| Ale Solan 10.06.2009 16:15 |
here it's the file kindly shared by Anthony (City-in-the-Sun), Queen live at the Super Bowl, Sun City, Bophuthatswana, South Africa, October 19th(?), 1984. speed corrected using GoldWave (increased about a semitone) new total running time: 44:09 I see no point in splitting this onto tracks since it's MP3 but I might to later on... now the link to it, enjoy! http://wwwstatic.megaupload.com/gui2/logo.gif" "border=0"> |
| Ale Solan 10.06.2009 16:29 |
I forgot to mention that I included the snippet (pitch corrected too) also shared by Anthony at the Serious discussion forum including Under Pressure, I Want To Break Free (not included at the big mp3 file) and Crazy Little Thing (Freddie's intro speech, also not included on the before mentioned) |
| queenespaña 10.06.2009 16:59 |
Hola Alex, muchas gracias por compartir este concierto que ha sido una gratísima sorpresa que nos ha proporcionado Anthony. Entiendo que hay canciones que tú sí aportas que no venían en el de Anthony, ¿verdad? Muchas gracias, ójala que podamos escuchar el concierto entero en flac. |
| City-in-the-Sun 10.06.2009 17:05 |
Thanks Alex Solan Hey i had to leave something for you Old guys to do, lol , great job perfect pitch sounds like a new concert to me. Enjoy It gets even Better [img=/images/smiley/msn/regular_smile.gif][/img] |
| Marknow 10.06.2009 17:08 |
Thanks Alex. |
| Rami 10.06.2009 17:56 |
Thank you very much!! |
| Mr Mercury 10.06.2009 18:10 |
Thanks for doing this Alex!! A gent as usual! |
| deleted user 10.06.2009 18:11 |
Thanks for your efforts. Is it me or is there something strange going on, particularly in Under pressure? Sounds like some unusual studio overdubs in places. |
| A Word In Your Ear 10.06.2009 19:11 |
Thanks Alex, for the speed corrected version, Also a Big Thank You to Anthony for originally Uploading it. You know, It's been a really intersting couple of weeks, first Rosario & now Sun City :-) THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! |
| brians wig 10.06.2009 19:25 |
Thanks Alex. Does Goldwave allow you to correct the speed of the original MP3 file and then save it back out WITHOUT having to re-encode it? Many Thanks, David |
| riccardo 10.06.2009 23:42 |
Thank you very much Alex. |
| Batman04 11.06.2009 03:06 |
Thank You |
| Jjeroen 11.06.2009 04:06 |
kurgan100 wrote: Thanks for your efforts. Is it me or is there something strange going on, particularly in Under pressure? Sounds like some unusual studio overdubs in places. You are right - this recording indeed reveals a lot of the 'tricks' that Queen used in those days on stage, to enhance their sound and make them sound bigger. What you hear is no studio trickery, or overdubs, it's just live effects like reverb added to high and/or long notes and harmonies. Not unusual for Queen, or any band, especially in the 80's - it's just that the mix on this night seems to have been a bit rougher then normally. And of course the reason that you hear it so well is the sheer crisp clarity of this tape. ;-) |
| Queenrockyou 11.06.2009 04:45 |
Jjeroen wrote:kurgan100 wrote: Thanks for your efforts. Is it me or is there something strange going on, particularly in Under pressure? Sounds like some unusual studio overdubs in places.You are right - this recording indeed reveals a lot of the 'tricks' that Queen used in those days on stage, to enhance their sound and make them sound bigger. What you hear is no studio trickery, or overdubs, it's just live effects like reverb added to high and/or long notes and harmonies. Not unusual for Queen, or any band, especially in the 80's - it's just that the mix on this night seems to have been a bit rougher then normally. And of course the reason that you hear it so well is the sheer crisp clarity of this tape. ;-) Thanks dear Jeroen, nice comments, I was pretty sure it was some echo placed there intentionally. Can't remember having heard that during the QPR 2008 shows. It is very useful that this recording is a real nice soundboard, we learn new things with this tape... We now know what this effect sounded like "on stage", it would be nice to check if we hear that similar kind of things on other recordings from the 1984 tour, with an audience tape we'll discover what the effect was when we were in the audience ! By the way, thanks a bunch to Alex for having corrected the speed, I used Windows Media Player tools to correct it while listening, it is even much more enjoyable at the correct speed ! Regards, Olivier, Belgium. |
