QueenZone discussion #1188090
ANNOUNCE Queen 1976-01-30 Boston MA - 16bit/44.1KHz TorrentANNOUNCE Queen 1976-01-30 Boston MA - 16bit/44.1KHz Torrent
| Marknow 27.06.2009 09:46 |
From Dime http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=255241[/url Once in a while, karma smiles and something really special just sort of falls in your lap. This is one of those moments. Carl was up in Foxboro, Mass to see John Wetton and The School Of Rock All-Stars, and being the friendly guy that he is, he started talking with the guy sitting next to him. Turns out they had more than a little common musical ground, starting with King Crimson and it worked rapidly downhill from there. Shockingly, the topic of tapes came up and it just so happens this guy taped a bunch of shows in the 1970s that he essentially kept to himself. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out what happened next. This series of torrents represents the fruits of Carl's labour - multiple trips to Dan's house to pick up tapes, lovingly and carefully transfer the recordings and then prepare them for our collective listening pleasure. It is my honour to be able to seed these recordings and I hope that everyone who downloads them will get as much enjoyment out of them as we have. The master list of the shows Dan recorded is still under construction and we will circulate that as well as some photographic documentation of the project somewhere down the line. Please don't clog my inbox with requests for your favourite band(s) or a show you hope may exist after all these years.....just kick back, relax and let the surprises unfold..... Without any further delay, I present for your enjoyment: Queen Boston Music Hall Boston, MA 30 January 1976 Master audience recording taped by Dan Lampinski 01 Bohemian Rhapsody (Opera & Reprise) 02 Ogre Battle 03 Sweet Lady 04 White Queen 05 Flick Of The Wrist 06 Bohemian Rhapsody -> 07 Killer Queen -> 08 The March Of The Black Queen -> 09 Bohemian Rhapsody (Reprise) -> 10 Bring Back That Leroy Brown 11 Brighton Rock -> 12 Guitar Solo -> 13 Son And Daughter(Reprise) 14 The Prophet's Song 15 Stone Cold Crazy 16 Doing All Right CD2 01 Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon 02 Keep Yourself Alive 03 Seven Seas Of Rhye 04 Liar 05 In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited 06 E1: Now I'm Here 07 E2: Hey Big Spender/Jailhouse Rock/Be Bop A Lula/God Save The Queen Sony TC-152SD Tape Recorder Sony ECM-99 Stereo Microphone Maxell cassettes Mastered and FLAC'ed by Carl Morstadt (dantalion8@yahoo.com) Master Cassette -> Nakamichi CR-3A cassette deck with azimuth correction -> M-Audio Firewire Audiophile 2496 -> CDWAV 24-bit/96-KHz wav files -> Goldwave (normalizing and crossfades) -> CDWAV (track breaks) -> dBpowerAMP Audio Converter (24-bit/96-KHz wav files converted to 16-bit/44.1 KHz wav files) -> FLAC Front End (FLAC 8 with sector boundary alignment) FLAC files tagged with Foobar2000 Live Show Tagger No EQ'ing. A 24-bit/96-KHz flac24 version of this recording is also available. Dan Lampinski recorded over 100 concerts in the Providence/Boston area, mostly between 1974 and 1978. His earliest recordings were made with an internal microphone deck, and though they are somewhat lo-fi compared to his later work, some very great moments in rock history were captured for posterity. In late 1974 he bought a Sony TC-152SD tape recorder, a Sony ECM-99 stereo microphone, and began using Maxell cassettes. He was also fortunate enough to have a friend who provided excellent taping seats for many shows, resulting in high quality recordings. In 1977, he switched over to a Nakamichi 550 tape recorder, two Nakamichi CM-300 microphones, and continued using Maxell cassettes. He recorded many of the major 70's bands: Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Queen, Blue Oyster Cult, Frank Zappa, Jethro Tull, ELP, Kiss, Black Sabbath, The Who, Al Stewart, Alice Cooper, Jeff Beck, Bruce Springsteen, Supertramp, Jean-Luc Ponty, Moody Blues, Neil Young, The Faces, Rush, Rick Wakeman, Kansas, as well as several "under the radar" acts. Since Dan never traded copies of his recordings, they are all essentially uncirculated. Some copies were made for friends, but these releases are the first time most