Duets featuring Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury are finally set to be officially released, three decades after they were recorded.

　　Mercury’s former bandmates, Brian May and Roger Taylor, are working on tracks featuring the two dead superstars and have promised ‘something for folks to hear’ in two months.

　　Guitarist May described working on the sessions this month as: ‘Exciting, challenging, emotionally taxing. But cool.’

　　The prospect of pop’s two greatest showmen combining in a musical reprise is a mouth-watering prospect for fans around the world.

　　Yet ironically the pair fell out after a collaboration in the early 1980s.

　　In what is thought to have been their only session together, they recorded three songs during six hours spent at Jackson’s home studio in Encino, California.

　　In 2011, May confirmed the Jackson estate had given permission for him to revamp the trio of recordings with Taylor and the pair have brought in US-based music producer William Orbit, who has worked with Madonna and Blur.

　　The tracks are likely to include new guitar solos from May along with Queen-style vocal harmonies.

　　Writing on his blog in reply to a fan, May, 66, said: ‘There are a few items in progress. We will have something for folks to hear in a couple of months’ time, hopefully.’

　　Jackson died in 2009, aged 50, after suffering cardiac arrest linked to his drug dependency. Mercury died from an Aids-related illness, aged 45, in 1991.

　　A Jackson family source said he believed the post-Encino row stemmed from the pair’s inability to arrange a second recording session.

　　据英国《每日邮报》报道，已故巨星迈克尔•杰克逊和皇后乐队主唱弗雷迪•默丘里30年前合作的二重唱将于近日发行。

　　30年前，两人在加州恩西诺市杰克逊家中的录音室里录制了三首歌曲，但当时并未发行。2011年，皇后乐队吉他手布莱恩•梅向外界证实取得了杰克逊财产委员会的同意，将和乐队鼓手罗杰•泰勒一起修补当年的歌曲录音，预计两个月后正式发行。

　　对于全球的粉丝来说，能听到这两位流行乐坛的已故巨星的合作分外诱人。

　　但杰克逊和默丘里早在上世纪80年代闹翻，据杰克逊家人称，两人正是因为无法就第二次录音时间达成一致而发生了争吵。

　　杰克逊因赖药性引起的心脏骤停于2009年去世，而默丘里则因艾滋相关病症于1991年逝世。(中国网)