THE Universal musicthrough the EMIis re-releasing the classic single Fantastic Catby Queen, in a special and very limited edition pink compact vinyl which is now available in Brazil via Umusic Store at the price of R$ 124,95.
Fantastic Cat It is an integral part of the album Hot space that the queen released in 1982. In this song, the
nostalgic David Bowie contributed with the voice together Freddie Mercurywhich also happened in the classic Under pressure.
The track was written by Freddie Mercury AND John the Deacon and originally submitted Bowie us choirs and in a few words during the track.
Second Freddie Mercurywho gave a television interview in 1982, David Bowie was dissatisfied with the results of the track and asked for his vocals to be removed days before the release of Hot space. With the exception of the electric piano played by Mercury, all instruments are played by John the Deaconincluded guitars, synthesizers and also to electronic drums.
The version of Nice cat andM Hot space features Freddie Mercury singing the entire track in falsetto. Alternatively, Bowie uses his voice. This version has already been printed several times in bootleg versions, as well as a try the vinyl released in the United States in 1982.
Fantastic Cat It was also used in a commercial for the streaming platform Amazon Prime.
Sony Music May Pay $1 Billion for Queen’s Music Catalog
The record company Sony Music is in talks to buy the music catalog of queenwhich includes hits like Bohemian Rhapsody, Radio Ga Ga AND Another one bites the dust.
According to Bloomberg, Sony is working with another investor on this transaction, which could be worth up to $1 billion.
The deal will include all intellectual property relating to the group, including rights to logos, music videos, merchandise, publishing and other commercial opportunities.
According to the publication, Universal Music is also involved, due to its long-standing relationship with the band, who signed to British record label EMI in 1972 and remained with the company after it was acquired by Universal in 2011.
It’s worth noting that if Queen were to sell their catalog for $1 billion, it would be the largest deal of its kind in the music universe, surpassing the $500 million Sony paid in 2021 to acquire Bruce Springsteen’s publishing.
Queen have over 52 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
Discover the contents of the compact vinyl Fantastic Cat From queen:
Side A
Fantastic Cat
Side B
Cool Cat (Instrumental) Mixed by – Joshua J Macrae*, Kris Fredriksson
Source: Terra
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