#eddie howell

[freddiemercurylegendabovelegends]

Today - March 5th, 1976

Eddie Howell "The Man From Manhattan" 7" single released

Freddie Mercury: producer/piano/bvs

Brian May: guitar

Excerpts from an interview

Jacky Gunn-Smith - Official International Queen Fan Club

Eddie Howell’s ‘Man From Manhattan‘ is one of the best known and best loved of all Queen’s collaborations.

Recorded in mid January 1976 at Sarm East Studios in London, the song was produced by Freddie Mercury, who also played piano and sang backing vocals on the track and featured Brian May on guitar. The record is so reminiscent of “A Night At The Opera” in both instrumentation and mood, that many fans regard it as virtually an “Opera” out-take. When it was launched as a single on Warner Bros records in 1976, it became a turntable hit in the UK and looked set to chart until music industry bureaucracy halted it in it’s tracks.

Birmingham born Eddie Howell began his professional career in the late 60’s, when Chrysalis music picked up on his songwriting demos and introduced him to an independent record producer, who in turn licensed his first single “Easy Street”, as a one-off deal to Parlophone in 1969.

Working as a songwriter throughout the early 70’s, Eddie’s next venture into recording came in 1975 when he signed to Warner Bros records as an artist. thursdaysHe released two singles, “Long Story” and “Can’t get over you”, and his debut LP “The Eddie Howell Gramophone Record”, which featured members of “Brand X” and guitarist Gary Moore.

The album was launched at a promotional gig at Thursday’s club in Kensington. Eddie’s band included Phil Collins on congas, Jack Lancaster on saxophone and Robin Lumley on keyboards. Explains Eddie, ”In the audience that night was Freddie Mercury who had been brought along to the gig by my manager David Minns. It was there that he first heard “Man From Manhattan”, which was a newly written song included in the set. After the gig we met and he was very complimentary about the song and offered to produce it. I remember we all went down to ‘The Elephant on the River’ to celebrate”.

Enthused by the prospect of his first foray into production, Freddie wasted little time in getting started. ”I gave him a two track guitar/vocal demo of the song” recalls Eddie, ”and a couple of days later he called and said let’s get going. Studio time was booked at Sarm East Studios and true to form, Freddie quickly took control of the sessions; ”He did lots of pre-production work on the song’s structure and the harmony arrangements”, reveals Ed. ” He had a mini cassette recorder loaded with ideas for the track, backing vocals and answering phrases”.

”We took a week to record the song”, remembers Eddie, ”which was a long time in those days, but because of Freddie’s involvement, Warners gave us a blank cheque. The sessions were quite intense, there was never a lull. Brian came in to play hismikestone2 guitar parts and the musical rapport between him and Freddie was plain to see, they were on the same page. One day, a hand-held spinning bell-cymbal in the key of ‘D’ was required by Freddie for one ping at the end of the track and the studio didn’t have one, so a runner was dispatched to scour the streets of London in search of one. The session was adjourned for half a day while we waited down at the Shazam Indian restaurant in Brick Lane for the bell to arrive. It eventually arrived and took about a minute to record, it must have been the most expensive ping ever recorded”.

On the final day of recording, a trio of Warner Bros top brass flew in from California and made a beeline for Sarm East studios to meet Freddie. Recalls Eddie, ”They probably thought the red carpet would be rolled out as they were paying for the recording sessions, but instead they were kept waiting in reception for about four hours. When they were eventually granted an audience, the charm offensive was full onlongstory3 and it was all smiles and bonhomie. At the end of the session, after the final playback, Freddie turned to me and said, ‘If this isn’t a hit, sue Warner Bros ‘ ”.

The finished article obviously had a heavy Queen influence with the presence of Freddie and Brian on the track, but ”Man from Manhattan” was far from a tribute to Queen. ”I wrote the song after my first trip to Manhattan in late 74”, reveals Eddie, ”I was reading ‘The Godfather Papers’ by Mario Puzo and the song was about those mafia characters who lead a double life. Musically, I had ‘Dead End Street’, by the Kinks in mind, complete with trombones and a walking double-bass”.

Prior to the ban, ”Manhattan” made top 50 in the UK, top 20 in Australia, Belgium and South Africa and top 5 in Holland, but sadly, as a consequence of the ban, it was never released in America or many of the world’s other major territories.

When it was issued as a single in 1976, Warner’s publicity department played up the Queen connection as much as they could, and “Manhattan” rapidly became a turntable hit in the UK. The record received heavy rotation on the airwaves – particularly in Europe where it became a big hit. Then, just when it looked set to climb the charts in the UK, the Musicians Union mysteriously discovered that Jerome Rimson, the American bassist hired by Freddie for the sessions, had been working in Britain without a permit. This obliged them to place a ban on any and all further UK media exposure due to his ‘Illegally’ recorded playing. A decision which effectively killed off the record.

