Hello everybody. I have once read Brian saying that every Queen concert was recorded from the soundboard from 1974 onward in mono sound. I can't seem to remember where Brian said that. I have tried searching everywhere. Could any help me out here please? Thank you!
- Kevin
It also says here: http://qliverecordings.tripod.com/unknow.html
After "20.10.1973, UK, London, Paris Theater"
"As Brian said, every Queen concert since 1974 was professionaly recorded...."
It is most likely, of course, that they just recorded the soundboard's rough stereo output onto compact cassette for the band members to listen back to afterwards if they felt a performance wasn't quite right.
Don't expect many of the recordings to be actual multitracks, although some of them obviously will have been.
Matthew928 wrote: link
In the fourth paragraph.
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I appreciate you quoting my website, but even I wish I could remember where I first read that ! It was many years ago. Maybe even ten years. It would be a bit more concrete if we could see the actual clipping/transcript of the interview.
I remember it saying that they used to listen to the recordings in the limo on the way back to the hotel, usually to critique them. Indeed, they're probably stereo recordings, similar to the Sun City recording that leaked out.
Kevinrm15 wrote:
Guys I think I found it! Tell me if it rings any bells Bob! link
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That's a great quote offering some insight, but it's not the exact one. Brian definitely mentioned a date in the one I heard. I'm quite sure he said 1974.
But there is another nice tidbit. The exact moment of the sombrero picture from the Made In Heaven sleeve can now likely be identified. It was probably during Brian's solo spot on 1981.10.18 in Puebla.
The best guy to ask this question would be Trip Khalaf. I'm guessing he will be behind the board during the Extravaganza concerts next year. Met him couple years ago before the PaulRogers/Queen concert in Buffalo. Very nice guy and approachable even before the show started, I was surprised.
1. Brian has serious memory problems, he said a lot of crap in the last 15 years. I wouldn't take him very literally.
2. Even if it's the true and every show was RECORDED it doesn't mean that these recordings still EXIST.
I don't think it's a bad memory per se. It's just average. Averagely, a sixty-year-old person wouldn't remember 100% of details about his job, as it was just work for him. What for us may be an unforgettable solo or concert or whatever, for him it was just another day in the office, and just one of the maaaaaaaaaany recording sessions or concerts he's had in his life.