QueenZone discussion #1391630

dave76 wrote: What i did have was the soundboard recording of Freddie and Cliff's 1988 performance which i uploaded in december. This is my first big upload so enjoy it and people, stay friendly because being friendly may get you some special gems here on queenzone as being proven in the past by many great uploaders. So here's my contribution!

dave76 wrote: Enjoy everyone, it's my pleasure to share it with everyone, i'm not that bad if you get to know me ;-)

dave76 wrote: All i want is Queenzone to be a nice place with interesting discussions on Queen's history, recordingwise, touringwise, other interesting information and more. And then all these great countless uploaded gems here, some fanthology uploadings last year, bbc sessions, demo's and so much more. It makes QZ the best fan site on Queen and that's the way it should be staying. I'm glad that i am able to share something nice every once and a while. Something i wasn't able to do in the past.

pittrek wrote: Somebody's gonna be pissed .... What's the sound quality if I may ask?

Barry Durex wrote:

pittrek wrote: Somebody's gonna be pissed .... What's the sound quality if I may ask?

Thanks for sharing but the sound track is quite awful, loud fluttering. Not complaining, just pointing it out.

DepeX wrote: I can't find the words to say thank you!! I'm seeding at this moment. This video is the one which has the Prophet's Song footage from Earls Court 1977, isn't it?

dave76 wrote: Yes, this is the tape that has that noise problem. If someone is a magician in improving the sound, that would be great.

The Real Wizard wrote:

dave76 wrote: Yes, this is the tape that has that noise problem. If someone is a magician in improving the sound, that would be great.

Very unlikely. This is from a poor VHS playback. You'd need the original tape, which is probably in fine shape. The heads of the VCR just weren't aligned right (or possibly just a bit dirty), so it just needs a new transfer. Thanks for getting this out there !

zippo112 wrote: very glad to see the doc here:) but i have a question... dear RafaelSomma.... you were so angry and fustrated that the documentary was not shared...you called aus hoarters...now that its shared by david76 (dude right on!!) you can't even be botherd to thank him...that speaks a lot of your personallity....

RafaelSomma wrote:

zippo112 wrote: very glad to see the doc here:) but i have a question... dear RafaelSomma.... you were so angry and fustrated that the documentary was not shared...you called aus hoarters...now that its shared by david76 (dude right on!!) you can't even be botherd to thank him...that speaks a lot of your personallity....

First of all, I've apologized for my reaction. Second, I'm very happy it was released by you guys, great work. Third, without entering the details of my personal life, I had other things on my mind today...so before saying things just let people be aware that it's available. Thanks again, but in the first place why the doc was cancelled?

The Real Wizard wrote:

dave76 wrote: Yes, this is the tape that has that noise problem. If someone is a magician in improving the sound, that would be great.

Very unlikely. This is from a poor VHS playback. You'd need the original tape, which is probably in fine shape. The heads of the VCR just weren't aligned right (or possibly just a bit dirty), so it just needs a new transfer. Thanks for getting this out there !

pittrek wrote:

The Real Wizard wrote:

dave76 wrote: Yes, this is the tape that has that noise problem. If someone is a magician in improving the sound, that would be great.

Very unlikely. This is from a poor VHS playback. You'd need the original tape, which is probably in fine shape. The heads of the VCR just weren't aligned right (or possibly just a bit dirty), so it just needs a new transfer. Thanks for getting this out there !

That's not quite true. The same VCR was used for transfering more tapes that day and only this tape came out with a bad sound

on my way up wrote: This documentary has a bit more pre Knebworth show footage and in this footage you can really tell Freddie is a bit nervous :-) That alone makes this footage priceless. Also a beautiful aerial Knebworth shot and a bit of Freddie and Brian during - I think - hammer to fall. It's pretty obvious Doro has a good deal of Knebworth footage that'd make a great bonus for the audio release of this show. The fact they failed to properly film it while everything was in place to do so actually makes it all the more legendary. We still get the picture thanks to the doro footage and of course the amateur big screen shot. Sorry about bringing this up again but Knebworth is a special one for me (and many others).

on my way up wrote: Sorry about bringing this up again but Knebworth is a special one for me (and many others).

The Real Wizard wrote:

pittrek wrote:

The Real Wizard wrote:

dave76 wrote: Yes, this is the tape that has that noise problem. If someone is a magician in improving the sound, that would be great.

Very unlikely. This is from a poor VHS playback. You'd need the original tape, which is probably in fine shape. The heads of the VCR just weren't aligned right (or possibly just a bit dirty), so it just needs a new transfer. Thanks for getting this out there !

That's not quite true. The same VCR was used for transfering more tapes that day and only this tape came out with a bad sound

Aha - then in that case it's an issue with the tracking control, and you'd need the same kind of VCR that made the original copy.

GinjaNinja wrote: Thanks dave76 for the share, can't wait to watch this properly! I've run the entire audio through a high-quality declicker, and the results are much more listenable (though there's probably some loss of detail, I haven't done a proper A-B comparison). Here's a sample: link MP3 Link (As the original audio is only 128kbps AC3): link I can upload in FLAC too if wanted but that may take some time.

