Unreleased Songs

Here, here!

Bumpy-poo. Hopefully, this will generate some more interesting speculation.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Chaka wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I'm on the side of Lester, in not caring what I have as far as unreleased songs, so if some kind of e-mail arrangement is reached I'd be interested as well.[/QUOTE]

Chaka, I seem to recall you had a list of tracks that were unreleased (hopefully, you still read this board), and while you admitted that the presence of some were dubious, you still came up with a fairly complete list. Any chance of you reposting that list?

And if John S. Stuart is out there, I'm sure we'd all still be interested in hearing about your extensive knowledge of Queen's sessions!

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Adam Unger (Queen Webworks) wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Here's John S. Stuart's post about the AKOM sessions. I also added a link at the bottom that should help you out. Formatting is a bit funky because I had it saved as a word file and it didn't hold up when I did the copy and paste.

Highlander Original Soundtrack
Highlander (10th Anniversary Director’s Cut) DVD R1 Republic Pictures 55895
Theatrical Trailer
A Kind Of Magic
Began life as Highlander OST.

One Vision
Album Version A Kind Of Magic: EMI CDP 7 46267 2
Classic Queen (4:38) No outro/Hybrid Edit US Hollywood HR-61311-2
7" Edit Greatest Hits II: Parlophone CDP 79 7971 2
12" Extended AKOM: US 1991 Hollywood HR-61152-2
Blurred Vision B-Side EMI 12 Queen 6
Karaoke Instrumental Japan Toshiba EMI TOLW - 3249.50
1998 eYe Instrumental Edit “30 Electronic Arts DDE05501 101S
1998 eYe Instrumental Edit 2:24 Electronic Arts DDE05501 101S
Intro Edit: 34” Total Guitar CD Magazine
US Promo 3:46 Edit Capitol 7PRO-9546/9547
In The Studio Video Magic Years Vol 1
Promotional Video Greatest Flix I & II: Pioneer PLMPD 01171
3 Sat Special Edit 12" Unreleased: Home Video

A Kind Of Magic
Album Version A Kind Of Magic: EMI CDP 7 46267 2
1986 CD Bonus (A Kind Of A Kind of Magic) A Kind Of Magic: EMI CDP 7 46267 2
12" Extended 12" Collection: CDQ TEL 0001
Karaoke Instrumental Japan Toshiba EMI TOLW - 3249.50
1998 eYe Full Instrumental 4:23 Electronic Arts DDE05501 101S
1998 eYe "It's Magic" “03 Edit Electronic Arts DDE05501 101S
1986 Highlander OST Version Highlander: Warner Home Video PES 38050
2003 Highlander OST 4: 08 Extended Version Live At Wembley Stadium DVD
US 12" DJ Promo (7:33) Siegel/Bethman Hot Trax
Highlander Computer Game Commodore 64 Version
Promotional Video Version (No 1) Greatest Flix I & II: Pioneer PLMPD 01171
Promotional Video Version (No 2) Unreleased:

One Year Of Love
Album Version A Kind Of Magic: EMI CDP 7 46267 2
US Promo 3:51 CD Single US CDS Promo Hollywood PRCD-10196-2
1986 Highlander OST Highlander: Warner Home Video PES 38050
2002 Highlander DVD Extended Version Highlander: Anchor Bay
Demo: Town House Studios 25.01.1986 Unreleased: Home Mini Disc
US Hollywood Promotional Video Unreleased: Home Video

Pain Is So Close To Pleasure
Album Version A Kind Of Magic: EMI CDP 7 46267 2
7" US Remix US 12" Capitol V-15260
12" US Extended Remix 12" Collection: CDQ TEL 0001

Friends Will Be Friends
Album Version A Kind Of Magic: EMI CDP 7 46267 2
Friends Will Be Friends Will Be Friends (Bonus) A Kind Of Magic: EMI CDP 7 46267 2
7" Edit Remix EMI Queen 8
12" Extended EMI 12 Queen 8
Karaoke Instrumental Japan Toshiba EMI TOLW - 3249.50
Promotional Video Greatest Flix I & II: Pioneer PLMPD 01171

