Freddie Mercury: A World of His Own | The Evening Sale

Freddie Mercury: A World of His Own | The Evening Sale

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 53. Freddie Mercury | Notebook with autograph manuscript lyrics for songs in the album Jazz, c.1978.

Freddie Mercury | Notebook with autograph manuscript lyrics for songs in the album Jazz, c.1978

Auction Closed

September 6, 08:20 PM GMT

Estimate

200,000 - 300,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

namely: 'Let Me Entertain You', 'Mustapha', 'Don't Stop Me Now', 'Bicycle Race', 'If You Can't Beat Them', 'Dead on Time', and 'Jealousy'; including multiple drafts of most songs with extensive revisions, and some related fragmentary notes, 16 pages; also seven pages of notes on vocal harmonies (most extensively for 'Bicycle Race'); 3 further pages of doodles and notes; altogether 26 pages, plus blanks, in blue, black and red ballpoint and fibretip, in a yellow spiral bound A4 notepad, c.1978


[with:] three leaves loosely inserted, containing set lists and a photocopy of lyrics to 'Fun It' in the hand of Roger Taylor


SPECIAL NOTICE

No right to reproduce or commercially exploit the copyright or other intellectual property

or image rights in any lot is included with the sale of the lot (including but not limited to

song lyrics, sketches, drawings and garment designs). Queen Productions Limited, Queen

Music Limited and other rights holders reserve all their rights.

 

No right to exhibit in public or reproduce this lot is included with the sale of this lot

without the prior written consent of Queen Productions Limited, who shall act in good faith

to consider any such requests.