Queenrockyou 03.06.2009 11:32 |
Hello everyone !! Here is something shared by our dear Jjeroen, who just asked me to upload that for him... so all thanks to him ! Two other Brian May recordings will come afterwards. THE BRIAN MAY BAND 1993.06.21 Rotterdam, Ahoy Sportpaleis Tenement Funster Records 001 Lineage : Sony memo recorder > memo tape master > normal cassette tape (1993 transfer) > wav (2001 transfer) > FLAC Lineup : Brian May - Guitars, vocals Neil Murray - Bass Jamie Moses - Guitars, vocals Cozy Powell - Drums Spike Edney - Keyboards, vocals Shelly Preston - vocals Kathy Porter - vocals Comments : *For die-hards and completists only!* The quality of this recording is only about B- and knows quite some 'audience participation'. Nevertheless, it is the only known source for this great and enthusiastic show, so it was still a good thing to pick up the only piece of equipement available at the time (a memo recorder) and take first steps into taping. Considering the equipement, the recording still turned out enjoyable once the listener get's into it. This recording circulated for many years on cassette only. The first transfer to the digital format (also widely available) was not made by myself. It comes from -I think- a third generation copy and knows hisses and clicks in the first few tracks of each disc. This definitive version (TFR001) goes back to the transfer that was made in 1993 from the original masters. The best possible quality, complete and click-free. Artwork with pictures from the actual show included. Tracklisting : CD1 : 01. The Dark - Back To The Light 02. Driven By You 03. Tie Your Mother Down 04. Love Token - Headlong 05. Love Of My Life 06. '39 07. Let Your Heart Rule Your Head 08. Too Much Love Will Kill You 09. Spike's solo 10. Since You've Been Gone CD2 : 01. Now I'm Here 02. Brighton Rock 03. Resurrection - Cozy's solo - Bohemian Rhapsody - Resurrection reprise 04. Band introduction 05. Last Horizon 06. We Will Rock You 07. We Will Rock You (part 2) - audience waiting for encore 08. God (The Dream is over) 09. Hammer To Fall Enjoy!! Jeroen DO NOT CONVERT TO LOSSY FORMATS! (Unless for personal home use only) PLEASE DO NOT UPLOAD THIS ONE TO TRACKERS OTHER THEN THOSE THAT ARE FOR QUEEN-COLLECTORS EXCLUSIVELY!! DO NOT EVER SELL OR MAKE MONEY OUT OF THIS RECORDING IN ANY WAY! The Links : CD1, info, artwork and freq analysis : http://rapidshare.com/files/239748520/BRIAN_MAY_1993.06.21_Rotterdam_CD1.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/239806701/BRIAN_MAY_1993.06.21_Rotterdam_CD1.part2.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/239686631/BRIAN_MAY_1993.06.21_Rotterdam_CD1.part3.rar CD2 : http://rapidshare.com/files/239819567/BRIAN_MAY_1993.06.21_Rotterdam_CD2.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/239830160/BRIAN_MAY_1993.06.21_Rotterdam_CD2.part2.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/239795350/BRIAN_MAY_1993.06.21_Rotterdam_CD2.part3.rar Regards, Olivier / Jeroen Belgium / Netherlands |
Jjeroen 03.06.2009 12:11 |
Enjoy everyone! More of my recordings to follow soon. (If you behave ;-) And thank you Oli, for helping with the uploading!! |
Queenline 03.06.2009 18:18 |
Hi Thank you (both of you) for the 3 concerts of Brian. I am so happy that I got a rapid account - the best investment I have made at the moument with the very mush alive QZ hehe thanks again |
boys.san 04.06.2009 10:23 |
plese torrent Thanks |
MarkRW 04.06.2009 14:36 |
Thanks Jjereon and Olivier. This series of Bri concerts is very much appreciated. |
Ginger01 04.06.2009 17:12 |
Thanks for this Brian series- much appreciated!! :) |
daffy_the_duck 05.06.2009 05:51 |
thanks a lot guys you rock!!! I have a theorical question about the lineage: wasn't the voice recorder tape the master and the "normal" cassette a 1st gen? |
Jjeroen 05.06.2009 06:43 |
daffy_the_duck wrote: thanks a lot guys you rock!!! I have a theorical question about the lineage: wasn't the voice recorder tape the master and the "normal" cassette a 1st gen? Technically speaking... you're absolutely right! ;-) Don't have the equipement anymore though to put that tape straight to WAV... |
daffy_the_duck 05.06.2009 09:14 |
