Brian May + Friends - Star Fleet Project

Artist: Brian May+Friends
Album: Star Fleet Project
Year: 1983
Country: UK
Genre: prog rock, blues rock
Format: Lossless (APE+CUE+LOG+COVER)
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Tracklist:
01. "Star Fleet" — (Bliss/Arr. May) – 8:05
02. "Let Me Out" — (Brian May) – 7:13
03. "Blues Breaker" (Dedicated to Eric Clapton) — (May/Van Halen/Gratzer/Chen/Mandel) – 12:51

Star Fleet Project is a solo project by Brian May, most famous as the guitarist from Queen, which resulted on an album with the same name. The project was not entirely the work of May, and was officially released under "Brian May + Friends", the friends being guitarist Eddie Van Halen, drummer Alan Gratzer (of REO Speedwagon), Phil Chen (session bassist who played with Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart) and Fred Mandel (session keyboardist who also played on The Works). Roger Taylor, drummer with Queen, provided backing vocals for the title song. It was not meant for the tapes to be released and they had minimal mixing before release. "I could have put away these tapes in a bottom drawer and kept them as a private record of one of the best experiences of my life. But the few people I've played them for have urged me to 'publish'...I haven't messed one scrap with the tracking done on the day. The rest is simply mixed 'naked'." Image File history File links Starflet3pq. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... Brian Harold May CBE (born July 19, 1947) is an English guitarist best known as the lead guitarist and backing (sometimes lead) vocalist for the English rock band Queen. ... is the 111th day of the year (112th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 2_stars. ... Brian Harold May CBE (born July 19, 1947) is an English guitarist best known as the lead guitarist and backing (sometimes lead) vocalist for the English rock band Queen. ... Back to the Light is the first solo effort of Queens guitarist Brian May. ... Brian Harold May CBE (born July 19, 1947) is an English guitarist best known as the lead guitarist and backing (sometimes lead) vocalist for the English rock band Queen. ... Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by Brian May, Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor, with John Deacon joining the following year. ... Edward Van Halen (born Edward Lodewijk van Halen on January 26, 1955[1] in Nijmegen, Netherlands), is a guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and producer most famous for being leader and a co-founder of the hard rock band, Van Halen. ... REO Speedwagon is an American rock band which grew in popularity in the Midwestern United States during the 1970s and peaked in the early 1980s. ... Blow By Blow is a solo album by British electric guitarist Jeff Beck. ... Roderick David Stewart, CBE (born January 10, 1945), is a British singer born and raised in London. ... The Works is a 1984 pop/rock album by English band Queen. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Recorded on the 21st and 22 April 1983 at the Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, it was released in August of the same year as a "Mini LP", a "Challenge to the established principle that a piece of rock music must fit into either a 2x4 minute single, or a 2x20 minute LP format". The LP consisted of three songs, "Star Fleet", "Let Me Out" and "Blues Breaker". is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Record Plant Studios (also known as just The Record Plant) is a famous recording studio, first opening in New York City at 321 West 44th Street map, in 1968. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government — Type Mayor-Council — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa — City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo — Governing body City Council Area — City 498. ...

The idea for the album came from May's son, Jimmy.

"Star Fleet is the theme tune for a superb TV sci-fi series broadcast in England for kids of all ages; Japanese visuals and British soundtrack including music by Paul Bliss. The heroes pilot space vehicles which can assemble into a giant robot for land battles. The aliens fly fantastic insect-like craft which spawn smaller fighting machines; all intent on possession of the secret of F Zero One...Having been introduced to all this by my small boy, I became equally obsessed by it, and formed the idea of making a hard rock version of the title theme."

"Let Me Out" was an old Brian May song which until that point had not been committed to record. During the song Eddie Van Halen "tortures his top string to its audible death", and plays the rest of the song on the remaining five. The Department of The Star Fleet is a proposed U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). ... Brian Harold May CBE (born July 19, 1947) is an English guitarist best known as the lead guitarist and backing (sometimes lead) vocalist for the English rock band Queen. ...

"Blues Breaker" was dedicated to Eric Clapton, whom both Van Halen and May were huge fans of. This song, as well as "Let Me Out" were more spontaneous than "Star Fleet", showing both guitarists enjoying a jamming session, with Brian showing off his signature sound and Van Halen using his tapping technique to great effect (Although the best example of this is at the beginning of "Star Fleet"). Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer and composer, who is one of the most successful musicians of the 20th century,[1] garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ...

Long only available on vinyl, "Star Fleet" is now available on CD in two forms. It was first re-issued on CD as part of Brian May's "Back To The Light" single. There were two CD singles — the first (which came in a special pack with space for the second CD) featured "Star Fleet" and "Let Me Out". The second had "Blues Breaker" in it. Then in 1993 it was re-issued as part of the Japanese mini-album "Resurrection", featuring the three Star Fleet Project songs as tracks 6-8, albeit in a different order from the original vinyl release. A Compact Disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ...

There was a mini album printed in England, on the EMI label. You can find the release on the discogs page: http://www.discogs.com/release/1022767

Personnel

* Brian May — guitar, vocals, production
* Eddie Van Halen
* Alan Gratzer
* Phil Chen
* Fred Mandel
* Roger Taylor — backing vocals on "Star Fleet"
* Mack — mixing
* Mike Beiriger — engineering
* Nick Froome — additional engineering

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