Unreleased Freddie Mercury track discovered

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June 21, 2019 | Arts / Entertainment

Unreleased Freddie Mercury track discovered

After four decades buried deep in the vaults, a previously unreleased version of "Time Waits for Nobody" by Freddie Mercury has finally seen the light of day.

The track was recorded in 1986 for the concept album of the West End musical Time. The single was released on the musical’s official soundtrack, but this version is stripped-back and features Mercury’s voice alone, accompanied only by a piano.

Mercury's close friend, musician and producer Dave Clark, discovered the recording. He wrote Time, and knew that somewhere in his collection he had the original demo recording by the Queen frontman.

“When we first recorded it, I went to Abbey Road and we ran through with just Freddie and piano. It gave me goosebumps. It was magic,” Clark revealed to BBC Radio 2. “Then we got down to recording the track and we [added] 48 tracks of voices, which had never been done in Abbey Road before, then the whole backing.

“It was fabulous — but I still felt there was something about the original rehearsal.”

It took Clark 10 years to find the recording. Once he did, he isolated Mercury’s voice and had the original keyboardist, Mike Moran, record a new piano track.