The band recalled the moment during a new discussion with NME
The duo were playing a session with the BBC Concert Orchestra for BBC Radio 2
The re-issue will land on the exact day of the anniversary of the album's original 1974 release
"Basically it was Freddie and David fighting it out in the studio with the mix, and what happened in the mix was that most of that heavy guitar was lost"
Including tracks by David Bowie and Donna Summer
The three all starred together in the 1996 film 'Basquiat'
The Rue David Bowie was unveiled on what would have been the late icon's 77th birthday
"As a gratefully, if not begrudgingly, Earth-bound band, it’s always an honour and a challenge to tackle any of David Bowie’s space-soaring arrangements”
The new release features four songs not on the seminal 1972 album, including a Chuck Berry cover
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