'd say. Very similar to Live And Let Die.