| Ale Solan 23.06.2008 21:41 |
Queen Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan. May 8th, 1985. All this info is saved onto an Acrobat PDF file. I've uploaded this torrent to mininova.org using The Pirate Bay's open tracker (link Please let me know if this is allowed or not. Ginger originally contacted me regarding to this show downloaded from the HUB cuz Whisperer (who was downloading this show from her) told her that there was a speed problem in this show, so Ginger sent me the show and I edited it using Goldwave 5.23 correcting that (higher) pitch problem. No SB errors. Before describing the lineage/process of this show I must to point out that this is the real date, there was no May 7 th show. Only days 8 and 9. Lineage: AUD > ?? > FLAC files > decompression using Goldwave > edit of the resulting WAV files (speed correcting about a semi-tone down) > re-encoding of the wav files to FLAC using FLAC Frontend (level 8) Quality: Good Total size: 557 MB Now this is part of one of the emails I sent to Ginger explaining my lossy analysis using TLH: “(…) after analyzing and listening carefully to the whole show, there are no gap/click probs, it seems to come from at least two sources and these are the results for lossless check with TLH first: Disc 1: C:\01.wav: track looks like CDDA with probability 76%. C:\02.wav: track looks like CDDA with probability 42%. C:\03.wav: track looks like CDDA with probability 62%. C:\04.wav: source of track cannot be qualified. C:\05.wav: track looks like CDDA with probability 43%. C:\06.wav: track looks like CDDA with probability 42%. C:\07.wav: track looks like CDDA with probability 94%. C:\08.wav: source of track cannot be qualified. C:\09.wav: track looks like CDDA with probability 58%. C:\10.wav: source of track cannot be qualified. C:\11.wav: track looks like MPEG with probability 90%. C:\12.wav: track looks like MPEG with probability 95%. C:\13.wav: source of track cannot be qualified. C:\14.wav: track looks like CDDA with probability 92%. C:\15.wav: source of track cannot be qualified. C:\16.wav: source of track cannot be qualified. Disc 2: 01.wav: track looks like CDDA with probability 99%. 02.wav: track looks like CDDA with probability 100%. 03.wav: track looks like CDDA with probability 100%. 04.wav: track looks like CDDA with probability 100%. 05.wav: track looks like CDDA with probability 94%. 06.wav: track looks like CDDA with probability 100%. 07.wav: source of track cannot be qualified. 08.wav: source of track cannot be qualified. 09.wav: source of track cannot be qualified. 10.wav: source of track cannot be qualified. 11.wav: track looks like CDDA with probability 49%. Even tho tracks 11 + 12 from disc 1 seem to be lossy and listening to 'em carefully, I tend to think they are lossless and I also think that the erratic results on the disc 1 are due to the average/low quality of the recording itself (at least the first part of the show) OR a bad transfer in one of the many(?) generation tapes. The second part seem to be more "homogenic" and tracks 7 to 10 cannot be qualified because they sound like coming from another generation (higher IMO and with lower volume) I've also checked the files looking at their spectrums using EAC and they look ''misleadingly'' lossy but after all my verdict stays with Lossless.” I want to know what you guys think about this show’s quality. Tracklist: Disc 1: (53:13) 1. 'Machines' Intro (2:09) 2. Tear It Up (1:51) 3. Tie Your Mother Down (4:06) 4. Under Pressure (3:46) 5. Somebody To Love (3:55) 6. Killer Queen (2:29) 7. Seven Seas Of Rhye (1:16) 8. Keep Yourself Alive (2:51) 9. Liar (2:51) 10. Improvisation (4:07) 11. It's A Hard Life (4:16) 12. Vocal Improvisation (1:52) 13. Dragon Attack (4:18) 14. Now I'm Here (6:21) 15. Is This The World We Created...? (2:55) 16. Love Of My Life (4:10) |
