What's the rarest live version of a Queen song?

.::HeM::. wrote:

1st: Serry, thanks by correcting me. :-)
2nd: Whisperer, are you sure? So when was it added to the japanese sets and when was it dropped?
I could be wrong when I said that, but I remember of reading in Queen Live that they always played Teo Torriate in the japanese tours after it was composed, except one night.

I'm sure. Just check the 1976 or 1985 bootlegs from this site www.queenbootlegs.com. Teo Torriate is played on none of them.

An old Queen trading friend from California told me a story once about a show he saw in the mid 70's (I'm thinking 1976/77) where some guy in the audience kept shouting out for 'The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke' and finally, to shut him up presumably, Freddie broke into an impromptu ver. of the tune..not sure if anyone else joined in..it was short, but he says a bit of it was played! If the story is true, that might take the prize for rarest Queen song ever performed live!

- Kamen

Was '39 ever attempted with Brian on vocals?

Pim Derks wrote:

The Night Comes Down / Jesus ofcourse.

I've heard that QP has some old recording from '71 or something, where those songs are played.
I hope they'll include it in the box set, if there will ever be one.

Procession, live versión is rare no isn't? and one more question there was a special reason when Queen played Inmigrant Song (you know, how they played Imagine)

Mr. Bulsara wrote:

Sleeping On The Sidewalk, off Course.
They Play This Once. In November, 1977, In U. S. A., But The song didn't work well, so they drop the song of the set.

and who did sing it? Fred?

<font color="crimson"><b>ThomasQuinn</b> wrote:

Dear Friends (0.38), 2nd night, Earl's Court

I'm A Man
Mull Of Kintyre
Manish Boy

Very interesting! Do u have the recording of Dear Friends (and/or Mull of K., even if I was referring to proper Queen songs)? Is it only sung "a cappella" or with piano?

Whisperer wrote:

.::HeM::. wrote:

1st: Serry, thanks by correcting me. :-)
2nd: Whisperer, are you sure? So when was it added to the japanese sets and when was it dropped?
I could be wrong when I said that, but I remember of reading in Queen Live that they always played Teo Torriate in the japanese tours after it was composed, except one night.

I'm sure. Just check the 1976 or 1985 bootlegs from this site www.queenbootlegs.com. Teo Torriate is played on none of them.

Yes, that's right, not only because of bootlegs, but just because they didn't played it! :) But Fred sang some lines from 'Mustapha' during some show on the Japanese part of this tour.

I believed this topic referred to QUEEN songs, not covers.

Dear Friends wasn't played live.

Las Palabras De Amor. It wasn't played live actually, though before one of Hot Space shows they rehearsed it, but it was on TOTP (sadly mimic).

And now and again: Fun It. There's a lot of rumors about Sleeping On A Sidewalk, Fairy Feller's, Nevermore, but only Fun It proved by bootleg recording.

the track "Hangman" was done only a few times

"The Fairy Feller´s Master Stroke"

Apparently, according to Greg Brook´s book "A Concert Documentary", it was played only once; but as it did not work on stage because of its complex musical structure, it was never played again.

However, I think there is no record of this version. If anyone knows something about it, please tell me!!!!

I'm 99.9% sure they did NOT play Dear Friends. Maybe a typo on the sleeve, they did play You're My Best Friend.

Queenconcerts.com doesn't list it either.

"And now and again: Fun It. There's a lot of rumors about Sleeping On A Sidewalk, Fairy Feller's, Nevermore, but only Fun It proved by bootleg recordings"

Even with the slightest bit of common sense you can find out they never played Fairy feller.

Nevermore could've been great as a piano intro to some other song.

Ok. Anyone can tell me now how many recordings survive of a rare song; for example how many recordings are known of Life is Real? and for other rare songs...