QUEEN Discography- MONTREAL '81 in theaters near you

[TAC]

As far as Live Aid itself, I was 16 in the summer of '85. I definitely remember Live Aid happening. In fact I worked with a girl that went to Philly for the show. It was packed with acts that I didn't really care for honestly. I mean, MTV covered the shit out of it. I remember the Black Sabbath reunion, and I couldn't figure out why they didn't play in England.

I thought the Led Zeppelin Reunion was the biggest thing of Live Aid. Again, why weren't they in the London portion?

[Stadler]

Moving far, far away from the movie.....  any comments about Queen's performance (or others) from experiences that day, or viewing the videos?

OK.... I find the lore of Queen's performance...I don't know. a tad overblown. I mean, they were great as always, but the true stars of their set was ....THE CROWD.
The visual of it being outdoors, in daylight, with Freddie in his white tank top.

Radio Gaga was a sneaky great choice. This wasn't a heavy crowd by any stretch. But they PARTICIPATED.

It just seemed like this crowd wanted to see Queen. I mean, following Dire Straits, it's no wonder the crowd exploded for Queen.

I think that's dead on.

[MoraWintersoul]

I think it ultimately shows that if you put all of these legendary artists in front of a huge crowd of music fans, and broadcast them to the entire world, Queen is the one that comes out on top, by far. That's the gist of why their Live Aid performance has this status, it is really the only "showdown" of music artists without their regular show tricks like lights and staging on that level that has ever happened, and the band that got on the lineup late is the one that got the most love from everyone.

[Orbert]

It was a lot of things, everything everyone has mentioned, all together, a "perfect storm" of sorts.  The crowd was huge, and if anyone knows how to engage a crowd, it's Freddie.  And they were engaged.  It was a beautiful day, a great event, and everything had a great, positive vibe.  Maybe Dire Straits and their low-key style of rock had something to do with it, so the crowd was ready to break loose with something.  But none of that actually takes away from Queen's performance, which at the time I thought was pretty good, but now think is absolutely phenomenal.  That point where Freddie brings up the microphone stand like a big penis and makes this face like "Yeah, that's exactly what this is, and you know it" then turns around a shoves his ass in everyone's face.  At the time, I was thinking "Holy shit, what a <homophobic slur>!" but now I realize that in that moment, that crowd would literally take anything he gave them, and like it.  Greatest rock frontman of all time right there.

[DragonAttack]

It certainly didn’t hurt Queen to have a home court advantage.   But they took an even playing field, and slanted everything to their side.  Elton and McCartney certainly didn’t.  Or The Who.  And a few other reunion acts I’ve had a chance to watch recently.  U2 was one of the few artists who did .

I understand why Zep was in Philly.  They were huge in the UK, mega colossal in North America.  It was in prime time over here, and I thought it worked well…at the time.  And there can be little doubt that it was demanded by them, certainly pushed by Geldof and the organizers. They were the featured act leading up to the event.  That was about all MTV talked about for days before and afterwards during the few moments in the evenings I’d watch.  I didn’t realize all of the barbs directed at Phil and back at them until eons later.  A one hour practice, Page’s mind is who knows where, complaining that his guitar was out of tune (whose fault was that?), Plant’s voice is almost shot, and THEY have the nerve to complain about Collins (who annoyingly had more time on camera than John Paul Jones).

 Queen did rehearsals for a week prior.  The differences showed.  And they had a front man who knew how to energize hundreds of thousands at a concert from experience. They grabbed the torch and ran circles around those who did (or were allowed to) participate.

And, sadly, Freddie’s passing a few years later has only added to the legendary performance that it was.   

A shame that MTV didn’t show one song performances of any of the bands amongst all their videos in the weeks that followed.  And then in one of the links below, I read that Geldof wanted it to be a ‘one off’ set of performances.  He told ABC and the BBC to destroy their footage afterwards.  ABC complied, the BBC fortunately did not.  That’s why Wembley is crystal clear.  They also had the smarts to tape and retain the Philly show from the ABC feed.

Glad Sir Bob relented in 2004 to allowing the performances to be made commercially available, and the Live Aid Trust benefited from the eventual sales.  As did we all.