Having recently regained the rights to his back catalogue recorded during his time with the label, Eddie is now releasing the tracks digitally. ”Man from Manhattan” is first up, more to follow…

(source: https://manfrommanhattan.wordpress.com/)

📸 Pic: Freddie Mercury and Eddie Howell in control room

[debdarkpetal]

[crayolascribblz]

I didnt know if I should post this on my dan and phil sideblog or if I should post it here but I'm just gonna put it here bc it's silly :3 a doodle while I'm in-between doodling ocs

[zackbyychocolate]

Dear reader,

Welcome to my blog, I’m Zack (she/they)!

WE ARE SO FUCKING BACK BABY! 🤠🩵

I can’t believe I have a tumblr phan account again after not having one for several years—I’m glad to be back.

D+P are super nostalgic to me, so getting this new content from them has put me back into the swing of things lol

I’ve always been a fan though (since I was like 12…….I’m 23 now), but I strayed away from the phandom a couple years back and deleted my old phan tumblr account, which I miss a lot!

I had quite a few followers on that old account but cannot for the life of me remember the name of it lol. I really wish I knew what witty username I had—it was probably some sort of really old DNP reference bahahahahhaha

Anyways, expect to see lots of DNP, some steddie, and good omens! ヽ(^。^)ノ

ps- I would love to be friends with you! Hmu!! 🫶🏻

Best,

Zack 🩵

[oatmilk-vampire]

Things I'm currently into (i literally can't think about anything else. They are consuming me)

Steve Harrington /(Joe Keery/Djo)

Eddie Munson /(Joseph Quinn)

Steddie

Dan and Phil

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

Lisa Frankenstein

The Bear

Aliens

Cryptids

Lyres

Writing

If you're bored Please consider dm-ing me about any of the above or just sharing your posts to me, I will reblog

[nxcroflesh]

some years ago i made a load of kindred: the embraced memes out of dril tweets and i think now is the time to bring them back. you're welcome

[stopthefeeling]

I did not sleep last night because I'm so excited to see A View From The Bridge today like I am not in the slightest bit a theatre nerd except for this one play. I've got two copies of it, I'm currently listening to my playlist that reminds me of it and I'm definitely going to reread the copy I'm bringing to get signed by the cast on the train into London despite last reading it a week and a half ago. Its just so messy and soapy and fucked up and scratches a very specific itch in my soul and I've been wanting to see it live for 10 years but I've never found a production I could get to from where I've lived so this is such a long time coming and I'm so so excited to finally see it performed.

[fleshmotif]

Omg I can’t believe stranger things s4 ended after they revealed who vecna was that was such a good ending wow can’t wait to see what happens next season

[catholicjinx]

hiiiiiii

HI. having mcr thoughts again

[lazaruscorpse]

that's a very specific thing to say dan 👀

[movienized-com]

Culprits

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Serie Jahr: 2023- (Dezember) Genre: Comedy / Krimi / Thriller Hauptrollen: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Gemma Arterton, Eddie Izzard, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Niamh Algar, Kamel El Basha, Tara Abboud, Ned Dennehy, Kevin Vidal, Baeyen Hoffman … Serienbeschreibung: Nach einem spektakulären Raubüberfall haben sich alle Beteiligten geschworen, sich mit ihrem Teil der Beute abzusetzen, getrennte Wege zu…

[uniqueartisanconnoisseur]

Art of the Blues & history at Clarksdale MS.

Clarksdale, Mississippi is the home of the blues. While you can hear music almost any time of day, any day of the week, you can also see art almost everywhere! Art even finds its way to the street overheads. Visit Clarksdale hosted me during a visit. I learned about the blues musicians connected with this musical town at the Delta Blues Museum. Robert Johnson, Son House, John Lee Hooker, Junior…

[oughttobeclowns]

Re-review: Cabaret, The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre

Re-review: Cabaret, The Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre Well, Callum Scott Howells is a bit good ain't he

Callum Scott Howells and Madeline Brewer do wonderful work leading the new cast of this still-striking Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club at London’s Playhouse Theatre “That is what comes from too much pills and liquor” I would have loved to see Fra Fee and Amy Lennox in Cabaret’s first lead cast change but the truth is, the presence of a certain someone in the supporting cast meant that I would be…

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Ships

Week Ending June 3rd, 2024

Destiel Dean Winchester & Castiel, Supernatural

Farcille Falin Touden & Marcille Donato, Dungeon Meshi

Polin Penelope Featherington & Colin Bridgerton, Bridgerton

Bucktommy Evan Buckley & Tommy Kinard, 9-1-1

Buddie Evan Buckley & Edmundo Diaz, 9-1-1

Stolitz Stolas & Blitzo, Helluva Boss

Phan Daniel Howell & Phil Lester, YouTubers

Ineffable Husbands Aziraphale & Crowley, Good Omens

Labru Laios Touden & Kabru, Dungeon Meshi

Satosugu Gojo Satoru & Geto Suguru, Jujutsu Kaisen

Chilshi Chilchuck Tims & Senshi, Dungeon Meshi

Bakudeku Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku, Boku no Hero Academia

Radioapple Lucifer Morningstar & Alastor, Hazbin Hotel

Narilamb Narinder & the Lamb, Cult of the Lamb

Hannigram Hannibal Lecter & Will Graham, Hannibal

Zosan Roronoa Zoro & Vinsmoke Sanji, One Piece

Jegulus James Potter & Regulus Black, the Harry Potter universe

Painland Edwin Payne & Charles Rowland, Dead Boy Detectives

Loustat Louis de Pointe du Lac & Lestat de Lioncourt, Interview with the Vampire

Steddie Steve Harrington & Eddie Munson, Stranger Things

[destinationtoast]

Have you ever done an analysis of which fandoms are most dominated by a single ship?