of these recordings have ever seen the light of day, and are direct from his master cassettes. No EQ'ing has been done to any of the transfers. Feel free to EQ, matrix, patch, etc and re-post if you like, just give Dan credit for the original recording. Dan was very meticulous about taking good care of his tapes and is very pleased that these recordings will now circulate among the trading community. Please honour his kindness and generosity by sharing these recordings freely. The transfers are available as 16bit/44.1KHz flac files suitable for CD burning, and also as 24bit/96KHz flac files for those who prefer the higher resolution. Always remember - the more generous you are with your music, the more it comes back to you. Kev & Carl June 2009 |
| The Real Wizard 27.06.2009 09:47 |
Brilliant... thanks for seeding it here! And thanks to everyone involved in getting this out in the open. Judging by some of the comments on Dime, this may be one of the greatest Queen tapes ever. |
| Marknow 27.06.2009 10:02 |
The quality is outrageously good. |
| pittrek 27.06.2009 10:11 |
I'm listening to it right now and it feels like I'm in the venue |
| Marknow 27.06.2009 10:14 |
Christ, they sounded amazing in the 70's. |
| The Real Wizard 27.06.2009 10:14 |
Needless to say... this is probably the best-sounding Queen audience tape from the 70s. |
| Queenrockyou 27.06.2009 10:20 |
You lucky guys !! thanks a lot Peter for the reupload, that's excellent, and I haven't even had the time to ask ;o) Very nice for bringing that one to Queenzone, Bloody good news, thanks a lot !!! Now, how many new recordings were "discovered" this year so far ? 2009 is an excellent year for Queen collectors, as Pittrek said in another thread... Fantastic !!! Thanks to all involved, nice to have the story of this recording, this is already very interesting ! Regards, Olivier, Belgium. |
| on my way up 27.06.2009 10:29 |
Simply incredible! |
| sexmachine 27.06.2009 10:34 |
a big thank you from berlin! i wanted to stop being a queen-fan and collector but i see there is no chance |
| deleted user 27.06.2009 10:36 |
Thank you very much for sharing. |
| Batman04 27.06.2009 10:55 |
Thank You |
| on my way up 27.06.2009 11:01 |
Always remember - the more generous you are with your music, the more it comes back to you. The last few months on this forum certainly have proven that! |
| on my way up 27.06.2009 11:21 |
What a brilliant recording. And yes, they were truly fantastic. When you can hear all the details it is really obvious. |
| PiotreQ 27.06.2009 11:47 |
Thanks for this gem! |
| cyborg10 27.06.2009 12:07 |
Sounds Fantastic !! |
| daffy_the_duck 27.06.2009 12:44 |
I've just finished to dl it from dime and have a listen to it: AMAZING!!! For now, the best audience recording of the '70 I have listen to. By the way thx for sharing it here |
| prairiepink 27.06.2009 13:20 |
thank you very very much!! |
| Ginger01 27.06.2009 13:56 |
Just came home and found these two wonderful torrents on Dime - thanks so much for uploading here, I'll help seed :) What a great find!!! |
| tjleone 27.06.2009 14:01 |
Thank you. Dan the taper should be considered a Saint of Bootlegs. Amazing!!! |
| absento 27.06.2009 14:51 |
i was lucky to get dime account about a week ago, but thx for uploading it here. the show is just great, everyone sounding very strong. |
| rschoorl 27.06.2009 15:22 |
Unbelievable, this has been a remarkable month for new shows on QZ. Thank you!!!! |
| Rami 27.06.2009 15:51 |
Great!! Thank you very much!!! |
| onevsion 27.06.2009 16:09 |
OMG.... This is so f#cking fab...! I'm so excited...! Not at home right now, but I can't wait to download this... Reading the comments about the quality this should be a great recording! Thanks for bringing it to Queenzone! |
| TimBHM 27.06.2009 17:24 |
Marknow wrote: Christ, they sounded amazing in the 70's. Holy shit have you ever heard them sound this good? Amazing! |
| Rick 27.06.2009 17:30 |
Thanks! I gave it a listen and was completely blown away. Top-notch quality. Great setlist, too. Freddie's hitting some nice notes in LOASA which he omitted in the Japanese leg. |
| tjleone 27.06.2009 18:21 |
I just tried pitch correction thru Goldwave. I reduced it to 96%. It sounds great at this speed. I'll have to find my metronome to match the Bo Rhap intro to the original recording. |
