The Solo Collection

Tracklist

• CD 1: Mr. Bad Guy
• 1
  Let’s Turn It On
  3:42
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Made in Heaven
  4:06
  3.5 ★
• 3
  I Was Born to Love You
  3:39
  3.1 ★
• 4
  Foolin’ Around
  3:29
  3.0 ★
• 5
  Your Kind of Lover
  3:33
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Mr. Bad Guy
  4:10
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Man Made Paradise
  4:09
  4.0 ★
• 8
  There Must Be More to Life Than This
  3:00
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Living on My Own
  3:23
  4.0 ★
• 10
  My Love Is Dangerous
  3:43
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Love Me Like There’s No Tomorrow
  3:47
  4.0 ★
• CD 2: Barcelona
• 1
  Barcelona

  Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé
  5:39
  4.5 ★
• 2
  La Japonaise

  Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé
  4:49
  3.2 ★
• 3
  The Fallen Priest

  Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé
  5:46
  3.4 ★
• 4
  Ensueño

  Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé
  4:21
  3.4 ★
• 5
  The Golden Boy

  Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé
  6:04
  3.5 ★
• 6
  Guide Me Home

  Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé
  2:49
  3.2 ★
• 7
  How Can I Go On

  Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé
  3:51
  3.8 ★
• 8
  Overture Piccante

  Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé
  6:39
  3.4 ★
• CD 3: The Great Pretender
• 1
  The Great Pretender (Brian Malouf remix)
  3:39
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Foolin’ Around (Steve Brown remix)
  3:36
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Time (Nile Rodgers remix)
  3:50
• 4
  Your Kind of Lover (Steve Brown remix)
  3:59
  2.0 ★
• 5
  Exercises in Free Love
  3:57
• 6
  In My Defence (Ron Nevison remix)
  3:52
• 7
  Mr. Bad Guy (Brian Malouf remix)
  4:01
• 8
  Let’s Turn It On (Jeff Lord‐Alge remix)
  3:45
• 9
  Living on My Own (Julian Raymond mix)
  3:39
  4.0 ★
• 10
  My Love Is Dangerous (Jeff Lord‐Alge remix)
  3:40
• 11
  Love Kills (Richard Wolf remix)
  3:28
• CD 4: The Singles 1973-1985
• 1
  I Can Hear Music

  Larry Lurex
  3:30
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Goin’ Back

  Larry Lurex
  3:34
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Love Kills (original 1984 single version)
  4:31
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Love Kills (original 1984 extended version)
  5:22
• 5
  I Was Born to Love You (original 1985 extended version)
  7:06
• 6
  Stop All the Fighting (1985 non‐album b‐side)
  3:19
• 7
  Stop All the Fighting (1985 non‐album b‐side extended version)
  6:37
• 8
  Made in Heaven (original 1985 extended version)
  4:50
• 9
  She Blows Hot & Cold (1985 non‐album b‐side)
  3:27
• 10
  She Blows Hot & Cold (1985 non‐album b‐side extended version)
  5:51
• 11
  Living on My Own (original 1985 extended version)
  6:39
• 12
  My Love Is Dangerous (original 1985 extended version)
  6:29
• 13
  Love Me Like There’s No Tomorrow (original 1985 extended version)
  5:32
• 14
  Let’s Turn It On (original 1985 extended version)
  5:09
• CD 5: The Singles 1986-1993
• 1
  Time (original 1986 single/album version)
  3:59
• 2
  Time (original 1986 extended version)
  4:37
• 3
  Time (original 1986 instrumental version)
  3:23
• 4
  In My Defence (1986 album version)
  3:58
  4.0 ★
• 5
  The Great Pretender (original 1987 single version)
  3:29
  3.5 ★
• 6
  The Great Pretender (original 1987 extended version)
  5:54
• 7
  Exercises in Free Love (1987 non‐album b‐side)
  4:00
• 8
  Barcelona (original 1987 single version)

  Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé
  4:28
  2.8 ★
• 9
  Barcelona (original 1987 extended version)

  Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé
  7:08
• 10
  How Can I Go On (1989 single version)

  Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé
  4:02
• 11
  Living on My Own (1993 No More Brothers extended mix)
  5:16
• 12
  Living on My Own (1993 radio mix)
  3:39
  3.8 ★
• 13
  Living on My Own (1993 club mix)
  4:27
• 14
  Living on My Own (1993 Underground Solutions mix)
  5:46
• CD 6: The Instrumentals
• 1
  Barcelona
  4:27
• 2
  La Japonaise
  4:47
• 3
  The Fallen Priest
  5:50
• 4
  Ensueño
  4:00
• 5
  The Golden Boy
  6:05
• 6
  Guide Me Home
  2:38
• 7
  How Can I Go On
  3:59
• 8
  Love Me Like There’s No Tomorrow
  4:03
• 9
  Made in Heaven
  4:17
• 10
  Mr. Bad Guy
  4:14
• 11
  There Must Be More to Life Than This
  3:09
• 12
  In My Defence
  3:56
• 13
  The Great Pretender
  3:27
• CD 7: Rarities 1: The Mr. Bad Guy Sessions
• 1
  Let’s Turn It On (a cappella)
  3:05
• 2
  Made in Heaven (alternative version)
  4:28
• 3
  I Was Born to Love You (vocal & piano version)
  2:58
• 4
  Foolin’ Around (early version)
  4:14
• 5
  Foolin’ Around (original 1985 unreleased 12" mix)
  5:38
• 6
  Foolin’ Around (instrumental)
  3:40
• 7
  Your Kind of Lover (early version)
  4:47
• 8
  Your Kind of Lover (vocal & piano version)
  3:38
• 9
  Mr. Bad Guy (orchestra out‐takes)
  0:36
• 10
  Mr. Bad Guy (early version)
  3:29
• 11
  There Must Be More to Life Than This (piano out‐takes)
  2:48
• 12
  Living on My Own (hybrid edit: early/later versions)
  4:30
• 13
  Love Is Dangerous (early version)
  2:12
• 14
  Love Me Like There’s No Tomorrow (early version)
  2:18
• 15
  Love Me Like There’s No Tomorrow (2nd early version: extract)
  1:04
• 16
  Love Me Like There’s No Tomorrow (3rd early version)
  3:26
• 17
  Love Me Like There’s No Tomorrow (live take)
  4:22
• 18
  She Blows Hot & Cold (alternative version) (feat. Brian May)
  4:36
• 19
  Gazelle (demo)
  1:21
• 20
  Money Can’t Buy Happiness (demo)
  2:37
• 21
  Love Makin’ Love (demo)
  3:36
• 22
  God Is Heavy (demo)
  1:23
• 23
  New York (demo)
  2:13
• CD 8: Rarities 2: The Barcelona Sessions
• 1
  The Duet (The Fallen Priest) (extract from Garden Lodge tape)

  Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé
  3:04
• 2
  Idea (Barcelona) (extract from Garden Lodge tape)

  Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé
  1:13
• 3
  Idea (Barcelona) (2nd extract from Garden Lodge tape)

  Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé
  1:05
• 4
  Barcelona (early version: Freddie’s demo vocal)
  4:22
• 5
  Barcelona (Freddie’s vocal slave)
  4:31
• 6
  Barcelona (later version: Freddie’s vocal only)
  4:26
• 7
  La Japonaise (early version: Freddie’s demo vocal)
  4:41
• 8
  La Japonaise (a cappella)

  Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé
  4:18
• 9
  Rachmaninov’s Revenge (The Fallen Priest) (early version)
  4:47
• 10
  Rachmaninov’s Revenge (The Fallen Priest) (later version: Freddie’s demo vocal)
  5:52
• 11
  Ensueño (Montserrat’s live takes)

  Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé
  5:36
• 12
  The Golden Boy (early version: Freddie’s demo vocal)
  3:55
• 13
  The Golden Boy (2nd early version: extract)
  2:57
• 14
  The Golden Boy (a cappella featuring gospel choir)

  Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé
  5:12
• 15
  Guide Me Home / How Can I Go On (alternate versions)
  6:54
• 16
  How Can I Go On (out‐take: extract)
  1:31
• 17
  How Can I Go On (alternative piano version)
  3:46
• 18
  When This Old Tired Body Wants to Sing (late night jam)
  2:42
• CD 9: Rarities 3: Other Sessions
• 1
  Rain (live 1969)