I hadn't done so before. I just took a quick pass at doing so, but only among the biggest fandoms on AO3 as of Jan 2024 (ones with over 10K public works at that time). I sorted them by the size of their biggest ship relative to the size of the fandom. This gives us a bunch of very big fandoms with a high % of works tagged with a particular ship:

The raw data used to make this graph, including the corresponding biggest ships, is available in a spreadsheet here, or at the end of this post.

A few notes:

This is based on January 2024 data. Some things may have changed!

Not all these works are necessarily about these ships. Especially in the cases where the ships are canon, they may often be tagged as background ships.

There are undoubtedly many smaller AO3 fandoms that have higher percentages devoted to the top ship.

I removed some highly overlapping fandoms (e.g., Good Omens book fandom).

This is AO3 data only, and (as always!) AO3 does not represent fandom overall. In particular, ship popularity tends to vary A LOT by archive/platform. See some past cross-platform shipping comparisons from 2019 (comparing het vs. slash vs. gen on Wattpad/FFN/AO3), and 2014 (comparing popular ships from HP, SPN, and Sherlock on AO3/FFN). One highlight:

Raw data:

Fandom | Top relationship | % tagged with most common ship

Shameless (US) | Ian Gallagher/Mickey Milkovich | 92.5%

Phandom/The Fantastic Foursome (YouTube RPF) | Dan Howell/Phil Lester | 92.1%

Good Omens (TV) | Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens) | 83.8%

9-1-1 (TV) | Evan "Buck" Buckley/Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV) | 79.2%

Hannibal (TV) | Will Graham/Hannibal Lecter | 75.6%

Shadowhunters (TV) | Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood | 75.1%

All For The Game - Nora Sakavic | Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard | 75.0%

Inception (2010) | Arthur/Eames (Inception) | 74.0%

The Old Guard (Movie 2020) | Joe | Yusuf Al-Kaysani/Nicky | Nicolò di Genova | 72.2%

Hawaii Five-0 (2010) | Steve McGarrett/Danny "Danno" Williams | 71.9%

The Mortal Instruments Series - Cassandra Clare | Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood | 71.2%

IT (Movies - Muschietti) | Eddie Kaspbrak/Richie Tozier | 71.1%

陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) RPF | Wang Yi Bo/Xiao Zhan | Sean | 70.9%

X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies) | Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier | 69.6%

Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime) | Katsuki Yuuri/Victor Nikiforov | 66.3%

Supernatural (TV 2005) RPF | Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki | 66.0%

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018) | Adora/Catra (She-Ra) | 63.9%

Deadpool - All Media Types | Peter Parker/Wade Wilson | 63.6%

The Witcher (TV) | Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier | Dandelion | 63.1%

Our Flag Means Death (TV) | Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet | 63.0%

[maxinemaxmayfield]

For the STWG daily drabble prompt: costume

“Whaddya think of my costume?”

Steve turns around to take in the sight of Eddie wearing the skimpiest white-and-black dress Steve’s ever seen, cut-out over the chest and thighs on show. His calves are clad in fishnet tights all the way down to his combat boots. Hanging from his throat are rosary beads and a silver cross, and there’s a coif and veil attempting to cover his hair, which is still managing to peek out in wild tendrils.

Steve’s hand flies up to his mouth, not sure whether to gasp or giggle… or maybe pounce.

“Are you seriously wearing that out?” Steve asks, not sure what he hopes the answer is. He feels a bit light-headed already.

Eddie turns on the puppy eyes, impossibly wide and shining at Steve. “You don’t like it?”

“I mean, it’s–“ Steve starts, and then tries again. “If you wear that, you’re going to drive me crazy all night. I don’t why this is doing it for me, but it really is…”

Eddie walks towards him until he’s face-to-face with Steve. “Yeah?”

Steve nods.

“Well, you could tear it off me now, but then we’d be late to the party. And it’s just inappropriate for a nun to be late.” Eddie clicks his tongue and pouts. “So I guess I’ll just have to drive you crazy.”

He sweeps past Steve, grabbing the keys to his van and the six-pack that’s on the table next to the door. When he glances over his shoulder and sees Steve staring, he drops the keys with an exaggerated, “oops!” and bends over, letting the dress ride up just enough to show the bottom of his ass cheeks.

There’s no way Steve is going to make it through tonight.

(Inspired by dan howell’s sexy nun costume)