pittrek 21.04.2014 09:19 |
[u]Queen Live at Rainbow Theatre, London, UK March 31st 1974[/u] Audio source 1 : SBD > multi-track master tape > editing, overdubbing > Trident tape > Elektra reel-to-reel tape > digital transfer > 96kHz 32bit PCM file > Cool Edit Pro > downsampling to 44kHz / 16 bit (for making it "CD-friendly"), correcting the speed to match it the older audio sources and the BBC video, patching the right channel gap in Keep Yourself Alive with information from the left channel, splitting > WAV files Audio source 2 : SBD > ? > "Master of Sheetkeeckers" LP > ? > CD > WAV > Cool Edit Pro (hiss reduction) Audio source 3 : Video master > ? > VHS(x) > DVD > WAV First of all, this was done BY me and FOR me. That's why I'm not claiming anything like "this is the best you're gonna get", only "it's as good as I was able to do it". The main source is a 96kHz/32bit transfer of an Elektra reel to reel tape owned by SvdV and share here : link When I was listening to it I noticed it runs slower than the old sources. After comparing it with my old source and the BBC video I came to something what is HOPEFULLY the correct speed - I can't guarantee it's correct, but as I wrote it matches the speed of the old source(s) and of the BBC video bits, the speed of Procession appears to match the speed of the album version too. Of course if someone can make a better job, feel free to do so. I took the speed-corrected 96kHz wav file and downsampled it to 48kHz for synchronizing with the video which will be shared here soon. When I was trying to sync it to the video, I noticed that "what comes next? " from Son And Daughter is missing, so I added it from the video source. Also after a closer examination I noticed that my old copy of "Sheetkeeckers" transfer (at least that's how I have labelled it, can somebody confirm it's this bootleg?) has a few seconds more at the beginning of Procession, so I added the missing seconds. Then I noticed that there's a small in the right channel in Keep Yourself Alive, I "fixed" it by simply merging the fragmentary data in the right channel with the data from the left channel. Only AFTER I finished it I noticed that it was already fixed by Wer-al-zwore for the 44kHz version. He used a different method - he patched the gap with the old radio source, but you can notice that in his version the speed changes. So, in his version you get a sudden speed/pitch change for a few seconds, in my version you jump from stereo to mono for a few seconds. I don't know which version is better, as I said above I did this primarly for myself and I prefer the jump to mono, your oppinion may differ, please see the queenzone thread mentioned above for download of the original 44kHz version with werakzwore's fix. The resulting wav file was again downsampled to 44.1kHz so that it can be burned to a CD and split to 8 was files, each containing one song. The wav files were converted to FLAC level 8 with Trader's Little Helper with SBE correction. The tracks were then tagged with good old Winamp, which really whips the llama's ass. Tracklist [37:53] 1. Procession (first seconds coming from alternate source) [1:10] 2. Father To Son [5:44] 3. Ogre Battle [5:04] 4. Son And Daughter (Freddie's "What comes next?" line coming from the video source) [7:36] 5. Keep Yourself Alive (dropout at right channel fixed by merging with data from left channel) [3:54] 6. Seven Seas of Rhye [3:11] 7. Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll [2:45] 8. Liar [8:29] Download link Enjoy (yourself, it's later than you think) |
tcc 21.04.2014 09:40 |
Let me be the first to say thank you for this. |
pittrek 21.04.2014 10:22 |
Let me be the first to say You're welcome |
Ale Solan 21.04.2014 10:59 |
Let me be the second to say thanks a lot for this one! gonna download it right fucking now! ;) |
brians wig 21.04.2014 11:30 |
I hadn't got round to listening to Sikke's uploads which I'm now glad about. This concert sounds incredible! |
jondickens1 21.04.2014 13:24 |
Was In the lap of the Gods in this concert? I have it on The box of flix VHS but yet to hear it in good quality stereo (as this and the previous share). |
