Freddie Mercury - The Garden Lodge Tape (1988)

In the secluded haven of Garden Lodge, where the air is filled with the scent of blossoming flowers and the soft rustle of leaves, a tale of musical enchantment unfolds. It is here that Freddie Mercury, reigns supreme, surrounded by his dear friends Mike Moran, Peter Straker, and Brian May.
And as the sun dipped below the horizon, casting a golden glow upon Garden Lodge, their laughter lingered in the air like a melody, a reminder of the timeless magic that resides within the heart of true friendship.
If you close your eyes...It's like you are there!

[@renatabottene19]

Freddie Mercury playing "The Girl from Ipanema" at home, with friends...as brazilian, I 'm in tears... Theme from "the Sound of music". They laugh and I cry... OMG... Only beautiful songs that I love. Opera too. You were really a genius Freddie. I LOVE YOU! Thanks for sharing this treasure!!

[@mjsanchidrian]

Gracias! Siempre Freddie ❤❤, el mejor cantante del mundo

[@livekillers1979]

wow its amazing material for new album must called Freddie Mercury rarities thanks my dear cheers to you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bloodsling]

he needs to get that tape digitized before its gone forever,what a precious snippet of time.

[@elizaluilee8781]

Absolutely true !

[@CJM11830]

OMG this reminds me so much of my childhood with my mother playing her piano while we would hang around and sing along. oh to be a fly on the wall for this :) Thank you for sharing! :)

[@LillyRose924]

This is truly wonderful and made me extremely happy. Freddie, friends and Mike playing so beautifully. OMG I almost died when they started singing "My favourite things" I love that song so much. Freddie IS one of my favourite things💖💖

[@tanjaspasic8717]

Kako je tebe bilo tako lako voleti,a apsolutno nikad,ne preboleti.Volim te iz dubine moje duse.Cekaj me!

[@kurgan46]

Freddie Mercury - Mike Moran - Peter Straker - Improvisations February 29th 1988

[@elizaluilee8781]

This can be an amazing album 👍🏻…. What a spirit of joy in that house … Exactly , when I close my eyes , I feel i am in the midst of them …

[@eduardoberon3960]

Amazing. Thanks for sharing

[@jeffyoung9341]

I miss Freddie so much! As we all do. ❤

[@LillyRose924]

The gospel at 12:54 was stupendous. You can hear Peter telling Freddie "sing the song sista." Haha they are so silly but Freddie was pouring his heart out too. Could be where "All God's People" was born. I love it.

[@user-bq4fm6yd3v]

а играет Фредди? Такие закулисные зарисовки интересно слушать.

[@milesfernando]

Could you share a lossless download of the audio?

[@kurgan46]

Let me know if you don't have any luck with a lossless source.

[@andretavares5424]

I can't understand what they are saying at 13:00. Is it possible to know, by their chat, who was playing Liszt?

[@andreacrippa7220]

Brian May?? He was involved in Freddie's solo project??

[@queenstories7244]

no but he was a good friend of Freddie's and that particular night Brian joined them in the piano singalongs

[@kurgan46]

@@queenstories7244 are you sure about that?

[@queenstories7244]

@@kurgan46 Yes you can hear someone talking to him

[@kurgan46]

​So you can, I've had this recording for years and never noticed!

[@LillyRose924]

18:17 you can hear Brian say "I just wanna know who laid the egg." ☺☺