Queen I 50th Anniversary

well on the same basis then quite a few others should be excluded

Gabriel (Genesis), Crosby (The Byrds), Stills (Buffalo Springfield), Nash (Hollies) Montrose ( Bill Church - Van Morrison's band), Montrose (Ronnie Montrose - Edgar Winter Group),
all had recorded on LPs prior to their "debuts" in my list...and Page had played on around half-dozen LPs' worth of individual songs prior to Zep

Is there anything interesting/important about the album in the article?

Some of you may recall reports last year of Greg suggesting a list of 'possible' box sets where he said Queen & Queen II as one set.
If such a boxset happens, then surely it's more likely to be next year to give them time to put together a disc or two of studio outtakes.
I suspect there may be very little from Queen studio sessions  that merits a full disc, hence a boxset covering both albums.

Of course, I hope to be proved wrong.

We will know sometime in September at the latest if there is a boxset release this year.

In the meantime, there's always my ongoing releases of Ai Instrumentals, removing vocals, to satisfy any cravings for something "new" for the bands 50th Anniversary...

Loved it on 1st listen, loved it since. Although was quite the culture shock after only hearing all the 80s stuff (and GH1/SSOR I suppose). Still prefer it to QII, though that's the unfashionable view in these parts, it seems that's how the press at the time felt too. Although I suppose QII was about the development and expansion of their approach, where QI was more about where they'd come from. (I also don't think they quite nailed it until SHA - and one John Deacon would agree with me there - again, the unfashionable view.) Anyway we can talk about QII next year haha.

I think I like that the material QI was mostly built from the stage act. No other album is quite like this. They're trying to be direct and to the point, as you usually have to be if you're an unknown on stage, while piling all their arrangement ideas on top. Sometimes it gets a bit overbalanced, as on S&D and Jesus, which to me are a bit overcooked with the guitar overdubs. But I think the album's masterpieces are KYA and MFK, which are both beautifully (if very differently) arranged while remaining musically very in your face/ direct. And I think Liar is still the best example of Queen as an out and out progressive hard rock band in the studio.

Looks like there will be some multitracks at the FM Birthday event, look forward to some reports. Hopefully not just going on and on about the drum sound, there must be something else to talk about..

Of course, we can only assume that the lyrics on any studio recording which might exist are the same as the live version - but they might not be. You're right though, if that was the case, it would never be released in its original form.

What also comes to mind is See What A Fool I've Been, which had totally different live lyrics to the studio version.

That was the way I read into it as well. 

My thoughts exactly! Let's face it... Brian May's fanbase is way more scarce than Queen's fanbase and we're talking about the very first Queen regal album. Brian has his own acetate archive which had been used for the re-released deluxe edition of QI. I know that Brian and Roger both hate anniversaries but there is no way escaping them. They have to be aware that we all are just entering the 50th anniversaries for each album.
Beautifully designed box with art-book, Freddie's early sketches of Queen logo, Restored full early show and even half a disc of outtakes would be more than enough.

The easy path would be to release a vinyl picture disc, but I don't know if Queen will keep on going releasing a pic disc for each album's anniversary. Anyway, these are more to be displayed than to be played, so not a big loss, even if a Queen I pic disc would look very nice!

what's the lyric in question that would prevent release?

Yep. We may never know.

Or, he could be someone who has heard it without knowing it's rarity value. As you say, we rely on the writer being better informed than the reader, but that isn't always the case.

I don't think it would be expected to change something which has been around for nearly 50 years, but to release something previously unheard today, with language now deemed grossly offensive, is probably a no-no.