| Vali 11.06.2009 05:38 |
muchas gracias Alex !!! ahora mucho mejor !!! |
| daga 11.06.2009 05:48 |
Thanks :) |
| mric! 11.06.2009 06:13 |
Merci beaucoup Alex ! |
| on my way up 11.06.2009 06:46 |
Thanks, I just can't get enough of this recording. It's so brilliant and now even more so. Can't wait to hear the other songs:-) I wonder, did they still play Stone Cold Crazy -Great king rat? |
| cmi 11.06.2009 08:15 |
on my way up Yes indeed it's still the question if they were already dropped for Sun City shows or remained in the set until Rock In Rio . |
| wegotit 11.06.2009 09:35 |
thankswhat a beauty! |
| Eva Hayek 11.06.2009 09:54 |
Thank you very much. This is a rare stuff, I think. |
| Double-U 11.06.2009 10:05 |
It's a beauty indeed. It's the only soundboard recording from 1984 so while listening I felt a similar tone like when I heard the multitracks of Killer Queen and BoRhap for the first time. It is like to be a witness of a creation of a very special item. Again I thank Anthony for making this possible and my thanks goes also to you, Alex, for working on a better listening experience. I'm very proud of this forum. regards W. |
| Ale Solan 11.06.2009 12:31 |
brians wig wrote: Thanks Alex. Does Goldwave allow you to correct the speed of the original MP3 file and then save it back out WITHOUT having to re-encode it? Many Thanks, David Hi David! There is no application capable to work on compressed audio files like MP3 without re-encoding; applications like Fission for example, would allow you only to do basic operations like cutting clips and parts of the sound file. Equalization or noise reduction, necessarily need a decompression of the sound file, in this case, MP3. GoldWave works that way, it decompresses the MP3, I work on it and when I "save" the file, it saves it using the same attributes of the original file (in this case, 160 kbps) |
| Ale Solan 11.06.2009 12:35 |
Eventually, I think (hope) we'll cross with a loseless version! |
| Yuri Queen 11.06.2009 13:15 |
thank you very much |
| MarkRW 11.06.2009 14:27 |
Nice one! - thanks Alex. |
| brians wig 11.06.2009 15:14 |
Thanks Alex. I noticed after you'd posted that you listed the new running time, so using soundforge I was able to correct it myself and just save that as a wav ready for CD, with no further encoding. Hopefully Anthony will upload the rest of it soon (including the last few seconds of NIH). This is the stuff that ought to be released officially, not Queen in Ukraine. I've got such a buzz from listening to this that I never get from QPR gigs. |
| deleted user 11.06.2009 18:03 |
There was an official release in South Africa in 1984 Link |
| Marknow 11.06.2009 18:17 |
kurgan100 wrote: There was an official release in South Africa in 1984 Link I think that is the S.A version of live killers. All 1979 material. |
| Ale Solan 11.06.2009 19:37 |
kurgan100 wrote: There was an official release in South Africa in 1984 Link "QUEEN Live - Rock In Rio - Rare 1985 Brazilian-only 12-track EMI/Sigia/Som Livre label vinyl LP with unique labels, featuring live recordings taken from the 'Live Killers' album including We Will Rock You, Keep Yourself Alive, Sheer Heart Attack and more, housed in a spectacular picture sleeve featuring a collage of images including the 'Live Killers' album, button badge and tickets - released to commemorate their appearance at the 1985 Rock In Rio!" Linky Link same version you pointed out but Brazilian, both including only Live Killers stuff... No Sun City at all ;-) |
| Ale Solan 11.06.2009 19:58 |