Jjeroen wrote:daffy_the_duck wrote: thanks a lot guys you rock!!! I have a theorical question about the lineage: wasn't the voice recorder tape the master and the "normal" cassette a 1st gen?Technically speaking... you're absolutely right! ;-) Don't have the equipement anymore though to put that tape straight to WAV... Thanks for the clarification Finally all lessons learnt here about lineage etc bear fruit ;) |
Queenrockyou 05.06.2009 11:30 |
OK so I'll have to correct the title as "Best version available", as the "real" masters aren't shared anywhere. Still, it is as close as the original source as it could be, and I don't know if Jeroen will find back the decent equipment to make new transfers from the master cassette. That's nice to see that kind of recordings, made (almost exactly !) 16 years ago, and shared by the taper himself. One question, dear Jeroen, were you already taping in 1971 ? No ? Shit ! ;o) I would have been happy to know what Barry Mitchell sounded like... Regards, Olivier, Belgium. |
Yara 05.06.2009 11:58 |
Thanks a lot, Jjeroen and Olivier! This is such a treat. It's very kind of you guys. I'm at a loss here. Does anyone has a tip for me as to what Brian May concert I could start with? One that is good both sound and performance-wise. I'd love if you gave your thoughts about it. Anyway, I just wanna thank you, Jjeroen, and also Olivier for uploading. It's really nice and I'm very, very curious to listen to these shares because I'm completely ignorant of Brian May's gigs. I was about to download one of them some time ago but then another great frenzy began and started downloading some gigs from the Game Tour. So, if anyone would be so kind as to give me a good tip on this, I'd be very happy. THANKS! [trying to hug both of you at the same time, stretching my arms] :-) |
Jjeroen 05.06.2009 12:21 |
Yara wrote: Thanks a lot, Jjeroen and Olivier! This is such a treat. It's very kind of you guys. I'm at a loss here. Does anyone has a tip for me as to what Brian May concert I could start with? One that is good both sound and performance-wise. I'd love if you gave your thoughts about it. Anyway, I just wanna thank you, Jjeroen, and also Olivier for uploading. It's really nice and I'm very, very curious to listen to these shares because I'm completely ignorant of Brian May's gigs. I was about to download one of them some time ago but then another great frenzy began and started downloading some gigs from the Game Tour. So, if anyone would be so kind as to give me a good tip on this, I'd be very happy. THANKS! [trying to hug both of you at the same time, stretching my arms] :-) Hi Yara If you want to start with BM shows - do NOT start with this one! As mentioned in the tapersnotes, it is not so good quality. I would recommand my Brussels 98 recording - by far the best of these three. I feel your hug!! ;-) Thanks! x |
Jjeroen 05.06.2009 12:27 |
ruth.olivier wrote: OK so I'll have to correct the title as "Best version available", as the "real" masters aren't shared anywhere. Still, it is as close as the original source as it could be, and I don't know if Jeroen will find back the decent equipment to make new transfers from the master cassette. That's nice to see that kind of recordings, made (almost exactly !) 16 years ago, and shared by the taper himself. One question, dear Jeroen, were you already taping in 1971 ? No ? Shit ! ;o) I would have been happy to know what Barry Mitchell sounded like... Regards, Olivier, Belgium. LOL! ;-) I'm afraid it will be a tough task to find that equipement back! It was already hard to find it back then, let alone now! You may change the title again, to 'best possible version' ;-)) And no, unfortunately in 1970, I had a very hot girlfriend that did not allow me to do illegal stuff.... |
YourValentine 05.06.2009 14:22 |
Thanks for the share and all other shares. I hope I can download some of it before 2010 :) As soon as I have some breathing space I will add something to the "frenzy" ;) |
Yara 05.06.2009 22:52 |
Hi, Jjeroen! Thanks a whole lot for the tip and the reply. You guys are really great. Take care and have a nice weekend! |
TimBHM 06.06.2009 19:26 |
Thanks to both of you! |
J bij de W 07.06.2009 14:44 |
