QueenZone discussion #1329661

Kevinrm15 wrote: I think there were plans to release Knebworth this year. Might still be on the cards but don't know when.

tomchristie22 wrote: What was the hint? Was it general enough that it also could've referred to the Budapest gig, which we did get?

pcgenius9 wrote: That review was reading well until the last line, when it lost all credibility to me...

Battler wrote: I compared some more now - the little guitar warm up before Crazy Little Thing Called Love is also missing from the Hungarian Rhapsody CD's.

The Real Wizard wrote: Budapest edits: One Vision - initial guitar solo overdubbed "what the fuck are we doing" missing before Under Pressure a few seconds missing before after Under Pressure a few seconds missing before CLTCL silence between encores shortened I think that's it. Or ... didn't someone once say there were Freddie overdubs on Under Pressure? I don't remember any off hand. The Roger backing vocal in the second verse that was on the old VHS has been removed.

Battler wrote:

"Any chance you would do the same for Knebworth - audience recording and Live Magic please ?"

Before Seven Seas Of Rhye on Live Magic, Freddie goes "Hello! " then says something else but in the audience recording he says also another thing that was obviously cut on Live Magic. Then on Live Magic, the speech and vocal improvisation that should have been after A Kind Of Magic, was moved to after Another One Bites The Dust, and cut anyway - part of the vocal improvisation is cut (one part of what was cut is present on the 1999 Under Pressure Knebworth Mix. The entire part of the speech after "It looks beautiful from here!" and before "It's frightening, really, it looks beautiful!" was also cut. Also Tie Your Mother Down has the entire second verse cut. In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisisted and Tear It Up are missing altogether, A Kind Of Magic is a reworked version of the Budapest recording with the snareless part of the drum and bass solo replaced with one either from Knebworth or from one of the two Wembley nights, the entire Budapest vocal improvisation and fool around being cut, retaining only "This is Under Pressure." and Under Pressure itself. Before Another One Bites The Dust, the speech is butchered - part of percussion and a line Freddie Says as well as the audience laughing as Freddie fools around a bit is removed. The fade out after the vocal improvisation ends too early, removing a line from Freddie (audible on the 1999 Under Pressure Knebworth Mix). Who Wants To Live Forever is missing completely, as is the intro of I Want To Break Free, cut up to the start of the first verse. Everything between I Want To Break Free and Is This The World We Created is cut too, and Is This The World We Created is possibly from Wembley 1986-07-11. Tutti Frutti and the speech before Bohemian Rhapsody are cut, as is the entire opera section of Bohemian Rhapsody. Hammer To Fall is replaced with the one from Wembley 1986-07-12. Crazy Little Thing Called Love is cut completely, Radio Ga Ga has a large part cut as well (the audience recording shows the full song was peformed on Knebworth as well), there's an inexplicable fade out between Radio Ga Ga and We Will Rock You, reasons are unknown. And We Will Rock You, Friends Will Be Friends, and We Are The Champions all three have parts cut, if I recall correctly. God Save The Queen is missing completely. Also, the first half of the intro of One Vision is cut to, as the track fades in in the middle of the intro.

Harry_queenbootlegs wrote: Here is another missing bit in Freddie's speech before Who wants to live forever: Freddie says at some point ''If it wasn't for you we would not be here tonight, EVEN THIS IS OUR FIRST NIGHT, thank you very much we will be back'' etc.. The line ''Even this is our first night'' is missing on the new release.

pittrek wrote: Any chance you would do the same for Knebworth - audience recording and Live Magic please ?

joesilvey wrote: I don't care what any performer says... you won't find a live release of any kind that doesn't have some kind of minor fixes / edits on it. And I consider these Budapest edits (esp. considering what a perfectionist band Queen were in the studio) minor and perfectly fine. Hearing Freddie's voice crack on FBG from Live at the Bowl is interesting, and yes true to history, but not what i want coming out of my speakers every time i play the song...

Battler wrote: I compared some more now - the little guitar warm up before Crazy Little Thing Called Love is also missing from the Hungarian Rhapsody CD's.