  Ibex
  3:52
• 2
  Green (rehearsal 1969)

  Wreckage
  3:15
• 3
  The Man From Manhattan

  Eddie Howell
  3:22
• 4
  Love Is the Hero (12" version)

  Billy Squier
  5:22
• 5
  Lady With a Tenor Sax (work in progress 1986)

  Billy Squier
  4:02
• 6
  Hold On

  feat. Jo Dare
  3:39
• 7
  Heaven for Everyone (The Cross version: Freddie vocal)

  The Cross
  4:48
• 8
  Love Kills (Rock mix)
  4:28
• 9
  Love Kills (instrumental)
  4:27
• 10
  The Great Pretender (original demo)
  3:05
• 11
  Holding On (demo)
  4:12
• 12
  It’s So You (demo)
  2:40
• 13
  I Can’t Dance / Keep Smilin’ (demo)
  3:43
• 14
  Horns of Doom (demo)
  4:17
• 15
  Yellow Breezes (demo)
  5:26
• 16
  Have a Nice Day (fan club message)
  0:45
• CD 10: The David Wigg Interviews
• 1
  1979, London: The Crazy Tour
  8:12
• 2
  1984, Munich: The Works Tour
  11:27
• 3
  1984, Munich: The Works Tour, Part 2: Going Solo
  7:38
• 4
  1985, Wembley, London: Week of Live Aid
  6:45
• 5
  1986, London: Tha Magic Tour
  10:35
• 6
  1987, Ibiza: Freddie’s 41st Birthday
  9:56
• 7
  1987, Ibiza: 41st Birthday, Part 2: Montserrat Caballé
  8:22
• 8
  1987, Ibiza: 41st Birthday, Part 3: The Great Pretender
  10:26

