Freddie Mercury & David Bowie’s Isolated Vocals for Queen’s “Under Pressure” (1981)

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Freddie Mercury & David Bowie’s Isolated Vocals for Queen’s “Under Pressure” (1981)

In the summer of 1981, the British band Queen was recording tracks for their tenth studio album, Hot Space, at Mountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland. As it happened, David Bowie had scheduled time at the same studio to record the title song for the movie Cat People. Before long, Bowie stopped by the Queen sessions and joined in. The original idea was that he would add backup vocals on the song “Cool Cat.” “David came in one night and we were…