I'm just wondering though, that surely the take they released at the time would have been the take that Freddie thought was best.... so why do we need another take of what is ostensibly not the best song ever?
I love Freddie but I think the time for released unreleased songs from his archive is probably over, unless there's something really interesting in there, which by now there probably isn't, although the Bowie stuff sounds intriguing. Duncan Jones I believe is quite protective over his father's work though, so it may not see the light of day.
August R. · Member since
"I'm just wondering though, that surely the take they released at the time would have been the take that Freddie thought was best.... so why do we need another take of what is ostensibly not the best song ever? "
Maybe it's just that.. The take Freddie thought was the best was the one that was released, while the take Dave thought was the best was rejected. Anyway, I'm always interested in hearing an alternative take. I understood from the original article that this is an early take, Freddie trying out the song, accompanied by piano alone. Sometimes these early takes are wonderful and fresh while the final results are too polished and lack the emotion and vibe of the early attempts.
matt z · Member since
^maybe they picked this up with the moderate success of PRINCE - that bootleg thing that had been passing around among fans for years.
It also appeared at the end of BLACKKKLANSMAN
Thing is, owing to the nature of his estate and many things unsettled; the only Prince releases so far have been either straight repressings or the works that were already contractually bound by differing publishing/deals etc.
The one off with ARISTA (RAVE UN2 THE JOY FANTASTIC)
Purple Rain (Warner brothers film issues)
Now "originals" (original bootlegs/demos of songs he gave to other artists under pseudonym Jamie Starr, Joey Coco etc) - also bound by the original subsequent publishing
So it's likely CMSDRUMS is correct. Dave Clark ran the musical, wrote the songs mostly and owns the content. Pending whatever share goes to the FM estate it seems like this would be his release
mariah carey · Member since
It's on Spotify now
cmsdrums · Member since
Can’t find it on Spotify - can you provide a link? Thanks
