The Solo Collection

~ Release by Freddie Mercury (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

# Title Artist Rating Length
  CD 1: Mr. Bad Guy
1 Let's Turn It On Freddie Mercury 3:43
2 Made in Heaven
Freddie Mercury 3 4:06
3 I Was Born to Love You
Freddie Mercury 3 3:39
4 Foolin' Around Freddie Mercury 3 3:30
5 Your Kind of Lover Freddie Mercury 3:33
6 Mr. Bad Guy Freddie Mercury 4 4:10
7 Man Made Paradise
Freddie Mercury 4:09
8 There Must Be More to Life Than This Freddie Mercury 4 3:01
9 Living on My Own
Freddie Mercury 3:24
10 My Love Is Dangerous Freddie Mercury 3:43
11 Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow Freddie Mercury 4 3:47
  CD 2: Barcelona
1 Barcelona
Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé 4.65 5:39
2 La Japonaise Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé 3.5 4:49
3 The Fallen Priest
Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé 4 5:46
4 Ensueño
Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé 4 4:22
5 The Golden Boy
Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé 4 6:04
6 Guide Me Home Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé 3.5 2:50
7 How Can I Go On
Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé 4.5 3:51
8 Overture Piccante Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé 4 6:40
  CD 3: The Great Pretender
1 The Great Pretender (Brian Malouf remix)
Freddie Mercury 3 3:39
2 Foolin' Around (Steve Brown remix)
Freddie Mercury 3 3:36
3 Time (Nile Rodgers remix)
Freddie Mercury 3:50
4 Your Kind of Lover (Steve Brown remix)
Freddie Mercury 4:00
5 Exercises in Free Love Freddie Mercury 3:57
6 In My Defence (Ron Nevison remix)
Freddie Mercury 3:52
7 Mr. Bad Guy (Brian Malouf remix)
Freddie Mercury 4:01
8 Let's Turn It On (Jeff Lord-Alge remix)
Freddie Mercury 3:46
9 Living on My Own (Julian Raymond mix)
Freddie Mercury 4 3:39
10 My Love Is Dangerous (Jeff Lord-Alge remix)
Freddie Mercury 3:41
11 Love Kills (Richard Wolf remix)
Freddie Mercury 3:29
  CD 4: The Singles 1973-1985
1 I Can Hear Music Larry Lurex 3:30
2 Goin' Back Larry Lurex 3:35
3 Love Kills (original 1984 single version) Freddie Mercury 3 4:32
4 Love Kills (original 1984 extended version) Freddie Mercury 5:23
5 I Was Born to Love You (original 1985 extended version) Freddie Mercury 7:06
6 Stop All the Fighting (1985 non-album b-side) Freddie Mercury 3:20
7 Stop All the Fighting (1985 non-album b-side extended version) Freddie Mercury 6:38
8 Made in Heaven (original 1985 extended version) Freddie Mercury 4:51
9 She Blows Hot & Cold (1985 non-album b-side) Freddie Mercury 3:27
10 She Blows Hot & Cold (1985 non-album b-side extended version) Freddie Mercury 5:51
11 Living on My Own (original 1985 extended version) Freddie Mercury 6:40
12 My Love Is Dangerous (original 1985 extended version) Freddie Mercury 6:30
13 Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (original 1985 extended version) Freddie Mercury 5:33
14 Let's Turn It On (original 1985 extended version) Freddie Mercury 5:09
  CD 5: The Singles 1986-1993
1 Time (original 1986 single/album version) Freddie Mercury 3:59
2 Time (original 1986 extended version) Freddie Mercury 4:38
3 Time (original 1986 instrumental version) Freddie Mercury 3:23
4 In My Defence (1986 album version) Freddie Mercury 3:58
5 The Great Pretender (original 1987 single version) Freddie Mercury 3 3:30
6 The Great Pretender (original 1987 extended version) Freddie Mercury 5:55
7 Exercises in Free Love (1987 non-album b-side) Freddie Mercury 4:00
8 Barcelona (original 1987 single version) Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé 4:28
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 4:03
11 Living on My Own (1993 No More Brothers extended mix)
Freddie Mercury 5:17
12 Living on My Own (1993 radio mix)
Freddie Mercury 3 3:39
13 Living on My Own (1993 club mix)
Freddie Mercury 4:28
14 Living on My Own (1993 Underground Solutions mix)
Freddie Mercury 5:46
  CD 6: The Instrumentals
1 Barcelona
Freddie Mercury 4:27
2 La Japonaise
Freddie Mercury 4:47
3 The Fallen Priest
Freddie Mercury 5:51
4 Ensueño
Freddie Mercury 4:01
5 The Golden Boy
Freddie Mercury 6:06
6 Guide Me Home
Freddie Mercury 2:39
7 How Can I Go On
Freddie Mercury 3:59
8 Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow
Freddie Mercury 4:04
9 Made in Heaven
Freddie Mercury 4:18
10 Mr. Bad Guy
Freddie Mercury 4:15
11 There Must Be More to Life Than This
Freddie Mercury 3:09
12 In My Defence
Freddie Mercury 3:57
13 The Great Pretender
Freddie Mercury 4 3:27
  CD 7: Rarities 1: The Mr. Bad Guy Sessions
