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Ibex was a pre-Queen band consisting of
Freddie Bulsara (Mercury) on vocals, Mike Bersin on guitar, John Taylor
on bass, and Mick Smith on drums. There are no known studio recordings,
but there was a single live show recorded by roadie Geoff Higgins at
the Sink Club in Liverpool. The performance was recorded on a Grundig
TK14 reel-to-reel tape machine and later sold to Queen collector John
S. Stuart. The tape was borrowed by Queen Productions so
that Rain could be included on the Freddie Mercury Solo Collection box
set. The tape was leaked to the bootleg market most likely by someone
at either EMI or Queen Productions. This concert is notable because
Brian May and Roger Taylor joined Ibex for the encore; marking the first
apperance of Freddie, Roger, and Brian live together. Unfortunately,
the tape ran out after 30 minutes, so it misses this encore. Ibex later
became Wreckage; more information about Wreckage can be found here.
Special thanks to QueenConcerts.com
for additional info.
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Ibex: Live At The Liverpool Sink Club - September
9, 1969
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I'm
So Glad 0:50
Written by Skip James
Appears on: Unreleased
A live cover of the Skip James song from the
1930s. It is best known from cover versions by both Cream and Deep Purple.
Communication
Breakdown 1:21
Written by Bonham/James/Page
Appears on: Unreleased
A live cover of the classic 1969 Led Zeppelin
track.
Rain
3:51
Written by Lennon/McCartney
Appears on: The
Solo Collection
A live cover the 1966 Beatles B-side to Paperback
Writer. Released on 2000's Solo Collection, this
remains the only officially available Ibex performance.
We're
Going Wrong 3:38
Written by Jack Bruce
Appears on: Unreleased
A live cover of the 1967 Cream track.
Rock
Me Baby 3:16
Written by Riley/King/Josea
Appears on: Unreleased
A
live cover of one of the most recorded blues songs of all time.
Artists such as Otis Redding, The Animals, Jimi Hendrix, and Muddy Waters
have recorded the track. This track is also known by Jeff Beck's version
of the song, Rock My Plimsoul.
Stone
Free 1:05
Written by Jimi Hendrix
Appears on: Unreleased
A live cover of the popular Jimi Hendrix track.
Jailhouse
Rock 3:25
Written by Leiber/Stoller
Appears on: Unreleased
A live cover of the 1957 Elvis Presley Hit.
Queen later performed this song regularly as an encore.
Crossroads
3:52
Written by Robert Johnson
Appears on: Unreleased
A live cover of Cream's version of Robert Johnson's
Cross Road Blues.
Vagabond
Outcast 2:32
Written by Freddie Bulsara (a.k.a. Freddie Mercury)
Appears on: Unreleased
This live recording of Vagabond Outcast is the
earliest known recording of an original Freddie Mercury song. No bits
or ideas of this song seem to have survived for Queen
tracks to come.
I'm
Going Home 6:46
Written by Alvin Lee
Appears on: Unreleased
A live cover of the Ten Years After track from
1968.
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