ATTN: QUEEN, C/O PETER BROWN
I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A NEW ALBUM COMING OUT CALLED "A DAY AT THE RACES." THAT, AS YOU UNDOUBTEDLY KNOW, HAPPENS TO BE THE NAME OF ONE OF THE MARX BROTHERS' MORE SUCCESSFUL FILM OUTINGS. THOUGH MY STEREO LISTENING THESE DAYS IS PRETTY MUCH RESTRICTED TO HEARING AIDS IN BOTH EARS, [I] RECALL A NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO LOOK AFTER MY HOUSE PLAYING YOUR LAST ALBUM - WHICH I BEL[I]EVE WAS TITLED "A NIGHT AT THE OPERA." THAT, TOO, WAS THE NAME OF A MARX BROTHERS MOVIE.
THOUGH I HAVE LONG SINCE PLACED BILLBOARD, CASHBOX AND RECORD WORLD WELL BELOW YOUTH'S COMPANION ON MY LIST OF READING MATTER, KNOW THAT YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL RECORDING ARTISTS. COULD IT, BY[ ]ANY CHANCE, BE YOUR SAGE CHOICE IN ALBUM TITLES. IF SO, YOU[']RE IN FOR MANY PRODUCT[I]VE YEARS BECAUSE THE MARX BROTHERS MADE 13 TURKEYS ALL TOGETHER, AND I MADE FIVE ALONE, AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE WAS MY QUIZ SHOW "YOU BET YOUR LIFE." AND MY SEVEN BOOKS, AND BOY, COULD THIS GO ON FOREVER.
SO, KEEPING THIS IN MIND, I WISH YOU MUCH SUCCESS WITH YOUR LATEST RECORDING "A DAY AT THE RACES." AND [I]'M CERTAIN IT WILL BE ANOTHER BIG SMASH.
HOPE THIS FINDS YOU,
DR. HUGH Z. HACKENBUSH
(OR AS I AM SOMETIMES KNOWN, GROUCHO MARX)
(source: 40 Years Of Queen, pg. 29)
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