Wow thanks a lot for this upload! This was my first show of a Band member and brings back a lot of great memories. Thanks! Jan Willem |
Masahiko 07.06.2009 18:04 |
Excellent! Many thanks! |
jessanmar 08.06.2009 23:42 |
Thank you |
bas 09.01.2010 19:57 |
Hello Jeroen and Olivier, I was also present at this gig...so I'm very glad I got the recording now. Thank you very much!! Geweldig werk mannen, bedankt!! Bas |
bokkepoot 03.07.2011 05:54 |
It seems that more and more rapidshare files are disapearing, so I have saved these a few months ago and I'm happy to share these with you as multiupload files: link link link link link link edit 29-01-2012 new links: link link link link link link |
Sunshine 16.02.2012 08:21 |
Hey all, I just downloaded this concert and i also attended this one as my first ever gig. It got me so much back in time, I revived so many memories so I decided to share a story about this gig on Queenconcerts.com. You can read it here: Story about Brian May concert June 21st 1993: I remember very clearly waking up on a Saturday morning in March 1993. Aged 15, i was still living at my parent's house. I walked down the stairs and ate some breakfast while reading the morning newspaper. And there is was: Brian May comes to Rotterdam on June 21st. God is coming to my country! I jumped from my chair and was so excited, i showed the paper to everyone in the house: look at it, look at it! I rang my best friend and asked him if he wanted to join me. But Guns 'N Roses were also coming that summer to Nijmegen, The Netherlands and aged 15, his and mine financial possibilities were limited and we both had to make a choice. While i absolutely loved GNR, still do, I obviously made the choice to see Brian May. My first ever gig, going to see god in person. Then again, living 150km from Rotterdam and no pal who could join me (all my friends were into Gabber music and Happy hardcore), i needed to think of plan B. Plan B was asking my dad. Of course, it is not that cool to go with your dad but I didn't had the balls to go alone and asking my dad gave another benefit: he had a car, which easily made up the uncoolness. And it was all about the concert so I asked him and after 10 no's, I got a definite yes. We were going! I bought 2 tickets, just on time because the concert was quickly sold out. So on June 21st, my dad and me drove to Rotterdam. We were quite on time and so were many fellow Queen/Brian May fans. It was massive, hence this was my first gig i ever saw. I didnt know what to expect! This was in the pre-Twitter, pre-Facebook even pre-internet and pre-cellphone era so I never saw pictures of the Ahoy hall. But the building was massive and so was the queue before the entrance. Luckily the weather was nice and the atmosphere was fantastic. Like a carnaval where everyone was singing Queen songs before the gates opened. I remember everyone was so excited to see Brian again after such a long time. Remember that Freddie died only 18 months earlier and Brian didnt perform live since 1986 and a lot happened since then. People were emotional, there was a kind of mix between grieve about Freddie's death, it was so fresh, and the pure happiness of seeing Brian again. Anyway, the gates opened and we walked in the hall. I was amazed how big it actually was. We stood exactly in the middle of the hall with a fine view. After some waiting the support band started to play, the Brazilian Os Paralamos Do Successo. I do not remember much about how they looked but i remember the extreme bass in the soundmix. So extreme it went through your stomach. My dad said: 'if it stays this bad when Brian May starts, I'll wait outside until the concert is over':) Paralamos finished and the audience got REALLY excited. There was massive sing a long to Queen songs, someone just started a song and everyone would join. There was 'the wave', naturally done by the audience and a lot of soccer 'olé olé's. Actually it was all about giving Brian the best possible welcome to The Netherlands, we missed him! Then the lights dimmed and 'The Dark' started. Both me and my dad were happily surprised about the change in sound quality, it was crisp and clear, very very nice. There were butterflies in my stomach, a sense of excitement and emotion, this was the biggest thing in my life so far. 