| Ale Solan 23.06.2008 21:45 |
Also feel free to point out any mistake in my description, I'm ill and can't be in all details, thanks PS: I'll do some artwork for this show and Bob's Sapporo 1982 mix tomorrow if I'm feeling any better. |
| The Real Wizard 23.06.2008 22:43 |
Right on... thanks, Alex! This is one of those shows I never picked up. |
| L-R-TIGER1994 23.06.2008 23:10 |
Downloading. |
| riku2 24.06.2008 04:39 |
Thank you very much! I'm looking forward to hearing this one. Riku |
| daffy_the_duck 24.06.2008 04:45 |
Thanks Alex! Get well soon! |
| rg9l 24.06.2008 05:10 |
Thank you! The response is quite strange, we should check it! |
| Queenline 24.06.2008 06:38 |
Thank you - looking forward to lisen to this one :-D |
| Vali 24.06.2008 08:02 |
Many ... gracias, Alex :D |
| The Real Wizard 24.06.2008 10:36 |
One thing we need to keep in mind when doing spectral analyses is that "not 100% lossless" may not necessarily mean it's mp3-sourced. If any of these recordings were transferred to/from a DAT tape for example, some data may have been lost if it was transferred in a certain way (using a 32 KHz sampling rate instead of CD audio's rate, 44.1 KHz). This is exactly what happened to the Tokyo 4-23-79 recording, which is why practically every version of that tape will appear to be lossy. It's a different kind of lossy - just not one that damages the sound nearly as badly as mp3 compression does. |
| Dagmara 24.06.2008 12:40 |
Thanks. My wish is Nagoya85 :] |
| vlekjes 24.06.2008 12:46 |
Hi, muchos gracias dear Queenie!!! I've never heard that there was a May 8th-date available!!! Anyway, i'm downloading now and share it with the Queen-Communion! Many, many thanks ! Hopefully there will be a very nice wizard to make a very nice FRONT COVER for this beauty! Are there wizards in the house :-) ? Marnix A., Belgium |
| on my way up 24.06.2008 14:44 |
vlekjes wrote: Hi, muchos gracias dear Queenie!!! I've never heard that there was a May 8th-date available!!! Anyway, i'm downloading now and share it with the Queen-Communion! Many, many thanks ! Hopefully there will be a very nice wizard to make a very nice FRONT COVER for this beauty! Are there wizards in the house :-) ? Marnix A., BelgiumHi, where in Belgium are you from? I'm from belgium too. feel free to send me a PM:-) |
| Ginger01 24.06.2008 14:49 |
Thanks for all your work in cleaning this up, Alex! But just to clarify one thing, I got it from Whisperer who warned me it ran too fast... thanks to him for sharing it!! |
| Ale Solan 24.06.2008 15:12 |
Ginger01 wrote: Thanks for all your work in cleaning this up, Alex! But just to clarify one thing, I got it from Whisperer who warned me it ran too fast... thanks to him for sharing it!!Oh, okay, cleared up! haha, thanks again Ginger!! =) |
| Ale Solan 24.06.2008 16:47 |
here the artwork for this show, first of all the front cover link and back cover link |
| Queenrockyou 24.06.2008 17:36 |
Alex Solan. wrote: here the artwork for this show, first of all the front cover link and back cover linkGod what a nice and clean artwork ! I could not download from the torrent but I must say I love your work ! I wish I could create so beautiful artwork myself too ! Hope you're doing fine, dear Mr Cover-Maker ! Regards, Olivier, France. |
| mogiggymo 24.06.2008 17:52 |
Alex many thanks for this show, I never heard a genuine version before, also thanks for your stunning artwork. Downloaded so will leave the computer on and seed all night. |
| daffy_the_duck 24.06.2008 17:56 |
Great artwork Alex, really nice! |
| fernandosales 24.06.2008 19:02 |
Thanks, Alex! |
| fernandosales 24.06.2008 19:07 |
and, what a nice artwork! |
| deleted user 24.06.2008 23:49 |
