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Post by macduff77 on Jun 30, 2021 17:15:15 GMT
Hi all, There's a seller on Ebay.ca that is selling their Queen collection. I've been bidding on a few items (unsuccessfully as of now), as there has been an array of pretty amazing items for sale. They have just uploaded a 10" acetate: www.ebay.ca/itm/224512239513?hash=item3445f8e799:g:bYgAAOSwudVg2ARDI don't recall a FBG version that runs that long... but I do wonder if it's actually Fat Bottomed Girls and Bicycle Race, as their combined run time equals the same? Interesting, nonetheless. |
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Post by deathtoming on Jun 30, 2021 18:47:42 GMT
Hi all, There's a seller on Ebay.ca that is selling their Queen collection. I've been bidding on a few items (unsuccessfully as of now), as there has been an array of pretty amazing items for sale. They have just uploaded a 10" acetate: www.ebay.ca/itm/224512239513?hash=item3445f8e799:g:bYgAAOSwudVg2ARDI don't recall a FBG version that runs that long... but I do wonder if it's actually Fat Bottomed Girls and Bicycle Race, as their combined run time equals the same? Interesting, nonetheless. There was a listing for a 12" Fat Bottomed Girls acetate on eBay in 2013, and here's what the item description read: "1 track FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS 7:19 min. This acetate features only 1 Queen song : Fat Bottomed Girls , the normal album version lasts for 4: 16 min. and the 7"single version clocks at 3:22 min. This version of FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS runs for 7:19 minutes !" I would love to hear it, as it's one of my favourite songs. Maybe it will have a longer guitar section in the end, like in the live versions? I wonder if it features the same "new" Freddie vocal bits in the '91 Hollywood Malouf remix? |
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Post by georg on Jun 30, 2021 18:56:00 GMT
I believe it is indeed the two tracks sneakily “combined” as one.
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Post by pg on Jun 30, 2021 20:32:12 GMT
I used to have a US 12" promo of those two tracks back to back (I think one side was mono, the other stereo)
It was effectively an attempt by Elektra to recapture the WwRy / watc combo effect.
I'd be astonished if this listing was anything other than that. If you want to be sure, ask for a close up pic of the groove - my recollection is that there was a standard "between track gap" that would establish there were two tracks
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Post by macduff77 on Jun 30, 2021 20:43:38 GMT
I used to have a US 12" promo of those two tracks back to back (I think one side was mono, the other stereo) It was effectively an attempt by Elektra to recapture the WwRy / watc combo effect. I'd be astonished if this listing was anything other than that. If you want to be sure, ask for a close up pic of the groove - my recollection is that there was a standard "between track gap" that would establish there were two tracks That’s a good point. I’ve got the same 12” promo you mention. One side is FBG/BR and the other is BR/FBG. I’ll have to see a close-up of the 10” to see if the same gap is evident. |
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Post by cmi on May 1, 2022 8:16:45 GMT
It is indeed the earliest known Queen extended version featuring instrumental segments and alternate guitar takes.
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Post by Golden Salmon on May 1, 2022 8:47:43 GMT
^Nice tease... It is indeed the earliest known Queen extended version featuring instrumental segments and alternate guitar takes. The first fat-bottomed version! |
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Post by leroybrown on May 1, 2022 9:05:02 GMT
Wow, a fan all these years and I didn’t even know this existed.
It does leave us wondering if we’ll ever hear this stuff.
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Post by Golden Salmon on May 1, 2022 11:46:57 GMT
Wow, a fan all these years and I didn’t even know this existed. It does leave us wondering if we’ll ever hear this stuff. Wonder no more: we won't! I mean, we will get occasional nuggets over time, and that's it. |
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Post by dave76 on May 1, 2022 13:21:22 GMT
There's also a so called Columbian extended version of Bicycle Race which isn't an extended version. It's just the single version twice which clocks it in at almost 5 minutes.
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Post by The Real Wizard on May 6, 2022 17:46:40 GMT
I wonder if it features the same "new" Freddie vocal bits in the '91 Hollywood Malouf remix? Those vocal bits (and so much more) are on the 24 track master, which has circulated for a couple years now. |
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