Who Wants To Live Forever
Album Version A Kind Of Magic: EMI CDP 7 46267 2
1985 CD Bonus Track (Forever) A Kind Of Magic: EMI CDP 7 46267 2
Greatest Hits II (4:57 Edited Outro) Greatest Hits II: Parlophone CDP 79 7971 2
US Promo CD Single
7" (4:00) Remix/Video EMI Queen 9
Karaoke Instrumental Japan Toshiba EMI TOLW - 3249.50
1998 eYe 3:19 Edit Electronic Arts DDE05501 101S
Original Skip Demo No 1 Unreleased: Home Mini-Disc
Original Skip Demo No 2 Unreleased: Home Mini-Disc
Original Skip Demo No 3 Unreleased: Home Mini-Disc
Original Skip Demo No 4 Unreleased: Home Mini-Disc
Rachel's Surprise OST Highlander Original Scores: Edel 0028892EDL
Highlander OST Highlander: Warner Home Video PES 38050
Promotional Video Greatest Flix I & II: Pioneer PLMPD 01171
Promotional Video (Complete Version) Queen: Video Single PMI MVW990059 2

Gimme The Prize
Album Version A Kind Of Magic: EMI CDP 7 46267 2
US Line One Radio Series Version
1998 eYe Instrumental 4:00 No 1 Electronic Arts DDE05501 101S
1998 eYe Instrumental 4:01 No 2 Electronic Arts DDE05501 101S
1998 eYe Instrumental Version 3 Electronic Arts DDE0550

here is, from the data I've gathered, a complete list of possible songs...again, especially in the third category, many of these may just be rumor so take with as many grains of salt as you feel necessary.

unreleased songs I've heard myself:
Keep Yourself Alive, De Lane Lea Session, 1971
Great King Rat, De Lane Lea Session, 1971
Liar, De Lane Lea Session, 1971
Jesus, De Lane Lea Session, 1971
Polar Bear, Smile Cover, reportedly with Barry Mitchell on bass, 1971
Silver Salmon, several demo recordings, 1972-1974
Feelings, several demo recordings, incorrectly labelled as "Silver Salmon", 1971
Feelings Feelings, a different song, from News Of The World sessions, 1977
Feel Like, early version of "Under Pressure", 1981
Staying Power, Hot Space demo, 1982
Back Chat, Hot Space demo, 1982
Action This Day, Hot Space demo, 1982
Life Is Real, Hot Space demo, 1982
Las Palabras de Amor, Hot Space demo, 1982
Cool Cat, David Bowie demo, 1981
One Vision, "Magic Years" out-takes, 1985
Butterfly, Brian May piano song from "the Magic Years," 1985
New York New York, "Highlander" soundtrack, 1986
I Want It All/Chinese Torture, instrumental demo, 1988
I Want It All, The Miracle demo 1988
The Miracle, The Miracle demo 1988
The Invisible Man, The Miracle demo 1988
Scandal, The Miracle demo, 1988
My Baby Loves Me, early version of "My Baby Does Me," 1988
Stealin', 12 minute demo, 1988
Dog With A Bone, Convention track- at least 2 versions, 1988
Too Much Love Will Kill You, Queen Version, 1988
A New Life Is Born, "Breakthru" intro demo, 1988
A Fiddly Jam, early "Hang On In There" instrumental, 1988
Hijack My Heart, demo version, 1988
I Guess We're Falling Out, 1988
The Hitman, Brian Vocals demo, 1990
Delilah, Innuendo demo, 1990
My Secret Fantasy, 1990
Robbery, 1990
Self Made Man, 1990

