In September 2023, Freddie Mercury’s friend and inheritor Mary Austin auctioned his record collection through Sotheby’s London. For posterity, the 225 recordings included were:
[Brian May], Who Wants To Live Forever
[Christmas], Christmas Concertos
[Christmas], Christmas With Nat King Cole
[Christmas], Now The Christmas Album
[Christmas], Phil Spector’s Christmas Album
[Christmas], The Greatest Hits Of Christmas
[Christmas], The Phil Spector Christmas Album
[Christmas], The Stars Sing At Christmas
A-Ha, Take On Me
Anita Dobson, Talking Of Love
Aretha Franklin And George Michael, I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
Aretha Franklin, Freeway Of Love
Aretha Franklin, One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
Aretha Franklin, Who’s Zoomin’ Who
Ashford And Simpson, Solid
Barbara Streisand, The Broadway Album
Beatles, Beatles For Sale
Bee Gees, One
Bee Gees, You Win Again
Belinda Carlisle, Heaven Is A Place On Earth
Berlin, Take My Breath Away
Big Fun, Can’t Shake The Feeling
Billy Idol, To Be A Lover
Billy Joel, 52nd Street
Billy Ocean, Suddenly
Billy Squier, Enough Is Enough
Bobby Brown, Don’t Be Cruel
Bobby Brown, Every Little Step
Bonnie Pointer
Brian May, Back To The Light
Bros, Drop The Boy
Bros, When Will I Be Famous
Bruce Springsteen, The Wild, The Innocent And The E Street Suffle
Bucks Fizz, New Beginning
Carly Simon, Coming Around Again
Carly Simon, Hotcakes
Castro, Son Of My Father
Chaka Khan, I Feel For You
Chaka Khan, I’m Every Woman
Cliff Richard, Rock And Roll Juvenile
Colin Towns, Full Circle
Culture Club, God Thank You Woman
Curiosity Killed The Cat, Down To Earth
Cutting Crew, (I Just) Died In Your Arms
Cyndi Lauper, I Drove All Night
D Mob, It Is Time To Get Funky
Daryl Hall, Dreamtime
David Bowie, Extended Dance Mix Loving The Alien
David Bowie, Fashions
Diana Ross, Chain Reaction
Dionne Warwick, Friends
Donna Summer, Another Place In Time
Donna Summer, Live And More
Donna Summer, Love Is In Control
Double Trouble, Street Tuff
Double, The Captain Of Her Heart
Dream Girls, Original Broadway Cast Album
E=Mc2
Eagles, On The Border
Echo And The Bunnymen, Bring On The Dancing Horses
Eddie Howell, Grammaphone Record
Elkie Brooks, No More The Fall
Emerson Lake And Palmer
Emerson Lake And Palmer, Trilogy
Erasure, Sometimes
Eric Clapton, Behind The Mask
Eric Clapton, The Best Of Eric Clapton
Etta James, At Last
Europe, The Final Countdown
Eurythmics, Beethoven
Eurythmics, Shame
Eurythmics, There Must Be An Angel Playing With My Heart
Eurythmics, When Tomorrow Comes
Falco, Rock Me Amadeus
Fame, The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Fifty Years Of Film Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Of Warner Bros. Classics, 1923-1973
Flash Dance, The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Frankie Goes To Hollywood, How To Remake The World
George Michael, A Different Corner
George Michael, Faith
Go West, We Close Our Eyes
Grace Jones, Slave To The Rhythm
Grand Piano, Piano Groove
Groucho, On Radio!
Holly Johnson, Americanos
Hughey Lewis And The News, Simple As That
Hughey Lewis And The News, The Power Of Love
Irma Thomas, Breakaway
Janet Jackson, Nasty
Janet Jackson, Rhythm Nation
Janet Jackson, What Have You Done For Me Lately
Janis Joplin, Pearl
Jennifer Warns, First We Take Manhattan
Jermaine Stewart, We Don’t Have To
Joe Cocker, Joe Cocker!
