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Bohemian Rhapsody instaling2/9/2024 For the grand chorale, the group layered 160 tracks of vocal overdubs (using 24-track analogue recording), with Mercury singing the middle register, May the low register, and drummer Roger Taylor the high register (John Deacon was on bass guitar but did not sing). A week was devoted to the opera section, for which Mercury had methodically written out all the harmony parts. The innovative song began with the famous a cappella intro (“Is this the real life?/Is this just fantasy?”) before embracing everything from glam-metal rock to opera. It was a moment that May described as “just the biggest thrill.” By the summer they were ready to record it taping began on Augat the famous Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales. Queen first properly rehearsed “Bohemian Rhapsody” at Ridge Farm Studio, in Surrey, in mid-1975, and then spent three weeks honing the song at Penrhos Court in Herefordshire. Click to load video The recording of Bohemian Rhapsody
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