Some Studio Stats

There are probably some mistakes. If so, don't hesitate to let me know.

Fantastic. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent and very thorough list Seb.

Question: why is Roger listed as "chief composer" for "Yeah"?

Great list Seb. Cheers mate.

Brilliant work! I never knew that Freddie produced the De Lane Lea session (unless I'm misunderstanding that bit of info?)

I'm not convinced that Roger should be listed as a lead vocalist for Father to Son - is the passage in question 'You won't understand a word that's in it, but you'll write it out again before you die'? That's the part that I've seen attributed as being at least partially Roger, but I'm pretty certain it's Freddie through and through.

thomasquinn 32989 wrote:

Question: why is Roger listed as "chief composer" for "Yeah"?

Presumably because it comes from 'Action This Day', which Roger wrote. It's a bit meaningless to assign it a composer at all, since it's an acapella ad lib and Sebastian's using the word 'composer' to mean the person who wrote the music.

tomchristie22 wrote:

Brilliant work! I never knew that Freddie produced the De Lane Lea session (unless I'm misunderstanding that bit of info?)

Those sessions were self-produced by the band and Louis Austin engineered. When I interviewed Louis circa half a decade ago, he confirmed Freddie was the chief producer although each band member was quite particular about the sound he wanted. Louis has often been mis-credited (on unofficial sources) as the producer of those sessions, but he confirmed he was not.

tomchristie22 wrote:

I'm not convinced that Roger should be listed as a lead vocalist for Father to Son - is the passage in question 'You won't understand a word that's in it, but you'll write it out again before you die'? That's the part that I've seen attributed as being at least partially Roger, but I'm pretty certain it's Freddie through and through.

That part is Freddie, all of it, but Roger sings the coda (in octaves).

tomchristie22 wrote:

thomasquinn 32989 wrote:

Question: why is Roger listed as "chief composer" for "Yeah"?

Presumably because it comes from 'Action This Day', which Roger wrote. It's a bit meaningless to assign it a composer at all, since it's an acapella ad lib and Sebastian's using the word 'composer' to mean the person who wrote the music.

Yes, I admit it's a debatable choice. There's little chance 'yeah' (with its melody) were part of Roger's demo, but since Fred ad-libbed it on a song by Roger, I just listed it as his to emphasise its connexion to its origins. It could be, however, simply credited to Freddie as well. At the end of the day, that's the most irrelevant piece of 'music' the band ever released ('Yeah', that is, not 'Action'), so it's not that big of a deal.

Some mistakes have been corrected.

And a different list.

Blimey that's a lot of work, well done, I never really gave it any thought but interesting to see Roger doesn't appear on I Want to Break Free.

Interestingly enough, that's his favourite John song, and he even covered it on his second solo tour.

That's great work....um I don't think I can see No one but you or Let me in your heart again on the list (?)

I'm only counting the original 15 studio albums (or well... the original 13 plus 'Flash Gordon' and whichever way you choose to interpret 'Made in Heaven'). We could always add Feelings Feelings, BBC sessions, 1971 demos and other stuff, maybe at some point n_n

Thanks, big work.

I think all will be happy if You add all Queen songs from Freddie's era.

Any chance for solo songs?

Do You plan add info about types of instruments such guitar Telecaster or Red Special, OBX or Roland ect. ?