The Real Wizard wrote: Or ... didn't someone once say there were Freddie overdubs on Under Pressure? I don't remember any off hand. The Roger backing vocal in the second verse that was on the old VHS has been removed.

Lostman wrote:

The Real Wizard wrote: Or ... didn't someone once say there were Freddie overdubs on Under Pressure? I don't remember any off hand. The Roger backing vocal in the second verse that was on the old VHS has been removed.

That wasn't Roger's backing vocal - actually, it was David Bowie's.

cmsdrums wrote:

Lostman wrote:

The Real Wizard wrote: Or ... didn't someone once say there were Freddie overdubs on Under Pressure? I don't remember any off hand. The Roger backing vocal in the second verse that was on the old VHS has been removed.

That wasn't Roger's backing vocal - actually, it was David Bowie's.

Are you saying that they took Bowie's backing vocal from the studio and played it back on the track at the life gigs? I can't see that, especially with having to change the tempo etc. I'm sure Roger sang it on the live gigs.

Battler wrote: Concert for People of Kampuchea at Hammersmith '79 - full concert on DVD and 2 CD. Live In Paris '79 - full concert on DVD and 2 CD. Live In Earls' Court '77 - full concert on DVD and 2 CD. Live At Hyde Park '76 - full concert on DVD and 2 CD. Live At The Rainbow '74 - full concert on DVD and 2 CD.

Lostman wrote:

Battler wrote: I compared some more now - the little guitar warm up before Crazy Little Thing Called Love is also missing from the Hungarian Rhapsody CD's.

It isn't missing, it's been brought down in the mix. Listen to it pretty carefully - you will hear the faint sounds of it.

Lostman wrote: Btw, the level of the audience noise has been increased.

The Real Wizard wrote: That said, Paris 79 probably won't happen (at least on video) because the video quality hasn't stood the test of time. Maybe some Paris tracks will be bonus material on the reissue of Live Killers .. ?

The Real Wizard wrote:

Battler wrote: Concert for People of Kampuchea at Hammersmith '79 - full concert on DVD and 2 CD. Live In Paris '79 - full concert on DVD and 2 CD. Live In Earls' Court '77 - full concert on DVD and 2 CD. Live At Hyde Park '76 - full concert on DVD and 2 CD. Live At The Rainbow '74 - full concert on DVD and 2 CD.

^ I'd be happy any of with these. That said, Paris 79 probably won't happen (at least on video) because the video quality hasn't stood the test of time. Maybe some Paris tracks will be bonus material on the reissue of Live Killers .. ? Japan 79 probably won't happen either because Mercury's voice was in poor shape. But the quality of the video master is apparently amazing from what I've heard.

cmsdrums wrote: Such a shame that Japan 79 is reportedly in such good quality, but Freddie's obvious vocal problems will indeed stop this one coming out. Perhaps some of the better tracks could be salvaged as extras (I'm In Love With My Car and the guitar solo at the least shouldn't be hit by Freddie's throat issues!)

DLCVinnuendo wrote: HR failed to chart in Top40 Music Video Charts of the UK Official Charts Company!!!!

The Real Wizard wrote: There is multi-cam footage from the second night: link

Pim Derks wrote: Professionally recorded video material of Flick of the Wrist live, now that's something I'd like to see!

Battler wrote: The Budapest footage shown in the A Magic Year documentary, where was it taken from? From what I see, I see it includes a part of Hammer to Fall that was cut from the official footage. Maybe some Hungarian TV broadcast?

The Real Wizard wrote: One of those unofficial documentary DVDs has bits of the Budapest TV footage. So it's definitely in good shape, somewhere.

99jaystang wrote: I notice Brian's guitar sounded different from the Liar intro into Tear it up without him near his pedal board

cmsdrums wrote:

DLCVinnuendo wrote: HR failed to chart in Top40 Music Video Charts of the UK Official Charts Company!!!!

Blimey - that's really surprising. Even Q&PR In Ukraine went straight in at No 2.