Here is the next chapter in the ongoing Queen Fanthology project. This time it’s the Hot Space album! As usual the download below contains all the chapters published to date, so throw away those old versions because this is the only one you need!
Download here: link
As well as adding a new chapter I’ve also made some updates and corrections. One update to check out is the Japanese single version of Flick Of The Wrist, which is different to all other versions of that song. Despite being released some 40 years ago I think this is the first time that version has been documented.
If you want to stay in touch with the project then please like my new Facebook page: link. I’ll be using this page to publish updates in between new chapters, post features on some Queen releases that contain interesting versions of tracks, and keep you up to date on the project in general.
As always, if you have any information I am missing then please get in touch, and happy collecting! If anyone is at the convention this year, see you there!
As always, I'm here to nitpick:
Two other studios were used for the album, both in New York: Atlantic and Power Station.
Staying Power was produced by Queen, Mack and Arif Mardin.
Action This Day hasn't got a synthesiser solo; it's a sax solo played by Dino Solera (uncredited)... unless you mean the arpeggiator break, which is indeed a synth and is indeed longer but it's not a 'solo' per se.
Other than those minor mistakes, great job, as always!
Sebastian wrote:
Action This Day hasn't got a synthesiser solo; it's a sax solo played by Dino Solera (uncredited)... unless you mean the arpeggiator break, which is indeed a synth and is indeed longer but it's not a 'solo' per se.
Confusion might've come from the fact that it was played on synth in all the live versions.
Good read, overall :)
Quite timely due to the debate about HS elsewhere on here. As always with these, I now want to go back and relisten to the album. Good work.
PS didn't the extended Staying Power have extra guitar work around the middle?
Oh and the 'demos' listed are technically 'work in progress' recordings rather than actual demos featuring unfinished versions of the actual final versions - possibly from the early sessions for the band to hone the material and mislabelled by bootlegers.
Maybe I am being stupid, but I can't get it to download. Every time I try it says too many people have viewed it (or something to that effect). Could someone advise me what I may be doing wrong? Thanks in advance.
It's a simple copy/paste, hit 'enter' link.
Since it is a pdf, if you don't have Adobe, perhaps that is the problem.
btw......enjoyed reading the FG and HS updates. One always learns something new from work like this. Thanks.
shannaschaffer wrote:
Maybe I am being stupid, but I can't get it to download. Every time I try it says too many people have viewed it (or something to that effect). Could someone advise me what I may be doing wrong? Thanks in advance.
Does your browser support pdf? For example Firefox can show pdf files directly. But if you select download from the context menu, you indeed get that error message.
Excellent work, as always!
Some additions:
The first pressing (?) of the 1994 remasters has a cut in the song Back Chat at 3:35m. This cut is not intentional.
There is a acetate cd-r with two mixes of Under Pressure, that can only be found on that cd-r (?):
Millennium mix - long intro
Millennium mix - short intro
Source: http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=216176
Hot Space is shit. Just admit it. You aren't being an extra special Queen fan by pretending to like it.
Let's just all forget about it and move on......
Walter B. wrote: Excellent work, as always!
Some additions:
The first pressing (?) of the 1994 remasters has a cut in the song Back Chat at 3:35m. This cut is not intentional.
There is a acetate cd-r with two mixes of Under Pressure, that can only be found on that cd-r (?):
Millennium mix - long intro
Millennium mix - short intro
Source: http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=216176
Thanks for your suggestions. I think the Millennium mix is likely to be another name for the Rah Mix. The Rah mix edit loses the first section of the song, so the long/short intro description would make sense. However, it needs to be checked out, of course. I'll need to try and track down this CD.