I haven't got it in front of me, but my memory is different to yours, in that Fred is NOT credited with 'lead' vocals as per your recollection.
Just checked and you're right. I stand corrected.
Cool - cheers Seb... I’m certainly not trying to prove a point either way, but just realise that you like to stick to facts when available so just wanted to point this one out.....you’re still one of the most respected guys here for your knowledge and reasoned assumptions :-)
It's not about lack of faith, it's called going by PAST experience dude. They've always had samples out within a month or a few weeks before the release, but lately they've been really holding back it seems. We didn't get samples of the newer Brian May/Kerry Ellis album until after the fact, for instance.
Who is this Frederick person I keep hearing mentioned?
Frederick Mercury, you know, the person who came up with the band name, many of their songs and the one who sang most of their lead vocals, many of their harmonies and played many of their keyboard parts.
I know Seb. It's just I find it odd curious and you're the only person I've seen constantly refer to Freddie as Frederick and obviously that's not his name, birth name (Farrokh) nor artistic (Freddie) nor anybody's known nickname for him (Melina, Bucky, whatever).
By the time he signed the Trident contract in 1972, his legal name was Frederick Bulsara. That means he legally changed it at some point between childhood and his mid-twenties (educated guess: when he moved to England in the sixties).
After a few years, his legal name changed to Frederick Mercury. That's the name on the Trident severance (from 1977 IIRC) and on his death certificate, leading me to suppose that was also the name on his passport, his NHS ID (or whatever was used back then), etc.
It's not like I'm referring to him as 'Mike' or 'Cletus,' I'm calling him by his real name.
According to Peter Hince, the inner circle used to call him "Fred" rather than Freddie or any other variant. Or at least he did call him Fred in his book.
In documentaries, the band members usually say "Freddie", but maybe because they're mostly posthumous docs.
