Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
On 24 August 1975, at Rockfield Studio 1 in Wales, Queen began Bohemian Rhapsody with a gap left for the opera section.
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – (Stranded on) the Wrong Beach
(Stranded on) the Wrong Beach is track nine on Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' debut Sour Mash album (17 October 2011). Noel told NME it was where the album's escape story gave…
Oasis – Don’t Look Back in Anger
The day after Wonderwall at Rockfield, Oasis cut Don't Look Back in Anger with Noel on lead and Bonehead's Imagine-feel piano.
Supertramp – The Logical Song
In 1978 Roger Hodgson finished The Logical Song in California, then Supertramp cut it at the Village Recorder with a Wurlitzer, a saxophone in the toilet, and a two-week mix.
Prince – ANOTHERLOVE
In July 2013, around four in the morning at Paisley Park, Prince told Donna Grantis to play the ANOTHERLOVE solo on the spot instead of the next day.
David Bowie – Five Years
Five Years opens The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars in June 1972. Before the glam costumes fill the frame, Bowie stages a market-square panic: a news guy weeps, mothers sigh, and the clock is set at five years.
Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now
In August 1978, at Super Bear Studios in France, Freddie Mercury cut Don't Stop Me Now at the piano.
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Black Star Dancing
In May 2019 Noel wrote Black Star Dancing at Abbey Road's Gatehouse because his other songs were weak: EP title track after Who Built the Moon?.
Oasis – Some Might Say
Oasis’s Some Might Say (Creation, 24 April 1995): first UK No.1, Owen Morris, last McCarroll-era single.