| thunderbolt 31742 27.06.2009 20:45 |
Wow! Just WOW! This is up there with Chicago '78 in terms of quality--check it, I'd argue it's better. This sounds like a soundboard recording at some points. Crisp, clear sound, and the audience is barely heard during songs. Is it just me, or is the sound in general (but especially Brian's guitar) much heavier during the rockers on the US tour than it was in the European ANATO tour? Or am I just listening to a recording so much better than anything else we have from these tours (short of Hammy '75) that there's really no basis for comparison? |
| The Real Wizard 27.06.2009 23:40 |
Thunderbolt wrote: Is it just me, or is the sound in general (but especially Brian's guitar) much heavier during the rockers on the US tour than it was in the European ANATO tour? Or am I just listening to a recording so much better than anything else we have from these tours (short of Hammy '75) that there's really no basis for comparison? Probably the latter. Clarity really does give it a whole new dimension. |
| daga 28.06.2009 03:59 |
Great. Big Thanks :) |
| Rick 28.06.2009 05:07 |
I have heard approximately 50% of the concert and for me this is already the best bootleg thus far. It has everything. Freddie is the big star of the show. What an incredible range did the guy have. He reaches notes which he normally doesn't go for. Throughout the show are lovely harmonies as well. In The Lap Of The Gods f.e. This might be the bootleg to get anyone into Queen. :) |
| Mr. Scully 28.06.2009 09:00 |
Great voice, great Seven Seas Of Rhye, extremely interesting intro of Son And Daughter reprise :) This was a good weekend :) |
| tjleone 28.06.2009 13:35 |
I love how the opening lines of Seven Seas is sung. Freddies stressing the words differently. Has he sung it this way in other recordings? |
| vivaqueen 29.06.2009 05:56 |
MERCI BEAUCOUP |
| Joehead 29.06.2009 10:12 |
Can someone help a fan from Boston? I know this may sound unheard of, but some of us still do MP3, is there anyone out there that could post this show as MP3s on Megaupload or Rapidshare? I have an older PC and I just can't seem to get FLAC files to workout. Thanks, |
| on my way up 29.06.2009 10:24 |
Mr. Scully wrote: Great voice, great Seven Seas Of Rhye, extremely interesting intro of Son And Daughter reprise :) This was a good weekend :) It takes them about 15 seconds to get going in the Son and daughters bit:-) Seven seas of rhye is indeed brilliant. I adore that song and this version is surely the best. It's a fantastic document of this tour, a very necessary document too because there's so little we have for that tour. Hopefully we'll get a new US 1975 tape some time in the future too:-) It's obvious that for new stuff our hopes should be pointed towards the US and Japan. |
| onevsion 29.06.2009 11:09 |
Back home... Listening to the recording right now... I'm speachless. This is without a doubt the best 70s recording I've ever heard. Amazing quality. Sounds like a soundboard. Very interesting to hear a 76 Queen show in this quality. I hear details I never heard before on a Queen live recording. Damn, what a great band it was... Amazing. |
| silver_salmon 29.06.2009 11:12 |
Thanks for this gem!!!...for me, the best 70's recording at the moment. Incredible Seven Seas Of Rhye is the best version ever!!!! And Flick Of The Wrist sounds great! |
| Rick 29.06.2009 11:39 |
Could anyone speed correct this one? I'm a nitwit as far as remastering etc. goes. Also, does Brian break a string in the last part of The Prophet's Song? |
| pittrek 29.06.2009 12:01 |
Rick wrote: Could anyone speed correct this one? I'm a nitwit as far as remastering etc. goes. Also, does Brian break a string in the last part of The Prophet's Song?Thanks Rick for confirming it, I thought I'm crazy when I think it's slightly too fast :-) Well I can do it if nobody else wants, I just need a "cover artist" to make it as good as possible :-) |
| The Real Wizard 29.06.2009 13:28 |
