Queen - Love Of My Life - A Night at the Opera - 1975 - 24 Karat Gold Disc Remastered - 2000

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Copyright:: DCC Compact Classics, Elektra, Hollywood (US) - EMI, Parlophone (Europe)
Writer: Freddie Mercury
Producer:: Queen
Original Album Released: 21 November 1975
DCC Remaster Released: 2000
Remastering [2000]: Mastered by Steve Hoffman
Catalog Nº: GZS-1144
Format:: Gold CD
Year: 2000

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Steve Hoffman is an audio engineer from Los Angeles, California, who specializes in remastering sound recordings on compact disc and vinyl record. In the 1980s, he worked at MCA for nine years. He has since done remastering work for companies such as Digital Compact Classics (DCC) and Audio Fidelity, Analogue Productions, Rural Rhythm and, presently, S&P.

"Love of My Life" is a ballad from the album A Night at the Opera by English rock band Queen. A live release of the single reached number 1 in Argentina and Brazil, in 1979. The preceding track on the album, "The Prophet's Song", flows seamlessly into this song, although the two were never performed back to back live.

Freddie Mercury wrote it on the piano and guitarist Brian May rearranged the song for acoustic 12-string guitar to facilitate live performances. May contributed occasional guitar phrases to the original recording and played the swooping harp glissandos by pasting together multiple takes of single chords. The song is a good example of Mercury's familiarity with rubato phrasing, showcasing his classical piano influences, notably by Chopin and Beethoven.

The song was written for Mary Austin, Mercury's girlfriend at the time.

Live Performances

Introduced during the "News of the World Tour" in 1977, "Love of My Life" was such a concert favourite that Mercury frequently stopped singing and allowed the audience to take over. It was especially well received during concerts in South America, and the band released the song as a single there.

The 1979 album Live Killers features a live version of the song. It was also performed during the Queen Rock Montreal, Live at the Bowl, Live at Wembley '86, and Return of the Champions concerts. There is a live video of the song on the DVD Greatest Video Hits 1 of a May-Mercury-Audience trio in Tokyo, 1979. The audio for that clip came from a 1979 performance in Frankfurt.

After Mercury's death, Brian May usually dedicated the song to the late Freddie Mercury. A notable exception is the Sheffield show which yielded the Return of the Champions CD and DVD. At that show, May announced that Mercury's mother was at the show and he dedicated the song to her. In the Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour, May would sing a few lines of the song, then let the audience take over. He did this on every verse.

Covers

Numerous artists have released a cover of "Love of My Life" commercially, including Declan Galbraith, Scorpions, Michael Burgess, Extreme (which featured Brian May), Rose Marie, Elaine Paige, Mark Slaughter, Antonio Vega, Norma Waterson and Iris and the ladies gold medal winning quartet NoteOrious.

Love of My Life es una balada de piano del grupo inglés Queen, escrita entre 1974 y 1975 por Freddie Mercury.

El tema alcanzó el #1 de las listas de popularidad en Sudámerica en una edición single de la versión de Live Killers, llegando a ser un clásico. Pertenece al álbum A Night at the Opera de 1975. Fue escrita originalmente en piano por Freddie. El guitarrista Brian May toca el arpa (grabó acorde por acorde y luego los juntó), y algunos motivos de guitarra sobre esta pista.

La canción es un buen ejemplo del fraseo de rubato. Exhibe las influencias de piano clásicas de Mercury, notablemente Chopin. La pista previa del álbum, The Prophet's Song, circula de manera uniforme en esta pista, aunque las dos nunca eran interpretadas juntas en concierto.

Esta canción se encuentra en las tonalidades de Do mayor y Fa mayor, con partes en Si bemol. Cuando la tocaban en directo, May utilizaba un Tiple, instrumento original de Colombia, adquirido por la banda después de su viaje a Brasil. Esta canción gustaba tanto en los conciertos que Mercury dejaba de cantar frecuentemente para que la audiencia la cantara completamente, lo que animó a la banda a escribir futuras canciones como We Will Rock You y Radio Ga Ga, con la participación de audiencia en mente. Esto era especialmente recibido bien en los conciertos sudamericanos, lo que animó la banda a darlo a conocer allí como un single .

Podemos encontrar una versión en vivo de este tema en el álbum Live Killers de 1979. También fue llevado a cabo en vivo en el concierto "Rock Montreal" y Wembley '86.

Se piensa que fue dedicada a su pareja de ese momento, Mary Austin.

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[Christinakayrob]

Brian May plays the Harp.

[internalpeaceseeker]

very romantic

[ztormar]

probably my most played album ever, got it in ´75 when i was 10, it feels like every single tone is carved into my bones, the album is a high water mark in many respects, not only Queens,

[killermay09]

SUBLIME  .... !!!!!!

[killermay09]

@FairytalePalace brian may....

[andres11041986]

@FairytalePalace brian

[FairytalePalace]

Who played the Harp???

[vazquez1089]

My Favorite Album by Queen ^^

[shoryuken666]

Chale, asi o mas masoquista soy.

Alejah, Alejah...

[jimkoko1]

the best song