John Cougar, Mellencamp
John Farnham, Whispering Jack
Johnnie Mathis, Gone, Gone, Gone
Kansas
Kate Bush, Hands Of Love
Kate Bush, Running Up That Hill
Keith Jarrett, Music For String Orchestra And Saxophone
Kon Kan, I Beg Your Pardon
Laura Branigan
Laurence Olivier, The Theme From Time The Musical
Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin, Prime Cuts
Lennon, Shaved Fish
Lisa Stansfield, All Around The World
Living In A Box, Blow The House Down
Liza Minelli, Liza With A Z
Lnr, Work It To The Bone
Loulou, Shout
Madonna, Gambler
Madonna, Into The Groove
Madonna, Like A Prayer
Madonna, Papa Don’t Preach
Mahalia Jackson, Gospel
Maria Vidal, Body Rock
Metropolis, The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Michael Jackson, Leave Me Alone
Michael Jackson, The Way You Make Me Feel
Michael McDonald, If That’s What It Takes
Michael McDonald, No Lookin’ Back
Mike And The Mechanics, Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)
Motown, Chart Busters
Mr. Mister, Kyrie
Mr. Mister, Welcome To The Real World
Natalie Cole, Dangerous
Neil Young, After The Gold Rush
Neil Young, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young, Harvest Moon
Neneh Cherry, Buffalo Stance
New Kids On The Block, You Got It (The Right Stuff)
Now That’s What I Call Music 2
Now That’s What I Call Music 4
Paisley Park, She’s Always In My Hair
Pat Benatar, Best Shots
Patti La Belle, Oh, People
Patti La Belle, Stir It Up
Patti La Belle, Winner
Paul And Linda McCartney, Band On The Run
Paul Simon, The Boy In The Bubble
Paul Simon, You Can Call Me Al
Paula Abdul, (It’s Just) The Way That You Love Me
Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl
Paula Abdul, Straight Up
Pearl Williams, A Trip Around The World Is Not A Cruise
Pet Shop Boys, Always On My Mind
Pet Shop Boys, West End Girls
Peter Gabriel And Kate Bush, Don’t Give Up
Peter Gabriel, Sledgehammer
Peter Straker, This One’s On Me
Phil Collins, Another Day In Paradise
Phil Collins, Take Me Home
Philip Bailey And Phil Collins, He’s An Easy Lover
Phyllis Nelson, Move Closer
Pointer Sisters, Automatic
Pop Classics 1987
Prince And The Revolution, Girls And Boys
Prince And The Revolution, Parade
Prince, If I Was Your Girlfriend
Prince, Sign ‘O’ The Times
Princess, Say I’m Your No.1
Purcell, Dido And Aeneas
Randy Crawford, Desire
Robert Palmer, Addicted To Love
Robert Palmer, I Didn’t Mean To Turn You On
Rock Well, Somebody’s Watching Me
Roger Taylor, The Outsider Tour Live
Rosie Vela, Magic Smile
Rufus And Chaka Khan, Ain’t Nobody
Saint Elmo’s Fire, Man In Motion
Seventh Avenue, Love’s Gone Mad
Shakespear’s Sister, You’re History
Sheena Easton, Days Like This
Sheena Easton, One O One
Simple Minds, Don’t You Forget About Me
Simply Red, Holding Back The Years
Simply Red, The Right Thing
Spandau Ballet, How Many Lies?
Spandau Ballet, Through The Barricades
Stevie Wonder, Hotter Than July
Stevie Wonder, Overjoyed
Stevie Wonder, Part-Time Lover
Suburbia, Surburbia
Tarkus, Tarkus
Tears For Fears, Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Texas, I Don’t Want A Lover
The Bangles, Walk Like An Egyptian
The Beat Masters, With Merlin
The Beatles, A Collection Of Beatles Oldies
The Beatles, Abbey Road
The Beatles, At The Hollywood Bowl
The Beatles, Please Please Me
The Beatles, Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles, Yellow Submarine
The Blow Monkeys, Choice?
The Blow Monkeys, Digging Your Scene
The Cars, Drive
The Hollies, He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother
The House Martins, Think For A Minute
The Jacksons, Nothin (That Compares 2 U)
The Moody Blues, A Question Of Balance
The Moody Blues, In Search Of The Lost Chord
The Power Station, Some Like It Hot And The Heat Is On
The Pretenders, Don’t Get Me Wrong
The Shadows, Greatest Hits
The Shadows, The Shadows
Thirty Greatest Hits From The World’s Greatest Operettas
Timbuck, The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades
Tina Turner, Help
Tina Turner, Private Dancer
Tina Turner, Two People
Tina Turner, Typical Male
Tina Turner, We Don’t Need Another Hero
Tina Turner, One Of The Living
U2, Two Hearts Beat As One
Wet Wet Wet, Angel Eyes
Whitney Houston, How Will I Know
Whitney Houston, I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Whitney Houston, Saving All My Love For You
Who’s In The House, Cookie Crew Remix
Yazz, The Only Way Is Up
However, it should be noted that some of the items (which were not specified) were described as unopened – which may represent gifts, or purchases he otherwise never got around to putting on.
Several artists make multiple appearances on the list, including: Aretha Franklin (4), Eurythmics (4), Madonna (4), Prince (4), The Beatles (6), and Tina Turner (6).
Notably absent from this list (though perhaps not from his original music collection): Queen, and Freddie’s solo work (but one of the recordings on the list is attributed to Brian May).