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The Solo Collection ist ein Kompilationsalbum und Boxset, das die Solokarriere von Freddie Mercury beschreibt. Es enthält das Material, das Mercury aufgenommen hat, bevor er sich mit Brian May, Roger Taylor und später John Deacon zur gemeinsamen Band mit dem Namen Queen zusammenschloss bis zu den No More Brothers Remixen von 1993.

The Solo Collection
Kompilation von Freddie Mercury
Veröffent- lichung(en)	23. Oktober 2000
Label(s)	Parlophone
Genre(s)	Rock
Chronologie The Great Pretender The Solo Collection Lover of Life, Singer of Songs

Mercurys zwei Studioalben sind enthalten, zusammen mit verschiedenen Single-Edits und Nicht-Album-Singles, B-Seiten, Remixen, Instrumentals, Kollaborationen, einer großen Anzahl von Demo-Aufnahmen und einer Reihe von Interviews, die von David Wigg geführt wurden. Ebenfalls enthalten sind zwei DVDs: eine Sammlung von Mercurys Werbemusikvideos und eine Dokumentation über sein Leben.

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The Solo Collection (12 CDs/DVDs Ausgabe)

CD 1: Mr. Bad Guy (1985) Remastered

Alle Songs wurden von Freddie Mercury geschrieben.

1. "Let's Turn It On" – 3:42
2. "Made in Heaven" – 4:05
3. "I Was Born to Love You" – 3:38
4. "Foolin' Around" – 3:29
5. "Your Kind of Lover" – 3:32
6. "Mr. Bad Guy" – 4:09
7. "Man Made Paradise" – 4:08
8. "There Must Be More to Life Than This" – 3:00
9. "Living on My Own" – 3:23
10. "My Love Is Dangerous" – 3:42
11. "Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow" – 3:46

CD 2: Barcelona (1988) Remastered

1. Barcelona (Mercury) – 5:39
2. La Japonaise (Mercury) – 4:48
3. The Fallen Priest (Mercury/Moran/Rice) – 5:45
4. Ensueño (Mercury/Moran/Caballé) – 4:21
5. The Golden Boy (Mercury/Moran/Rice) – 6:03
6. Guide Me Home (Mercury/Moran) – 2:49
7. How Can I Go On (Mercury) – 3:50
8. Overture Piccante (Mercury/Moran) – 6:39

CD 3: The Great Pretender (1992)

1. The Great Pretender (Brian Malouf Mix) (Ram) – 3:39
2. Foolin' Around (Steve Brown Mix) (Mercury) – 3:35
3. Time (Nile Rodgers Mix) (Dave Clark/John Christie) – 3:49
4. Your Kind Of Lover (Steve Brown Mix) (Mercury) – 3:59
5. Exercises In Free Love (Mercury/Moran) – 3:56
6. In My Defence (Ron Nevison Mix) (Clark/Soames/Daniels) – 3:51
7. Mr. Bad Guy (Brian Malouf Mix) (Mercury) – 4:00
8. Let's Turn It On (Jeff Lord-Alge Mix) (Mercury) – 3:45
9. Living on My Own (Julian Raymond Mix) (Mercury) – 3:38
10. My Love Is Dangerous (Jeff Lord-Alge Mix) (Mercury) – 3:40
11. Love Kills (Richard Wolf Mix) (Mercury/Moroder) – 3:28

