{"id":3827,"date":"2015-10-30T19:16:34","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T18:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/?p=3827"},"modified":"2016-12-04T17:24:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T16:24:13","slug":"when-kenny-everett-met-bohemian-rhapsody-queens-masterpiece-aired-for-the-very-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queenmuseum.com\/?p=3827","title":{"rendered":"WHEN KENNY EVERETT MET BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY: Queen&#8217;s masterpiece aired for the very first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Happy 40th Birthday BoRhap!!!!<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>October 1975: Kenny Everett airs Bohemian Rhapsody on his show on Radio Capital UK. A piece of history Queen fans can now listen to for the very first time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4p1-5q_IIA0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.71429; font-size: 1rem;\">These audio fragments are taken from a tape found among items once owned by Freddie Mercury and put up for auction in January 2015 by the house sitter of Garden Lodge &#8211; who was Jim Hutton&#8217;s friend &#8211; after Freddie&#8217;s death and before Mary Austin came in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The tape was probably compiled and edited by Kenny Everett and then sent back to Freddie. I didn&#8217;t do any adjustments.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s the transcription of the audio:<br \/>\n_________________<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s 6 minutes worth of absolute orgy of sound, so stand by for that it&#8217;s coming<br \/>\nup in about 5 minutes.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s a selection of some of their older stuff from their just-got-old LP, stand by for their new one on this channel next week.<\/p>\n<p>-Plays Brighton Rock\/Leroy Brown-<\/p><div class=\"2416a19e08873d0076105f82e7f970da\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6280590296994447\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- quadrato -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:500px;height:250px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6280590296994447\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"6452889443\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>OK. You don&#8217;t have to buy the LP now, those are all the best bits but there&#8217;s a new one around the corner and we shall bring you that first, infact we have their new single, it&#8217;s not even been pressed into wax yet, it&#8217;s on tape and it&#8217;s waiting for me to press the button which I shall do in about 5 minutes, okay&#8230;<br \/>\nYes friends. Once more Capital Radio has said prrrrrrrr!!!, to the BBC and got itself<br \/>\nanother exclusive scoop-eroonee &#8211; Yes friends, Freddie pressed it into my hot little hand<br \/>\nthis very last night-ness, and he said &#8220;Go forth and be FAB Ken&#8221;, so Ladies and Gentlemen,<br \/>\nfor the first time anywhere in this Universe of ours, we present at this moment of time,<br \/>\nthe new, Queen, single!<\/p>\n<p>Plays Bo Rhap<\/p>\n<p>Excuse me whilst I scrape myself off the ceiling.<br \/>\nQueen and &#8220;Bohemian Rhapsody&#8221;.<br \/>\nHaven&#8217;t we come a long way since Goldie and The Gingerbreads?<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Likes Queen. It&#8217;s their new single.<\/p>\n<p>Plays Bo Rhap<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the modern version of&#8230;Beethoven.<br \/>\nOoooh. Me spines turned to custard, love it!<br \/>\n5 minutes to 2.00, that was Queen&#8217;s new single, available in your local record store quite soon.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll take a break<br \/>\n________________________<\/p>\n<p>Many Thanks to Alessandra Rotilio and David Backhouse for their advice and help!<\/p>\n<h4>Enjoy!!!<br \/>\ncheck my Facebook page:<\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/QueenMuseumcom-215377804621\/?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">QueenMuseum.com on FB<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"2416a19e08873d0076105f82e7f970da\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6280590296994447\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- stretto -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:500px;height:100px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6280590296994447\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5886106757\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy 40th Birthday BoRhap!!!! 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