A rare set list in Freddie Mercury's hand, 1969, written in black ink on a sheet of lined paper, the 16 song titles include: F.E.W.A. [Feelings Ended Worn Away] Lover... Vagabond Outcast Priestess ...Rock Me Stone Free Crossroads We're Goin' Wrong Steppin Out I'm So Glad... and Jailhouse Rock, each track given a projected 'time count' in a column on the right hand side of the page, a figure of 12 [minutes] added on to the final aggregate number and labelled Dicking About Time..., the set list additionally annotated by Mike Bersin [lead guitarist with Ibex and Wreckage] with three cartoon heads, provides a fascinating insight into Freddie Mercury's influences at the outset of his career prior to Queen.
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According to the vendor, a friend then flatmate of Freddie Mercury in London in 1969, this early set list was written in the summer of 1969 in perparation for concerts by Ibex. Freddie joined Ibex at that time, shortly after leaving Ealing College of Art and it is generally regarded as being his: ..first proper group...

It's interesting to note that the second title on this list - Lover was written by Freddie and according to Queen biographer Mark Hodkinson: ...later evolved into 'Liar', a track on Queen's début album. Hodkinson describes it as: ...a fascinating example of the heartfelt, elegiac, but ultimately vacuous prose which most British bands, famous or not, were dispensing at the time.... The song titles listed here also reflect Freddie's admiration for contemporary artists such as Cream, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and the King of Rock and Roll - Elvis Presley.

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An autograph picture postcard, signed, [frankmarked Truro, Cornwall, 3.8.'71], the 17 lines written by Freddie Mercury in blue ballpoint pen to Denise Craddock, [a friend who was cat-sitting for him], telling her: We're staying in this cottage in Devoran and there are a few kitties rushing around outside - so it's not too bad..., adding ...I've got to rush cause there's only one pen and I've got it, and Brian's at my throat..., signing off ...All the Best Freddie - Excuse Haste; the obverse printed with a polychrome illustration entitled King Arthur's Cornwall
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This postcard was sent to Freddie's address near London's Kensington Gardens, where Denise Craddock was looking after his cats, Tom and Gerry. Queen were doing a short tour of Cornwall at the time and rather than staying at Roger Taylor's family home in Truro, had rented a cottage close by in Devoran.

This 11-date tour of Cornwall, organised by Roger Taylor, was a significant one for the group. It was the first tour they embarked on as Queen. In an interview, Deacon recalled: ...It was good because...we got to know each other really well and it settled us as a group...

A rare early draft of the lyrics for Doin' Alright, 1969, the 11 lines written in black ballpoint pen in two separate hands, the first two verses and chorus [7 lines] in Roger Taylor's writing, the third verse [4 lines] in Brian May's hand, this early draft briefer than the final recorded version on Queen's debut album [Queen released in 1973] and showing several variations to the final wording: - 3rd line: Ive got a feeling, I should be proving whats right instead of released version: 'Gotta feelin' I should be doin' alright' - 5th line, 1st 3 words: Smothered in joy... instead of: 'Jumping with joy...'
- 6th line: Any day, I should be feeling all right instead of the later version 'Anyway I should be doin' alright'
- 9th-11th lines: ....I got to run I'll never see the sky again I'll never be the guy I was precede the final: '...I've got to hide Going back to where the skies are blue Going home to be the guy I was... -- the page annotated on the verso by various flatmates at 40 Ferry Road, London, SW13 in felt pen, watercolour and wash with illustrations and doodles