BOOKS & SOURCES
Sources of my website:
These are the sources I have mainly used for this website (this website is based on my A-Levels school work for English classes in 2006); I am aware these are not all, but listed are the books I fully have read – other books/sources and info I have read in excerpts and they are not listed here, but I would like to read them completely in future time.
Books, magazines (also in my collection):
- “Queen – As It Began” (Official Queen Biography) by Jacky Gunn and Jim Jenkins in cooperation with Queen
- “Queen – The Early Years” by Mark Hodkinson
- “Freddie Mercury” by Peter Freestone with David Evans
- “Freddie Mercury Solo Collection” (Box Set with book, CDs, DVDs)
- “Queen Live – A concert documentary” by Greg Brooks, foreword by Brian May
- “Queen – The Definitive Biography” by Laura Jackson
- “Classic Queen” – Mick Rock (photo book with Mick Rock’s stories/notes)
- “Queen on Camera, off guard” by Mark Hayward with Andy Davis
- “Queen L’Opéra Rock” by Stan Cuesta (in French)
- “The Real Story of Freddie Mercury” by Mariam Ahundova (originally in Russian and translation in English) – read in English or download in Russian
- “Queen” by Benjamin Cuq (Les Guides MusicBook) – in French
- Mojo Queen Special
- Various Queen magazine specials
Film:
- “The Untold Story” by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher
- Various documentaries on Queen by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher (“Magic Years”, “Champions Of The World”…)
- Various video clips and TV/ interview excerpts on YouTube
- Various Queen documentaries
Other sources:
- Various interviews and articles from the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s and today (from around the web and my collection of articles and clippings I purchased on Ebay)
- Lyrics to songs in the booklets to Queen CDs
- Various Internet features (for example: Rosemary Pearson article, Mary Austin article etc.)
- Queen fan websites (see links), Queen official websites, blogs etc.
Freddie Mercury & Queen BOOKS
A selection of what is known to me…
- “Queen – The Early Years” by Mark Hodkinson (about Queen’s formative years up to Bohemian Rhapsody)
- “Queen – As It Began” (Official Queen Biography) by Jacky Gunn and Jim Jenkins in cooperation with Queen
- “Queen“ - George Tremlett‘s book from 1976 (maybe the first QUEEN biography)
- A great list of Freddie Mercury books: mr-mercury.co.uk/freddie_books.htm
- A list from freddie.ru: www.freddie.ru/e/books/
- A list of Queen books: mr-mercury.co.uk/queen_books.htm
- Queenpedia list of Queen and Queen members books: Queenpedia Bibliography
- Intellectualonly-mercury’s list of books: intellectualonly-mercury.ru/books.html
- “Freddie Mercury: His Life In His Own Words“ (Freddie Mercury quotes)
- The Freddie Mercury book „Freddie Mercury – the story“ by late Russian critical writer Mariam Ahundova (RIP, 2012) online in ENGLISH and in RUSSIAN
- “Freddie Mercury“ by Peter Freestone with David Evans (memoir by Freddie’s personal assistant Peter Freestone)
- “The Freddie Mercury Story. Living On The Edge“ by David Bret
- “Freddie Mercury. This is the real life“ by David Evans and David Minns
- “Freddie Mercury. A Kind of Magic“ by Ross Clarke
- “Freddie Mercury. The Show Must Go On“ by Rick Sky (first book published after Freddie’s death)
- “Mercury And Me“ by Jim Hutton and Tim Wapshott (memoir by Freddie’s friend/lover in the 80s and his last years - Jim Hutton)
- “Freddie Mercury. The Definitive Biography“ by Lesley-Ann Jones
- “Mercury: The King Of Queen“ by Laura Jackson
- “Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury“ by Lesley-Ann Jones (2012)
- “Is This the Real Life? The Untold Story of Queen“ by Mark Blake (2011)
- “Queen - an Official Biography plus their recent US Royal Tour“ by Larry Price (1976)
- “Queen: In their own words“ by Mick St Michael (1992)
- “The Ultimate Queen“ Peter Lewry & Nigel Goodall
- “Queen – The Definitive Biography” by Laura Jackson (1999)
- “Classic Queen” by famous rock photographer Mick Rock (a 70s Queen photo book with Mick Rock’s stories)
- “Killer Queen” by Mick Rock (limited edition, very expensive photo book)
- “Queen: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock“ by Phil Sutcliffe (2009)
- “Queen on Camera, off guard” by Mark Hayward with Andy Davis (photo book with annotations, stories)
- “Queen Live – A concert documentary” by Greg Brooks, foreword by Brian May
- “Queen - L’Opéra Rock” by Stan Cuesta (in French) – very nice written book from the 90s
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