WHITE QUEEN

Exquisite harmony, and extraordinary guitar work (both acoustic and electric). Freddie did an enviable job on the backing vocals too, and Roger begun his (should-be-) famous ornaments with cymbal rolls. Live versions featured Mercury doing a piano solo, but I personally think acoustic guitars suit it better.

General Information:

Music & Lyrics by: Brian May
Arranged by: Brian May
Written: Around 1968
Length: 4:33
Released on: 8th March 1974

Produced by: Queen & Roy Thomas Baker
Mixed by: Roy Thomas Baker & Mike Stone
Engineered by: Mike Stone

Recorded: August 1973
Recorded at: Trident Studios, London

Key: Am and/or D Dorian and/or E Phrygian
Metre: 4/4
Form: Cyclic

Acoustic Drums: Roger Taylor
Electric Bass: John Deacon
Acoustic Guitars: Brian May
Electric Guitars: Brian May

Lead Vocals: Freddie Mercury
Backing Vocals: Freddie Mercury

Songwriting:

Penned for a bird ... everything we do is always about them in one way or another ;)

Brian wrote the song in college but Smile never performed it.

Recordings:

Backing track was probably bass, drums and acoustic guitar. Everything else would be overdubbed.

Equipment:

Fender P-Bass

Hairfred Acoustic Guitar

Ludwig Drums

Red Special Electric Guitar