| The Real Wizard 30.01.2013 23:00 |
Queen Montreal, QC, Canada Montreal Forum November 24, 1981 Ten years to the day before Freddie Mercury died, Queen filmed the first of two nights at the Montreal forum. Contrary to many tales told in Queen folklore, the crowd were not dull and unenthusiastic, as this audience recording reveals. The audience were brought down in the mix for the early VHS and DVD releases of the Montreal shows (simply entitled "We Will Rock You") between 1984 and 2001, all of which the band had no control over. The sound on the latest Queen Rock Montreal release does the band and audience alike justice. The Game was still a huge record in 1981, and Mercury had the audience in the palm of his hand all night. This recording serves as a great companion to the official releases, as most of that material actually comes from the second night. Dragon Attack, the Now I'm Here reprise and Love Of My Life are missing from this audience tape, so we're not sure which night(s) they came from. The original 90 minute cassette copy had some edits made before it made its rounds. Flash and The Hero were slotted at the end of side A after Under Pressure (with a cross-fade to disguise the edit) so that the show could be distributed on a single cassette without having to cut any of the songs. This has all been fixed here, and the result is the most accurate running order of the show as it happened. The speed has also been corrected, as the tape ran a bit slow. After Brian does the Under Pressure tease prior to Killer Queen and Freddie responds with "fuck off" (as seen on the video), at the show he continues: "David Bowie is not here tonight," which the audience boos, and he adds, "He's fucking somebody in London." Brian plays a bit of the b-side "I Go Crazy" during his solo spot. The guitar solo on the official releases is a compilation of both nights (mostly the first night), but this part was omitted. Total running time - 87:41. Tracks marked with an asterisk (*) were used for the official releases. Disc 1: 1. We Will Rock You (fast) * 2. Let Me Entertain You * 3. Play The Game 4. Somebody To Love 5. Killer Queen 6. I'm In Love With My Car * 7. Get Down Make Love * 8. Save Me 9. Now I'm Here Disc 2: 1. Under Pressure 2. Keep Yourself Alive 3. tympani solo 4. guitar solo * 5. Flash 6. The Hero 7. Crazy Little Thing Called Love * 8. Bohemian Rhapsody * 9. Tie Your Mother Down 10. Another One Bites The Dust 11. Sheer Heart Attack [cut] 12. Jailhouse Rock * 13. We Will Rock You 14. We Are The Champions 15. God Save The Queen link Enjoy, and convert to lossy only for your own (ab)use. |
| rocknrolllover 31.01.2013 00:13 |
The Real Wizard wrote: Queen Montreal, QC, Canada Montreal Forum November 24, 1981 Ten years to the day before Freddie Mercury died, Queen filmed the first of two nights at the Montreal forum. Contrary to many tales told in Queen folklore, the crowd were not dull and unenthusiastic, as this audience recording reveals. The audience were brought down in the mix for the early VHS and DVD releases of the Montreal shows (simply entitled "We Will Rock You") between 1984 and 2001, all of which the band had no control over. The sound on the latest Queen Rock Montreal release does the band and audience alike justice. The Game was still a huge record in 1981, and Mercury had the audience in the palm of his hand all night. This recording serves as a great companion to the official releases, as most of that material actually comes from the second night. Dragon Attack, Now I'm Here and Love Of My Life are missing from this audience tape, so we're not sure which night(s) they came from. The original 90 minute cassette copy had some edits made before it made its rounds. Flash and The Hero were slotted at the end of side A after Under Pressure (with a cross-fade to disguise the edit) so that the show could be distributed on a single cassette without having to cut any of the songs. This has all been fixed here, and the result is the most accurate running order of the show as it happened. The speed has also been corrected, as the tape ran a bit slow. After Brian does the Under Pressure tease prior to Killer Queen and Freddie responds with "fuck off" (as seen on the video), at the show he continues: "David Bowie is not here tonight," which the audience boos, and he adds, "He's fucking somebody in London." Brian plays a bit of the b-side "I Go Crazy" during his solo spot. The guitar solo on the official releases is a compilation of both nights (mostly the first night), but this part was omitted. Total running time - 87:41. Tracks marked with an asterisk (*) were used for the official releases. Disc 1: 1. We Will Rock You (fast) * 2. Let Me Entertain You * 3. Play The Game 4. Somebody To Love 5. Killer Queen 6. I'm In Love With My Car * 7. Get Down Make Love * 8. Save Me 9. Now I'm Here Disc 2: 1. Under Pressure 2. Keep Yourself Alive 3. tympani solo 4. guitar solo * 5. Flash 6. The Hero 7. Crazy Little Thing Called Love * 8. Bohemian Rhapsody * 9. Tie Your Mother Down 10. Another One Bites The Dust 11. Sheer Heart Attack [cut] 12. Jailhouse Rock * 13. We Will Rock You 14. We Are The Champions 15. God Save The Queen disc 1 - link disc 2 - coming up shortly Enjoy, and convert to lossy only for your own (ab)use.Wow! Big Thank you Dr. Bob! |
