![]() 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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