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::<font size=1>Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano, tambourine, maracas), Brian May (guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, bass drum & tambourine, backing vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar, Fretless bass) | ::<font size=1>Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano, tambourine, maracas), Brian May (guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, bass drum & tambourine, backing vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar, Fretless bass) | ||
| - | ::Available on bootlegs ''PNW Live'', ''Queen Live USA 1977'', ''Queen Live In USA'', | + | ::Available on bootlegs ''PNW Live'', ''Queen Live USA 1977'', ''Queen Live In USA'', and ''No More Heroes'' (mixes this concert and Hammersmith Odeon 1975 concert).</font> |
Revision as of 01:50, 23 January 2008
1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980
1980s:
1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989
1990s:
1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999
2000s:
Please note that remixes commissioned by Hollywood Records for the 1991 back catalogue reissue program are not included, no matter what their validity may be.
Also, other musicians sessionography is not included.
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
9 JANUARY
Ewell Technical College (concert)
| a. Jailhouse Rock | unreleased | |
| b. Stupid Cupid | unreleased | |
| c. Be Bop A Lula | unreleased | |
| d. Big Spender | unreleased | |
| e. Bama Lama Bama Loo | unreleased |
- Freddie Mercury (vocals), Brian May (guitar), Roger Taylor (drums), Barry Mitchell (bass)
- Note: Taped by Barry Mitchell.
- Freddie Mercury (vocals), Brian May (guitar), Roger Taylor (drums), Barry Mitchell (bass)
OCTOBER 1971 – FEBRUARY 1972
De Lane Lea Studios (demo sessions)
| a. Keep Yourself Alive (demo) | unreleased | ||
| b. Great King Rat (demo) | unreleased | ||
| c. Jesus (demo) | unreleased | ||
| d. Liar (demo) | unreleased | ||
| e. The Night Comes Down (demo) | Queen |
- Freddie Mercury (lead and backing vocals, tambourine), Brian May (guitars, backing vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, percussion, backing vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar)
1972
JUNE – OCTOBER
Trident Studios (Queen sessions)
| a. Keep Yourself Alive | Queen | |
| b. Doing All Right | Queen | |
| c. Great King Rat | Queen | |
| d. My Fairy King | Queen | |
| e. Liar | Queen | |
| f. Modern Times Rock'n'Roll | Queen | |
| g. Son And Daughter | Queen | |
| h. Jesus | Queen | |
| i. Seven Seas Of Rhye | Queen | |
| j. I Can Hear Music | I Can Hear Music, 1973 | |
| k. Goin' Back | I Can Hear Music, 1973 | |
| l. Liar (US edit) | Liar, 1974 | |
| m. Keep Yourself Alive (long lost retake) | Queen (1991 Hollywood Records CD remaster) | |
| n. Mad The Swine (1991 David Richards remix) | Queen (1991 Hollywood Records CD remaster) | |
| o. Mad The Swine (original version) | unreleased | |
| p. Silver Salmon (possibly recorded during these sessions) | unreleased | |
| q. Polar Bear | unreleased | |
| r. The Night Comes Down (Trident remake) | unreleased | |
| s. Rock'n'Roll Medley | unreleased | |
| t. White Queen (As It Began) | unreleased | |
| u. Ogre Battle | unreleased | |
| v. See What A Fool I've Been | unreleased | |
| w. Stone Cold Crazy | unreleased | |
| x. Seven Seas Of Rhye (with vocals) | unreleased | |
| y. Hangman (Trident one-sided 10" acetate) | unreleased | |
| z. Rock 'n' roll (Jailhouse Rock) (Trident one-sided 10" acetate) | unreleased | |
| aa. Jesus (Trident one-sided 10" acetate) | unreleased | |
| bb. Keep Yourself Alive (Trident one-sided 10" acetate) | unreleased | |
| cc. Keep Yourself Alive (up to 8 different takes / version) | unreleased | |
| dd. Doing All Right (alternate takes / mixes) | unreleased | |
| ee. Great King Rat (undubbed version) | unreleased | |
| ff. Great King Rat (small odd ends) | unreleased | |
| gg. My Fairy King (Freddie solo piano demo) | unreleased | |
| hh. Liar (rough demo) | unreleased | |
| ii. Modern Times Rock'n'Roll (rough demo) | unreleased | |
| jj. Son And Daughter (outtake versions) | unreleased | |
| kk. Jesus ("heavy" version) | unreleased |
- Freddie Mercury (lead and backing vocals, piano, organ on e, tambourine), Brian May (guitars, backing vocals, piano on b, lead guitar on jk), Roger Taylor (drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals on f, percussion on j), John Deacon (bass guitar), John Anthony (backing vocals on f), unknown (acoustic and bass guitars, drums, and keyboards on j, all instruments on k)
20 DECEMBER
Marquee College (concert)
| a. Great King Rat | unreleased | |
| b. Son And Daughter | unreleased | |
| c. Jesus | unreleased | |
| d. Doing All Right | unreleased | |
| e. Ogre Battle | unreleased | |
| f. Keep Yourself Alive | unreleased | |
| g. Liar | unreleased | |
| h. Jailhouse Rock | unreleased | |
| i. Bama Lama Bama Loo | unreleased |
- Freddie Mercury (lead vocal, tambourine), Brian May (guitar, backing vocal), Roger Taylor (drums, backing vocal), John Deacon (bass guitar)
- Note: Taped by Richard Thomson on mono reel-to-reel. This concert is the earliest known bootleg of a Queen concert. Purchased by Queen Productions at Christie's Pop And Guitars Auction on 6 June 1996.