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Remixes

Remixes 1993

Release credits

• Alan Jones
  electric bass guitar [1-3]
• Alan Jones
  bass [5]
• Andrew Flashman
  arranger [2, 4]
• Andrew King
  arranger [2, 4]
• Andy Mason
  additional, assistant [1, 5-7]
• Barry Castle
  French horn [8-9], horn [1]
• Barry De Souza
  drums (drum set) [3]
• Billy Squier
  lead vocals [5]
• Brett Morgan
  membranophone [1-3]
• Brian Malouf
  remixer [1, 7]
• Brian May
  liner notes, background vocals [4.1, 9.3], electric guitar [4.1, 4.3-4, 9.3, 9.9, 7.18], guitar [9.3, 4.1]
• Carl Ward
  producer [3.9, 5.12], recording [5.12, 3.9], remixer [11-13]
• Carol Woods
  background vocals [5]
• Colin Peter
  producer [3.9, 5.12], recording [3.9, 5.12], remixer [11-13]
• Curt Cress
  drums (drum set) [3.9, 1.2-3, 1.6, 1.8, 1.11]
• Dave Clark
  producer [3.3, 3.6, 5.1, 5.4], remixer [1, 4]
• David Richards
  engineer, engineer [2.1, 2.5-7, 5.5], performer [5.7, 3.5], producer [5.5, 5.7-10, 6.1-7, 2.1-8, 3.1, 3.5], programming [11, 15]
• David Wigg
  spoken vocals [1-8]
• Debbie Bishop
  background vocals [5]
• Deborah Ann Johnston
  cello [5.8-9, 2.1]
• Eddie Howell
  acoustic guitar [3], lead vocals [3], vocal [3]
• Erdal Kızılçay
  bass guitar [11, 15]
• Frank Ricotti
  percussion [1], tambourine [8-9]
• Fred Mandel
  additional [2, 2-3, 3, 6, 8, 11], guitar [2-3, 6, 8, 11], piano [2-3, 6, 8, 11], synthesizer [2-3, 6, 8, 11]
• Freddie Mercury
  arranger [1-8], background vocals [9.3-4, 2.1, 5.1-2, 5.5-6, 5.8-9, 3.9], lead vocals [5.1-2, 5.5-9, 9.5-7, 2.1, 3.2-6, 3.8-9], performer [2.7, 3.9], piano [1.2-3, 1.6, 1.8, 1.11, 9.3-4], producer [9.3, 1.1-11, 2.1-8, 3.1-6, 3.8-9, 4.3, 4.6, 6.1-11, 7.4, 5.1, 5.4-5, 5.7-11], spoken vocals [1-8], synthesizer [2-3, 6, 8, 11], vocal [9.1, 1.2-3, 1.6, 1.8, 1.11, 2.1]
• Fugitive Brothers
  remixer [8]
• Giorgio Moroder
  producer [3]
• Greg Brooks
  producer
• Harold Fisher
  drums (drum set) [5]
• Homi Kanga
  violin [5.8-9, 2.1]
• Jeff Lord‐Alge
  mix [8], remixer [8, 10]
• Jerome Rimson
  bass guitar [3], electric bass guitar [3]
• Jo Burt
  bass guitar [7]
• Jo Dare
  lead vocals [6]
• John Brough
  additional, assistant [1, 5-7]
• John Christie
  background vocals [1-2]
• John Deacon
  bass guitar [7], electric bass guitar [10], guest [2.7, 5.10]
• John Taylor
  bass [1], flute [1]
• Josh Macrae
  producer [9], recording [9]
• Julian Raymond
  additional [1, 8-9]
• Justin Shirley‐Smith
  producer
• Lance Ellington
  background vocals [5]
• Laurie Lewis
  violin [2.1, 5.8-9]
• Mack
  engineer, drums (drum set) [2-3, 6, 8, 11], engineer [1.1-11, 4.3, 3.9], producer [4.3, 4.6, 7.4, 1.1-11, 3.2, 3.4, 3.8-9, 5.11-12, 6.8-11], programming [9], synthesizer [2-3, 6, 8, 11]
• Madeline Bell
  background vocals [5]
• Mark Williamson
  background vocals [5]
• Mick Smith
  drums (drum set) [1]
• Mike Bersin
  guitar [1]
• Mike Moran
  arranger [2.1-8, 5.8], keyboard [9.11, 2.1-8, 5.1-3, 5.5], performer [5.7, 3.5], piano [5.1-3, 5.5, 8.16, 8.18, 9.13, 9.15-16], producer [5.5, 5.7-10, 2.1-8, 6.1-7, 3.1, 3.5], synthesizer [1-3, 8-9]
• Mike Stone
  engineer [1-2]
• Miriam Stockley
  background vocals [5]
• Montserrat Caballé
  background vocals [5.8-9, 2.1], lead vocals [8-9], performer [3, 5, 7-8], soprano vocals [1]
• Nile Rodgers
  remixer [3]
• Pamela Quinlan
  piano [8-9]
• Paul Vincent
  electric guitar [9], guitar [2-3, 6, 8, 11]
• Peter Mew
  mastering
• Peter Straker
  background vocals [5.1-2, 5.5-6, 2.5]
• Rainer Pietsch
  arranger [6]
• Ray Russell
  guitar [1-3]
• Richard Dodd
  additional, assistant [1, 5-7], engineer [5]
• Richard Wolf
  remixer [11]
• Robin Geoffrey Cable
  producer [1-2]
• Roger Sanchez
  remixer [14]
• Roger Taylor
  background vocals [4.1, 5.5-6], percussion [1], programming [9.9, 4.3-4]
• Ron Nevison
  producer [6], remixer [6]
• Serge Ramaekers
  producer [5.12, 3.9], recording [3.9, 5.12], remixer [11-13]
• Stephan Wissnet
  additional, assistant [3.9, 1.1-11], bass guitar [3.9, 1.2-3, 1.6, 1.8, 1.11], drums (drum set) [2-3, 6, 8, 11], programming [9], synthesizer [2-3, 6, 8, 11]
• Steve Brown
  additional [2], remixer [2, 4]
• Show all credits (68)

Issues

• 

  T
  The Solo Collection

  10x CD
  23 October 2000
• 

  S
  Solo - The Very Best of Freddie Mercury

  3x CD
  23 October 2000
• 

  S
  Solo

  3x CD
  2000