CD 4: The Singles 1973–1985

1. I Can Hear Music (Larry Lurex, 1973 Single) (Greenwich/Spector/Barry) – 3:29
2. Goin' Back (Larry Lurex, 1973 B-side) (Goffin/King) – 3:34
3. Love Kills (Original 1984 Single Version) (Mercury/Moroder) – 4:31
4. Love Kills (Original 1984 Extended Version) (Mercury/Moroder) – 5:22
5. I Was Born to Love You (Original 1985 Extended Version) (Mercury) – 7:05
6. Stop All The Fighting (1985 Non-album B-side) (Mercury) – 3:19
7. Stop All The Fighting (1985 Non-album B-side Extended Version) (Mercury) – 6:37
8. Made in Heaven (Original 1985 Extended Version) (Mercury) – 4:50
9. She Blows Hot & Cold (1985 Non-album B-side) (Mercury) – 3:26
10. She Blows Hot & Cold (1985 Non-album B-side Extended Version) (Mercury) – 5:50
11. Living On My Own (1985 Extended Version) (Mercury) – 6:40
12. My Love Is Dangerous (Original 1985 Extended Version) (Mercury) – 6:29
13. Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (Original 1985 Extended Version) (Mercury) – 5:32
14. Let's Turn It On (Original 1985 Extended Version) (Mercury) – 5:08

CD 5: The Singles 1986–1993

1. Time (Original 1986 Single/Album Version) (Clark/Christie) – 3:58
2. Time (Original 1986 Extended Version) (Clark/Christie) – 4:37
3. Time (Original 1986 Instrumental Version) (Clark/Christie) – 3:22
4. In My Defence (1986 Album Version) (Clark/Soames/Daniels) – 3:57
5. The Great Pretender (Original 1987 Single Version) (Ram) – 3:29
6. The Great Pretender (Original 1987 Extended Version) (Ram) – 5:54
7. Exercises In Free Love (1987 Non-album B-side) (Mercury/Moran) – 3:59
8. Barcelona (Original 1987 Single Version) (Mercury/Moran) – 4:27
9. Barcelona (Original 1987 Extended Version) (Mercury/Moran) – 7:07
10. How Can I Go On (1989 Single Version) (Mercury/Moran) – 4:02
11. Living on My Own (1993 No More Brothers Extended Mix) (Mercury) – 5:16
12. Living on My Own (1993 Radio Mix) (Mercury) – 3:38
13. Living on My Own (1993 Club Mix) (Mercury) – 4:27
14. Living on My Own (1993 Underground Solutions Mix) (Mercury) – 5:45

CD 6: The Instrumentals

1. Barcelona (Instrumental) (Mercury/Moran) – 4:26
2. La Japonaise (Instrumental) (Mercury/Moran) – 4:46
3. The Fallen Priest (Instrumental) (Mercury/Moran/Rice) – 5:50
4. Ensueño (Instrumental) (Mercury/Moran/Caballé) – 4:00
5. The Golden Boy (Instrumental) (Mercury/Moran/Rice) – 6:05
6. Guide Me Home (Instrumental) (Mercury/Moran) – 2:38
7. How Can I Go On (Instrumental) (Mercury/Moran) – 3:58
8. Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (Instrumental) (Mercury) – 4:03
9. Made in Heaven (Instrumental) (Mercury) – 4:17
10. Mr. Bad Guy (Instrumental) (Mercury) – 4:14
11. There Must Be More To Life Than This (Instrumental) (Mercury) – 3:08
12. In My Defence (Instrumental) (Clark/Soames/Daniels) – 3:56
13. The Great Pretender (Instrumental) (Ram) – 3:26

