Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2020 19:50:26 GMT
Stolen from here, but as I wrote that section, I hereby grant myself permission to quote my own research.
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1980:
- April: Frederick records the piano and lead vocal of 'It's a Beautiful Day' in Munich, West Germany.
1981:
- Unknown: First draft of 'Let Me Live' is penned by Frederick. It's unknown whether or not they made any recordings for it at this point.
- Sunday 6th - Monday 21st December: Recording sessions at Munich. It's possible they include Frederick's 'yeah' on 'Action This Day'.
1982:
- Saturday 23rd January: Brian and Frederick go to Munich and join John and Roger (who'd been there from Monday the 18th), where they keep recording Hot Space for about five or six weeks more. 'Yeah' may come from these sessions.
1983:
- Friday 2nd September: Roderick Stewart, Carmine Appice, Geoffrey Beck and James Cregan visit the band at The Record Plant in Los Angeles, America. They jam for a while and also record a demo of what would become 'Let Me Live'.
1984:
- Late May / Early June: Frederick records the piano, vocal and synthesisers for 'Made in Heaven' and 'I Was Born to Love You'.
1987:
- Unknown (May?): Roger records 'Heaven for Everyone', with Philip Edney, Erdal Kizilcay, David Richards and Frederick Mercury as additional musicians (Joshua Macrae, Clayton Moss and Peter Noone mime on the video but aren't part of the actual recording line-up).
1988:
- Unknown: 'Too Much Love Will Kill You' is penned in Los Angeles and recorded in either Montreux or London or both; 'My Life Has Been Saved' is also recorded around this time.
1991:
- January: Preliminary ideas for 'You Don't Fool Me' and 'A Winter's Tale' recorded in Montreux.
- May:
- Friday 10th: Frederick's vocal track on 'A Winter's Tale' is compiled.
- Monday 13th: Work begins on 'Mother Love' - various vocal bits by both co-authors, plus guitar, keyboards and drum-machine. That was Frederick's last vocal recording ever.
- Thursday 16th: More work on 'Mother Love' - guitar overdubs, John's bass and another synth. If Frederick played the latter, then it was probably his last instrumental recording ever.
- Wednesday 22nd: Rough mix of 'Mother Love'. If Frederick was present and/or did the mix himself (with David Richards and Brian May), then it was probably his last session as a co-producer ever.
- Friday 10th: Frederick's vocal track on 'A Winter's Tale' is compiled.
- October: Roger's letter to the Fan Club confirms four tracks have been recorded in Montreux earlier in the year (presumably: 'Lost Opportunity', 'You Don't Fool Me', 'A Winter's Tale' and 'Mother Love').
1993:
- Spring: John and Roger visit Abbey Road Studios and do some recordings on 'It's a Beautiful Day', 'Heaven for Everyone', 'Made in Heaven' and 'I Was Born to Love You'. Michael Crossley plays some keyboards, Noel Harris engineers.
- October: John and Roger work on the album at Metropolis Studios in Chiswick, London. Roger writes a letter to the Fan Club confirming they've been there for two weeks and that Brian's not involved at the moment.
- Wednesday 13th: Work resumed on 'Mother Love' after 875 days, at Metropolis. Only John and Roger work on it at this point as Brian's touring America as a solo artist.
1994:
- February:
- Friday 25th: End of the first batch of recordings after Frederick's passing. Brian's not yet involved at this point, and the work's been done entirely by John and Roger (plus their guest musicians and co-producers).
- Saturday 26th: John writes a letter to the Fan Club updating them on what they've been doing. He mentions him and Roger having spent some weeks working on the songs and adding improved bass and drums to them.
- March - June: Brian joins the project, John goes on holiday. In June, Brian writes a letter to the Fan Club and announces the three of them are scheduled to meet a week later to discuss where to take the project from there.
- Summer: Brian works on the project by himself, without any involvement from John or Roger.
- September: Roger confirms, via a letter to the Fan Club, that the three of them are working on the project at that point.
- Autumn: The three of them get together at Metropolis and work for a bit, but sessions come to a halt prematurely. Roger goes on a solo tour, John gives himself some holidays and Brian takes the tapes to his home studio and works on them with co-producer Justin Smith.
1995:
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- Winter: The three of them work together at Brian's home studio.
- Wednesday 18th January: Brian writes a letter to the Fan Club informing of what they've been doing lately.
- Thursday 9th March: John writes a letter to the Fan Club updating on what they've been up to. He mentions the difficulties of coming to an agreement between the three of them.
- Wednesday 18th January: Brian writes a letter to the Fan Club informing of what they've been doing lately.
- Spring: Separate simultaneous sessions - Brian works at Allerton Hill, John and Roger at Cosford Mill.
- Summer: The three of them work on the project in various forms and alternating between Brian's home studio, Roger's home studio, and Metropolis.
- Monday 3rd July: Brian writes a letter to the Fan Club informing of the work done so far.
- September: Final sessions, which take place at the Town House in London, and which bring back David Richards.
- Sunday 3rd - Tuesday 5th: 'I Was Born to Love You' is mixed.
- Tuesday 5th: Brian records the guitar solo for 'You Don't Fool Me'. It's the last guitar tracking session ever on an original line-up Queen album.
- Wednesday 6th: 'You Don't Fool Me' programming and mixing.
- Thursday 7th: 'You Don't Fool Me' compiling, programming and mixing.
- Friday 8th: 'Track No 13' is begun by David Richards by sampling the opening chords of 'It's a Beautiful Day'.
- Saturday 9th - Wednesday 13th: 'You Don't Fool Me' mixing sessions.
- Wednesday 13th - Friday 15th: 'A Winter's Tale' mixing sessions.
- Friday 15th - Sunday 17th: 'I Was Born to Love You' is mixed, again.
- Monday 18th - Friday 22nd: Six remaining mixes are finished - both versions of 'It's a Beautiful Day' plus 'Let Me Live' (as the previous mix violated copyright), 'My Life Has Been Saved', 'Track No 13' and 'Made in Heaven'.
- Tuesday 19th: Roger Taylor, David Richards, Brian May and Ashley Alexander finish up 'Track No 13'. Roger's synth 'solo' in the middle of it is possibly the last synth tracking session ever on an original line-up Queen album.
- Friday 22nd: The final version of the album is completed.
- Sunday 3rd - Tuesday 5th: 'I Was Born to Love You' is mixed.
- Monday 3rd July: Brian writes a letter to the Fan Club informing of the work done so far.