Rarez - Info & Mp3

Hangman: a song that Queen played live at many gigs, but a studio recording never appeared on any album. It is now rumoured that a studio version exists. It is said that Freddie wrote the lyrics and Brian the music, although some say that it originally was a Wreckage song.

Polar Bear: originally a track recorded by Smile in 1969, but also recorded by Queen in 1970 without John Deacon on bass. Instead it features B. Mitchells on bass, one of Queen's first bass players untill John joined the band.This Queen version is a lot better than Smile's version. Freddie has a beautiful high voice and the song really has a relaxed mood. Better sit down when you hear this one for the first time!

Keep Yourself Alive: the demo version recorded in the De Lane Lea Studios in 1971. Re-recorded for Queen's debut album. The demo has some minor differences and a great drum solo in the middle.Released on the bootleg In The Beginning..

Great King Rat: the demo version recorded in the De Lane Lea Studios in 1971. Re-recorded for Queen's debut album. This demo is a little bit longer featuring some extra guitar solos. The lyrics are similar to the lyrics sung during the BBC sessions. Released on the bootleg In The
Beginning..

Jesus: the demo version recorded in the De Lane Lea Studios in 1971. Re-recorded for Queen's debut album. A great version with some beautiful extra guitar parts and heavy drums in the middle. Lyrics are more or less the same. Released on the bootleg In The Beginning..

Liar: the demo version recorded in the De Lane Lea Studios in 1971. Re-recorded for Queen's debut album. This one has a longer drum intro, which is similar to some 70's live versions, and heavier drums. Freddie's vocals are a bit weak though. Released on the bootleg In The Beginning..

Silver Salmon: a well-known demo of Queen, but never released on a bootleg. This is an early 70's demo originally written by Tim Staffell.
So far some takes have been found in the Queen vaults and two versions have been played at the Queen convention in 2000. One lasts for 2 minutes and the second (well-known one) for 3 minutes.
Both tracks are completely different and feature some great guitar play. The second version is very heavy with great drums.
It is said that the two versions were recorded for the albums Queen and Queen II, just like the track Seven Seas Of Rhye.

The Prophet's Song: an early recording of this mega track from 1973 or 1974. It was originally recorded for the album Queen II but was left off for some reason. This early demo is probably different from the original release in 1975, although I cannot confirm this.

Feelings: Queen demo, recorded in 1977 for the News Of The World album. Probably written in 1973 by Brian. I am not sure about the title. It could also be Feelings Feelings or an other title which was once mentioned by Jim Beach (but I forgot it). It's a nice rock and roll track, a typical 70's track. Lasts for about 2 minutes. It doesn't fit the News Of The World theme so that might be a reason why it was left off the album.

Don't Stop Me Now / Jealousy: a demo recording exists of Don't Stop Me Now that is followed by Jealousy: the piano outro of DSMN emerges into Jealousy.

Play The Game: a demo version should exist featuring Andy Gibb (the youngest Gibb brother who sometimes performed with the BeeGees) on the first verse.

Feel Like: a recording by Queen from 1981. This is an early version of Under Pressure which lasts about 5 minutes. The song has different lyrics and a different rhythm. David Bowie was, according to Greg, not on this demo and was only in the studio for a very short time. All the
demos after Bowie's visit feature Under Pressure without him.

Cool Cat: originally released on Queen's Hot Space album in 1982. This demo version features David Bowie on vocals as well. The lyrics are a bit different and Freddie's voice is higher. This version can be found on an acetate LP version of Hot Space, although I'm not sure. It's ofcourse also available on some bootlegs.

Staying Power: a demo from 1982. There is a version without any horns and a nice guitar solo in the middle instead of the saxophones and horns. It's lyrically the same except for a few changes.

Action This Day: demo from 1982. There's a version that almost sounds like the album version, but with a different chorus and a different solo after the middle part. The rest of the song is almost the same.

Back Chat: a demo from 1982, released on the album Hot Space. There's a demo version with quite some different lyrics and an almost silent part in the middle featuring some vocal improvisations. Guitar sounds very rough.

Life Is Real: from 1982. There is a known version that is almost complete and hardly has any differences. Known differences are the lack of some backing vocals and the different sound levels used for instruments.

Las Palabras De Amor: from the 1982 Hot Space album. There is a known demo with noticable different lyrics. The rest of the song is almost the same, except for some small changes.

Let Me Live: this is the first take of Let Me Live. Recorded in 1983 with Rod Stewart. The guys should be pretty drunk when they recorded this demo version.