CD 7: Rarities 1

1. Let's Turn It On (A Capella) (Mercury) – 3:04
2. Made in Heaven (Alternative Version) (Mercury) – 4:27
3. I Was Born to Love You (Vocal & Piano Version) (Mercury) – 2:58
4. Foolin' Around (Early Version) (Mercury) – 4:14
5. Foolin' Around (Original 1985 Unreleased 12" Mix) (Mercury) – 5:37
6. Foolin' Around (Instrumental) (Mercury) – 3:40
7. Your Kind Of Lover (Early Version) (Mercury) – 4:47
8. Your Kind Of Lover (Vocal & Piano Version) (Mercury) – 3:38
9. Mr. Bad Guy (Orchestra Out-takes) (Mercury) – 0:35
10. Mr. Bad Guy (Early Version) (Mercury) – 3:29
11. There Must Be More To Life Than This (Piano Out-takes) (Mercury) – 2:48
12. Living on My Own (Hybrid Edit: Early/Later Versions) (Mercury) – 4:29
13. Love Is Dangerous (Early Version) (Mercury) – 2:12
14. Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (Early Version) (Mercury) – 2:18
15. Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (2nd Early Version: Extract) (Mercury) – 1:03
16. Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (3rd Early Version) (Mercury) – 3:26
17. Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow (Live Take) (Mercury) – 4:22
18. She Blows Hot & Cold (Alternative Version featuring Brian May) (Mercury) – 4:36
19. Gazelle (Demo) (Mercury) – 1:20
20. Money Can't Buy Happiness (Demo) (Mercury) – 2:37
21. Love Makin' Love (Demo) (Mercury) – 3:35
22. God Is Heavy (Demo) (Mercury) – 1:22
23. New York (Demo) (Mercury) – 2:12

CD 8: Rarities 2

1. The Duet (The Fallen Priest) (Extract from Garden Lodge tape) (Mercury/Moran/Rice) – 3:04
2. Idea (Barcelona) (Extract from Garden Lodge tape) (Mercury/Moran) – 1:12
3. Idea (Barcelona) (2nd Extract from Garden Lodge tape) (Mercury/Moran) – 1:04
4. Barcelona (Early Version: Freddie's Demo Vocal) (Mercury/Moran) – 4:21
5. Barcelona (Freddie's Vocal Slave) (Mercury/Moran) – 4:31
6. Barcelona (Later Version: Freddie's Vocal only) (Mercury/Moran) – 4:26
7. La Japonaise (Early Version: Freddie's Vocal only) (Mercury/Moran) – 4:41
8. La Japonaise (A Capella) (Mercury/Moran) – 4:17
9. Rachmaninov's Revenge (The Fallen Priest) (Early Version) (Mercury/Moran/Rice) – 4:46
10. Rachmaninov's Revenge (The Fallen Priest) (Later Version: Freddie's Demo Vocal) – 5:51
11. Ensueño (Montserrat's Live Takes) (Mercury/Moran/Caballé) – 5:36
12. The Golden Boy (Early Version: Freddie's Demo Vocal) (Mercury/Moran/Rice) – 3:54
13. The Golden Boy (2nd Early Version: Extract) (Mercury/Moran/Rice) – 2:56
14. The Golden Boy (A Capella featuring Gospel Choir) (Mercury/Moran/Rice) – 5:12
15. Guide Me Home / How Can I Go On (Alternative Versions) (Mercury/Moran) – 6:54
16. How Can I Go On (Out-take: Extract) (Mercury/Moran) – 1:31
17. How Can I Go On (Alternative Piano Version) (Mercury/Moran) – 3:45
18. "When This Old Tired Body Wants to Sing" (Late Night Jam) (Mercury/Moran) – 2:42

CD 9: Rarities 3

1. Rain (Ibex, Live 1969) (Lennon/McCartney) – 3:51
2. Green (Wreckage, Rehearsal 1969) (Mercury) – 3:15
3. The Man From Manhattan (Eddie Howell 1976) (Howell) – 3:22
4. Love Is The Hero (Billy Squier: 12" Version 1986) (Squier) – 5:22
5. Lady With A Tenor Sax (Billy Squier: Work In Progress 1986) (Squier/Mercury) – 4:02
6. Hold On (Freddie Mercury and Jo Dare 1986) (Mercury/Mack) – 3:38
7. Heaven for Everyone (The Cross Version: Freddie Vocal 1988) (Taylor) – 4:48
8. Love Kills (Rock Mix) (Mercury/Moroder) – 4:27
9. Love Kills (Instrumental) (Mercury/Moroder/Keenan) – 4:26
10. The Great Pretender (Original Demo) (Ram) – 3:04
11. Holding On (Demo) (Mercury) – 4:12
12. It's So You (Demo) (Mercury) – 2:40
13. I Can't Dance / Keep Smilin' (Demo) (Mercury) – 3:43
14. Horns Of Doom (Demo) (Richards) – 4:16
15. Yellow Breezes (Demo) (Mercury/Moran) – 5:25
16. Have A Nice Day (Fan Club Message) (Mercury/Moran) – 0:45