- Freddie Mercury (lead vocal, tambourine), Brian May (guitar, backing vocal), Roger Taylor (drums, backing vocal), John Deacon (bass guitar)
1973
5 FEBRUARY
Langham 1 Studio (BBC session)
- Freddie Mercury (lead and backing vocals, piano, organ on d, tambourine), Brian May (guitars, backing vocals, piano on c), Roger Taylor (drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals on c), John Deacon (bass guitar)
- Note: these recordings used the standard album mixes, with new vocals overdubbed. Broadcast on John Peel's Sounds Of The Seventies programme, 15 February 1973.
25 JULY
Langham 1 Studio (BBC session)
| a. See What A Fool I've Been | unreleased | |
| b. Liar | unreleased | |
| c. Son And Daughter | unreleased | |
| d. Keep Yourself Alive | unreleased | |
- Freddie Mercury (lead and backing vocals, piano, organ on b, tambourine), Brian May (guitars, backing vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, percussion, backing vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar)
- Note: c and d used the standard album mixes, with new vocals overdubbed. a and b were new recordings. a, b, and c first broadcast on Bob Harris's Sounds Of The Seventies programme, 13 August 1973. Repeated 24 September 1973, with d as a "bonus" track.
AUGUST
Trident Studios (Queen II sessions)
| a. Procession | Queen II | |
| b. Father To Son | Queen II | |
| c. White Queen (As It Began) | Queen II | |
| d. Some Day, One Day | Queen II | |
| e. The Loser In The End | Queen II | |
| f. Ogre Battle | Queen II | |
| g. The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke | Queen II | |
| h. Nevermore | Queen II | |
| i. The March Of The Black Queen | Queen II | |
| j. Funny How Love Is | Queen II | |
| k. Seven Seas Of Rhye | Queen II | |
| l. See What A Fool I've Been | Seven Seas Of Rhye, 1974 and Queen II (1991 Hollywood Records CD remaster) | |
| m. White Queen (As It Began) (standalone version) | Queen's First EP, 1977 | |
| n. Funny How Love Is (standalone version) | Seven Seas Of Rhye, 1988 UK 3" CD | |
| o. Nevermore (electric piano version) | unreleased | |
| p. Funny How Love Is (studio outtakes) | unreleased | |
| q. Seven Seas Of Rhye (withdrawn white label test press) | unreleased |
- Freddie Mercury (lead and backing vocals, piano, harpsichord), Brian May (guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals on d, piano on b, tubular bells on i), Roger Taylor (drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals and marimba on e), John Deacon (bass guitar, acoustic guitar on b and j), Roy Thomas Baker (castanets on i)
13 SEPTEMBER
Golders Green Hippodrome (BBC session)
| a. Procession | unreleased | |
| b. Father To Son | unreleased | |
| c. Son And Daughter | unreleased | |
| d. See What A Fool I've Been | unreleased | |
| e. Ogre Battle | unreleased | |
| f. Liar | unreleased | |
| g. Jailhouse Rock | unreleased | |
| h. Stupid Cupid | unreleased | |
| i. Be Bop A Lula | unreleased | |
| j. Big Spender | unreleased | |
| k. Bama Lama Bama Loo | unreleased |
- Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano, tambourine), Brian May (guitar, backing vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, backing vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar)
- Note: Recorded for BBC Radio One's In Concert and broadcast on 13 September 1973. g, h, i, j, and k omitted from original broadcast.
- Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano, tambourine), Brian May (guitar, backing vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, backing vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar)
3 DECEMBER
Langham 1 Studio (BBC session)
- Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, tambourine), Brian May (guitar, backing vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on c), John Deacon (bass guitar)
- Note: a minute-long intro on a was lost due to a faulty tape, and remains unreleased. Broadcast on John Peel's "Sounds Of The Seventies" programme, 6 December 1973.
1974
31 MARCH
Rainbow Theatre, London (concert)
| a. Procession | unreleased | |
| b. Father To Son | unreleased | |
| c. Ogre Battle | unreleased | |
| d. White Queen (As It Began) | unreleased | |
| e. Great King Rat | unreleased | |
| f. Hangman | unreleased | |
| g. Doing All Right | unreleased | |
| h. Son And Daughter | unreleased | |
| i. Keep Yourself Alive | unreleased | |
| j. Seven Seas Of Rhye | unreleased | |
| k. Liar | unreleased | |
| l. Jailhouse Rock | unreleased | |
| m. Shake Rattle And Roll | unreleased | |
| n. Stupid Cupid | unreleased | |
| o. Jailhouse Rock (reprise) | unreleased | |
| p. Big Spender | unreleased | |
| q. Modern Times Rock'n'Roll | unreleased |
- Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, backing vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, backing vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar)
- Available on bootlegs Sheetkickers, Gonna Rock Bootleg (side 1 only; side 2 is 1977 BBC session tracks), Tokyo Rampage Bootleg (side 1 only; side 2 is 1975 Hammersmith Odeon concert), Killers Bootleg, and Mercury Is Rising. Acetates were cut at Trident Studios to potentially be Queen's first live album; these were framed and now hang in Barry Sheffield's office.
3 APRIL
Langham 1 Studio (BBC session)
| a. Modern Times Rock'n'Roll | unreleased | |
| b. Nevermore | unreleased | |
| c. White Queen (As It Began) | unreleased | |
| d. The March Of The Black Queen | unreleased |
- Freddie Mercury (lead and backing vocals, piano), Brian May (guitars, backing vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on a), John Deacon (bass guitar)
- Note: all tracks except d are new, live recordings. d is simply the album version. Broadcast on Bob Harris's "Sounds Of The Seventies" programme, 15 April 1974.
5 JULY
Uris Theatre, New York (concert)
| a. Ogre Battle (soundcheck) | unreleased | |
| b. Procession (soundcheck) | unreleased | |
| c. Father To Son (soundcheck) | unreleased | |
| d. Son And Daughter (soundcheck) | unreleased | |
| e. Be Bop A Lula (soundcheck) | unreleased | |
| f. Keep Yourself Alive (soundcheck) | unreleased | |
| g. Procession | unreleased | |
| h. Father To Son | unreleased | |
| i. Son And Daughter | unreleased | |
| j. Ogre Battle | unreleased | |
| k. Hangman | unreleased | |
| l. Keep Yourself Alive | unreleased | |
| m. Liar | unreleased | |
| n. Jailhouse Rock | unreleased | |
| o. Shake Rattle And Roll | unreleased | |
| p. Stupid Cupid | unreleased | |
| q. Jailhouse Rock | unreleased | |
| r. Be Bop A Lula | unreleased |
- Freddie Mercury (lead vocal, piano), Brian May (guitar, backing vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, backing vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar)
JULY – SEPTEMBER
Trident, Wessex, Rockfield, and AIR Studios (Sheer Heart Attack sessions)
- Freddie Mercury (vocals, piano, organ on f, jangle piano on b and k, vocal extravaganzas), Brian May (guitars, backing vocals, piano on f and i, genuine George Formy ukulele-banjo on k, lead vocals on l, guitar orchestrations, Roger Taylor (drums, percussion, backing vocals, screams, lead vocals on c), John Deacon (bass guitar, double bass on k, acoustic guitar on c, g, j, and l, almost all guitars on j)
16 OCTOBER
Maida Vale 4 Studio (BBC session)
| a. Now I'm Here | unreleased | |
| b. Flick Of The Wrist | unreleased | |
| c. Stone Cold Crazy | unreleased | |
| d. Tenement Funster | unreleased |
- Freddie Mercury (lead and backing vocals, piano), Brian May (guitars, backing vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, backing vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar)
- Note: these recordings used the standard album mixes, with new vocals overdubbed. Broadcast on Bob Harris's "Sounds Of The Seventies" programme, 4 November 1974.
