From Queenpedia.com
NOTE: This is a permanent work-in-progress section and will be updated periodically. Also, please note that this section is based purely on what is known and what has been reported over the years, and that until Queen Productions issues something that chronicles the band's entire sessionography, this section remains unofficial and entirely speculative.
What's not here:
- Remixes, either commissioned by Hollywood Records for the 1991 back catalog remaster campaign, or any that don't feature direct involvement from a member of Queen;
- Guest appearances on other artists' recordings;
- Live performances released on CD or as bonus tracks of the 2011 Universal Records/Island reissue campaign;
- BBC sessions – those can be found here.
Notes and Thanks:
Adapted from "The Ultimate Collection," to be found on Queenzone and Queenonline. Many, many thanks to John S Stuart for his exhaustive research and meticulous notes!
1971
SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 1971
De Lane Lea Music Centre (demo sessions)
1972
APRIL – OCTOBER
Trident Studios (Queen sessions)
| Keep Yourself Alive | Queen | |
| Doing All Right | Queen | |
| Great King Rat | Queen | |
| My Fairy King | Queen | |
| Liar | Queen | |
| Modern Times Rock'n'Roll | Queen | |
| Son And Daughter | Queen | |
| Jesus | Queen | |
| Seven Seas Of Rhye | Queen | |
| I Can Hear Music | I Can Hear Music, 1973 | |
| Goin' Back | I Can Hear Music, 1973 | |
| Liar (US edit) | Liar, 1974 | |
| Mad The Swine (1991 David Richards remix) | Queen (1991 Hollywood Records CD remaster) | |
| Mad The Swine (original version) | unreleased | |
| Silver Salmon (possibly recorded during these sessions) | unreleased | |
| Polar Bear | unreleased | |
| The Night Comes Down (Trident remake) | unreleased | |
| Rock'n'Roll Medley | unreleased | |
| White Queen (As It Began) | unreleased | |
| Ogre Battle | unreleased | |
| See What A Fool I've Been | unreleased | |
| Stone Cold Crazy | unreleased | |
| Seven Seas Of Rhye (with vocals) | unreleased | |
| Hangman (Trident one-sided 10" acetate) | unreleased | |
| Rock 'n' roll (Jailhouse Rock) (Trident one-sided 10" acetate) | unreleased | |
| Jesus (Trident one-sided 10" acetate) | unreleased | |
| Keep Yourself Alive (Trident one-sided 10" acetate) | unreleased | |
| Keep Yourself Alive (up to 8 different takes / version) | unreleased | |
| Doing All Right (alternate takes / mixes) | unreleased | |
| Great King Rat (undubbed version) | unreleased | |
| Great King Rat (small odd ends) | unreleased | |
| My Fairy King (Freddie solo piano demo) | unreleased | |
| Liar (rough demo) | unreleased | |
| Modern Times Rock'n'Roll (rough demo) | unreleased | |
| Son And Daughter (outtake versions) | unreleased | |
| Jesus ("heavy" version) | unreleased |
1973
AUGUST
Trident Studios (Queen II sessions)
| Procession | Queen II | |
| Father To Son | Queen II | |
| White Queen (As It Began) | Queen II | |
| Some Day, One Day | Queen II | |
| The Loser In The End | Queen II | |
| Ogre Battle | Queen II | |
| The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke | Queen II | |
| Nevermore | Queen II | |
| The March Of The Black Queen | Queen II | |
| Funny How Love Is | Queen II | |
| Seven Seas Of Rhye | Queen II | |
| See What A Fool I've Been | Seven Seas Of Rhye, 1974 and Queen II (1991 Hollywood Records CD remaster) | |
| White Queen (As It Began) (standalone version) | Queen's First EP, 1977 | |
| Funny How Love Is (standalone version) | Seven Seas Of Rhye, 1988 UK 3" CD | |
| Seven Seas Of Rhye (instrumental mix) | Queen II (2011 Universal Records/Island CD reissue) | |
| Nevermore (electric piano version) | unreleased | |
| Funny How Love Is (studio outtakes) | unreleased | |
| Seven Seas Of Rhye (withdrawn white label test press) | unreleased |
1974
JULY – SEPTEMBER
Trident, Wessex, Rockfield, and AIR Studios (Sheer Heart Attack sessions)
1975
2 JULY
Trident Studios (ultimately unreleased single session)
| Keep Yourself Alive (long lost retake) | Queen (1991 Hollywood Records CD remaster) and A Night At The Opera (2011 Universal Records/Island CD reissue) |
AUGUST – NOVEMBER
Sarm East Studios, Aldgate; Olympic Studios, Barnes; Rockfield Studios, Monmouth; Scorpio Studios, Lansdowne Studios, Roundhouse Studios, London (A Night At The Opera sessions)