Joehead wrote: Can someone help a fan from Boston? I know this may sound unheard of, but some of us still do MP3, is there anyone out there that could post this show as MP3s on Megaupload or Rapidshare? I have an older PC and I just can't seem to get FLAC files to workout. Thanks, It's just completely wrong to repost a show in mp3. It's the biggest possible slap in the face to the taper and transferrer, as if to tell them that we don't care about nor appreciate the work that went into getting the recording from the venue to us in the best possible quality in the first place. If they found out that Queen collectors were mp3ing their recordings, they would think, what's the point of doing the work again on another recording in the future? It has happened before, and as a result, some tapes will never be heard. I don't think anyone would want this to happen again. Download FLAC Frontend, and with that you can decode it to WAV. From there you can burn it to CD instead of reducing the quality. But if you must... there are plenty of mp3 encoders to be found on the net. Good luck. |
| goa 29.06.2009 13:57 |
this will be SC bothe 16 and 24, right? |
| riccardo 29.06.2009 23:08 |
Thank you very much for being surfaced this old show in this quality for burning. It's incredible how good can sound a recording of more than 30 years ago. I didn't like so much their 1976 tour but now I have to say that this in Boston is one of most beautiful performances I ever heard from Queen in the seventies. Their music was so sophisticated in that period and you can feel how much creative they were. |
| tjleone 29.06.2009 23:46 |
This recording brings a TEAR to my eye. |
| Joehead 30.06.2009 10:28 |
Sorry about that! That request was wrong of me and I apologise. It's just that I can't get FLAC to work for me, I tried all that you had mentioned below with no luck. I did however find what I was looking for on another site, and I must say this is the best I have heard in a long time, even if it is of "lower" quality!
cheers.
Sir GH wrote:Joehead wrote: Can someone help a fan from Boston? I know this may sound unheard of, but some of us still do MP3, is there anyone out there that could post this show as MP3s on Megaupload or Rapidshare? I have an older PC and I just can't seem to get FLAC files to workout. Thanks,It's just completely wrong to repost a show in mp3. It's the biggest possible slap in the face to the taper and transferrer, as if to tell them that we don't care about nor appreciate the work that went into getting the recording from the venue to us in the best possible quality in the first place. If they found out that Queen collectors were mp3ing their recordings, they would think, what's the point of doing the work again on another recording in the future? It has happened before, and as a result, some tapes will never be heard. I don't think anyone would want this to happen again. Download FLAC Frontend, and with that you can decode it to WAV. From there you can burn it to CD instead of reducing the quality. But if you must... there are plenty of mp3 encoders to be found on the net. Good luck. |
| therhyeman 02.07.2009 06:51 |
I hate to ask, but would anyone be kind enough to put this on Mediafire, Rapidshare etc, if only for a few days, so that we who can't get Torrents to work can appreciate Queen at their finest? Thanks :) Tim |
| therhyeman 02.07.2009 06:54 |
Oops, just found it - ignore me :)) Tim |
| Vali 02.07.2009 17:20 |
Hi ! I thought some of you were in need of something like this, maybe. Hope you like it! cheers Vali      |
| Ginger01 02.07.2009 17:32 |
They're lovely, Vali - any chance you could up them in a higher resolution? Thanks in advance :) |
| Vali 02.07.2009 17:41 |
Ginger01 wrote: They're lovely, Vali - any chance you could up them in a higher resolution? Thanks in advance :) Many thanks Ginger :) did you click the "full size" option at the bottom of each picture? |
| Mr Mercury 03.07.2009 07:18 |
I am getting an "Invalid Torrent file" when I try to load this into uTorrent. help..... Edit Nevermind I got it from Dime |
| Double-U 03.07.2009 10:37 |
It's amazing to hear Roger introducing their first top ten hit in England before they start to play "Seven Seas Of Rhye". It's just a small piece of evidence that there was much self confidenceleft to grow... regards W. PS.: Dear Vali, your cover artwork is absolutely fantastic. Thank you very much. |
| Nummer2 03.07.2009 11:27 |