20 NOVEMBER
Rainbow Theatre, London (concert)
- Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, backing vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, backing vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar)
Available on the bootleg In The Lap Of The Gods. Professionally recorded and filmed to be released as Queen's first live album and video, though it remains unreleased. The video was released in edited form in 1992 on the Box Of Trix box set.
MONTH
Studio, Town
| a. Song | album | |
- musician (instruments)
1975
1976
1977
13 MARCH
Seattle Arena, Seattle, Washington (concert)
| a. Tie Your Mother Down (intro) | unreleased | |
| b. Ogre Battle | unreleased | |
| c. White Queen (As It Began) | unreleased | |
| d. Somebody To Love | unreleased | |
| e. Death On Two Legs (Dedicated to...... | unreleased | |
| f. Killer Queen | unreleased | |
| g. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy | unreleased | |
| h. The Millionaire Waltz | unreleased | |
| i. You're My Best Friend | unreleased | |
| j. Bring Back That Leroy Brown | unreleased | |
| k. Brighton Rock | unreleased | |
| l. '39 | unreleased | |
| m. You Take My Breath Away | unreleased | |
| n. White Man | unreleased | |
| o. The Prophets Song | unreleased | |
| p. Bohemian Rhapsody | unreleased | |
| q. Stone Cold Crazy | unreleased | |
| r. Sweet Lady | unreleased | |
| s. Keep Yourself Alive | unreleased | |
| t. In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited | unreleased | |
| u. Now I'm Here | unreleased | |
| v. Big Spender | unreleased | |
| w. Jailhouse Rock | unreleased | |
| x. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting | unreleased | |
| y. Stupid Cupid | unreleased | |
| z. Be Bop A Lula | unreleased | |
| aa. Liar | unreleased | |
| bb. God Save The Queen | unreleased |
- Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano, tambourine, maracas), Brian May (guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, bass drum & tambourine, backing vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar, Fretless bass)
- Available on bootlegs PNW Live, Queen Live USA 1977, Queen Live In USA, and No More Heroes (mixes this concert and Hammersmith Odeon 1975 concert).
12 MAY
Broendby Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark (concert)
| a. Tie Your Mother Down (intro) | unreleased | |
| b. Ogre Battle | unreleased | |
| c. White Queen (As It Began) | unreleased | |
| d. Somebody To Love | unreleased | |
| e. Death On Two Legs (Dedicated to...... | unreleased | |
| f. Killer Queen | unreleased | |
| g. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy | unreleased | |
| h. The Millionaire Waltz | unreleased | |
| i. You're My Best Friend | unreleased | |
| j. Bring Back That Leroy Brown | unreleased | |
| k. Brighton Rock | unreleased | |
| l. '39 | unreleased | |
| m. You Take My Breath Away | unreleased | |
| n. White Man | unreleased | |
| o. The Prophets Song | unreleased | |
| p. Bohemian Rhapsody | unreleased | |
| q. Stone Cold Crazy | unreleased | |
| r. Sweet Lady | unreleased | |
| s. Keep Yourself Alive | unreleased | |
| t. In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited | unreleased | |
| u. Now I'm Here | unreleased | |
| v. Liar | unreleased | |
| w. God Save The Queen | unreleased |
- Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano, tambourine, maracas), Brian May (guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, bass drum & tambourine, backing vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar, Fretless bass)
- Available on bootlegs A Night At The Warehouse.
14 JUNE
Shepperton Sound Stage (Top Of The Pops appearance)
| a. Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy | Greatest Video Hits 1 | |
- Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, backing vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, backing vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar)
- Note: the band made a live appearance on Top Of The Pops to perform this song, re-recording it earlier in the week.
