Ibex
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 known 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.
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Live At The Sink: Liverpool, UK - September
9, 1969
I'm So Glad 0:50
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
Appears on: Unreleased
A live cover of the classic 1969 Led Zeppelin track.
Rain 3:51
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
Appears on: Unreleased
A live cover of the 1967 Cream track.
Rock Me Baby 3:16
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
Appears on: Unreleased
A live cover of the popular Jimi Hendrix track.
Jailhouse Rock 3:25
Appears on: Unreleased
A live cover of the 1957 Elvis Presley Hit. Queen later performed this song
regularly as an encore.
Crossroads 3:52
Appears on: Unreleased
A live cover of Cream's version of Robert Johnson's Cross Road Blues.
Vagabond Outcast 2:32
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
Appears on: Unreleased
A live cover of the Ten Years After track from 1968.