'The Dark' ended and the intro of 'Back In The Light' started. Still, no trace of Brian May but suddenly out of the dark, there he stood there. There was a spotlight and i remember his curls. There he stood, singing 'Far far from the light...hear the night creatures cal'. Wow, he can actually sing! It sounded amazing. The audience sang a long every Brian May and of course Queen song and i sang the lungs out of my body. And not only me, everyone did! Listen to the recording of the concert, you will hear this. I never experienced this any more, not even during the more recent Brian May or Queen + PR gigs. I remember the fantastic Red Special sound, sounding much more fat and aggressive than on Live At Wembley, then just released. Love Of My life was undiscribable. The audience sang so loud a long, Brian was not audible anymore. what a moment! Highlights were Resurrection with Bo Rhap mixed in plus the amazing drum solo by Cozy Powell. This was magic! The band sounded tight and amazing, well rehearsed and the creme de la creme of rock musicians. Plus 2 chicks as background singers is a nice bonus for a 15 year old:) Then all the pyro's, the lights, the solo's, the fantastic songs, the surprising setlist (compared to Wembley 86) Time was passing quickly and 2 hours later, Brian played the last chords of Hammer To Fall...The dream was indeed over and Brian thanked everyone. I remember driving back with my dad saying: did you see this?!?! and did you see that!??! Even my dad was highly impressed and he was not a Queen fan, far from it! This gig changed my life, it gave me the need to see more gigs and experience this feeling again. And I saw many more gigs. Many more Brian May gigs, many more Queen + PR gigs and numerous other bands and artists. Many of them were fantastic, truly great but it never topped this performance. And believe it or not, i just discovered this recording today, Feb 14th 2012, almost 19 years after the gig. Of course i purchased Live At Brixton 93 when it was released back in 1994 both on cd and video and i remember: was Rotterdam truly so fantastic or was Brian having a great night in Brixton and therefor released it? Listening now to this audience recording, i can say: no, Brixton was even a lesser performance compared to this gig. It was the audience that elevated the Brian May Band to a higher level and you can clearly hear it on the recording here. I am very proud and happy i was part of that audience on that magical night back on June 21st 1993. Thank you Brian! |
Sunshine 16.02.2012 08:46 |
double |
Sunshine 16.02.2012 09:04 |
Story about Brian May concert June 21st 1993: I remember very clearly waking up on a Saturday morning in March 1993. Aged 15, i was still living at my parent's house. I walked down the stairs and ate some breakfast while reading the morning newspaper. And there is was: Brian May comes to Rotterdam on June 21st. God is coming to my country! I jumped from my chair and was so excited, i showed the paper to everyone in the house: look at it, look at it! I rang my best friend and asked him if he wanted to join me. But Guns 'N Roses were also coming that summer to Nijmegen, The Netherlands and aged 15, his and mine financial possibilities were limited and we both had to make a choice. While i absolutely loved GNR, still do, I obviously made the choice to see Brian May. My first ever gig, going to see god in person. Then again, living 150km from Rotterdam and no pal who could join me (all my friends were into Gabber music and Happy hardcore), i needed to think of plan B. Plan B was asking my dad. Of course, it is not that cool to go with your dad but I didn't had the balls to go alone and asking my dad gave another benefit: he had a car, which easily made up the uncoolness. And it was all about the concert so I asked him and after 10 no's, I got a definite yes. We were going! I bought 2 tickets, just on time because the concert was quickly sold out. So on June 21st, my dad and me drove to Rotterdam. We were quite on time and so were many fellow Queen/Brian May fans. It was massive, hence this was my first gig i ever saw. I didnt know what to expect! This was in the pre-Twitter, pre-Facebook even pre-internet and pre-cellphone