JULY – SEPTEMBER
Basing Street Studios, London, and Wessex Studios, Highbury (News Of The World sessions)
| a. We Will Rock You | News Of The World | |
| b. We Are The Champions | News Of The World | |
| c. Sheer Heart Attack | News Of The World | |
| d. All Dead, All Dead | News Of The World | |
| e. Spread Your Wings | News Of The World | |
| f. Fight From The Inside | News Of The World | |
| g. Get Down, Make Love | News Of The World | |
| h. Sleeping On The Sidewalk | News Of The World | |
| i. Who Needs You | News Of The World | |
| j. It's Late | News Of The World | |
| k. My Melancholy Blues | News Of The World | |
| l. It's Late (single edit) | It's Late, 1977 US and Japan | |
| m. We Will Rock You (instrumental) | unreleased | |
| n. We Will Rock You (a capella) | unreleased | |
| o. We Are The Champions (alternate version, shown on Top Of The Pops) | unreleased | |
| p. Spread Your Wings (demo) | unreleased | |
| q. Fight From The Inside (demo) | unreleased | |
| r. My Melancholy Baby | unreleased | |
| s. Feelings, Feelings (also known on bootlegs as 'Pista 3') | unreleased | |
| t. Batteries Not Included | unreleased |
- Freddie Mercury (vocals, piano, harmony vocals on d, cowbell on i), Brian May (guitars, vocals, piano on d, lead vocals on d and h, maracas and acoustic guitar on i), Roger Taylor (drums, percussion, vocals, rhythm and bass guitars on c and f, lead vocals on f), John Deacon (bass guitar, acoustic guitar on e and i)
SUMMER
Wessex Studios, Highbury (Roger Taylor solo session)
| a. I Wanna Testify | I Wanna Testify, 1977 | |
| b. Turn On The TV | I Wanna Testify, 1977 | |
| c. Sheer Heart Attack (demo) | unreleased | |
| d. Fight From The Inside (demo) | unreleased |
- Roger Taylor (all vocals and instruments)
- Note: it's likely that c and d do not exist, though it's probable that Roger recorded demos of these songs during solo recording sessions, considering he plays almost all the instruments on both songs on News Of The World. Similarly, a Queen version of b could exist, though no evidence exists to confirm this. A Queen version of a has also been reported to have been recorded, but this seems less likely, considering it's not an original composition.
6 OCTOBER
New London Theatre Centre, London (impromptu concert)
| a. Tie Your Mother Down | | unreleased | |
| b. Keep Yourself Alive | unreleased | |
| c. Somebody To Love | unreleased | |
| d. White Man | unreleased | |
| e. The Prophets Song | unreleased | |
| f. Liar | unreleased | |
| g. Bohemian Rhapsody (intro) | unreleased | |
| h. Now I'm Here | unreleased | |
| i. Jailhouse Rock | unreleased | |
| j. See What A Fool I've Been | unreleased |
- Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano, tambourine), Brian May (guitar, backing vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, backing vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar)
- Note: an impromptu concert performed following the video shoot of We Are The Champions. Poor quality versions of this concert have been leaked onto the Internet.
28 OCTOBER
Maida Vale 4 Studio (BBC session)
| a. Spread Your Wings | | unreleased | |
| b. It's Late / Get Down, Make Love (interlude) / It's Late (reprise) | unreleased | |
| c. My Melancholy Blues | unreleased | |
| d. We Will Rock You (slow) / Siddhartha reading / We Will Rock You (fast) | unreleased | |
| e. We Will Rock You (fast) | We Will Rock You, 2002 The Sun promo release |
- Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitars, backing vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, backing vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar), Jeff Griffin, Mike Robinson, and others unknown (backing vocals on d)
- Note: all four songs were recorded completely fresh, though the footstomp/handclap backing track of d was used. A reading of Herman Hesse's Siddhartha was inadvertently kept in between the slow and fast versions of d, though further research by fans has indicated the text wasn't written by Hesse nor does it appear in the book. e was edited for release in 2002, and remains the only release of any song from this session. Broadcast on John Peel's "Sounds Of The Seventies" programme, 14 November 1977.
