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FREDDIE MERCURY SOLO RELEASES

(USA RELEASES IN BRACKETS)

 

        The Freddie Mercury Album.jpg(10485 bytes)               Mr Bad Guy.jpg (9809 bytes)                  Barcelona - Freddie with Montserrat Caballe.jpg (7851 bytes)


ALBUMS

  

Mr Bad Guy    29/4/85        (7/5/85)


Barcelona      10/10/88    (14/7/92) 
                      10/08/92 -  re-released in the UK 


The Freddie
Mercury
Album        16/11/92 (US 'The Great Pretender' 24/11/92) 


 

  SINGLES

 

As Larry Lurex:

I can Hear Music   29/6/73


As Freddie Mercury:

Love Kills        10/09/84    (11/9/84)


I Was Born
To Love You      9/4/85      (23/4/85)


Made In 
Heaven              1/7/85     (Not Released in US)


Living On 
My Own             2/9/85     (2/7/85)


Love Me Like
There’ s No 
Tomorrow        18/11/85   (Not Resleased in US)


Time                  6/5/86     (Not Released in US)


The Great
Pretender        23/2/87     (3/3/87)


 

 

SINGLES FROM ‘BARCELONA’  
(with Montserrat Caballe)


Barcelona               26/10/87


The Golden Boy     24/10/88


How Can I Go On   23/1/89


 

 

POSTHUMOUS RELEASES

 


Barcelona                   27/7/92


How Can I Go On       12/10/92


In My Defence            30/11/92


The Great Pretender  25/1/93    (24/11/92)


Living On My Own     19/7/93 -  (Freddie’s First Number One Hit, it topped the charts on 8/8/93) 
(1st Number 1 solo single by any Queen member)


 

Released October 23rd 2000 -  The Freddie Mercury Solo Collection

 

CD 1 - Mr Bad Guy. CD 2 - Barcelona. CD 3 - Great Pretender

 

 

 CD 4 - Singles 1973-85

 I Can Hear Music/Goin' Back (Larry Lurex)/Love Kills-1984 Single Vsn/Love Kills-1984 Extended Version/I Was Born To Love You*/ Stop All The Fighting-'85 Non Album B-Side & Extended Version/Made In Heaven*/She Blows Hot & Cold-1985 Non Album B-Side & Extended Version/Living On My Own-*/My Love Is Dangerous*/Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow*/Let's Turn It On*

(*=1985 Extended Versions)

 

 

 

 CD 5 - Singles 1986-93

 Time-1986 Single Version/Extended & Instrumental Versions/In My Defence-1986 LP Version/The Great Pretender 1987 Single & Extended Versions/Exercises In Free Love-1987 Non Album B-Side/Barcelona-1987 Single & Extended Versions/ How Can I Go On-1987 Single/Living On My Own-1993 Extended Mix/1993 Radio Mix/1993 Club Mix & 1993 Underground Solutions Mix

 

 

 

 CD 6 - The Instrumentals

Barcelona/La Japonaise/The Fallen Priest/Ensueno/The Golden Boy/Guide Me Home/How Can I Go On?/Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow/Made In Heaven/Mr Bad Guy/There Must Be More To Life Than This/In My Defence/The Great Pretender

 

 

 

 CD 7 - Rarities 1

 Let's Turn It On-Acapella/Made In Heaven-Alternate Vsn/I Was Born To Love You-Vocal & Piano Vsn/Foolin' Around-Early Vsn-Original 198, Unreleased 12" Vsn & Instrumental/Your Kind Of Lover-Early Version & Vocal & Piano Version/Mr Bad Guy-Orchestral Outake & Early Version/There Must Be More To Life Than This-Piano Outakes/Living On My Own-Hybrid Edit/Love Is Dangerous-Early Vsn/Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow-1st, 2nd & 3rd Early Versions & Live Take/She Blows Hot & Cold-Alternative Version/Gazelle-Demo/Money Can't Buy Me Happiness-Demo/Love Makin' Love-Demo/God Is Heavy-Demo & New York-Demo  

 

 

 

CD 8 - Rarities 2

 The Duet/Idea (2 Versions)-Extracts From Garden Lodge/Barcelona-Early Version,Vocal Slave & Later Version/La Japonaise-Demo Vocal & A Capella/Rachmaninov's Revenge - Early & Demo Versions/Excercises / Ensueno-Live Takes/The Golden Boy-Early, 2nd Early & Acapella Versions/Guide Me Home/How Can I Go On-Alternate Versions/How Can I Go On-Outake & Piano Version/When This Old Tired Body Wants To Sing  

 

 

 

CD 9 - Rarities 3

 Rain-Ibex/Green-Wreckage '69/Man From Manhatten-Eddie Howell 1976/Love Is The Hero-Billy Squier 12" 1986/Lady With The Tenor Sax-Billy Squier 1986/Hold On-With Jo Dare 1986/Heaven For Everyone-Cross 1988/Love Kills-Rock Mix & Instrumental/Great Pretender-Demo/Holding On-Demo/It's So You-Demo/I Can't Dance/I Keep Smilin'-Demo/Horns Of Doom-Demo/Yellow Breezes-Demo & Have A Nice Day-Fanclub Message  

 

 

 

CD 10 - David Wigg Interviews

 

 

 

DVD's

 DVD 1 - Video Collection: This features all of the solo videos specially remixed for Surround Sound Audio. Barcelona/Great Pretender 7" Version/I Was Born To Love You/Time/How Can I Go On/Made In Heaven/Living On My Own/Golden Boy/Great Pretender-Extended Version/Barcelona/In My Defence-Re-edit 2000/Guide Me Home

    DVD 2 - The Untold Story: A revealing film portrait of his off-stage life by those who knew him best. Also includes an interactive photographic exhibition.

 

 

 All this, plus a fantastic coffee table book which includes loads of wonderful photos, extensive sleeve notes and a special piece written by a top rock journalist.