all gods people

[QUOTE]Sorry, Sebastian, but I can't understand why they had to use old tapes for recording new album (that's not MIH case)?[/QUOTE]

If the tapes were good, they wouldn`t replace them. I guess (rather than know) that, for instance, Mike`s piano playing was kept. They overdubbed the "rest" (guitars, bass, timpani, perhaps changed the sound of a synth, perhaps the vocals were later as you say...)

[QUOTE]1) so vocal probably couldn't come from The Miracle sessions.[/QUOTE]

No, but Barcelona sessions (which are more or less at the same time)

[QUOTE]2) Since the Freddie's Box Set has been released we can say that there's no demo of 'All God's People' by Freddie (yes, there are some tracks left out of box set, but they're available over the Internet) - again vocal parts can't came from Freddie's solo sessions.[/QUOTE]

As far as I know, All God`s People demo (called `Africa By Night` or something like that) was left out the Box Set because it was going to be included in the Queen box-set (whenever it`s released). Btw there are more tracks left of the box set that we can`t find over the internet, for example Victory.

[QUOTE]3) They recorded demo of 'Delilah' at 1989 - vocal parts of its are different to album's version, so they re-recorded them later, so why the same (if we accept that there already were recorded vocals of Freddie) couldn't be done with 'All God's People'?[/QUOTE]

Delilah is not the only track coming from 1989. Innuendo sessions begun in March, and as far as I know, the title track was one of the first to come. When Steve went they showed him Slightly Mad and I Can`t Live With You. The case of Delilah is simply because the vocals were horrible. It was a demo, but the "finished" version could have been easily done the next day.

[QUOTE]4) As we know 'Sheer Heart Attack' song was written by Roger for SHA album (and probably SHA's version was recorded as well), but released much later on NOTW - but Freddie's vocal came from NOTW sessions, not from SHA (well, actually I think on original version lead-vocal could be sung by Roger, but anyway) - they recorded new version of song.[/QUOTE]

Very different situation. Rog had it half-finished. When he completed its songwriting he recorded a new backing track. (I guess). During the synth era they could save their ideas in midi or whatever, and use them later on. Same for "human" takes. Note The Dark (in Brian`s solo album) comes from Flash sessions.

[QUOTE]5) During Innuendo sessions Freddie was still able to sing and there was not need in using old takes.[/QUOTE]

Unless the old take was already "IT"

But anyway, you know what`s the difference between the end of Miracle sessions and the beginning of Innuendo sessions? Two months!. So either side is right, it`s not such a big change. Still it`s nice to write long posts :)

Queen's land and all deployed items have been done for the future times. The posture of the town and ukessays reliable is applied for the commemoration of the terms for the humans. It is done for the stuffed items for the humans. It is changed for the joyful items for the humans.

I have always imagined that the core of the song (the one with the choirs) comes from Miracle/Barcelona - era recordings. Freddies voice definitely sounds more 1988sh than 1990sh. The gospel part in the middle has real drums and bass, unlike the rest of the song, so it is fair to assume that it is a later addition? Maybe that was done during Innuendo sessions? "I went to a dreeeaammm" -line at least sounds mor like Innuendo era Freddie to me.

Wait...? This is the real demo version?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mse8sGAFaAY

Yes, it's a genuine demo, from a work in progress tape sent to Capitol in 1988

[QUOTE] [b]ploughman wrote:[/b]

I have always imagined that the core of the song (the one with the choirs) comes from Miracle/Barcelona - era recordings.[/QUOTE]

Actually, the song predates both Barcelona and The Miracle. It was done before the Barcelona project, not 'for' it.

So effectively for what was to be the album that The Great Pretender was trailing?

Not as such. According to Michael Moran, Frederick did 'The Great Pretender' but then didn't want to do any more covers, despite the record label suggesting an album full of them.

The timeline seems to have gone like this:

1. Michael and Frederick record that cover in late 1986.
2. Michael and Frederick start working on a sophomore solo album for the latter.
3. The album gets interrupted and they do a duet album instead, featuring Montserrat Caballé.
4. Queen return to work and do 'The Miracle', 'Innuendo' and some stuff to be included later on 'Made in Heaven'.
5. Frederick dies, preventing him to complete the solo album.

'All God's People' began in stage 2 (before 'Barcelona' was even an 'Idea' [pun intended]) and was later completed in stage 4. It had nothing to do with the 'Barcelona' project.

Agreed.