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
21 & 22 APRIL
The Record Plant, Los Angeles (Brian May Star Fleet Project sessions)
| a. Star Fleet | Star Fleet Project | |
| b. Let Me Out | Star Fleet Project | |
| c. Blues Breaker | Star Fleet Project | |
| d. Son Of Star Fleet (actually an instrumental edit of a) | Star Fleet, 1983 | |
| e. Star Fleet (single edit) | Star Fleet, UK 1983 | |
| f. Star Fleet (single edit) | Star Fleet, US 1983 |
- Brian May (vocals, guitar), Eddie Van Halen (guitar), Phil Chen (bass guitar), Alan Gratzer (drums), Fred Mandel (piano, synthesizer), Roger Taylor (backing vocals on a)
22 JUNE
Tyne Tees TV studio, Milton Keynes (Robert Plant TV appearance)
| a. Little Sister | unreleased | |
| b. Treat Her Right | unreleased | |
| c. Sea Of Love | unreleased | |
| d. Pledge Pin | unreleased | |
| e. Other Arms | unreleased | |
| f. In The Mood | unreleased | |
| g. Big Log | unreleased | |
| h. Like I've Never Been Gone | unreleased | |
| i. Worse Than Detroit | unreleased | |
| j. Other Arms | unreleased | |
| k. In The Mood | unreleased | |
| l. Big Log (with a very long drum intro) | unreleased | |
| m. Fat Lip | unreleased | |
| n. Burning Down One Side | unreleased |
- Roger Taylor (drums), Robert Plant (vocals), other musicians unknown (for now)
- Note: Robert Plant asked Roger to appear with him on a set for "The Tube", though it remained unbroadcast due to Plant's apparent displeasure with the performance – something that is not uncommon with Robert...
SUMMER
Michael Jackson's home studio at Neverland (Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson collaboration)
| a. State Of Shock | unreleased | |
| b. There Must Be More To Life Than This | unreleased | |
| c. Victory | unreleased | |
- Freddie Mercury (vocals, piano, drum machine - ?), Michael Jackson (vocals, drum machine - ?)
- Note: a was later recorded by Michael with Mick Jagger and released as a single in 1984. b appeared on Freddie's Mr. Bad Guy album in 1985, without Michael. c was the title of the first Jackson 5 album since their breakup and was released in 1984, though the song didn't appear on the album. Queen would later record a version during sessions for The Works.
SUMMER
unknown home studio (John Deacon jam session)
| a. Untitled studio jam | unreleased | |
- John Deacon (bass guitar), Scott Gorham (guitar), Simon Kirke (drums), Martin Chambers (drums), Mick Ralphs (guitar), John McEnroe (guitar), Vitas Gerulaitas (guitar)
- Note: Yes, John McEnroe and Vitas Gerulaitas are the tennis players!
11 NOVEMBER
Duke of York's Theatre, London (Brian May radio session)
| a. Pavan | unreleased | |
| b. Love Of My Life | unreleased |
- Musicians: Brian May, Julian Hemmingway and Stuart Esworthy (guitars)
- Note: this was a guitar masterclass for Capital Radio, in which Brian demonstrated his techniques and taught two students (Hemmingway and Esworthy) before performing two songs, an arrangement of the traditional song 'Pavan', and 'Love Of My Life'.
AUGUST 1983 – JANUARY 1984
The Record Plant, Los Angeles (August – October) and Musicland Studios, Munich (October – January) (The Works recording sessions)
- musician (instruments)
1984
JANUARY 1984 – JANUARY 1985 (discontinuously)
Musicland Studios, Munich
- Freddie Mercury (vocals, piano, synthesizer), Fred Mandel (piano, synthesizer, guitar), Paul Vincent (guitars), Curt Cress (drums), Stephan Wissnet (bass guitar, Fairlight, Kurzweil, drum programming), Jo Burt (Fretless bass on g), Rainer Pietsch (arrangement on f), Mack (Fairlight, Kurzweil, drum programming)
SUMMER
Townhouse Studios, London, and Musicland Studios, Munich
| a. Thank God It's Christmas | Thank God It's Christmas, 1984 | |
| b. I Dream Of Christmas | unreleased |
- Freddie Mercury (lead and backing vocals), Brian May (guitars, synthesizer, backing vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, drum machine, synthesizer, sleigh bells, backing vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar)
- Note: musician list above is for a only; it's unknown who played what on b. The backing track was recorded in London and then sent to Freddie in Munich, who was working on his solo album there.
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
JUNE – DECEMBER (discontinuously)
unknown studio, possibly Allerton Hill (untitled Queen + Paul Rodgers album sessions)
| a. Say It's Not True | Say It's Not True, 2007 download and single | |
| b. Take Love | unreleased, performed by QPR during the 2006 US tour, may be on new album | |
| c. Warboys (A Prayer For Peace) | unreleased, mentioned by Paul that it may be on new album |
- Paul Rodgers (lead and backing vocals, piano, keyboards, guitars, bass guitar), Brian May (guitars, lead and backing vocals, piano, keyboards, bass guitar), Roger Taylor (drums, percussion, lead and backing vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass guitar)