Oh my.
I discovered Borders sells it for $8.99. Yike! I bought mine used off Ebay for $20 because I thought it was "rare" (yeah, right!). I'm having misgivings of the actual "original recordings" themselves because the voice that's definitely not Freddie sounds like Tim Staffell doing a horribly bad imitation of a blues singer.
Does anyone know what country released this and exactly why?? Not listed anywhere on the packaging or disc.
I ignored the reviews on amazon.com and bought this anyway, and it was a complete waste of money. The only somewhat decent sounding tracks are the ones you can already get on In Nuce.
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<Does anyone know what country released this and exactly why?? Not listed anywhere on the packaging or disc.>
I presume it's from Italy, but I'm not sure.
As to why it was released: To cash in on all Queen-fans who are naive enough to buy it, because they think they're buying a rare Queen-album with unreleased tracks.
It's important to note that it's a bootleg and a bootleg is what you get (and it's a poor one with subpar sound quality).
Sadly, it's one of the most common bootlegs. I even saw it in various normal CD shops and department stores, where it apparently was sold legally due to certain "holes" in legislation.
Download the tracks form some p2p program and save your money,I got it since 2002 and never listened to it completely yet,it's not the best choice to invest your money.
It's a total waste of money, I was stupid enough to buy it (from HMV! even they sell this kind of crap) a few years back when I visited London.. Pure crap.
I've never thought it was bad. Too many fans above burned?? I don't understand.
It did have rare tracks at the time of release, but because most of them have been released properly and in better quality, this release doesn't mean much now.
But I still think that the straker tracks are very interesting. And not because of Freddie's involvement. I know he only fronted the cash.
Peace,
Adam.