1 Let's Turn It On (a cappella) Freddie Mercury 3:05
2 Made in Heaven (alternative version) Freddie Mercury 4:28
3 I Was Born to Love You (vocal & piano version) Freddie Mercury 2:59
4 Foolin' Around (early version) Freddie Mercury 4:15
5 Foolin' Around (original 1985 unreleased 12" mix) Freddie Mercury 5:38
6 Foolin' Around (instrumental) Freddie Mercury 3:41
7 Your Kind of Lover (early version) Freddie Mercury 4:47
8 Your Kind of Lover (vocal & piano version) Freddie Mercury 3:39
9 Mr. Bad Guy (orchestra out-takes) Freddie Mercury 0:36
10 Mr. Bad Guy (early version) Freddie Mercury 3:30
11 There Must Be More to Life Than This (piano out-takes) Freddie Mercury 2:49
12 Living on My Own (hybrid edit: early/later versions) Freddie Mercury 4:30
13 Love Is Dangerous (early version) Freddie Mercury 2:13
14 Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (early version) Freddie Mercury 2:19
15 Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (2nd early version: extract) Freddie Mercury 1:04
16 Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (3rd early version) Freddie Mercury 3:27
17 Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (live take) Freddie Mercury 4:23
18 She Blows Hot & Cold (alternative version) (feat. Brian May)
Freddie Mercury 4:37
19 Gazelle (demo) Freddie Mercury 1:21
20 Money Can't Buy Happiness (demo) Freddie Mercury 2:38
21 Love Makin' Love (demo) Freddie Mercury 3:36
22 God Is Heavy (demo) Freddie Mercury 1:23
23 New York (demo)
Freddie Mercury 2:13
  CD 8: Rarities 2: The Barcelona Sessions
1 The Duet (The Fallen Priest) (extract from Garden Lodge tape) Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé 3:05
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) Freddie Mercury 4:22
5 Barcelona (Freddie's vocal slave) Freddie Mercury 4:32
6 Barcelona (later version: Freddie's vocal only) Freddie Mercury 4:27
7 La Japonaise (early version: Freddie's demo vocal) Freddie Mercury 4:42
8 La Japonaise (a cappella) Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé 4:18
9 Rachmaninov's Revenge (The Fallen Priest) (early version) Freddie Mercury 4:47
10 Rachmaninov's Revenge (The Fallen Priest) (later version: Freddie's demo vocal) Freddie Mercury 5:52
11 Ensueño (Montserrat's live takes) Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé 5:37
12 The Golden Boy (early version: Freddie's demo vocal) Freddie Mercury 3:55
13 The Golden Boy (2nd early version: extract) Freddie Mercury 2:57
14 The Golden Boy (a cappella featuring gospel choir) Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé 5:13
15 Guide Me Home / How Can I Go On (alternate versions) Freddie Mercury 6:55
16 How Can I Go On (out-take: extract) Freddie Mercury 1:32
17 How Can I Go On (alternative piano version) Freddie Mercury 3:46
18 When This Old Tired Body Wants to Sing (late night jam) Freddie Mercury 2:43
  CD 9: Rarities 3: Other Sessions
1 Rain (live 1969)
Ibex 3:52
2 Green (rehearsal 1969) Wreckage 3:16
3 The Man From Manhattan
Eddie Howell 3:23
4 Love Is the Hero (12" version) Billy Squier 5:23
5 Lady With a Tenor Sax (work in progress 1986) Billy Squier 4:03
6 Hold On (feat. Jo Dare)
Freddie Mercury 3:39
7 Heaven for Everyone (The Cross version: Freddie vocal)
The Cross 4:49
8 Love Kills (Rock mix) Freddie Mercury 4:28
9 Love Kills (instrumental) Freddie Mercury 4:27
10 The Great Pretender (original demo) Freddie Mercury 3:05
11 Holding On (demo)
Freddie Mercury 4:13
12 It's So You (demo) Freddie Mercury 2:41
13 I Can't Dance / Keep Smilin' (demo) Freddie Mercury 3:44
14 Horns of Doom (demo) Freddie Mercury 4:17
15 Yellow Breezes (demo)
Freddie Mercury 5:26
16 Have a Nice Day (fan club message) Freddie Mercury 0:46
  CD 10: The David Wigg Interviews
1 1979, London: The Crazy Tour Freddie Mercury 8:12
2 1984, Munich: The Works Tour Freddie Mercury 11:28
3 1984, Munich: The Works Tour, Part 2: Going Solo Freddie Mercury 7:38
4 1985, Wembley, London: Week of Live Aid Freddie Mercury 6:46
5 1986, London: Tha Magic Tour Freddie Mercury 10:36
6 1987, Ibiza: Freddie's 41st Birthday Freddie Mercury 9:57
7 1987, Ibiza: 41st Birthday, Part 2: Montserrat Caballé Freddie Mercury 8:22
8 1987, Ibiza: 41st Birthday, Part 3: The Great Pretender Freddie Mercury 10:27

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additional engineer: Andy "Dare" Mason
John Brough
Richard Dodd (mastering engineer, producer and engineer)
Stephan Wissnet
engineer: David Richards
Mack (German producer Reinhold Mack)
mastering: Peter Mew
producer: Greg Brooks
Justin Shirley-Smith
remaster of: Mr. Bad Guy
ASIN: UK: B00004YTWM [info]