pittrek 21.04.2014 13:29 |
The video on the official VHS is from at least one of the two November shows, this is the March show |
Marknow 21.04.2014 13:51 |
Thank you Peter, great work as always. :) |
Rami 21.04.2014 13:56 |
Thank you very much indeed!! |
queenuruguay 21.04.2014 14:11 |
Thanks for your work on this! Listening to "Queen II" right now. |
people on streets 21.04.2014 16:22 |
Thanks Peter. Saves me a lot of work and time. This one is a keeper for the collection. Great work! |
little foetus 21.04.2014 17:15 |
Thank you very much! |
The Real Wizard 21.04.2014 23:10 |
Fab ... looking forward to this ! |
eYe 22.04.2014 01:30 |
Thank you very much! It sounds great, and reminds me why I miss John so much. |
Wijnand 22.04.2014 02:27 |
Thanks! |
DepeX 22.04.2014 03:02 |
Beautiful! Thanks. PS: Pittrek, I've sent you a PM |
Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon 22.04.2014 06:00 |
Thank you very much! |
Mr.QueenFan 22.04.2014 08:45 |
This is fantastic. I just can't get enough of this concert. Thanks for the corrected speed version. |
DepeX 22.04.2014 09:07 |
Pittrek, could you give more details about your next DVD? What will be envolve?? Thanks |
pittrek 22.04.2014 11:27 |
I don't plan to upload any DVD to Queenzone anymore.My next upload (either tonight or tomorrow, depending on my upload speed) will be an mkv file (it's 2014!) containing the best sources of the March footage - at least the best "I" was able to find |
DepeX 22.04.2014 12:08 |
Ok, thanks! |
MarkRW 22.04.2014 12:09 |
Thank you very much! |
Harry_queenrecordings 22.04.2014 12:10 |
Many thanks Pittrek! |
moonhead79 22.04.2014 15:14 |
you're my hero! |
pmatsynot 23.04.2014 03:14 |
thank you for the share Pittrek |
Ghostwithasmile is BACK! 23.04.2014 06:55 |
What a perfect share thank you so much mr. V ! Is it still necessary to call in Simon Kitt (stark) for a EQ remaster ? I gues not .... the only thing that could be better than the Pittrek share is simply the full QueenPL (**** *** ******* ** ** ***** ******* ****** *****) (use your anti spoil admin code to enconde the * text!) full release of this gig. I really hope this will turn up soon. Not that this was taken from one of my reels, but I really think , at least for me, this is the best ever Queen show recorded. So no moustache , no yellow jacket, no galileo's , no huge stadium, just four young huys ready to conquer the world. Thanks again Peter, you did a great job ! I played tis the first time in my car yesterday volume to the max ! What a show , what a quality ! Shame only so few Queen shows were soundboard recorded. Thanks Peter this is great ! Cheers from sunny Holland Sikke van der Veen |
pittrek 23.04.2014 07:33 |
And thanks of course for putting your reel public :-) Cheers from rainy Slovakia |
tassilo 23.04.2014 13:42 |
Thank you. |
DAZH 26.04.2014 09:43 |
Thank you |
vivaqueen 26.04.2014 13:22 |
MERCI BEAUCOUP |
juanrgisbert 16.06.2014 18:31 |
Thanks a very very lot, man, wonderful work, thank you very much for sharing it!! |
kevukuk 29.07.2014 14:52 |
Thanks Pittrek, just grabbed this, can't get enough Rainbow related goodies. |
fly 30.10.2014 08:37 |
I know it's been official released, but is there any artwork for this 3source version!! |
Ale Solan 30.10.2014 15:58 |
fly wrote: I know it's been official released, but is there any artwork for this 3source version!!no, there's not but I'll do some art over this weekend |
Ale Solan 31.10.2014 14:40 |
fly wrote: I know it's been official released, but is there any artwork for this 3source version!!here you go! |
jskwsj3jgb 23.09.2017 07:59 |
The link is dead |
Chinwonder2 23.09.2017 08:13 |
jskwsj3jgb wrote: The link is deadThis should be it: link -Chin |
QSMJohn 23.09.2017 08:40 |
Chin, you're great! :) |
pittrek 23.09.2017 09:41 |
This is now an official release. There is no reason for having this version anymore |
Barry Durex 23.09.2017 10:20 |
I guess some people don't like the official mix. |
Saint Jiub 24.09.2017 01:54 |
pittrek wrote: This is now an official release. There is no reason for having this version anymoreAgreed |