Despite being a reputable and usually well-rehearsed and well-written source, this time they seemed to have inadvertently kicked off some fake news. Said claim comes from an October 1995 article published by Sound on Sound which includes an interview with Roy Baker and Gary Langan. It proves beyond reasonable doubt that the oft-repeated legend of sessions having begun on Sunday the 24th is categorically false. The photograph of a tape box from Rockfield, dated from Monday 18th August 1975, was published on the band's official Facebook page. The rest of the studios - all of them in London - may have been 16- or 24-track: Lansdowne, Olympic, Roundhouse and Scorpio. Queen set camp at Sarm Studios in Aldgate (London) for the final overdubbing sessions as well as mixing, and they were still using 24-track analogue tape-recorders, same as Rockfield in Wales where most (or perhaps all?) or the backing tracks were laid down. John and Brian had some new instruments alongside their old and trusted ones from earlier on, and Roger was increasing the size and versatility of his drum kits. This time they rented a white piano, yet another Bechstein (but not the 'Hey Jude' one, which was black), and reportedly used it for at least some (perhaps most or even all) recordings, which is why Frederick is credited for 'Vocals, vocals, Bechstein Debauchery and more vocals'.
Eleven completed songs stemmed from those sessions, and they added their rendition of the National Anthem which had been done at Trident in October 1974 (a few weeks too late for Sheer Heart Attack).
Amidst tense negotiations with their previous management, Queen embarked on sessions for their fourth album in Summer 1975 and spent about ten weeks working at several studios in Wales and England.
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