| The Real Wizard 29.01.2014 14:19 |
Queen Puebla, Mexico Estadio Olimpico de beisbol Ignacio Zaragoza October 17, 1981 This is a merge of the various bootlegs produced from the primary audience recording of this show. All the songs are there, but there are several cuts, during and between songs. The quality varies from song to song, but much of this certainly may remain the best available from this show. You be the judge ! Now I'm Here and Dragon Attack were cut between sides A and B of the LP, but there was some overlap so I was able to seamlessly cross-fade the two together. The show actually ran under 90 minutes due to the uncooperative audience. Despite Mercury's frustrations being clearly expressed throughout (some of which was cut from the bootlegs, like the Chelsea Cobbler comment after shoes were being thrown at the band during Now I'm Here), he and the boys put in a killer performance. Note how he phrases the back half of the second chorus of Save Me exactly like the single version. * "Nevermore Goodbye Tacos" (FQ) silver > WAV (GoldWave speed correction) > FLAC frontend (level 8) ** "Nevermore Goodbye Tacos" (FQ) silver > WAV > FLAC frontend (level 8) *** AUD > ? > ""No More Mañanas" LP > WAV (GoldWave speed correction, de-clicked, fix) > FLAC frontend (level 8) **** "The Ultimate Rarities Collection" (FBCD) silver > WAV > FLAC frontend (level 8) 01. We Will Rock You (fast) * 02. Let Me Entertain You [cut] * 03. Play The Game *** 04. Somebody To Love [cut] *** 05. Killer Queen ** 06. I'm In Love With My Car ** 07. Get Down Make Love ** 08. Save Me *** 09. Now I'm Here [cut], Dragon Attack, Now I'm Here (reprise) [cut] *** 10. Love Of My Life *** 11. Keep Yourself Alive, drum/guitar solos ** 12. Flash, The Hero **** 13. Crazy Little Thing Called Love ** 14. Bohemian Rhapsody ** 15. Tie Your Mother Down ** 16. Another One Bites The Dust *** 17. We Will Rock You ** 18. We Are The Champions ** 19. God Save The Queen ** link Enjoy, and keep it lossless! |
| Marknow 29.01.2014 14:49 |
Cheers Bob. :) |
| MackMantilla 29.01.2014 15:52 |
Thanks for your work, sir ;) |
| Gregsynth 29.01.2014 17:05 |
Somebody To Love and We Are The Champions are excellent from this show! |
| The Real Wizard 29.01.2014 17:22 |
^ I knew you'd point those two out. Mercury hits those high Cs that he so rarely hit live. |
| tcc 29.01.2014 18:54 |
Thanks for this. I can't help with a torrent these few days because of the lunar new year celebrations. |
| Gregsynth 29.01.2014 22:00 |
The Real Wizard wrote: ^ I knew you'd point those two out. Mercury hits those high Cs that he so rarely hit live.And when he does hit them, they sound really good! Fred was a beast during the South American, Mexican, and the two Montreal shows--hitting clean, effortless C5s on STL (check out the 1st Montreal show--blows away the filmed version), hitting the WATC C5 on three gigs (Monterrey and the two Puebla shows) and singing Play The Game with all he's got! Probably his strongest set of vocal shows since the Crazy Tour (and maybe the first couple early 1980 shows)! |
| The Real Wizard 29.01.2014 22:25 |
Fo shiz. This was his peak, no doubt. And say what you want about Hot Space, but vocally speaking it's arguably the best he'd sound on record. |
| pittrek 30.01.2014 00:37 |
Well this really seems interesting, thanks |
| GuitarMay 30.01.2014 06:54 |
Thanks for this merge !! |
| vivaqueen 30.01.2014 13:23 |
MERCI BEAUCOUP |
| Rami 30.01.2014 14:10 |
Thank you very much!! |
| rubens 30.01.2014 15:39 |
What a nice surprise! Thank you sir! |
| cmi 31.01.2014 03:25 |
Bob, You had made a 2-source merge back in 2007. It's seems to me it was more complete and better in quality. What's the point of the recent different merge? Here's an info from 2007 merge: ======================================== Queen Puebla, Mexico Estadio Olimpico Ignacio Zaragoza October 17, 1981 This is a mix of two sources from the first night in Puebla. There are still a few parts missing between songs, but this is most likely the best quality and most complete version of this concert we'll ever hear. About 95% of the show comes from an almost excellent first generation tape, and I filled in the gaps with an inferior source. The better source was shared at Queenzone last year in mp3, but luckily I managed to track down the lossless version. Source 1 lineage: AUD > Master > 1st generation tape > WAV > CDR (1) > WAV > FLAC frontend (level 8) Source 2 lineage: AUD > Master > cassette (x) > WAV > CDR (x) > WAV > FLAC frontend (level 8) Disc 1: Speech Overture We Will Rock You (fast) Let Me Entertain You Play The Game Somebody To Love Killer Queen I'm In Love With My Car Get Down, Make Love Save Me Now I'm Here Dragon Attack Now I'm Here (reprise) Love Of My Life Disc 2: Keep Yourself Alive Drum Solo Guitar Solo Flash The Hero Crazy Little Thing Called Love Bohemian Rhapsody Tie Your Mother Down Another One Bites The Dust We Will Rock You We Are The Champions God Save The Queen Priceless moments: During the middle of NIH, Freddie reacts to the rowdy audience throwing shoes