MQ: Which version of My Fairy King is best the version? The original My Fairy King (as released on the Queen I album) or the studio version (as released on Queen At The Beeb album)

A)Original My Fairy King:

B)My Fairy King studio version:

OK, some trivia, hope it’s not too complex, just hope you have fun:

BQ1: True or False: Freddie Mercury once suffered hiccups on stage?
BQ2: Can you name the other 3 bass guitarists who played in Queen before John Deacon?
BQ3: True or False: Tim Staffell (leader singer before Freddie Mercury) left the band to pursue a career in animation made the original trains and characters in the animated series “Thomas the Tank Engine?
BQ4: True or False: After a studio session tantrum rage Roger Taylor once threw his entire drum kit in the direction of Freddie Mercury just narrowly missing him?
BQ5: Who was often described as the 5th member of Queen?
MA: Yes studio version is better, cleaner and classier vocals, it’s a pure Freddie Mercury tune at its best. The harmonies are amazing just so many layers to consider that it was a studio version too, although of course this recorded 2 years after the original so technically better produced with trackers.
BA1: True, Freddie Mercury stated this as one of his worst experiences
BA2: Mike Grose, Barry Mitchell and Doug Ewood
BA3: True
BA4: True hence the quote “One night Roger was in a foul mood and he threw his entire bloody drumset across the stage. The thing only just missed me – I might have been killed.”
BA5: Spike Edney

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