And I’m glad to have just come across the audience recording.  Made a short trip north on Saturday, and I cranked it up.  First time my wife had heard this version.  She had to promise not to do the ‘Ga Ga’ while I was driving.  She had me stop it after the sing along, because she needed a few moments to regroup after the joy and other emotions experienced.  I’ve gotten a lump in my throat during those moments and at the end of WATC the half dozen times I’ve listened to it recently.
 And after listening to the officially released version for the first time in years, Spike’s keyboards during CLTCL and his rhythm guitar on ‘Hammer To Fall’ are spot on, and Brian and Roger brought their ’A’ games. 

And... never talked about John is good throughout, and on fire during the ending moments of CLTCL, HTF, and WATC.  I remember him being interviewed backstage that day.  He was talkative, almost giddy, and then got up and left when The Who were announced on stage.



Oh, and Freddie was pretty good as well.
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Anyhoo…..more ‘rabbit hole’ links.

Nice numbers for Queen’s Live Aid performance at 64 Million     Separately,

Radio Ga Ga https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=queen+live+aid+radio+gaga  One site with 106 million views, another with 75 million.

WATC…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP808MiJUcM   29 Million views

Hammer to Fall   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5bzrb-v9Y0  14 Million veiws

Aye oh   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkbP5OPQhdQ        19 Million

Bohemian Rhapsody   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbvyNnw8Qjg   161 Million  (an older one with 8 Million)
Bohemian Rhapsody and Radio Ga Ga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YimR77fq7Yw  7 Million

WWRY WATC  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBUJztI884M  31 MILLION

Oddly CLTCL at only 6.5 Million https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ORIoUohBUc

What others have to say about Queen, Zeppelin, U2, etc
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2018/11/opinions/queen-live-aid-cnnphotos/

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/queen-live-aid-concert-performance/

Slightly slanted, because it’s quoting biographer Lesley Ann Jones
https://attitude.co.uk/article/queen-at-live-aid-remembering-freddie-mercurys-finest-moment/7346/

and featuring Queen and ‘Freddy’ Mercury 
https://www.firstpost.com/art-and-culture/explained-the-historical-significance-of-the-1985-live-aid-concert-and-questions-around-western-relief-efforts-9804371.html

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/queen-live-aid-brian-may/

Live Aid trivia
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0261024/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv

30 acts who did not perform, and the reasons
https://www.goldradiouk.com/news/music/live-aid-missing-absent-not-play-why/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-2329571/Freddie-Mercury-trying-Bono-The-Live-Aid-story-youve-heard-before.html

The things you learn when stepping even further into the abyss......

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/led-zeppelin-reunion-disaster-live-aid/
https://www.goldradiouk.com/news/music/led-zeppelin-phil-collins-live-aid-jimmy-page/

[DragonAttack]

ONE VISION b/w Blurred Vision

Released: November 85

Charts:  UK #7, USA #61
Ireland #5, Australia #10, US Mainstream Rock #19, Netherlands #21, Switzerland #24, West Germany #26, Belgium #28, Canada #76

2005:  France #76

Certifications:  Silver in the UK
 


Video   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OGd4gplxQM    34 MILLION Views
Album version  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDlTXTLV5mQ
Extended version   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OGd4gplxQM
(an extra replayed guitar line or two)  My second 12" single purchase.

Twenty minute documentary of the making of 'One Vision   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XssPitrqOXM 

Per Roger, ‘thanks to that rotter, Freddie’ it turned into a good / great song.  A good mixing of synthesizers with their trademark sound.  Rather enjoyable to look back at how some of the nuts and bolts were put together in the documentary.  As well as the tedious, boring, but often fun time they did have making it.  Watching it made me wish they'd have used that drum sound in the final mix.



The movie was released in January of 1986.  This is the single version, with the 'Iron Eagle' footage interspersed throughout.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvpsEKSNkkA

This received a ton of airplay on MTV back in the day, and I never saw the original video until the late 90s.


Blurred Vision    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmxsPXxP9S0
Instrumental gobbledygook of 'One Vision'.  And yet, watching and listening to it last week for the first time in about three decades, it’s still a very odd and strange idea, but oddly appealing now.  The video of the band is a treat.