1976
JULY – NOVEMBER
The Manor, Oxfordshire; Wessex Studios, Highbury; Sarm Studios, Aldgate (A Day At The Races sessions)
| Intro / Tie Your Mother Down | A Day At The Races | |
| You Take My Breath Away | A Day At The Races | |
| Long Away | A Day At The Races | |
| The Millionaire Waltz | A Day At The Races | |
| You And I | A Day At The Races | |
| Somebody To Love | A Day At The Races | |
| White Man | A Day At The Races | |
| Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy | A Day At The Races | |
| Drowse | A Day At The Races | |
| Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) / Outro | A Day At The Races | |
| Tie Your Mother Down (single edit) | Tie Your Mother Down, 1977 | |
| Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) (single edit) | Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together), 1977 Japan | |
| Tie Your Mother Down (alternate take) | unreleased | |
| Tie Your Mother Down (original cassette demo) | unreleased | |
| Somebody To Love (alternate vocals) | unreleased | |
| Let Me Live (early version) | unreleased; see note below |
1977
JULY – SEPTEMBER
Basing Street Studios, London, and Wessex Studios, Highbury (News Of The World sessions)
| We Will Rock You | News Of The World | |
| We Are The Champions | News Of The World | |
| Sheer Heart Attack | News Of The World | |
| All Dead, All Dead | News Of The World | |
| Spread Your Wings | News Of The World | |
| Fight From The Inside | News Of The World | |
| Get Down, Make Love | News Of The World | |
| Sleeping On The Sidewalk | News Of The World | |
| Who Needs You | News Of The World | |
| It's Late | News Of The World | |
| My Melancholy Blues | News Of The World | |
| It's Late (single edit) | It's Late, 1977 US and Japan | |
| JULY | Feelings, Feelings (take 10) | News Of The World (2011 Universal Records/Island CD reissue) |
| We Will Rock You (instrumental) | unreleased | |
| We Will Rock You (a capella) | unreleased | |
| We Are The Champions (alternate version, shown on Top Of The Pops) | unreleased | |
| Spread Your Wings (demo) | unreleased | |
| Fight From The Inside (demo) | unreleased | |
| My Melancholy Baby | unreleased | |
| Feelings, Feelings (take 9) (also known on bootlegs as 'Pista 3') | unreleased | |
| Batteries Not Included | unreleased |
SUMMER
Wessex Studios, Highbury (Roger Taylor solo session)
| I Wanna Testify | I Wanna Testify, 1977 | |
| Turn On The TV | I Wanna Testify, 1977 | |
| Sheer Heart Attack (demo) | unreleased and unconfirmed | |
| Fight From The Inside (demo) | unreleased and unconfirmed |
1978
JULY – OCTOBER
Mountain Studios, Montreux, and Super Bear Studios, Nice (Jazz sessions)
| Mustapha | Jazz | |
| Fat Bottomed Girls | Jazz | |
| Jealousy | Jazz | |
| Bicycle Race | Jazz | |
| If You Can't Beat Them | Jazz | |
| Let Me Entertain You | Jazz | |
| Dead On Time | Jazz | |
| In Only Seven Days | Jazz | |
| Dreamers Ball | Jazz | |
| Fun It | Jazz | |
| Leaving Home Ain't Easy | Jazz | |
| Don't Stop Me Now | Jazz | |
| More Of That Jazz | Jazz | |
| Fat Bottomed Girls (single edit) | Fat Bottomed Girls / Bicycle Race, 1978 | |
| AUGUST | Dreamers Ball (early acoustic take) | Jazz (2011 Universal Records/Island CD reissue) |
| Don't Stop Me Now (long-lost guitar mix) | Jazz (2011 Universal Records/Island CD reissue) | |
| Let Me Entertain You (alternate ending with We Are The Champions singalong) | unreleased | |
| Don't Stop Me Now / Jealousy (medley) | unreleased | |
| Coming Soon (early version) | unreleased |
SUMMER 1978 – EARLY 1981
Mountain Studios, Montreux (Roger Taylor Fun In Space sessions)
1979
JUNE – JULY
Musicland Studios, Munich (The Game sessions)
| Crazy Little Thing Called Love | Crazy Little Thing Called Love, 1979 and The Game | |
| Save Me | Save Me, 1980 and The Game | |
| Coming Soon | The Game | |
| Sail Away Sweet Sister | The Game | |
| Coming Soon (alternate take) | The Game, 2003 DVD-A | |
| Sail Away Sweet Sister (take 1 with guide vocal) | The Game (2011 Universal Records/Island CD reissue) | |
| Save Me (Brian piano demo version) | unreleased | |
| Sail Away Sweet Sister (live take) | unreleased |
1980
FEBRUARY – MAY
Musicland Studios, Munich (The Game and early Flash Gordon sessions)
| Play The Game | The Game | |
| Dragon Attack | The Game | |
| Another One Bites The Dust | The Game | |
