AUGUST 24, 1975 – Queen began recording “Bohemian Rhapsody” at Rockfield studios in Monmouth, Wales. At the time it was the most expensive single ever made and guitarist Brian May was to later refer to the track’s parent album “A Night At The Opera” as “our Sgt. Pepper.” Recorded over a three week period, Freddie Mercury had mentally prepared the song beforehand and directed the band throughout the sessions. Mercury, May, and drummer Roger Taylor sang their vocal parts continually for ten to twelve hours a day, resulting in 180 separate vocal overdubs. During the making of the track, a further four studios were utilized, SARM (East), Scorpion, Wessex and Roundhouse.
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