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[size=6][b][color=red]Queen - At The Beeb[/color][/b][/size]
 
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..: RELEASE NOTES :..
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       Artist........: [b]Queen[/b]                 Encoder.......: [b]FLAC 1.1.2[/b]   
       Album.........: [b]At The Beeb[/b]           Quality.......: [b]-8[/b]           
       Source........: [b]Retail CD[/b]             Channels......: [b]Stereo[/b]       
       Year..........: [b]1989[/b]                  Ripper........: [b]VinceVega[/b]    
       Type..........: [b]Album[/b]                 Rip.Date......: [b]31 oct 2005[/b]  
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.: I WANT YOU! :.
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[quote=VinceVega]
This release is part of the [url=http://forums.btmusic.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6934]The Queen Discography Project[/url]
We need your help: please, take a moment to look at our forums and see if you can contribute to the project in any way!
Your help will be very much appreciated by many tracker users!!!
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.: BAND DESCRIPTION :.
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[quote=ProgArchives]
Queen are a four piece English Art rock band, formerly fronted by the flamboyant Freddie Mercury on vocals and piano, Brian May on guitar, Roger-Meddows-Taylor on drums and John Deacon on bass-guitar. Despite numerous rumours about Queen splitting up over the years, they never actually did, and the four remained together until the untimely death of Freddie Mercury on November 24th of 1991. Currently (2005) they are touring with Paul Rodgers (ex Free) on vocals.
The origins of Queen date back as early as 1967, when Roger Taylor and Brian May joined forces, and together with singer bass-player Tim Staffel started the psychedelic hard rock group Smile. 
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.: ALBUM REVIEWS :.
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[quote=All Music]
At The Beeb consists of two BBC sessions Queen recorded for producer Bernie Andrews to be broadcast on the Sounds of the 70's TV show. The eight songs, recorded Feb. 5th and Dec. 3rd, 1973, are nearly identical to the versions found on Queen and Queen II. The exception is "Sun and Daughter." Here, the composition is expanded to over twice the length of the album version, extended by instrumental flourishes from Brian May and Roger Taylor which hint at what would later become "Brighton Rock" and "Now I'm Here." This alone makes the CD worthwhile. The recordings are of exceptional sound quality, and the performances are fresh and crisp.
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[quote=Chris from ProgArchives]
A nice release for fans of Queen's early music! All of the songs on this disc were recorded in 1973, the first half were recorded before the release of the band's debut album, the second half before the release of their second. This is a great way to hear Queen as they were without the studio embellishments, just basically playing live! These songs are very raw and almost give a garage band sound, although the sound quality is quite clean! "Son & Daughter" is probably one of the greatest tracks here, as Brian May introduces almost the entire solo for a song later recorded entitled "Brighton Rock." The band is in fine form and the tracks sound amazing, having not aged quite as poorly as the final studio takes of the same songs!! Also here is a great rendition of "Ogre Battle", recorded some months before it was released on Queen's second album.
To clear up any misconceptions, this was NOT Queen's second album and it was not released in 1973. This remained in the vaults until released on an independant label in 1989. It was re-issued as "At The BBC" by Hollywood Records around 1995 with new cover art and slightly upgraded sound. The original may be a bit hard to find these days anyway, especially on CD, but hell, eBay probably has dozens of them. It's well worth the price to get this great disc
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.: TRACKLIST / NOTES :.
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1) My fairy king (4.06)
2) Keep yourself alive (3.47)
3) Doin' alright (4.11)
4) Liar (6.28)
Recorded February 5th 1973
5) Ogre battle (3.56)
6) Great king rat (5.57)
7) Modern times rock 'n' roll (2.00)
8) Son and daughter (7.08)
Recorded December 3rd 1973

Line-up
Freddy Mercury-vocals and piano
Brian May-guitar
John Deacon-bass
Roger Taylor-drums
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