era so I never saw pictures of the Ahoy hall. But the building was massive and so was the queue before the entrance. Luckily the weather was nice and the atmosphere was fantastic. Like a carnaval where everyone was singing Queen songs before the gates opened. I remember everyone was so excited to see Brian again after such a long time. Remember that Freddie died only 18 months earlier and Brian didnt perform live since 1986 and a lot happened since then. People were emotional, there was a kind of mix between grieve about Freddie's death, it was so fresh, and the pure happiness of seeing Brian again. Anyway, the gates opened and we walked in the hall. I was amazed how big it actually was. We stood exactly in the middle of the hall with a fine view. After some waiting the support band started to play, the Brazilian Os Paralamos Do Successo. I do not remember much about how they looked but i remember the extreme bass in the soundmix. So extreme it went through your stomach. My dad said: 'if it stays this bad when Brian May starts, I'll wait outside until the concert is over':) Paralamos finished and the audience got REALLY excited. There was massive sing a long to Queen songs, someone just started a song and everyone would join. There was 'the wave', naturally done by the audience and a lot of soccer 'olé olé's. Actually it was all about giving Brian the best possible welcome to The Netherlands, we missed him! Then the lights dimmed and 'The Dark' started. Both me and my dad were happily surprised about the change in sound quality, it was crisp and clear, very very nice. There were butterflies in my stomach, a sense of excitement and emotion, this was the biggest thing in my life so far. 'The Dark' ended and the intro of 'Back In The Light' started. Still, no trace of Brian May but suddenly out of the dark, there he stood there. There was a spotlight and i remember his curls. There he stood, singing 'Far far from the light...hear the night creatures cal'. Wow, he can actually sing! It sounded amazing. The audience sang a long every Brian May and of course Queen song and i sang the lungs out of my body. And not only me, everyone did! Listen to the recording of the concert, you will hear this. I never experienced this any more, not even during the more recent Brian May or Queen + PR gigs. I remember the fantastic Red Special sound, sounding much more fat and aggressive than on Live At Wembley, then just released. Love Of My life was undiscribable. The audience sang so loud a long, Brian was not audible anymore. What a moment! Highlights were Resurrection with Bo Rhap mixed in plus the amazing drum solo by Cozy Powell. This was magic! The band sounded tight and amazing, well rehearsed and the creme de la creme of rock musicians. Plus 2 chicks as background singers is a nice bonus for a 15 year old:) Then all the pyro's, the lights, the solo's, the fantastic songs, the surprising setlist (compared to Wembley 86) Time was passing quickly and 2 hours later, Brian played the last chords of Hammer To Fall...The dream was indeed over and Brian thanked everyone. I remember driving back with my dad saying: did you see this?!?! and did you see that!??! Even my dad was highly impressed and he was not a Queen fan, far from it! This gig changed my life, it gave me the need to see more gigs and experience this feeling again. And I saw many more gigs. Many more Brian May gigs, many more Queen + PR gigs and numerous other bands and artists. Many of them were fantastic, truly great but it never topped this performance. And believe it or not, i just discovered this recording today, Feb 14th 2012, almost 19 years after the gig. Of course i purchased Live At Brixton 93 when it was released back in 1994 both on cd and video and i remember: was Rotterdam truly so fantastic or was Brian having a great night in Brixton and therefor released it? Listening now to this audience recording, i can say: no, Brixton was even a lesser performance compared to this gig. It was the audience that elevated the Brian May Band to a higher level and you can clearly hear it on the recording here. I am very proud and happy i was part of that audience on that magical night back on June 21st 1993. Thank you Brian! |