| Hub3 31.01.2013 00:25 |
i can't wait Disc2! . thank so much |
| onedunpark 31.01.2013 02:01 |
Thanks Bob, much appreciated |
| tcc 31.01.2013 02:30 |
Thank you very much. |
| PiotreQ 31.01.2013 02:40 |
Thank you, Sir! |
| cmsdrums 31.01.2013 03:40 |
The Real Wizard wrote: The audience were brought down in the mix for the early VHS and DVD releases of the Montreal shows (simply entitled "We Will Rock You") between 1984 and 2001, all of which the band had no control over.Cheers for this. I'd debate the point of the band having no control over the mix though - the original mix was by Mack, and he was very much 'their' guy and not hired by the director etc.. and so surely they would have had a fair amount of input on this? I do remember when the remixed Rock Montreal was released that Brian put a piece on his Sopabox really criticizing the Mack mix, which I thought was a bit harsh as they must have been happy with him at that time, and after, as they used him on so much material? |
| SMS1970 31.01.2013 06:32 |
Many thanks Bob. An upgrade is always appreciated. |
| MackMantilla 31.01.2013 08:29 |
Sir Bob, thanks a lot for this one. :) |
| brunogorski 31.01.2013 08:46 |
Amazing! Thanks Bob. :) |
| The Real Wizard 31.01.2013 11:27 |
cmsdrums wrote:Mack or no Mack, both Brian and Roger said for years that they hated the sound. Yet more evidence to suggest that only two band members actually liked the guy.The Real Wizard wrote: The audience were brought down in the mix for the early VHS and DVD releases of the Montreal shows (simply entitled "We Will Rock You") between 1984 and 2001, all of which the band had no control over.Cheers for this. I'd debate the point of the band having no control over the mix though - the original mix was by Mack, and he was very much 'their' guy and not hired by the director etc.. and so surely they would have had a fair amount of input on this? I do remember when the remixed Rock Montreal was released that Brian put a piece on his Sopabox really criticizing the Mack mix, which I thought was a bit harsh as they must have been happy with him at that time, and after, as they used him on so much material? Contractually the band signed the rights to Mobilevision, and perhaps hiring Mack was a way to be close-ish to the process. But at least to Brian and Roger, it backfired. The debate continues :-) |
| The Real Wizard 31.01.2013 11:27 |
Ugh, double post |
| The Real Wizard 31.01.2013 11:27 |
Triple post? So this is how my threads get so many replies... |
| PiotreQ 31.01.2013 11:42 |
Now I know why you have 14268 posts ;-) |
| vivaqueen 31.01.2013 12:39 |
MERCI BEAUCOUP GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS |
| The Real Wizard 31.01.2013 12:42 |
Oakland 82 is next :-) |
| Harry_queenrecordings 31.01.2013 13:31 |
Huge thanks, Bob! |
| Gaabiizz 31.01.2013 20:17 |
Thanks for sharing! (: |
| CERATOPHRYS 01.02.2013 02:07 |
Thanks a lot Bob!! Much appreciated. |
| Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon 01.02.2013 02:31 |
Thank you very much! |
| Gregsynth 01.02.2013 03:20 |
Nice to hear Freddie nail those falsettos on Under Pressure--the best live version of the song! |
| GinjaNinja 01.02.2013 13:49 |
Great! Thanks very much Bob :) |
| brunogorski 01.02.2013 19:30 |
Gregsynth wrote: Nice to hear Freddie nail those falsettos on Under Pressure--the best live version of the song!Agree! |
| A Word In Your Ear 02.02.2013 02:07 |
Thanks Bob!!!! |
| pmatsynot 02.02.2013 12:22 |
thanks for the share |
| Victorvil 02.02.2013 13:51 |
Great! Thanks Bob! Looking forward for the 82 show! |
| on my way up 03.02.2013 03:56 |
Listened to this recording again after a couple of years and must say I enjoyed it immensely!. FM was really at the top of his game... Great vocal performances of all the songs, the one even better than the other. A pity they didn't include a couple of songs as bonus on an extra disc of the official release (like STL, Save me, Another one bites the dust,...) because it are all mind-blowing performances. Must say the the audience was very enthusiastic...TOP CROWD:-):-):-) (let's set the record straight for once and for all!) |
| bokkepoot 09.02.2013 18:15 |
Thanks for sharing this recording ! |
| tassilo 10.02.2013 04:00 |
Thank you very much! |
| Chief Mouse 14.03.2013 13:14 |
I was looking for this. Thank you. |
| The Real Wizard 15.03.2013 09:14 |
Mouse Rapist wrote: I was looking for this. Thank you.No prob ! Your name interests me greatly. Are you, by any chance, a deranged cat? |
| tcc 15.03.2013 09:53 |
The Real Wizard wrote:Don't be so conventional - he could be a computer geek who overworks his computer mouse :-)Mouse Rapist wrote: I was looking for this. Thank you.No prob ! Your name interests me greatly. Are you, by any chance, a deranged cat? |
| Chief Mouse 16.03.2013 05:56 |
tcc wrote:Haha actually both!The Real Wizard wrote:Don't be so conventional - he could be a computer geek who overworks his computer mouse :-)Mouse Rapist wrote: I was looking for this. Thank you.No prob ! Your name interests me greatly. Are you, by any chance, a deranged cat? |