Victory: an unreleased Queen song from the early 80's. Never finished and some time later re-worked with just Freddie and Michael Jackson. A few good takes should exist of this song.

State Of Shock: a Michael Jackson track from 1983. This demo was recorded with Freddie and Michael. It was later re-recorded with Michael and Mick Jagger. Due to copyright and ownership problems it's hard to tell when and how this track will be released. But Jim Beach, Queen's manager, has some kind of plans for the unreleased Mercury/Jackson tracks.

Victory: originally a Queen track, but later re-recorded by Freddie and Michael Jackson in 1983. It was never released and some time later (re-)re-recorded by The Jacksons. It is rumoured that Brian and Roger recorded backing vocals some time ago (early 2002) for this track.
Due to copyright and ownership problems it's hard to tell when and how this track will be released. But Jim Beach, Queen's manager, has some kind of plans for the unreleased Mercury/Jackson tracks.

There Must Be More To Life Than This: this track originally started during the Hot Space sessions as a Queen track, but got shelved for some reasons. Later, in 1983, this track was intended to close The Works album, until Brian and Freddie wrote Is This The World We Created...?

There Must Be More To Life Than This: a demo with Freddie and Michael Jackson, recorded somewhere 1983. It features Freddie on piano plus giving lyrics directions and Michael singing the song.
Due to copyright and ownership problems it's hard to tell when and how this track will be released. But Jim Beach, Queen's manager, has some kind of plans for the unreleased Mercury/Jackson tracks.

Man Made Paradise: originally a track by Freddie for his solo album Mr Bad Guy from 1985. There's however a Queen version available which lasts for about one minute. A sample can be heard on the DVD The Untold Story in Freddie's box set (it's also possible that this sample
is one of Freddie's own demos without Roger, Brian and John).

Tear It Up: an early demo recording from 1983 exists with Brian on guide vocals. It should be quite stunning.

I Can Take You Higher: recorded by Roger in 1984 during the Strange Frontier sessions. A powerfull song about love. Two versions are known: an edited 40 seconds version and a full version.

Keep On Running: a 1984 Roger Taylor track, recorded during the Strange Frontier sessions. The recording sounds like a finished product, so it could have been included on the album or as a b-side, however this was not done (no reason is known). The song is a cover which was
originally performed by Spencer Davis Group.
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I Can't Get You Out Of My Head: an unreleased 1984 Roger track from the Strange Frontier sessions. It doesn't fit in the SF-theme at all, because it has a country like feeling / mood. Nevertheless it's a nice love song but it's obvious why it wasn't released.

Ride The Night: an early version of Resurrection by Brian. Demo versions exist with Jamie Page on vocals.

I Want To Take You Higher: Roger was very productive in 1984, because besides the songs that ended up on Strange Frontier, he wrote a few others that didn't made it to the album. This song is a heavy track about (driving) cars that really should have been released, preferably
as a b-side.

Celebration: a 1984 Roger Taylor song from the Strange Frontier sessions. The song has a similar sound as the 1987 The Cross sound, but it isn't by The Cross!

New York: not really an unreleased Queen track, since it's featured in the movie Highlander. However except for those few seconds in the movie, nothing else has been released. Rumours of full versions or longer versions of this song have always been denied.

Buttlerfly - Brian has reported that this is the name of the song that is listened at the beginning of the section "In The Studio" in the video "Magic years volume one."
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Who Wants To Live Forever: not really a demo but there's a version available in the film Highlander where Freddie sings the intro instead of Brian. It's funny that they changed this for the album (or changed it for the movie).
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Dog With A Bone: a special fan club-only track from 1988, originally ment for The Miracle album. It lasts for about 6 minutes and was played (not live, only on tape) during the fan club convention. Available on the bootleg The Ultimate Rarities Collection. So far different takes have been found featuring slightly different messages from the band members.
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Party: originally released on The Miracle album from 1989. This version should be almost the same as the album version, except that it is a stand-alone version (so it isn't followed by Khashoggi's Ship immediatly). Recorded in November 1988.

Khashoggi's Ship: from The Miracle album, released in 1989. This is a demo version, recorded in November 1988 featuring different lyrics and probably different instruments.