at the band: "Feels like bloody Chelsea Cobbler, I tell you!" (for those who don't know, Chelsea Cobbler is a men's shoe store in London). And at the end of the show, he says "Thank you for the shoes! Adios amigos, you motherfuckers! You bunch of tacos, goodbye!" However, it's worth noting that on the second night, these were his closing words: "Thank you for being a totally different audience tonight. We all thank you." The stories often circulate that Queen's concerts in Mexico were horrible for the band, but the bootlegs reveal that it was just the one concert in Puebla that gave them problems. Fans who attended the Monterrey show have also said their concert went smoothly. As for what happened in Mexico outside the concert venues, that's another story! Distribute these files only if they are left completely unaltered. As always with my shares, be sure that this recording is not made available at Queenzone or elsewhere in mp3 or any other lossy format. Keep lossless files lossless. Enjoy! Sir GH ================================================== |
| The Real Wizard 31.01.2014 12:19 |
cmi wrote: You had made a 2-source merge back in 2007. It's seems to me it was more complete and better in quality. What's the point of the recent different merge?The versions are quite different. The 2007 merge is from non-bootleg cassettes, while this one uses material only from the LP/CD bootlegs. There is less tape hiss on most of the latter, so it's a worthy comparison. Have a listen to each version of Somebody To Love and Killer Queen, for instance.. Of course getting the uncut audience master would put all of this to rest, but that's another matter.. ! |
| brunogorski 31.01.2014 12:45 |
The Real Wizard wrote: ^ I knew you'd point those two out. Mercury hits those high Cs that he so rarely hit live.I was waiting for Greg's comment! LOL |
| brunogorski 31.01.2014 12:45 |
By the way, thank you for the post, Lord Wizard. |
| Thistle 31.01.2014 15:28 |
I do love a good performance of Save Me, y'know. Cheers Mr. Bob :) |
| Gregsynth 31.01.2014 17:26 |
brunogorski wrote:Damn, I got people following me! :DThe Real Wizard wrote: ^ I knew you'd point those two out. Mercury hits those high Cs that he so rarely hit live.I was waiting for Greg's comment! LOL |
| The Real Wizard 01.02.2014 11:22 |
brunogorski wrote: By the way, thank you for the post, Lord Wizard.Oh no, I'm not changing my name again. Besides, one can argue that being real is better than being a lord. ...or is it !? |
| Mr.QueenFan 01.02.2014 19:59 |
Thanks for sharing this. I think everything has been said about this tour. Freddie Mercury was on the top of his game. I really believe that he must have encountered perfect weather conditions for his voice. In Rock In Rio his voice suffered not only from the cigars but weather as well. Many singers take some time to get used to fast climate changes, but in here we can really say that his pipes sound as clean as it could be. What a voice! |
| The Real Wizard 02.02.2014 01:56 |
Great observation. Look at Freddie in late 78. His voice steadily deteriorated throughout Nov/Dec 78, hitting a low point in Chicago and Vancouver. But by the time they got to the warm Oakland air, he was soaring again. Likely not a coincidence ! |
| Mr.QueenFan 02.02.2014 14:48 |
The Real Wizard wrote: Great observation. Look at Freddie in late 78. His voice steadily deteriorated throughout Nov/Dec 78, hitting a low point in Chicago and Vancouver. But by the time they got to the warm Oakland air, he was soaring again. Likely not a coincidence !Not a coincidence at all. I first heard about weather influence on the voice, when someone was speaking about Pavarotti and the fact that opera singers don't do many outdoor live concerts, exactly because of the correlation between weather and voice. This was about his 3 Tenors tour or his Pavarotti and friends concert, i'm not sure about this. Of course this affects all voices, but they said that singers with a very specific voice feel it more than others, and specially singers who have to stretch their pipes to the limit - like opera singers and in my opinion Freddie Mercury. And it makes sense, i'm not a singer myself but i've noticed that there are times when it's easier for me to do falsetto voice and other times - nothing comes out! I don't smoke. Here's a great account on this, on the Britney Spears documentary "I am Britney Jean" about her concerts in Las Vegas witch is in the desert and has huge influence on singers. It's the segment 1:20:00/ 1:20:20, link Freddie did the best he could and it must gave been very frustrating for him to deal with conditions that he couldn't control, but in the 81 South America concerts everything was excellent. |
| The Real Wizard 02.02.2014 18:07 |
Mentioning Britney in the same sentence as Elton John. Just so wrong !! Great post. |
| Ale Solan 06.02.2014 00:00 |
bump |
| Ale Solan 06.02.2014 00:12 |
bump |
| tassilo 02.03.2014 16:00 |
Thanks a lot. |
| Chinwonder2 25.01.2016 13:08 |
Does this version contain the few songs at soundcheck? -Chin |