| Need Your Loving Tonight | The Game | |
| Rock It (Prime Jive) | The Game | |
| Don't Try Suicide | The Game | |
| A Human Body | Play The Game, 1980 | |
| FEBRUARY | Football Fight (early version, no synths!) | Flash Gordon (2011 Universal Records/Island CD reissue) |
| MARCH | The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash) (early version) | Flash Gordon (2011 Universal Records/Island CD reissue) |
| APRIL | Beautiful Day (demo) | The Game (2011 Universal Records/Island CD reissue) |
| Play The Game (with Andy Gibb on additional vocals) | unreleased | |
| Dragon Attack (rough demo percussion mix) | unreleased | |
| Another One Bites The Dust (percussion version) | unreleased | |
| Rock It (Prime Jive) (Freddie vocal version) | unreleased | |
| Rock It (Prime Jive) (Roger vocal version) | unreleased | |
| Sandbox | unreleased |
OCTOBER – NOVEMBER
The Townhouse and Advision Studios, London; The Music Centre, Middlesex; Utopia Studios, London (The Hero). (Flash Gordon sessions)
- Note: Brian recorded the basic track of The Dark during these sessions, and he returned to it again while working on Back To The Light.
1981
JULY – SEPTEMBER
Mountain Studios, Montreux; Power Station, New York (Under Pressure partial) (Hot Space sessions)
| Under Pressure | Under Pressure, 1981 and Hot Space | |
| Soul Brother | Under Pressure, 1981; see note below | |
| Cool Cat | Hot Space | |
| People On Streets | unreleased | |
| Feel Like | unreleased | |
| Cool Cat (alternate take with David Bowie on backing vocals) | unreleased |
- Note: other songs from Hot Space may have been recorded during these sessions, but it's not known which were.
DECEMBER 1981 – MARCH 1982
Musicland Studios, Munich; Atlantic Tower (Staying Power partial) (Hot Space sessions)
| Staying Power | Hot Space | |
| Dancer | Hot Space | |
| Back Chat | Hot Space | |
| Body Language | Hot Space | |
| Action This Day | Hot Space | |
| Put Out The Fire | Hot Space | |
| Life Is Real (Song For Lennon) | Hot Space | |
| Calling All Girls | Hot Space | |
| Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love) | Hot Space | |
| Back Chat (single version) | Back Chat, 1982 | |
| Staying Power (extended version) | Back Chat, 1982 12" single | |
| Back Chat (extended version) | Back Chat, 1982 12" single | |
| 27 JANUARY | Staying Power (demo) | unreleased |
| 7 FEBRUARY | Life Is Real (Song For Lennon) | unreleased |
| Back Chat (demo) | unreleased | |
| Wooly Hat (early version of Back Chat) | unreleased | |
| Action This Day (demo) | unreleased | |
| Put Out The Fire (vocal demo) | unreleased | |
| Put Out The Fire (demo) | unreleased | |
| Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love) (demo) | unreleased | |
| Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love) (10" acetate remix) | unreleased | |
| Man Made Paradise | unreleased | |
| Whipping Boy | unreleased | |
| My Boy (demo) | unreleased | |
| My Boy | Lullabies With A Difference, 1998 |
1983
21 & 22 APRIL
The Record Plant, Los Angeles (Brian May Star Fleet Project sessions)
| Star Fleet | Star Fleet Project | |
| Let Me Out | Star Fleet Project | |
| Blues Breaker | Star Fleet Project | |
| Son Of Star Fleet (actually an instrumental edit of a) | Star Fleet, 1983 | |
| Star Fleet (single edit) | Star Fleet, UK 1983 | |
| Star Fleet (single edit) | Star Fleet, US 1983 |
MID 1983 – EARLY 1984
Mountain Studios, Montreux; Musicland Studios, Munich (Roger Taylor Strange Frontier sessions)
SUMMER
Michael Jackson's home studio at Neverland (Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson collaboration)
| State Of Shock | unreleased | |
| There Must Be More To Life Than This | unreleased | |
| Victory | unreleased |
AUGUST 1983 – JANUARY 1984
The Record Plant, Los Angeles (August – October) and Musicland Studios, Munich (October – January) (The Works recording sessions)
1984
JANUARY 1984 – JANUARY 1985 (discontinuously)
Musicland Studios, Munich (Freddie Mercury Mr. Bad Guy sessions)
SUMMER
Townhouse Studios, London, and Musicland Studios, Munich
| Thank God It's Christmas | Thank God It's Christmas, 1984 | |
| I Dream Of Christmas | unreleased |
- Note: The backing track for Thank God It's Christmas was recorded in London and then sent to Freddie in Munich, who was working on his solo album there.