The alternate sleeve (my wife's copy)

   

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THE COMPLETE WORKS
Released:  December 5, 1985  UK (EMI)


 
All thirteen studio and live vinyl LPs previously released (no need for ‘Greatest Hits’), along with a fourteenth titled ‘Complete Vision’.  This disc included their prior non album B-sides, along with ‘One Vision’ and 'Blurred Vision'.

SIDE ONE
See What A Fool I've Been (May)  4:33
A Human Body (Taylor)  3:42
Soul Brother (Queen)  3:35
I Go Crazy (May)  3:44

SIDE TWO
Thank God It's Christmas (May/Taylor)  4:17
One Vision (single version) (Queen)  4:02
Blurred Vision (Queen)  4:42

The band signed 600 copies (on the Complete Vision sleeve).  Along with the vinyls, the box set included two books, the first with all the albums' artwork, lyrics and pictures.  The second book had a color world map showing where Queen played and charted, a world tour itinerary up to that time, showing a list of equipment they carried with them. Each album was digitally remastered and re-sleeved in white, with an embossed crest and gold Roman numerals.

And, yes, my wife has this in her/our collection (not autographed).

[Stadler]

On any given day, "One Vision" is my favorite Queen song. Usually it's "Funny How Love Is" from Queen II, but not always.

[Kwyjibo]

One Vision is a hell of a song. 

Although the guitar riff is very reminiscent of Highway To Hell.

And then there is Fried Chicken 

[Orbert]

Fried Chicken

Always cracked me up, especially since Fried Chicken is one of my favorite foods.  If there's a story behind that line, I'm guessing it's just because they thought it was random and funny, but if there's more to it, I'd love to hear it.

[Stadler]

Fried Chicken

Always cracked me up, especially since Fried Chicken is one of my favorite foods.  If there's a story behind that line, I'm guessing it's just because they thought it was random and funny, but if there's more to it, I'd love to hear it.

Funny enough, because I hate that reference (Train did that too). But the song is so awesome it transcends.

[Orbert]

Train mentions fried chicken in Drops of Jupiter, but it's part of the narrative and even fits the rhyme.  Unless you're talking about a different song.  I'm not really a Train expert.

Fried chicken in One Vision is a one-off, as far as I can tell.  They just say "fried chicken" instead of "one vision" the final time, for reasons unknown.  Not really the same thing.

[TAC]

Train mentions fried chicken in Drops of Jupiter, but it's part of the narrative and even fits the rhyme.  Unless you're talking about a different song.  I'm not really a Train expert.

Nobody is a Train expert.

[DragonAttack]

 

[DragonAttack]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrOidGgbVio   a snippet of the One Vision documentary, with the 'John Deacon lyrics', and 'chicken feed' is also part of it

[DragonAttack]

A KIND OF MAGIC  b/w  A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling (USA 'Gimme The Prize)

Released:  March 17 UK (EMI), June 21 USA (Capitol)

Charts:  UK #1, USA #42
#1 in Argentina and Spain
Ireland #3, Switzerland #3, Netherlands #4, France #5, Australia #6, West Germany #6, Austria #12, New Zealand #23, Canada #64

2013: Slovenia #32

2018:  Poland #95   

Certifications:
Gold in UK and Italy
Platinum in Brazil



VIDEO  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p_1QSUsbsM  69 MILLION views

'A Kind Of Magic' bonus disc 'Highlander' version   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzbWXD45GC8

‘Highlander’ movie ending credits audio    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASw32qKppMw

12" extended version      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hwgtZhYbJQ 
Some nice added guitars at the ending.  Another of the few extended versions that is worth a listen.

The ‘A Kind Of Vision’ demo that was included on the 2011 reissue (with fan created video)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7atrIIyaIsQ

‘Two songs in one’. As per the documentary, ‘That rotter Freddie’ certainly changed things around, and along with the band took some of the lyrics and fleshed them out into ‘One Vision’, and worked wonders on the music arrangement for ‘A Kind Of Magic’, while Roger was still credited with writing the song.