unreleased songs I have not heard but have been confirmed by a reliable source
Keep Yourself Alive, up to 8 Alternate versions, 1972
Keep Yourself Alive, complete instrumental version, 1972
Liar, Instrumental out-take, 1972
Great King Rat, Alternate/Out-take versions, 1972
Father To Son, Instrumental out-takes, 1974
Nevermore, Early demo version, 1974
Funny How Love Is, Incorrect Acetate Version, 1974
Seven Seas Of Rhye, Incorrect Acetate Version, 1974
Brighton Rock, several early versions from Queen II sessions, 1974
Killer Queen, (slightly) Extended Acetate Version, 1974
She Makes Me, early demo version, 1974
I'm In Love With My Car, early demo with Roger on guitar, 1975
I'm In Love With My Car, alternate lyrics demo, 1975
Don't Stop Me Now/Jealousy medley, 1978
Rock It, Freddie Vocals demo, 1980
Rock It, Roger Vocals demo, 1980
It's A Beautiful Day, Freddie ad-lib demo from The Game sessions, 1980
Lost Opportunity, original version from The Game sessions, 1980
The Dark, Queen version from Flash Gordon sessions, 1980
Las Palabras de Amor, Acetate Version (Mix #2), 1982
Keep Passing The Open Windows, Freddie Mercury home demo, 1983
Man Made Paradise, Queen version from The Works sessions, 1983
There Must Be More To Life Than This, Queen version from The Works sessions, 1983
One Year Of Love, Alternate Demo, 1986
Who Wants To Live Forever, 4 Demo Versions, 1986
Heaven For Everyone, Queen version from the A Kind Of Magic sessions, 1986
New York, Queen version from the A Kind Of Magic sessions, 1986
Love Makin' Love, Queen version from the A Kind Of Magic sessions, 1986
Friends In Pain, John Deacon demo, 1986
Piano Improvisation, Freddie Mercury demo, 1986
Party, The Miracle demo, 1988
Khashoggi's Ship, The Miracle demo, 1988
The Invisible Man, Roger Vocals demo, 1988
Breakthru, Instrumental demo, 1988
Stealin', demo versions including Hang On In There/A Fiddly jam, 1988
Brother Of Mine, 1989
Headlong, Brian vocals demo, 1990
Assassin, 1990
Face It Alone, 1990

RUMORED unreleased songs, the existance of which has

Amazing! Thank you!

I'm pretty sure 99.9 % of the Queen songs have alternative takes, there's no use in naming, or releasing them all, is it. Just look at the beatles, there are 100s of bootlegs with unreleased stuff only. And we're talking of a band here that excisted for just 10 years, and released almost everything they wrote.

and for these:
I Can't Live With You, Roger Vocals demo, 1990
You Don't Fool Me, Roger vocals demo, 1995
Driven By You, rumored Queen version from Innuendo sessions, 1990

they don't excist

"Tavazessal Unreleased: Home Mini-Disc
VH1/JVC Promo Edit

Friends In Pain
John Deacon Demo Unreleased: Home Mini-Disc

Heaven For Everyone
Original Queen demo Unreleased: Home Mini-Disc

New York (very early demo) Unreleased: Home Mini-Disc
Piano improvisation (Freddie solo) Unreleased: Home Mini-Disc

You're The Only One (Freddie solo) Unreleased: Home Mini-Disc
Demo 2 (probably Freddie solo) Unreleased: Home Mini-Disc"

Minidisc? How can that be? Considering that this technology was proposed in May 16 '91 in Japan. And then released in late '92!

Peace,
Adam.

I heard (and have) Nevermore alt. version, and others mainly Q/Q2/SHA studio sessions not listed.

And "Delilah, Innuendo demo, 1990" is surely fake.

Pablo, are you sure you don't have just the BBC sessions?

Yes, I said they were studio sessions. I just named them because excepting Sessions 1 and 3 they were not released and were not listed.