1985
SEPTEMBER
Mountain Studios, Montreux, and Maison Rouge, London (One Vision single sessions)
| One Vision (single edit) | One Vision, 1985 | |
| Blurred Vision | One Vision, 1985 | |
| One Vision (Extended Vision) | One Vision, 1985 12" single | |
| One Vision (album version) | A Kind Of Magic |
- Note: other songs that ended up (or didn't end up) on A Kind Of Magic may have been started at these sessions, but no specifics are certain.
AUTUMN 1985 – MARCH 1986
Mountain Studios, Montreux; Musicland Studios, Munich; Townhouse Studios, London (A Kind Of Magic sessions)
OCTOBER
Abbey Studios, London (Freddie Mercury solo session)
| In My Defence | Time (soundtrack album), In My Defence, 1992 CD single, and The Solo Collection |
1986
JANUARY
Abbey Road Studios, London (Freddie Mercury solo session)
| Time | Time, 1986 | |
| Time (extended version) | Time, 1986 12"/CD single | |
| Time (instrumental) | Time, 1986 12"/CD single | |
| Time (edit) | Time (soundtrack album) | |
| Time (reprise) | Time (soundtrack album) |
MID-AUGUST 1986
unknown studio (Pain Is So Close To Pleasure session)
| Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (single remix) | Pain Is So Close To Pleasure, 1986 7" US single | |
| Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (extended) | Pain Is So Close To Pleasure, 1986 12" US single |
- Note: In the Autumn '86 fan club newsletter, it was reported that Pain Is So Close To Pleasure was re-recorded following the Magic tour for a US-exclusive release. The specifics – studio, personnel, etc. – of this are unknown, and it's likely that the single may have just been remixed instead of being a fresh recording, as the single was released on 26 August, giving the band, management, production team, and Capitol Records a little over two weeks to record, edit, mix, press, and distribute the single.
NOVEMBER
Townhouse Studios, London (Freddie Mercury solo session)
1987
JANUARY 1987 - MARCH 1988
Townhouse Studios, London; Mountain Studios, Montreux (Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé Barcelona sessions)
MAY - SEPTEMBER
Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland; Townhouse, Air, Manor, Maison Rouge, England; Mediterraneo Studios, Ibiza (The Cross Shove It sessions)
1988
JANUARY 1988 – FEBRUARY 1989
Olympic and Townhouse Studios, London; Mountain Studios, Montreux (The Miracle sessions)
SOMETIME THIS YEAR
Townhouse Studios, London (Brian May solo session)
| The Dark | Back To The Light | |
| My Boy (demo) | unreleased | |
| I'm Scared (demo) | unreleased |
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
Allerton Studios, Surrey (Brian May solo session)
1989
MARCH 1989 – NOVEMBER 1990 (discontinuously)
Metropolis Studios, London; Mountain Studios, Montreux (Innuendo sessions)
SEPTEMBER – NOVEMBER
Mountain Studios, Montreux (The Cross Mad: Bad: And Dangerous To Know sessions)
1991
JANUARY – JUNE (discontinuously)
Mountain Studios, Montreux (Made In Heaven sessions)
| Mother Love | Made In Heaven | |
| You Don't Fool Me | Made In Heaven | |
| A Winter's Tale | Made In Heaven |
- Note: more songs may have been recorded in this six month period, but it's unknown what else was recorded.
