Queen - Mad The Swine [Non Album Track]

This track from the Queen I sessions was recorded in June 1972 and remained unreleased until 1991. The track was rejected from the first Queen album but was later reproduced by Innuendo producer David Richards. What is the difference between the Richards mix and the Roy Thomas Baker mix? Apparently just minor changes in drum volume. This track is easily found on the US Hollywood Remaster of Queen, the UK Headlong CD single, and wonderfully remastered by Adam Ayan on the 2011 UK Deluxe CD release of Queen.

This version of Mad The Swine comes from the 2011 remasters by Bob Ludwig and was released on March 14th, 2011 in the UK.

Written by: Freddie Mercury
Produced by: Queen, Roy Thomas Baker, John Anthony, and Louis Austin
Musicians:
Freddie Mercury - vocals, percussion
Brian May - acoustic & electric guitars, backing vocals
John Deacon - bass guitar
Roger Taylor - drums, percussion, backing vocals

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lyrics:

Been here before a long time ago
But this time I wear no sandals
Ages past I gave all you people food and water
Three feet tall, so very small, I'm no trouble
I bring you thunder, lightning, sun and the rain
For all the people in the land

A message of love
I bring you from up above
All good children gather around
Come join your hands and sing along

They call me mad the swine
I guess I'm mad the swine
I've come to save you, save you
Mad the swine
Mad the swine
So all you people gather around
Hold out your hands and praise the Lord

I'll walk upon the water just as before
I'll help the meek and the mild
And the lepers and the blind
And all the creatures great and small

Let me take you to the river without a ford
Oh and then one day you'll realise
You're all the same within his eyes
That's all I've come to say just like before

They call me mad the swine
Mad the swine
I've come to save you, save you
Mad the swine
Mad the swine
So all you people gather around
Hold out your hands and praise the Lord
Ooh
Fall now

All you people gather around
Hold out your hands and praise the Lord
Don't ever fail me

Mad the swine
Mad the swine
I've come to save you, save you, fall now
Mad the swine
Mad the swine
So all you people gather around
Hold out your hands and praise the Lord
Hands and praise the Lord
Praise the Lord

Get down on my knees and praise the Lord

[queenfanatic]

RECORDING INFORMATION:

Here is an approximate estimation as to what the recording tracks were:

Track 1: Drum Kit Overheads (Left Channel)
Track 2: Drum Kit Overheads (Right Channel)
Track 3: Kick Drum
Track 4: Snare Drum
Track 5: Cymbals
Track 6: Bass Direct
Track 7: Bass Amp
Track 8: Acoustic Gtr
Track 9: Acoustic Gtr Reverb
Track 10: Lead Vox
Track 11: Lead Vox Reverb
Track 12: Backing Vox
Track 13: Elec Gtr I
Track 14: Elec Gtr II
Track 15: Elec Gtr III
Track 16: Tablas + Cowbell

Studio Equipment:

Analogue Tape Recorders:
Scully 16-Track at the Music Centre.
3M M-56 16-Track at Trident.
Mixing Consoles:
De Lane Lea Music Centre:
Sound Techniques 3016 (Studio 1).
Sound Techniques 2416 (Studio 2).
Sound Techniques 2016 (Studio 3).
Trident:
Trident A 3224 (Studio 1).
Sound Techniques 2408 (Studio 2).
Monitors:
Tannoy Red Speakers in Lockwood Cabinets driven by Crown D150 Amplifiers (Music Centre).
JBL 4350 Speakers in Lockwood Cabinets driven by HH Amplifiers (Trident 1).
Tannoy Red Speakers in Lockwood Cabinets driven by Radford Amplifiers (Trident 2).
Microphones:
AKG:
C-12 and C-12A: Possibly used on bass at both studios, especially if/when they were after a Beatles-esque sound (e.g. 'Keep Yourself Alive'?).
C-28: Used at Trident for tom-toms and electric guitars.
C-414: Possibly used for drums and percussion at the Music Centre.
C-451: Possibly used for drum overheads at Trident.
D-12: Main bass-drum mic at both studios.
D-202: Used at Trident for percussion and bass (the signal coming directly from the amp).
D-224: Used at Trident for hi-hats.
Electrovoice RE-20: Possibly used occasionally on the bass-drum at both studios, and for electric guitar at Trident.
Neumann:
KM-53: Possibly used on drum overheads and acoustic guitar at the Music Centre.
KM-54: Possibly used on drum overheads and acoustic guitar at the Music Centre, snare and tom-toms at Trident.
KM-56: Possibly used at Trident for snare and tom-toms.
KM-64 and KM-86: Possibly used for acoustic guitar at the Music Centre.
KM-84: Possibly used for additional percussion at the Music Centre.
KM-88: Possibly used at the Music Centre for electric guitar, vocals and drum overheads.
M-49: Used at the Music Centre for piano.
U-47: Possibly used at the Music Centre for the bass-drum.
U-67: Multi-purpose mic at both studios. At Trident, it was the main mic for vocals and piano, and also occasionally for drum overheads.
U-87: Multi-purpose mic at the Music Centre.
Sennheiser MD-421: Possibly used on tom-toms at the Music Centre.
Sennheiser MD-441: Possibly used at Trident on the hi-hats and perhaps also occasionally for vocals.
Shure SM-57 and SM-58: Main snare drum and electric guitar mics at the Music Centre.
Sony C-38B: Possibly used at Trident for snare drums.
Outboard Signal Processors:
Astronics A-1671 Graphic Equaliser: Used extensively at Trident.
Dolby Noise Reduction: Used extensively at Trident.
EMT 140 Plate Reverb: Used a lot at both studios. The signature delay at the Music Centre was 167 milliseconds.
Pultec EQP-1A Tube Equaliser: Used at Trident.
Teletronix LA-2A Compressors: Frequently used at Trident, part of their characteristic sound.
UREI 1176 Limiters: Used extensively at both studios.
UREI LA-3A Limiters: Possibly used on electric guitar at Trident.

Studio Crew:

Producers:
John Anthony: Head.
Roy Baker: Deputy.
Engineers:
Louis Austin: 'The Night Comes Down'.
Roy Baker.
David Hentschel.
Theodore Sharp.
Michael Stone.
Technical Crew:
Jonathan Harris: Equipment supervision.
Douglas Puddifoot: Photography.

Studio Instruments:
Acoustic Drums:
Hayman (studio backline at Trident).
Ludwig (Roger's own).
Ludwig (studio backline at Trident).
Acoustic Guitar:
Hallfredh ('The Night Comes Down').
Martin (possibly everything else).
Acoustic Piano:
Bechstein III 7' 8" (Trident).
Steinway (Music Centre).
Additional Percussion:
New Era Cowbells.
New Era Tabla.
New Era Tambourine.
Electric Bass:
Fender Precision: Possibly used, depending on when he got it.
Rickenbacker: Confirmed for 1971, possible for 1972.
Electric Guitar:
BHM Bespoke: Presumably used for all the recordings.
Electric Organ:
Hammond C-3: Housed at both Music Centre and Trident.

Recording Timeline:

June 19th: Basic Track recorded. No overdubs.
June 20th: FX + Electric Guitars recorded
June 21st: Overdubs are completed (Percussion).
July 30th: A master tape of the album is created. Mad The Swine is on this tape.
October 16th: Mixing session for “Mad the Swine”
October 18th: An argument occurs over tabla equalization. This causes the band to take the song off of the album.

Note: This may not be 100% Accurate, but it’s what I could find.

[marcosoares]

Love this song ! Pity it didn't get to be on the LP when it was first released ... Also, Roger Taylor playing bongo at 2:08 is just precious ! 💙

[ludmilaalekseev]

На наше счастье эта композиция сохранилась.

[Motown-]

🤗 My God I luv this song 🥰! This track along with "Jesus" could very easily appeared on the musicals/films *Gospel* and/or *Jesus Christ Super Star* !

💁🏾‍♀️ I know Freddie and Tim Rice go back to that time period and were friends and can't help but to wonder 🤔 if they had influences on each other where writing rock opera is concerned 😃

[gaminglegend]

Wow, this song was recorded in 1972 but was released in 1991... 19 years too late...