Three CD set. Peter Straker, concert and cabaret star of stage and screen, and long-term confidante of Freddie Mercury, released three hybrid rock/cabaret masterworks. These long out of print and highly sought-after cult classic albums were originally released between 1977 and 1980 and were all produced by stellar production talents. Freddie Mercury co-produced Straker's career defining This One's On Me album alongside Roy Thomas Baker - who was the celebrated producer behind many of Queen's classic albums. Straker's 1979 album Changeling was Tim Friese-Greene's first full album production role before his acclaimed association with Thomas Dolby and his becoming the de facto 4th member of Talk Talk on their critically acclaimed later albums. At the controls for 1980's Real Natural Man was Reinhold Mack whose career includes producer credits for Queen, The Rolling Stones, The Scorpions, Meatloaf and Deep Purple. Peter Straker has been hailed as one of the great voices of the British stage. This set contains all three original albums in reproduction album covers and includes a comprehensive 48 page illustrated booklet containing full album lyrics, Straker's reminiscences of Freddie Mercury in an essay called Freddie & I, a thorough autobiographical memoir of his own recording career and a full chronological list of his performance credits in screen, stage, concerts!
1. Ada 2. I've Been to Hell and Back 3. The Day the Talkies Came 4. Heart Be Still 5. Alabama Song 6. Ragtime Piano Joe 7. Jackie 8. The Annual Penguin Show 9. The Saddest Clown 10. Vamp 11. D-D-D-D-D-Danger 12. Doesn't Give a Damn 13. Believer 14. Sweet, Sweet Music 15. Legs 16. Star Circus 17. Tear Down the Walls 18. The Fab Samba (A Cautionary Tale) 19. The Black Swan 20. Talk About Me 21. Queen of the Self-Service 22. Late Night Taxi Dancer 23. Nasty 24. Possessed 25. It Ain't Easy 26. They've Got You Dancing 27. Wappem Bappem 28. Illusions, Confusions 29. Melancholy 30. Mrs. Warren 31. Real Natural Man 32. Zoo New 33. I Can't Help It 34. Late Night Taxi Dancer (Single Version)
