Is it time for an official Smile release?

Yes I know the Smile tracks have had an official release some years ago (Ghost of a Smile) but assuming Queen now own the music outright, isn't an official Queen Productions release, digitally remastered etc, due?
Outside of hardcore fandom, the general public likely hasn't heard much or any of it outside of snippets from a documentary. Surely there is some interest in a legit pre-Queen release of some sort?

It's always time for a Smile release. The world needs to know about the song Earth. Whether or not it will actually happen is another story.

I think an 'early Queen' release would be good - and a nice place to put the Smile stuff. I think there is enough casual interest. The band has always mentioned Smile since their earliest interviews like it's part of what made Queen. BM was working with Tim recently so perhaps.

Great notice. I helped Brian’s call to track the missing multi tracks . See my email below:

On 6 Jan 2011, at 11:55, Queenman wrote:

Dear Brian,

After reading your story on the soapbox of the SMILE issue (Jan 1. 2011) I tried to find some use/helpful information for you that could possibly lead to the mastertapes of the SMILE recordings. I did some extensive research within my Queen and Pre Queen collection of books and finally found this information in the book by Mark Hodkinson - Queen The Early Years - ISBN 1-84449-012-2. This guy did some excellent research and interviewed, as he stated on the backcover of the book, over 60 close friends and colleagues of Queen. The book is to my opinion truly one of the best around; Recommended to read. Anyway... I attached a PDF-file with the information from the book and underscribed the useful bits with pencil.

Hope this will help you and your team finding those lost masters.

Stay save.

Why not just contact the company that released "Ghost of a Smile"?

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I agree it would be great. I love Earth and April Lady.

In a related note, Tim Staffel recently mentioned on his Facebook page that he played bass and added vocals on Abbey Road to a version of Earth recorded with Brian for the Movie's soundtrack.

Cheers,

Ogre-

I would love a new release, hopefully with some additions. I wonder if there are any lost songs on top of the 6 known ones, and they can at least add the aMIGO tracks and hopefully a live recording. A stereo mix of "Blag" exists, right? I seem to recall it was more than a rumor.

^ I thought Doin' Alright was the only one mixed in stereo?

Are there any rumors of an existing “earth” version with Freddie on vocals, like “Polar Bear”?
Since they tried “Polar Bear”, it would make sense for them to try “Earth” as well.

A nice bonus to a Smile release would be the live footage/audio from 1992 at the Marquee. I believe the whole of that gig was recorded on a hand held camera, for Roger, by Jacky.

1992 footage would be great, even if amateur. So nice of Jacky to record it, I was not aware of this.

Cheers,

Ogre-

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God, no.

Is it Jacky's footage of the Marquee gigs that is on YouTube, taken from the balcony? (where you can me down at the front!) :-)

Yes, it's long overdue.