QueenZone discussion #1355033

mooghead wrote: He pressed the button on the console that said 'record'

Is Greg Brooks listening?

splicksplack wrote: Is Greg Brooks listening?

dysan wrote: Lovely stuff. My only comments: No mention of the Smile Doin All Right which I think merits mention, as do the other Smile tracks - especially Blag in the Son & Daughter piece. And perhaps rather than repeating the Beeb and Acetate info, tackle the released Beeb album next as an official release, and the bonus Q1 EP in one section. But I understand why you've done it like that for when a person wants to jump to one specific song. Kudos for not mentioning the collectors by name too.

John S Stuart wrote: It is heartening to see that Jam Monkey has received such a large number of positive comments and contributions to his excellently researched feature.

John S Stuart wrote: DudeofQueen: As regard to a definitive Fanthology "release", I don't think it would be "out of school" to say that plans are afoot, but please remember any such set/s would NOT include the officially released Queen album itself; but would be a complimentary companion, as it were.

scallyuk wrote: There's ( according to Neil Kernon) some unreleased Mike Stone studio banter that maybe needs a reference here. Mike was one of the funniest people I have ever met. As Brian said, there were always hilarious comments from him, slated across all the tracks when doing backing tracks. One I remember was originally right before "Now I'm Here" where Mike said, in his inimitable, very dry voice "Ok chaps, let's have some *rock and roll* (emphasis mine). It was delivered in absolutely hilarious fashion, and we all cracked up every time it was played. Sadly, at the end of the day, that got snipped from the mix in mastering. Oh well.. I also worked on the mixing of Sheer Heart Attack by Queen, and on the song Killer Queen, the phasing on the word "laser" of "dynamite and a laser beam" was done manually by yours truly, using a Countryman phaser that I messed around with as that section played through each time. Also, much to the chagrin of Mike Stone and RTB, I suggested doing a tape phasing edit section for the "wanna try" part towards the end of the song. This wasn't a popular idea at the time as we'd all been working on the song for almost two days straight as it was and everyone was completely exhausted (actually the entire mix session for that album was like that...the days just blurred into each other) and when I suggested it Freddy said "That sounds like a good idea..let's try it". Mike and Roy were looking at me as if I'd suggested trying to break into Fort Knox or something, but once the mix was sorted Mike and I spent a couple of hours setting up the phasing again, and it did end up working out really well, although I think I had to dodge a couple of swift kicks for making the untimely suggestion.

Vocal harmony wrote: Jam Monkey with regard to Hangman. As you rightly pointed out a question mark hung over the existence of a studio recording of this song for many years. The conformation that an Acetate is owned by someone would seem to prove it was recorded. What I find interesting is that you say that those who speak don't know and those that know aren't saying. I'm sure this is the case, however you give a running time of 4:37 for this track. This would seem an assertive statement following the information presented. How do you know the running time of a song that only exists on one Acetate that no one seems to have heard, or if they have they are not willing to talk about.