Polar Bear - Take 2

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Thank you John. I just recently heard Silver Salmon for the first time. And I've been a fan for 28 years. The recording of that track to me sounds like it was recorded around the time of the News of the World Sessions. Here is why. Drummers help me out here.

Roger was using timbales througout this song. They were also used during Get Down Make Love, the drum break in Sheer Heart Attack, Who Needs You as well as on the BBC sessions in October of 77. Roger was endorsed by Ludwig drums and didn't have timbales until after the Day at the Races tour. He's also using more drums than what he originally started out with in the early years. His kit has the exact same tones as that of the "News" sessions, tom toms, snare and cymbals. Much bigger sound than that of the De Lane Lea studio sessions in the early 70's which were "tight" sounding and dead. Roger is also using a china type cymbal which, again, wasn't acquired until around the start of the "Races" tour. His cymbals in the early 70's were mostly crashes and rides. But on Silver Salmon you can certainly hear that china type being hit. The most common theory is that this track was recorded in the early 70's but the drumss are a giveaway that it must have been recorded in the summer of 77. Discuss...

that is interesting... but Queen used all sorts of instruments in the studio, it is highly likely this particular bit of kit was in the studio. Put it this way, there is more evidence AGAINST it being a late 70's recording... the fact it is a discarded song from a pre-Queen band, Freddies higher / Lurex voice etc.

I totally agree with you that Freddies' voice was higher in this recording as it was earlier in his career. That's the only evidence that this song may be recorded in the early 70's. There isn't much evidence against it being recorded later. Being a drummer myself I've noticed these inconsistancies with his early kit to the one used in mid to late 77. The timbales and china cymbals are evident on Silver Salmon along with the useage of more tom toms. The timbales were replaced for the JAZZ tours of 78 and 79. But this is my theory.

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Nice one. Thanks, John. Much appreciated.

Thanks for this unique piece of history John!

What does Roger exactly say? Who is playing slow?

I believe John also says something, something about "a fucking 12-string guitar". Quite funny.