CD 10: The David Wigg Interviews

1. 1979, London (The Crazy Tour) – 8:11
2. 1984, Munich (The Works Tour) – 11:27
3. 1984, Munich (Pt. 2 Going solo) – 7:37
4. 1985, Wembley, London (Week of Live Aid) – 6:45
5. 1986, London (The Magic Tour) – 10:35
6. 1987, Ibiza (Freddie's 41ster Geburtstag) – 9:56
7. 1987, Ibiza (41ster Geburtstag. Pt. 2 Montserrat Caballé) – 8:21
8. 1987, Ibiza (41ster Geburtstag. Pt. 3 The Great Pretender) – 10:26

DVD 11: The Video Collection (DVD)

• Barcelona (Live Version) (Mercury/Moran)
• The Great Pretender (Single Version) (Ram)
• I Was Born to Love You (Mercury)
• Time (Clark/Christie)
• How Can I Go On (Mercury/Moran)
• Made in Heaven (Mercury)
• Living on My Own (Mercury)
• The Golden Boy (Mercury/Moran/Rice)
• The Great Pretender (Extended Version) (Ram)
• Barcelona (Mercury/Moran)
• In My Defence (Re-edit 2000) (Clark/Soames/Daniels)
• Guide Me Home (Mercury/Moran)

DVD 12: The Untold Story (DVD)

• Spice Island Dawn
• Strange Discipline
• Culture Shock
• The Draftsman Of Ealing
• Musical Awakenings
• Love of My Life
• Bacchus And Aphrodite
• Butterflies And Peacocks
• A Day At The Opera
• My Kind Of Towns
• Last Days

Solo

Solo
Kompilation von Freddie Mercury
Veröffent- lichung(en)	23. Oktober 2000
Label(s)	Parlophone
Genre(s)	Rock

Das Boxset wurde auch als Drei-CD-Sampler mit dem Titel Solo veröffentlicht. Diese Ausgabe enthält Mercurys zwei Original-Studioalben sowie eine dritte CD mit ausgewählten Tracks aus dem Zwölf-Disc-Box-Set.

1. I Can Hear Music (Larry Lurex, 1973 Single) – 3:29
2. Love Kills (Original 1984 Single Version) – 4:31
3. The Great Pretender (Original 1987 Single Version) – 3:29
4. Living on My Own (1993 Radio Mix) – 3:38
5. In My Defence (2000 Remix) – 3:55
6. Time (2000 Remix) – 4:02
7. Love Kills (Rock Mix) – 4:27

Anmerkungen

1. The Solo Collection auf queenpedia.com
2. Solo CDs auf queenpedia.com

Freddie Mercury

Studioalben	Mr. Bad Guy Barcelona
Kompilationen	The Freddie Mercury Album Remixes Solo Lover of Life, Singer of Songs (The Very Best of Freddie Mercury Solo) Messenger of the Gods: The Singles Collection Never Boring The Great Pretender The Solo Collection
Videoalben	The Great Pretender How It All Began The Greatest Showman Under The Spotlight Video EP The Barcelona EP Barcelona The Video Collection Lover of Life, Singer of Songs
Singles	Love Kills Made in Heaven I Was Born to Love You Living on My Own Time Barcelona The Great Pretender In My Defence Living on My Own (Remix) Love Kills (Sunshine People Remix) Love Me like There’s No Tomorrow Time Waits For No One Guide Me Home Hold On The Golden Boy How can I Go On The Man from Manhattan
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