‘A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling’    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrVBM1u4-Bc
The nonalbum B-side in the UK.  A very unappealing and annoying instrumental of ‘Don’t Lose Your Head’.  What a disappointment this was when finally getting my hands on it about a decade later.
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This was released almost four months after 'One Vision', as well as three months before the album of the same name would be released. Good video, good tune, nice to hear Brian's guitar shifting back and forth in stereo near the end (hell, just nice to hear Brian's guitar throughout), and an unexpectedly killer song live.

Trivia:  the first time one of their songs would be the title track for an album that it appeared on.

UK 12" cover sleeve

[TAC]

So I was shocked at the Spotify streams for this song. I absolutely do not recognize it by name. I hear it when Joe releases the album.

[Kwyjibo]

How can you grow up in the 80s and not know this song?

So you probably don't know the movie Highlander too?

[TAC]

How can you grow up in the 80s and not know this song?

So you probably don't know the movie Highlander too?

I don't know it by title. I may hear it and say holy shit I know this!

I kind of remember Highlander. I definitely didn't see it though, and I saw a shit ton of movies in the 80's.

[DragonAttack]

Re-checking a few things, the single was released in the States in June '86, in the Top 100 eleven weeks, Top 50 for only three, and I never heard it on the radio.  Heck, I didn't see the video until the mid to late 90s.

Same with 'Princes Of The Universe'....released here in March '86, did not chart (or in Australia, Canada, or Japan)  , and I never heard it on the air as well.

[Deadeye21]

Trivia:  the first time one of their songs would be the title track for an album that it appeared on.

Uhhh, no? What about The Game? Don’t give me the whole “song’s called ‘Play The Game’” thing, the full album title is in there and the song appears on the album. I will let you off for Flash though, since the full song is called Flash’s Theme and doesn’t say the “Gordon” within the lyrics.

[TAC]

Trivia:  the first time one of their songs would be the title track for an album that it appeared on.

Uhhh, no? What about The Game? Don’t give me the whole “song’s called ‘Play The Game’” thing, the full album title is in there and the song appears on the album. I will let you off for Flash though, since the full song is called Flash’s Theme and doesn’t say the “Gordon” within the lyrics.

yeah but..

On Queen II is a song called Father TO Son.

[Deadeye21]

On Queen II is a song called Father TO Son.

What does that have to do with queens though? THINK!

[TAC]

Er... I'm thinking...


I got it!

March Of The Black QUEEN!



Yeah, I'm gonna go with DragonAttack on this one.

[Deadeye21]

Er... I'm thinking...


I got it!

March Of The Black QUEEN!



Yeah, I'm gonna go with DragonAttack on this one.

Except those are two different songs…

No, I straight disagree with DragonAttack. Look at other bands, let’s use Megadeth as the example here. Rust in Peace is the album, and Rust In Peace… Polaris is the title track.Metallica’s latest, title track is Hardwired, but the album is Hardwired… To Self-Destruct. The songs are still the title tracks as they are the ones that contain the album’s title as it’s own.

[DragonAttack]

Judges at a Queen trivia contest would disagree.  Queen never released  'More Of That Jazz' or a 'Play The Game' studio album. Also, 'Killer Queen' is not the title track to their first live album.

Sorry.  Objection overruled.

[Deadeye21]

Judges at a Queen trivia contest would disagree.  Queen never released  'More Of That Jazz' or a 'Play The Game' studio album. Also, 'Killer Queen' is not the title track to their first live album.

Sorry.  Objection overruled.

Killer Queen would be wrong. More of That Jazz is debatable given how poor it is. Play The Game? I’d be flogging the judges for that one. That is straight up a title track.

[Kwyjibo]

Re-checking a few things, the single was released in the States in June '86, in the Top 100 eleven weeks, Top 50 for only three, and I never heard it on the radio.  Heck, I didn't see the video until the mid to late 90s.

Same with 'Princes Of The Universe'....released here in March '86, did not chart (or in Australia, Canada, or Japan)  , and I never heard it on the air as well.

I seem to remember hearing it all the time on the radio. But either my memory is wrong or it was a regional thing. Maybe the song was more popular here in Germany?

One thing I know for sure, A Kind Of Magic is still played on a regular basis on certain radio stations.

[DragonAttack]

Killer Queen would be wrong. More of That Jazz is debatable given how poor it is. Play The Game? I’d be flogging the judges for that one. That is straight up a title track.

