Hello everyone,
I had some links ready, so here they are.
This is Uxbridge's version of the tape Rob gently made for us 33 years ago. Sure you were already thinking to Queenzone Rob ;o).
Here is the master copy Rob gently shared with us :
rapidshare : link
torrent : link
You can read Rob's comments in the previous threads, and nice comments and information on link.
QUEEN
A DAY AT THE GARDEN
Directly from the silvers.
Lineage : A DAY AT THE GARDEN (silvers) > WAV (EAC) > Flac level 8 (Traders' Little
Helper)
Tracklisting :
CD1 :
01. Ogre Battle
02. White Queen (As It Began)
03. Somebody To Love
04. Killer Queen
05. The Millionaire Waltz
06. You're My Best Friend
07. Bring Back That Leroy Brown
08. Sweet Lady
09. Brighton Rock (incl. guitar solo)
CD2 :
01. '39
02. You Take My Breath Away
03. White Man
04. The Prophet's Song
05. Bohemian Rhapsody
06. Stone Cold Crazy
07. Keep Yourself Alive
08. Liar
09. In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited
10. Now I'm Here
11. Big Spender
12. Jailhouse Rock
11. God Save The Queen
Links :
CD1 : link
CD2 : link
Enjoy, or not, but don't forget to send your thanks to Rob !!
Regards,
Olivier,
Belgium.
FFps :
; flac fingerprint file generated by Trader's Little Helper
; generated on July 14, 2010, at 20:11:09
CD1\01. Ogre Battle.flac:2a4e5941c27cc4682bb63f3c59fca633
CD1\02. White Queen.flac:308b650a6602808af878ccf6c4a205ca
CD1\03. Somebody To Love.flac:4a97f85766a9f7c4f1682d76e738a0ec
CD1\04. Killer Queen.flac:d8546fe5498252b6a6d69fd05ab7054a
CD1\05. The Millionaire Waltz.flac:e0d7f202d7a5355953dca1686fe717c0
CD1\06. You're My Best Friend.flac:004f4252db846923ae2ac40b1e46d9c1
CD1\07. Bring Back That Leroy Brown.flac:cc75a8027523575ecf57efaeeae088cc
CD1\08. Sweet Lady.flac:012f79bee99cf72b7817850f4fe56571
CD1\09. Brighton Rock (incl. guitar solo).flac:1d9debb7a52208c9e7dbfdb36fef5e04
CD2\01. 39.flac:062090029a565ed528a1c3b1129e120a
CD2\02. You Take My Breath Away.flac:56d7a77d79c3395de02b7a2683d26032
CD2\03. White Man.flac:4a6789aac1e85af0d443f1a43487ecc7
CD2\04. The Prophet's Song.flac:221eeb4f2dfc2efb76376af178ba4a18
CD2\05. Bohemian Rhapsody.flac:376f40c4fc1884d88d775ff7d654a86a
CD2\06. Stone Cold Crazy.flac:813112d0b5d1f7569456c79abb0aa9c2
CD2\07. Keep Yourself Alive.flac:3482de2c5f9b9ff574e86714686332d7
CD2\08. Liar.flac:304618a578a6d34220f13695600a4014
CD2\09. In The Lap Of The Gods Revisited.flac:cd8a7fc9cd03d90e4c0040ff234368da
CD2\10. Now I'm Here.flac:6c3ba02afc7d0f357af002d4cfc2fc37
CD2\11. Big Spender.flac:57190f0a68333e75b3567c1456a8b5f1
CD2\12. Jailhouse Rock.flac:300692f3431425becfb47b3a94c0ef90
CD2\13. God Save The Queen.flac:b7d5a6f602b612779c59726a607f1304
May I be the first to say thanks in advance, Olivier and Rob :)
Olivier, would you say this was an upgrade to the original version listed above, or is it basically the same?
Tim
This is not an upgrade. Uxbridge just bootlegged the master tape that was shared here. Perhaps they corrected the speed or EQ'd it a bit (I haven't compared it yet), but it's still the exact same source tape.
Yep, no upgrade here, just a matter of personal taste.
If you prefer sticking to the masters as they were recorded, then Rob's version is the best. But this is just a matter of playing with the sound, to make it sound better to your own ears and appreciation... with the risk of deteriorating the frequencies.
Any modification / remastering should always be made from the masters when possible, it is more dangerous to start from a bootleg version. But of course, some masters are held by the bootleg companies themselves and aren't available anywhere, so obviously you just can be satisfied they made it out, and make do with what they did of it (I think about Gypsy Eye for example).
In the present case, it's just your personal taste that counts. No matter what version you prefer, if you still remember that the first person to thank is Rob, and not Uxbridge. He took the risks, Uxbridge took the money ;o)
Regards,
Olivier,
Belgium.
Olivier,
Thanks for the credit, much appreciated. I do want to clarify one thing about the late seventies/early eighties when I taped shows. Many of you bring up the risk, and I never viewed it as a risky proposition. At the time, security guards were much more interested in drugs and alcohol, and bands (other than King Crimson) didn't make it an issue that security needed to be concerned about. I must have taped over 50 shows and I was only stopped once, and that was with a tape deck, camera, and Super 8 and I immediately just went in another entrance.
The one sacrifice made when I taped, was that you just couldn't sit back and totally enjoy the show, because you were paying attention to time to make clean tape flips......but at the time, I did that purely for myself, I never would imagine that so many years later they would end up in the hands of many so many Queen fans.
Firstly - thanks to Olivier for sharing this bootleg and to Rob for recording it in the first place. As Olivier so rightly said, Rob takes the risks, Uxbridge takes the money...
For anybody who needs Disc 2 (or the rest of it, for that matter!) I'll make a torrent. It will be up in a couple minutes.
dowens wrote:
I"m trying to download CD2 from the megaupload and it keeps returning me back to the forum page? Can anyone help?
You need to copy the link from the back and stop at the http word and paste on your http line. The link is "corrupted" by a blank space in front of the http word.