Legendary Queen guitarist Sir Brian May gave followers an early Christmas current as he revealed he has unearthed a by no means earlier than heard monitor from the band recorded in the course of the periods for his or her second album Queen II, launched in 1974. The monitor, which options Freddie Mercury on lead vocals, didn’t make the reduce for the document however Brian, 78, performed it for listeners as a part of a particular festive Planet Rock radio present he hosted on Monday December 22, and introduced it is going to be launched as a part of the upcoming 2026 remaster of that album.
Although a “bootleg” model of the music by Brian and drummer Roger Taylor’s pre-Queen band, Smile has circulated in some quarters he assured followers “no one” had heard this reduce earlier than he aired it. “It’s a song that goes back a very long way, but to my knowledge, no one has ever heard this version,” Brian mentioned. ““It’s a work in progress and will appear on the forthcoming rebuild of the Queen II album – coming next year – but I’m sneaking this into my Planet Rock special because I’m fascinated to know what people think about it. I hope people have a wonderful Christmas and a great New Year!”
Listeners were quick to share their overwhelmingly positive reaction to the song and flocked to Brian’s Instagram page to give him feedback as requested. “…Early Queen is my favorite period of any music ever, so that you couldn’t actually go fallacious with this one! It has that great magic created by the younger voices of Freddie and your self, and that distinctive acoustic guitar sound that I completely LOVE…” one gushed.
“It was nice to listen to a correct respectable high quality model of Polar Bear/Not For Sale quite than the bootleg model of a few years in the past. Love it!” another added.
A third raved: “Wow, wow, wow!! Not For Sale (Polar Bear) is phenomenal. I adored each second of it. Really can’t watch for the Queen II remaster now.”
A fourth shared: “Absolutely love Polar Bear!! So improbable to listen to new previous Queen! Thanks for sharing this little gem and might’t wait till the rebuild of Queen II is launched.”
A fifth commented: “It was nice, thanks Bri! I really like Polar Bear. The guitar solo is superb and the fashion of the music jogs my memory a little bit of The Night Comes Down – find it irresistible very a lot!!”
Meanwhile a sixth penned: “I simply heard Polar Bear and it’s a music I’ll always remember now… I really like listening to Freddie and You and I consider Roger all singing in elements of it and your guitar solo is so superbly finished! It’s like a combination of the early 70’s period with at this time’s sound. It’s great! And the lyrics are very deep! Beautiful!”
In August this year Brian delighted fans when he gave them a teaser of the remastering process on the Queen II album. He took to Instagram to share a snippet of a track in a short clip captioning it: “Please flip telephone on its aspect and go close-up to listen to this in full stereo. OK? But WHAT ARE WE HEARING? Tell me earlier than I inform you! Clue: It’s from about 52 years up to now… Bri”.
Fans immediately recognised the monitor as White Queen (As It Began) from the album. This is the second remastering mission undertaken by the band following the discharge of the Queen I field set in October 2024, which noticed them clear up tracks and embrace demos and extra materials inthe bundle.
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