I've listened to this concert in full for the third time now, and I'm still amazed. Amazed about the great performance with some nice surprises, but first of all about the spectacular sound quality. Yes, it must have been a perfectly mixed PA sound there to get such a recording, but how that guy managed to capture it in this quality is beyond me. Am I halluzinating, or can you really hear the champagne glasses on Freddie's piano jingle when he hits a hard note? Is that the snare drum's wires that I hear vibrating with the bass notes in "ITLOFTG rev."? Never noticed details like that in any audience recording from the 70s or 80s (maybe even 90s) so far, absolutely stunning. On most recordings fine nuances get lost in distortion and/or hiss, but on this one it's all preserved. Being an audience recording, it has the advantage of the realistic atmosphere anyway, but combined with the sound quality of a (semi-) professional soundboard recording this is unbeatable. Hats off and thanks to all involved! |
| Robbieboy 05.07.2009 06:16 |
Hey Vali, I have been scouring the internet in vain searching for some album artwork to complement this priceless recording- thank you, thank you, thank you for the artwork- it is nothing short of stunning and befits a recording of this quality! Bless you! |
| pittrek 05.07.2009 06:22 |
Vali - great stuff as usuall :) |
| Jon home 05.07.2009 07:45 |
Stunning Recording & Stunning artwork, great work to all ! Jon |
| Queenrockyou 05.07.2009 08:32 |
Hi dear Vali !! As said, the artwork is absolutely wonderful, nice work as always !!! Regards, Olivier, Belgium. |
| pittrek 05.07.2009 08:38 |
P.S. Vali - a new share will be here in a few hours, I hope you make a cover for it :) |
| Vali 05.07.2009 10:44 |
pittrek wrote: P.S. Vali - a new share will be here in a few hours, I hope you make a cover for it :) Hummmmmm .... I'll be waiting for it, Peter ! is it going to be an upload from you or from anybody else? Just let me know "THIS IS WHAT I MEANT!" once it is posted :) Btw, many thanks to all of you for your kind words. I want to let you know I'll start an update of this artwork in the next hours, as Bob has posted a deeper review of the show in his site and, as usual, I like to use his reviews. Just for those of you who like printing the inner pages. ps: many thanks for posting my artwork in your site, Bob ! |
| FaBu 05.07.2009 11:39 |
Wrong post:-) |
| The Real Wizard 05.07.2009 12:08 |
Vali wrote: Btw, many thanks to all of you for your kind words. I want to let you know I'll start an update of this artwork in the next hours, as Bob has posted a deeper review of the show in his site and, as usual, I like to use his reviews. Just for those of you who like printing the inner pages. ps: many thanks for posting my artwork in your site, Bob ! Any time... happy to have it there. And thanks for valuing the extensive gibberish I write! |
| Son and Daughter 05.07.2009 18:09 |
hey Vali, you could upload these images without writing anything??I would love to use these images as wallpaper perdonen mi ingles... |
| Vali 07.07.2009 15:09 |
Hi, as promised a couple of days ago, I've redone the first inner page of my artwork, updated as per Bob's deeper review of the show in his site. Thanks Bob ! ps: the other blank pics are for Son And Daughter, who requested them for wallpaper use. Cheers, man ;) ps2: this is my post number 1000 !!! a child's play, compared to other deities, but I'm happy for that ;D cheers to every Queenzoner !!      |
| Ginger01 07.07.2009 17:10 |
Vali wrote:Ginger01 wrote: They're lovely, Vali - any chance you could up them in a higher resolution? Thanks in advance :)Many thanks Ginger :) did you click the "full size" option at the bottom of each picture? Nooo :( - you learn every day!! Thanks for the tip! :)) |
| Eric Taylor 26.07.2009 20:53 |
Thank You Very Very Much ! Great concert! Perfect! The Best of the 70s! Thank You! Cheers! Eric Taylor |
| Ginger01 14.02.2010 13:18 |
I got a request to seed this - and am bumping it in case anyone else wants it. Good download and enjoy!! :)) |
| FriedChicken 22.02.2010 12:53 |
I was wondering if someone was working on the speed correction, yet.... |
| Marknow 22.02.2010 13:01 |
FriedChicken wrote: I was wondering if someone was working on the speed correction, yet.... Here it is. link |