My Baby Loves Me: the first version of Queen's My Baby Does Me, originally on The Miracle album from 1989. This one isn't so different, although it's obvious that the lyrics are different. The whole song sounds very basic and has a relaxed mood. It is followed by I Guess We're Falling Out.
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I Guess We're Falling Out: a demo from the Miracle sessions, written by Brian. Nice pop song. The first part has some lyrics followed by a chorus with multiple Freddie vocals singing the title. The second part contains some improvisation words such as the famous "de da da da's". This demo doesn't has a real ending, because it is followed by Hang On In There. However it might be possible that there are more versions available of this demo.
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Hang On In There: also called A Fiddly Jam. It was originally a part of the track Stealin', but at a certain point they decided to use it as a separate track. A very nice demo version exists of this great track. It was played during a Miracle session and comes right after I Guess We're Falling Out. It demo goes straight into the final part of the song where the song normally is starting to fade out. Instead of fading out, this demo still
lasts for 2 minutes featuring a lot of interesting parts. There are hardly any vocals. The demo is followed by A New Life Is Born.
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A New Life Is Born: from the Miracle sessions, written by Freddie. This is an extended Breakthru piano intro. It sounds almost the same as the normal Breakthru intro, except for a few missing backing vocals. When you expect the "Now!", the song just keeps on going featuring new lyrics
and more piano. Lovely. It's likely that there's also a demo of just the second part of Breakthru, since Breakthru is actually a song made from two songs.
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Breakthru: an early demo version, released on The Miracle album from 1989. This version has a faster and heavier beat without any vocals.

I Want It All: an instrumental demo from a Miracle session. There is nothing special about this one, except that it's instrumental and doesn't feature the drum solo near the end. Instead it's followed by Chinese Torture.

Stealin': quite some different takes have been found so far.
early versions feature pieces with Hang On In There. In this early stage Hang On In There wasn't a separate track yet. Later on they decided to use it as a separate song. A very long 12 minutes demo version is found which can be seen as a very long extended version. The common lyrics are in this track overdubbed with comments by Freddie, reacting on the common lyrics like "So what!" and "Yeah!". The track ends with a great bass outro.

Too Much Love Will Kill You: the first Queen version from 1988. A sample of this demo can be found on the bootleg The Ultimate Rarities Collection. It features Brian singing the main vocal parts with Freddie singing over top plus some extra drums.

The Invisible Man: two demos are known of this track. The first one is available on numerous bootlegs featuring Freddie on vocals singing different lyrics and a different beat in the middle of the song.
The second one has Roger on vocals with some basic beats and music.
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Face It Alone: a demo from 1990 from the Innuendo sessions. It's one of the longer demos, because this one has a running time of 10 minutes. It's something like a three-piece demo and should be a great ballad.

My Secret Fantasy: an Innuendo session track from November 1990, written by John. A beautiful short track (approx. 2 and a half minute) with a nice beat, drums, sythesizers and bass only, no guitars. Lyrics aren't very complex.

Headlong: there are two known demo versions at the moment. Originally released on Innuendo, 1991. The first demo version can be found on the promo cassette Hints Of Innuendo. It lasts for about 1:05 minutes and is a rough version featuring no backing vocals. The second one is a 5 minutes demo featuring bass and drums only with Brian on lead vocals.

Delilah: an early demo version, originally released on the 1991 Innuendo album. This one, probably recorded in 1990 or early 1991, features Freddie on vocals. The music is kinda different and Freddie's voice is pretty awfull (sorry). A sample can be found on the promotional
cassette Hints Of Innuendo.

Robbery: from 1990, the Innuendo sessions. This track has been written by Roger (although Greg said at the Dutch 2001 convention that it could also be Brian) and is 2 minutes long. A strong song with nice guitars and some vocals in the first part. The second part is instrumental.

Self Made Man: a song written by Brian. Recorded in 1990 during the Innuendo sessions. It's almost 5 minutes long and features Brian and Freddie on vocals. It starts with a soft part with Brian singing, than Freddie comes in with some heavy guitars which turns into the soft part with Brian again and some nice sythesizer sounds. Sounds more like a Miracle session track to me, but it's not.

Ride The Wild Wind: very different demo version, from the 1991 Innuendo album. This demo is sung by Roger, so it's likely that this track was originally written by him. Besides Roger's vocals it also features extra drums. No Freddie vocals on this demo.

The Hitman: early demo recording from 1990 with Brian on vocals. A snippet can be found on the promo cassette Hints Of Innuendo.
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Mother Love: recorded in 1991 but unreleased untill 1995 on the album Made In Heaven. Some demo versions should exist with Roger and Brian on vocals.