Written by Freddie Mercury
Recording information by Philipp (PraxisNothaft@t-online.de)
Recorded in 1978 at Mountain Studios, Switzerland and/or Super Bear Studios, France.
Released in 1978 on the album Jazz.
General:
One of Freddie's ballads, which have to be on every album. Roger's cymbals bring the right dynamics into the song.
Drums:
Probably played on a Gretch-kit. Roger used a big selection of Crash Cymbals and picked them up with separate mics. So the cymbals are panned differently into the stereo-panorama. He also overdubbed some Cymbals. The hi-hat is panned right.
Bass:
John's bass-sound is very melodic with lots of treble. He maybe used a compressor to get a long sustainb (listen to the slides at the very end!).
Possibly played with a Music Man Stingray. Recorded via D.I. and with the use of some EQ.
Piano:
Freddie´s wonderful piano-sound has lots of treble and is very clean.
It´s probably picked up with two mics and the signals are mixed left and right, but don´t differ very much. Freddie used his touring piano - an 8 ft 11.75 in Steinway made in New York.
Guitar:
Brian took an old Hairfred - acoustic. He had modified the bridge and the fretwires and the strings lay very gently on the fretwire, to get make that sitar-like sound. Mixed into the center.
Vocals:
The backing-vocals are probably recorded on two tracks and mixed quite present.
Freddie´s lead-vocals are mixed into the middle.