FEBRUARY – AUGUST
Real World Studios, Box (The Cross Blue Rock sessions)
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
Allerton Hill Studios, Surrey; Mountain Studios, Montreux; Sarm East Studios, Aldgate; Mono Valley, Monmouth; Marcus and Townhouse Studios, London (Brian May solo sessions)
| Love Token | Back To The Light | |
| Resurrection | Back To The Light | |
| Driven By You | Back To The Light | |
| Nothin' But Blue | Back To The Light | |
| Just One Life | Back To The Light | |
| Driven By You Two | single | |
| Love Token (explicit version) | single | |
| Resurrection (US promo edit) | single | |
| Resurrection (UK promo edit) | single | |
| Driven By You (new version) | single | |
| Driven By You (edit 1, 3:37) | single | |
| Driven By You (edit 2, 3:23) | single | |
| Driven By You (edit 3, 0:05) | single | |
| Driven By You (US radio mix) | single | |
| Driven By You (UK rock radio edit) | single | |
| Driven By You (US English edit) | single | |
| Driven By You (full advertisement) | single | |
| Driven By You (edited advertisement) | single | |
| Nothin' But Blue (guitar version) | single | |
| Just One Life (guitar version) | single |
1992
1993
LATE 1993 – EARLY 1995 (discontinuously)
Allerton Hill and Cosford Mill Studios, Surrey; Metropolis Studios, London (Made In Heaven sessions)
| It's A Beautiful Day | Made In Heaven | |
| Made In Heaven | Made In Heaven | |
| Let Me Live | Made In Heaven | |
| Mother Love | Made In Heaven | |
| My Life Has Been Saved | Made In Heaven | |
| I Was Born To Love You | Made In Heaven | |
| Heaven For Everyone | Made In Heaven | |
| Too Much Love Will Kill You | Made In Heaven | |
| You Don't Fool Me | Made In Heaven | |
| A Winter's Tale | Made In Heaven | |
| It's A Beautiful Day (Reprise) | Made In Heaven | |
| Yeah | Made In Heaven | |
| Track 13 | Made In Heaven | |
| It's A Beautiful Day (CD single mix) | Heaven For Everyone, 1995 CD single | |
| Let Me Live (alternate version) | Made In Heaven (US promo cassette) | |
| Mother Love (Brian May vocal demos) | unreleased | |
| Mother Love (Roger Taylor vocal demos) | unreleased | |
| Heaven For Everyone (single edit) | Heaven For Everyone, 1995 UK and 1996 US CD singles | |
| Too Much Love Will Kill You (single edit) | Too Much Love Will Kill You, 1996 US CD single | |
| You Don't Fool Me (single edits, remixes, and extended versions) | click here for a full list |
1994
1995
1996
1997
SUMMER
unknown, possibly Allerton Hill, Surrey ("No-One But You" sessions)
| No One But You (Only The Good Die Young) | Queen Rocks | |
| I Can't Live With You (1997 "Rocks" retake) | Queen Rocks |
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
NOVEMBER 2007 - AUGUST 2008 (discontinuously)
The Priory Studio (The Cosmos Rocks sessions)
| a. Cosmos Rockin' | The Cosmos Rocks | |
| b. Time To Shine | The Cosmos Rocks | |
| c. Still Burnin' | The Cosmos Rocks | |
| d. Small | The Cosmos Rocks | |
| e. Warboys (A Prayer For Peace) | The Cosmos Rocks | |
| f. We Believe | The Cosmos Rocks | |
| g. Call Me | The Cosmos Rocks | |
| h. Voodoo | The Cosmos Rocks | |
| i. Some Things That Glitter | The Cosmos Rocks | |
| j. C-lebrity | The Cosmos Rocks | |
| k. Through The Night | The Cosmos Rocks | |
| l. Say It's Not True | The Cosmos Rocks | |
| m. Surf's Up . . . School's Out ! | The Cosmos Rocks | |
| n. Small reprise | The Cosmos Rocks | |
| o. Runaway | The Cosmos Rocks (iTunes exclusive) | |
| p. Take Love | recorded but not completed |