In the Lap of the Pods (Queen podcast)

In this episode we speak to music legend Fred Mandel. Fred worked with Queen from 1982 - 1984 and also worked with Brian May on Starfleet and Freddie Mercury on Mr. Bad Guy. He has also worked with other legends such as Alice Cooper, Elton John and Pink Floyd. This was an incredibly fun episode for us and we hope you'll enjoy it.

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In the is episode we speak to our listeners to find out their favourite Queen things they would like to put In the Space Capsule to send into space in order that other civilisations get an appreciation for band. We had fun and we hope you find it enjoyable too! Thanks to Ian from Recovering Queen for the cover of In the Space Capsule at the end of the episode.

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We discuss Freddie Mercury's only solo album, 1985's Mr. Bad Guy. The album was given a fresh mix in 2019, so we will talk about the album in the context of that remix. We also discuss the situation around some of the songs potentially being Queen songs and the fact that Freddie was reported to have signed a huge money deal with CBS, much to the chagrin of the other members of Queen.

NOTE: the audio in this episode at times is poor but overall we felt it was still good enough for release.

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We discuss Roger's second solo album, Strange Frontier. It was recorded over 1983/1984 and is the follow up to Fun in Space. Roger goes for a more contemporary sound on this one and included covers of Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan songs respectively. He also recorded two music videos for the songs Strange Frontier and Man on Fire which should go down in music video history!

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Queen play Milton Keynes Bowl in 1982 in front of 65,000 people shortly after their infamous Hot Space album is released. The band had a lot to prove at this point. Had they also compromised as a live act?

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We are joined for by the amazingly talented Michael Legge and Andrew O'Neill for a Christmas Quiz. There is a lot of chat and the occasional question is asked. It's the Comics versus the Casters. Who will be crowned the champions?

This is part one of a two-parter.

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We discuss Brian May's 'project' Star Fleet, in which finding himself at a loose-end decided to assemble some musicians together for a jam. Out of that jam came this mini-album. The musicians other than Brian were, Eddie Van Halen, Alan Gratzer, Fred Mandel and Phil Chen. Not technically Brian's first solo album but how has his first solo 'outing' held up since 1983?

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Orginally released in 1983 as a home video called We Will Rock You, Queen Rock Montreal was restored for HD release and the soundtrack remixed and made available as a live album in 2007. We discuss the sights and sounds of this/these performances recorded in Montreal on 24th and 25th November 1981.

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We discuss Queen's first live album Live Killers, released in 1979 and recorded on their European Tour of the same year. The band had been touring relentlessly at this point and had released 7 albums in 5 years. So in what shape are the band in? A classic live album for many despite the band almost disowning it shortly after its release.

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