only "good" quality for a japanese recording?? :O thanx anyway! ;) |
| Ale Solan 24.06.2008 23:52 |
wrote: only "good" quality for a japanese recording?? :O thanx anyway! ;)Sounds weird but that's the stuff, rare recording but not great sound quality. |
| workstour 25.06.2008 05:41 |
Strange...Queen didn't play at 8th may 1985 only 7th, 9th, 11th may |
| vivequeen 25.06.2008 05:50 |
MERCI BEAUCOUP |
| Nummer2 25.06.2008 07:05 |
Thank you! Unbelievable, how many rare Queen shows turn up here lately. |
| Ale Solan 25.06.2008 10:55 |
workstour wrote: Strange...Queen didn't play at 8th may 1985 only 7th, 9th, 11th mayNo. Queen played on 8th, 9th and 11th. They never played on 7th. |
| PBB 25.06.2008 11:22 |
Thank you. |
| QLiveRock 25.06.2008 12:24 |
Great thanks to Alex and Ginger for sharing such a rare show Cheers!!! |
| workstour 25.06.2008 13:43 |
Take a look at link There a all tourdates. In his collection is 8th may listed but in the Setlist is written that is a wrong date. No show 8th may 1985 |
| workstour 25.06.2008 13:47 |
Oh, sorry, okay. My mistake, 8th may is correct |
| Mr. Bulsara 27.06.2008 04:25 |
Hello. can someone seed ? i'm not finished yet :( Thank you |
| Queenrockyou 27.06.2008 16:46 |
Hi everyone ! One more gentle anonymous helper gave me some mediafire links and allowed me to publish them here, so for everyone who could not download the show, here are mediafire links ! part1: link part2: link part3: link part4: link part5: link part6: link part7 +info: link Dear Alex, feel free to add it in your first post as these links are now on page 2, some people could miss them. Thanks once again for the artwork, always a nice addition to a share ! Regards, Olivier, Belgium. |
| Dreamweaver 27.06.2008 18:36 |
WOW This is great !! Thank YOU Alex ! Cheers M8 ;-) Dreamweaver |
| Bobby_brown 27.06.2008 19:24 |
Thanks for sharing, Alex. Take care |
| riccardo 30.06.2008 22:14 |
Best Hard Life of 1985 |
| riccardo 30.06.2008 22:16 |
What a pity the quality... However nice upload! Many thanks |
| Double-U 02.07.2008 10:26 |
Finally I found the time to listen to this concert. Actually the setlist is brilliant. During the whole listening-session I imagined to stay in the crowd in front of the stage and listen to Somebody to Love, Killer Queen, Seven Seas, Keep yourself Alive and Liar in one storm. That would be one of my most explosive experiences I could ever live throught, I'm sure. Thanks for this great share regards W. |
| The Real Wizard 02.07.2008 10:50 |
riccardo wrote: Best Hard Life of 1985Agreed. This show as a whole is at least on par with the May 9th show. |
| on my way up 03.07.2008 06:58 |
Sir GH wrote:I will give it a good listen then when I have time:-) The May 9Th show is one of my favourite shows. I love it from beginning to end.riccardo wrote: Best Hard Life of 1985Agreed. This show as a whole is at least on par with the May 9th show. I'm sure that if he took care of his voice Freddie would have sounded that strong all the time! |
| on my way up 21.07.2008 11:33 |
on my way up wrote:Great show indeed! Freddie's voice was in pristine shape for both this show and the show the day after this one.Some footage showed up from this date, I hope there's more! It's a bit like the 2 Newcastle'79 shows:both brilliant but 1 that is in not so good quality so that only the die-hards can appreciate it:-)Sir GH wrote:I will give it a good listen then when I have time:-) The May 9Th show is one of my favourite shows. I love it from beginning to end. I'm sure that if he took care of his voice Freddie would have sounded that strong all the time!riccardo wrote: Best Hard Life of 1985Agreed. This show as a whole is at least on par with the May 9th show. |
| Luanda Queen 24.07.2008 05:40 |
Many thxs |
| tassilo 26.07.2008 05:23 |
Thanks, really nice! |