brians wig wrote: Thanks Alex. I noticed after you'd posted that you listed the new running time, so using soundforge I was able to correct it myself and just save that as a wav ready for CD, with no further encoding. Hopefully Anthony will upload the rest of it soon (including the last few seconds of NIH). This is the stuff that ought to be released officially, not Queen in Ukraine. I've got such a buzz from listening to this that I never get from QPR gigs. You're welcome mate! Maybe you misread that running time part but the reduction on it it's normal when you increase the pitch of a recording (on the opposite, when you decrease the pitch, running time increases) I really didn't mind on re-encoding the file since it's MP3, I could easily split the file onto tracks, encode to FLAC, etc but I saw no point on it... I might do that editting stuff for myself and to load it on my mp3 player ;-) And you're right about QP releases... no offense against any Ukranian people but crowd was so lame that night! Watching that gig like I did when I first go it past year brings you down dude! hehe =P |
| kohuept 11.06.2009 21:15 |
Thanks very much to the both of you! |
| Mkls 12.06.2009 08:30 |
"Alex Solan. wrote: You're welcome mate! Maybe you misread that running time part but the reduction on it it's normal when you increase the pitch of a recording (on the opposite, when you decrease the pitch, running time increases) I really didn't mind on re-encoding the file since it's MP3, I could easily split the file onto tracks, encode to FLAC, etc but I saw no point on it..." Actually you should first convert to "lossless" (like 16kbit 44.1 or higher pcm), make the adjustments then post it in flac, without converting to mp3. With converting again to low bitrate mp3, you just added another "lossy" conversion (and again with low bitrate) |
| icmrocha (The Man From Planet Marzipan) 12.06.2009 09:29 |
Thank you Alex! Just like yourself, I might split it into tracks so that I can load it into my mp3 player =) I can't get enough of this concert =D |
| Ale Solan 12.06.2009 15:07 |
Miklos wrote: "Alex Solan. wrote: You're welcome mate! Maybe you misread that running time part but the reduction on it it's normal when you increase the pitch of a recording (on the opposite, when you decrease the pitch, running time increases) I really didn't mind on re-encoding the file since it's MP3, I could easily split the file onto tracks, encode to FLAC, etc but I saw no point on it..." Actually you should first convert to "lossless" (like 16kbit 44.1 or higher pcm), make the adjustments then post it in flac, without converting to mp3. With converting again to low bitrate mp3, you just added another "lossy" conversion (and again with low bitrate) Hi Miklos! yes, I'm aware of what you say, and in fact, GoldWave decompresses to "loseless" WAV 16kbit, etc, to work on the file, but as I said before, I didn't see the point on keepin' the quality of an MP3 file, I might do what you say later but as the rest of QZers, I'm waiting patiently for a loseless version ;-) When that time arrives, I'm gonna put all my efforts to improve the quality of this amazing recording. |
| ActionThisDay 13.06.2009 19:28 |
A BIG thanks Alex as I never knew any recordings from Sun City was round :-) |
| seba_979 14.06.2009 01:21 |
Thank You.! Artwork please.. |
| Ale Solan 14.06.2009 13:16 |
seba_979 wrote: Thank You.! Artwork please.. Artwork? hmm nope, I'd like to wait until a completer version arrives. |
| Farrokh The Great 14.06.2009 15:00 |
Thank You so much Alex for your effort !!! [img=/images/smiley/msn/thumbs_up.gif][/img] |
| fjac1980 14.06.2009 20:42 |
amazing recording. thanks for share this and don't have comercial intentions. about the official rellease on ebay...its a fake, I got the LP and contains a track sellection of Live Killers, it's a official release in Australia ( I think so). Thanks again |
| seba_979 14.06.2009 22:29 |
Alex Solan. wrote:seba_979 wrote: Thank You.! Artwork please..Artwork? hmm nope, I'd like to wait until a completer version arrives. Ahh.. Its ok, thank you again. |
| vivaqueen 15.06.2009 15:42 |
MERCI BEAUCOUP |
| NickName 15.06.2009 16:53 |
Muchas gracias senorita Solan... ;-) |
| Bo Alex 19.06.2009 11:25 |
gracias!!! compatriota... |
| Cwazy little thing 19.06.2009 20:59 |
cheers very much - I greatly enjoyed this! |