Of course, 'Killer Queen' would be wrong.  As would 'White Queen' and TMoTBQ' for Queen II.  I did a real quick google on all the songs listed, as well as the Megadeth ones you mentioned.  Only AKOM had 'title track' listed in its description.  Sorry, appeal denied

Re-checking a few things, the single was released in the States in June '86, in the Top 100 eleven weeks, Top 50 for only three, and I never heard it on the radio.  Heck, I didn't see the video until the mid to late 90s.

Same with 'Princes Of The Universe'....released here in March '86, did not chart (or in Australia, Canada, or Japan)  , and I never heard it on the air as well.

I seem to remember hearing it all the time on the radio. But either my memory is wrong or it was a regional thing. Maybe the song was more popular here in Germany?

One thing I know for sure, A Kind Of Magic is still played on a regular basis on certain radio stations.

Or, the band had given up, or couldn't overcome some of the self inflicted wounds in the States. 

I do know it was/is still played in Italy.  We'll never forget taking a long cab ride from the Civitavecchia airport to Rome seven years ago.  Two Americans, with a Russian driver, listening to an Italian station, and the first song we heard was 'A Kind Of Magic'.     It was a good omen for a magical and memorable time.

Speaking of which.......

[DragonAttack]

FREDDIE MERCURY   TIME b/w Time (instrumental)

Released:  May 6, 1986 UK (EMI)
Charts:  UK #32


 
Produced by Dave Clark and Freddie Mercury

VIDEO   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGjt291COa0  24 MILLION VIEWS
Instrumental   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-a1tj3-wmc

12”  vinyl
Time (ext version) b/w Time / Time (instr.) 
AUDIO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEBpZQBKRsM

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TIME   Soundtrack
Released: April 1986 UK (EMI), USA (Capitol)
Charts:  UK #21, Australia #56
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(Dave_Clark_album)
 


SIDE ONE
Born to Rock 'n' Roll   Cliff Richard   
Time Talkin'   Ashford & Simpson   
Time  Freddie Mercury   
Music of the Spheres/Law of the Universe   Chris Thompson/Miriam Stockley/Michael Mullins   
The Time Lord Theme    John Christie   
The Charge   John Christie   
One Human Family   Leo Sayer   

SIDE TWO
What on Earth   Dionne Warwick   
I Know I Know   Leo Sayer   
Your Brother in Soul   Jimmy Helms   
Case for the Prosecution   John Christie   
Starmaker   Ashford & Simpson   
Time Will Teach Us All   Julian Lennon   
I Object (Lord Melchisedic – The Time Lord)   John Christie   
In My Defence   Freddie Mercury   

SIDE THREE
Within My World   Dionne Warwick   
Because   Julian Lennon   
Move the Judge   Jimmy Helms   
She's So Beautiful   Cliff Richard   
Beauty, Truth, Love, Freedom, Peace   Laurence Olivier   
If You Only Knew   Julian Lennon   

SIDE FOUR
We're the U.F.O.    Murray Head   
The theme from Time    Laurence Olivier   
Harmony   John Christie   
The Return (Instrumental)     Dave Clark, John Christie   
Time (Reprise) The Rock Star   Freddie Mercury   
It's in Everyone of Us    Cliff Richard   


JULIAN LENNON   ‘Because’ (reached #40 on the UK Singles Chart) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Velo-T73DY

Cliff Richard  ‘She’s So Beautiful’  (reached #17 on the UK Singles Chart) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUhIoDZF3SA

Cliff Richard ‘Born To Rock ‘n Roll’  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN6LinLoNJw  Freddie sang a demo of this that is unavailable.

Cliff Richard ‘It’s In Everyone Of Us’  (reached #45 on the UK Singles Chart)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUeLpNQUBP4  A memorable and heart tugging duet of this was performed two years later.  I'll post it when the proper 'time' comes.

and then there's Freddie's other offering

IN MY DEFENCE  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDEFbgCFqC8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7ul1bIz_7A     album version
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The musical ran in London on the West End for two plus years.  The soundtrack itself sold two million copies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(musical). I have never researched who the individual(s) were that had to try and emulate his songs on stage.