FROM http://www.pemcom.demon.co.uk/queen/sessions.html:


Queen's BBC Sessions
Queen recorded six sessions for BBC Radio One (usually for the Bob Harris's "Sound of the 70s" programme. All BBC sessions are described in the book "In Session Tonight, The Complete Radio 1 Recordings" by Ken Garner (ISBN 0-563-36452-1)


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Session 1
Recorded on 5th February 1973 at Langham 1 studio
Produced by Bernie Andrew
Engineered by John Etchells
Broadcast on John Peel's show on 15th February 1973
Released on the "Queen At The Beeb" album (called "Queen At The BBC" in North America)
"My Fairy King"
"Keep Yourself Alive"
"Doin' Alright"
"Liar"

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Session 2
Recorded on 25th July 1973 at Langham 1 studio
Produced by Jeff Griffin
Engineered by Chris Lycett and John Etchells
Broadcast on Bob Harris's show on 13th August 1973, except "Keep Yourself Alive" broadcast on 24th September 1973
Released: unreleased, but heavily bootlegged
"See What A Fool I've Been"
"Keep Yourself Alive"
"Liar"
"Son and Daughter"

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Session 3
Recorded on 3rd December 1973 at Langham 1 studio
Produced by Bernie Andrew
Engineered by Mike Franks and Nick Griffiths
Broadcast on John Peel's show on 6th December 1973
Released on the "Queen At The Beeb" album (called "Queen At The BBC" in North America)
"Ogre Battle" (the released version is edited, and has been shorn of its very extended introduction)
"Great King Rat"
"Modern Times Rock'n'Roll"
"Son And Daughter"

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Session 4
Recorded on 3rd April 1974 at Langham 1 studio
Produced by Pete Ritzema
Engineers unknown
Broadcast on Bob Harris's show on 15th April 1974
Released: unreleased
"Modern Times Rock'n'Roll"
"March Of The Black Queen"
"Nevermore"
"White Queen" [beautiful version featuring piano]

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Session 5
Recorded on 16th October 1974 at Maida Vale 4 studio
Produced by Jeff Griffith
Engineers unknown
Broadcast on Bob Harris's show on 4th November 1974
Released: unreleased
"Now I'm Here"
"Stone Cold Crazy"
"Flick Of The Wrist"
"Tenement Funster"

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Session 6
Recorded on 28th October 1977 at Maida Vale 4 studio
Produced by Jeff Griffith
Engineered by Mike Robinson
Broadcast on Alan Freeman's show the Saturday that the "News Of The World" album was released (maybe the 29th October)
Released: unreleased, but heavily bootlegged
"Spread Your Wings"
"It's Late" [featuring "Get Down Make Love"]
"My Melancholy Blues" [version featuring guitar]
"We Will Rock You (slow version)"
Reading from "Siddartha" by Herman Hesse
"We Will Rock You (fast version)"

FriedChicken, thanks for letting me know those 3 don't exist, I'll cross them off my list

Adam "Minidisc? How can that be? Considering that this technology was proposed in May 16 '91 in Japan. And then released in late '92"

Adam, you are of course, correct. Mini disc was not invented pre 1990. Therefore an entry like - "Highlander TV Series Intro Version Unreleased: Home Mini-Disc" - does NOT refer to the ORIGINAL master recording, but a recording which exists in MY personal collection. Therefore, "Silver Salmon" could also be correctly (personally) catalogued as "Unreleased: Home Mini-Disc".

However, some comprehensive lists that are repeatedly posted (here and on other sites) are actually plagerised from my own, including the senseless, out-of-context references to minidisc technology.

I actually I enjoy the confusion this creates - because it identifies those who are willing to pass of my work as their own.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I'm pretty sure 99.9 % of the Queen songs have alternative takes, there's no use in naming, or releasing them all, is it. Just look at the beatles, there are 100s of bootlegs with unreleased stuff only. And we're talking of a band here that excisted for just 10 years, and released almost everything they wrote.
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Queen's career was over twice the length of that of the Beatles. At the moment, in public hands, there are about 100 hours of unreleased Beatles demos and alternate takes. There are about 100 minutes of such Queen material. In both cases, such material spreads only when collectors decide to spread it.

Shouldn't that tell us something about the difference between hardcore Queen and Beatles collectors who have had access to such material?

Just some food for thought.

I totally agree Bob

A big THANK YOU to all the persons who posted here writing so many interesting informations. Those who can only criticize should not talk.