Brian pulled it in consideration to leave Queen in Summer 1975

No idea, but then again, I'm far from a live expert. I do remember Fred talking about that to the NME, but by then whichever problem they'd had had been sorted out and they were already tracking the fourth album.

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Sebastian, re:

>Considering Brian had been educated to a high level (and was about to complete his PhD at the time) and he also had enough connexions to try again as a musician, it'd probably make sense for him to at least entertain the idea of leaving.

Isn't there the odd live show circulating where Freddie makes comments to the effect that there were rumors about Brian joining XYZ but wasn't going to?
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Maybe that's referring to Sparks asking him to join them when he was in hospital in 1974?

But yeah, it was an off the cuff remark on the SHA tour from Freddie (maybe more than once?) about being glad he didn't join someone else.

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
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Maybe that's referring to Sparks asking him to join them when he was in hospital in 1974?

But yeah, it was an off the cuff remark on the SHA tour from Freddie (maybe more than once?) about being glad he didn't join someone else.
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Brian`s health issues take a longer period as he also had a stomach ulcer as a follow up to his hepatitis. And he was still on some sort of diet in early 75'.
So that might be a contributory factor in Freddie`s mind when he made those statements.
The black/ white article from SHA-Tour mentioned that Freddie was thinking about a new guitar player at some point.
The coloured illustrated article is in relation to the Odeon Gig and mentions that there had been headlines about a Queen break-up before the ANATO success.

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

The black/ white article from SHA-Tour mentioned that Freddie was thinking about a new guitar player at some point.
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So then Brian's fears were justified, if that's the case. Wow.

^Weren't they thinking about getting a second guitar player around that time? Maybe that's what Freddie meant by getting another guitar player in the band, and not replacing Brian?

Timing doesn't check out ... the idea of a second guitarist was in 1971, not 1974.