Both of Freddie's songs are the 'Queen' side of Freddie I cherished.  I got my hands on a used vinyl in '92 that was slightly warped for my first ever listen. It's a musical,....it's OK.   Later on in that two year period when a gazillion Queen related items hit the States, I had the Freddie songs on disc, and all the various original and wonderfully 'revised' versions on The Solo Collection.

Hearing these two songs for the first time after he died were almost tear inducing emotional gut punches.  It’s as if the songwriters knew of Freddie’s situation. They still have that same effect today. If you are making a ‘best of’ for their 80s output, the enhanced versions of these two songs should be included.

Two drawbacks: the somewhat strained’waaeeeaaats’ for no one at the end of ‘Time’, and the inexcusable dividing up of this song on the soundtrack album
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IN MY DEFENCE revised version

Charts:  UK #8
Iceland #2, Ireland #3, Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) #33, France #50

The original from the soundtrack was not released as a 45.  In '92, a wonderfully enhanced remixed version was.  It's as if Brian came on board and played.  It's much more lush and full, with a somewhat 'Queen' sound added to it.  One of three they did a masterful job of enhancing without ruining the songs.


Songwriters:  Dave Clark, David Soames, Jeff Daniels
Produced by Freddie Mercury, Dave Clark, and Mack

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44eEOAEC5z8  17 MILLION Views 

Another of the 'enhanced' songs re-released in '92 was
'Time' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqsZpI3P8d8  32 MILLION VIEWS
Again, enhanced with a 'Queen' sound.  They did the same with his next solo single, once again perhaps providing a better version than the original.

[TAC]

Joe, I knew that Mack had partnered with Brian, but he's been popping up on these projects with Freddie as well.

[Stadler]

Is that Time soundtrack on CD?  (I'm going to look at Discogs as well).  That's intriguing to me.

[DragonAttack]

A 25th anniversary release was made available on iTunes in 2012 with bonuses. Some day when I finish this excursion , I plan on purchasing it, mainly for the wife.

[Edit: found the discs I spent twenty bucks back in the day to have transferred from vinyl. It’s ‘OK’ with some interesting tunes, but it’s rather timid throughout. Now, if you’re an Olivier fan, you’ll love it. .]

Oh, and since ‘One Vision’ is one of your two favorite Queen songs, I’ll assume you like the live versions with its ‘Star Fleet’ ending(?).

Mack: He produced ‘One Vision’ and the four John and Freddie songs on AKOM. It was finished in April. ‘Time’ may or may not have been the last time that Mack and the godfather of one of his sons worked together.

[Stadler]

A 25th anniversary release was made available on iTunes in 2012 with bonuses. Some day when I finish this excursion , I plan on purchasing it.

Oh, and since ‘One Vision’ is one of your two favorite Queen songs, I’ll assume you like the live versions with its ‘Star Fleet’ ending(?).

Mack: He produced ‘One Vision’ and the four John and Freddie songs on AKOM. It was finished in April. ‘Time’ may or may not have been the last time that Mack and the godfather of one of his sons worked together.

I do; I love that song live.  I'm not sure I ever noticed that it was a "Star Fleet ending", but I may go back and listen for that.

On fried chicken, from Wikipedia (though I've heard this before from Roger Taylor): "The final line of the song (in the studio, live, and "Blurred Vision" versions, in the album and extended versions the line before the final "God works in mysterious ways... Mysterious ways...") is "fried chicken", although the lyrics say "one vision". This was the result of trying to come up with the proper wording of the song, and since it was not working, Freddie Mercury at some point introduced words that had nothing to do with the song for fun, as suggested by his partner, Jim Hutton. Some other made-up words during rehearsals were "one shrimp, one prawn, one clam, one chicken" and some profanity."

[hefdaddy42]

That is straight up a title track.

No it's not.  A song is only an album's title track if they have the same title.  The same, not similar.  That's what the phrase means.

[DragonAttack]

Looking at the credits, I finally noticed Mike Moran’s name. He would figure prominently on Freddie’s second solo album, as well as a song on ‘Innuendo’.

And, another remixed version of ‘In My Defence’ appeared on the ‘Lover Of Life Singer Of Songs’ compilation. As did ‘Time’ on the ‘Never Boring’ one a couple of years ago (though I saw the track list, thought it was, and passed.)