Question about Jazz Album

Recently I paid a visit to the Queen Studio Experience and Montreux, both of which are highly recommended.

Amongst the exhibits are two handwritten tracklistings for the Jazz album, hopefully attached.

 One of the tracks listed is called "Don't Say No" and missing is "In only Seven Days". Are they one and the same? Or is Don't Say No a track I have yet to discover...??

 Anybody any ideas?

And another Picture....

It also looks like either one or both of Tracks 4 and 5 were considered for dropping.

And the doodles... :-)

Maybe it was a working title for Seven Days? Hmmm

interesting, thanks!

a Billy Squier song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-jdC1X4PaY

oh(!) soo sad. ...


... don't say no.
(??)

haha.

Thanks for the post, I find it encouraging that Freddie doodled scribbles like I sometimes do. Next time I see John Deacon, I'll ask him.

*After I ask him about giving me one of his basses; it doesn't have to be the Fender, it could be the Buzzard bass from FBF...I don't mind ;-)

[Btw: I have never met John Deacon and probably will never, unless he attends films revivals in Hollywood]


Might be a valid question for Brian on his soapbox

I wish there were more research and stuff about the 'Jazz' era. I really love the album. Unfortunately, it seems they disowned it as soon as it was released, and on the 'Days of Our Lives' doco they devoted more time to talk about the infamous launch party than to the album itself.

Same.

I do like these alternate running order - always fascinating and more often than not seem superior to the final one. I think we can assume 'Don't Say No' IS 'In Only 7 Days'. Perhaps with a Jealousy style missing bass drum?

@Sebastian tell us more about them disowning Jazz. That's a new one on me - but that doesn't mean MUCH. :-)

Whilst I agree that Don't say no probably is In only seven days this view is complicated by the original handwritten lyrics for the latter which clearly indicate the title of the song as (in only) Seven Days. So there are a number of possibilities:

1) They are the same

2) They are not

3) IOSD was not at first considered for the Jazz album...

Hmmmm

[QUOTE] [b]Martin Packer wrote:[/b]
It also looks like either one or both of Tracks 4 and 5 were considered for dropping.[/QUOTE]
Or possibly they were just contemplating a different placing in the running order?

[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]

I wish there were more research and stuff about the 'Jazz' era. I really love the album. Unfortunately, it seems they disowned it as soon as it was released, and on the 'Days of Our Lives' doco they devoted more time to talk about the infamous launch party than to the album itself.[/QUOTE]

At the time it was very hard to find anything much about the album from the band, it was very annoying and closely followed by Live Killers another album release that seemed to go out without much of a fanfare.
Unlike The Game which seemed to be being PR'd to death at the time
I love/loved Jazz and always wanted to know more about the recording

One difference between Jazz / Live Killers and The Game was they were in transition to being self-managed at that time, with Jim Beach playing an increasing role. Maybe he / they become more "muscular" with the record companies.

I think they were all 'snow blind' back then, which is probably why they don't remember much about it.