The CD is actually a compilation of pre-Queen recordings. It contains some (if not all, according to the liner notes) recordings by May & Taylor's previous band, Smile, on one hand, and on the other hand some recordings by the Queen members at their beginning. The Smile songs show enough creativity (mostly good compositions, even though they sound like they were recorded hastily; my guess is that the band could have used some more time to actually work on the songs). Unfortunately, the sound of these recordings is very poor. However, as a die-hard Queen fan, I was glad to hear how May's guitar sounded back then (Taylor's voice sounded the same then as throughout the '70's, the '80's etc -was he born with that harshness?). One can detect the seeds of May's extraordinary-to-become playing in