Rokku wrote: Big Thanks. But why it was not released in those days?

fullstop wrote: Can someone youtube it please. Edit: Ah, already there. link

pittrek wrote: I wonder HOW did this copy "leak" but the owner of the tape isn't very pleased about it all. Anyway, since it's out already, enjoy it guys.

pittrek wrote:I wonder HOW did this copy "leak" but the owner of the tape isn't very pleased about it all.

pittrek wrote: There is one another version available, made from a DIFFERENT copy of the tape. From what I've heard it should have much worse video quality, but better sound (and stereo). Before you ask - no, I don't have that second version. .

GinjaNinja wrote: I've run the entire audio through a high-quality declicker, and the results are much more listenable (though there's probably some loss of detail, I haven't done a proper A-B comparison). I can upload in FLAC too if wanted but that may take some time.

Mr.QueenFan wrote: And by the way, the Innuendo interviews are just screaming to be released. Maybe the final John interviews for a Queen release, and it's great to hear their opinions about Freddie while he was still alive. Great stuff!

pittrek wrote: Thanks for the youtube sample, so now I'm sure. It's MY transfer. As I wrote before, I have transferred a couple of other tapes that day too and only this one ended with this annoying background noise, not sure why. Also, I was recording in stereo, but both channels have the same content. There is one another version available, made from a DIFFERENT copy of the tape. From what I've heard it should have much worse video quality, but better sound (and stereo). Before you ask - no, I don't have that second version. I wonder HOW did this copy "leak" but the owner of the tape isn't very pleased about it all. Anyway, since it's out already, enjoy it guys.

inu-liger wrote:

pittrek wrote:I wonder HOW did this copy "leak" but the owner of the tape isn't very pleased about it all.

Has it been investigated if it was something Dave R. Fuller had access to?

Barry Durex wrote: ^ MI5 are on the case LOL!

inu-liger wrote: I'd be willing to do the synch work.

people on streets wrote:

inu-liger wrote: I'd be willing to do the synch work.

Yes. You said that a couple of times now. We get it. You have a vcr player and a pc.

The Real Wizard wrote:

people on streets wrote:

inu-liger wrote: I'd be willing to do the synch work.

Yes. You said that a couple of times now. We get it. You have a vcr player and a pc.

What a beacon of light you always are.

The Real Wizard wrote:

people on streets wrote:

inu-liger wrote: I'd be willing to do the synch work.

Yes. You said that a couple of times now. We get it. You have a vcr player and a pc.

Now who looks like the fool ?

people on streets wrote: The guy with 15000+ posts on a fan forum.

fr1986 wrote: Woow!!!!! Dave many thanks for this from Argentina!!!! This was, at least to me, the best share of the year. I noticed a bit of pro shot of hammer to fall from knebworth park. looks great. I hope one day it gets a proper release, or at least that they use some of the footage in future documentaries. Thanks again! Question, when you say you shared the sounboard recording of time, do you mean the song "its in everyone of us" or did you share also the Time and In my defense performance??

The Real Wizard wrote:

people on streets wrote: The guy with 15000+ posts on a fan forum.

link

inu-liger wrote: What the fuck is your problem People On Streets?

GinjaNinja wrote: Here's the cleaned up audio in FLAC: link Enjoy!

Barry Durex wrote:

GinjaNinja wrote: Here's the cleaned up audio in FLAC: link Enjoy!

Can I ask how does ac3 end up in flac? There will not be enough room on a DVD-5 for LPCM, and is the flac actually any better sounding than your mp3?

inu-liger wrote: It's got hiss reduction artifacts, so it's still not a perfect audio track, however it's much less distracting.

inu-liger wrote: I can make a DVD-9 with PCM audio if there's enough interest for it?

antiden wrote: If someone is interested in obtaining the original DoRo VHS tape with this unreleased documentary, please drop me a PM. For serious collectors only. P.S. Just for information: the original tape has the same sound problems.

Mr.QueenFan wrote:

antiden wrote: If someone is interested in obtaining the original DoRo VHS tape with this unreleased documentary, please drop me a PM. For serious collectors only. P.S. Just for information: the original tape has the same sound problems.

Just one question: How can the original DoRo VHS tape have the same sound problems when Pittrek admited that it was his tranfer that messed the sound? Does your tape has this quality? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJVEDyXN96E

inu-liger wrote: I can make a DVD-9 with PCM audio if there's enough interest for it?

inu-liger wrote: I can make a DVD-9 with PCM audio if there's enough interest for it?

inu-liger wrote: Alright, I'll do one then. Just give me a few days, been in the middle of doing a lot of household work throughout the weekend for my family, so haven't had time for any side projects!

P-Tr extinction event wrote: whoever transferred it, should have used the mono audio track instead of the HiFi of the VHS tape , which created that sound problem. A new mono transfer should be done from the tape, which will have less dynamics and clarity, but wont have that noise .

MAYniac91 wrote: Any news about the fixed audio version? Can't wait to download the DVD.

pittrek wrote:

P-Tr extinction event wrote: whoever transferred it, should have used the mono audio track instead of the HiFi of the VHS tape , which created that sound problem. A new mono transfer should be done from the tape, which will have less dynamics and clarity, but wont have that noise .

Oh that's interesting, thanks for the tip, I'll try that if I ever get a similar problem.

BETA215 wrote: Vali and MAYniac91, look at the second page of this forum (/queenzone/1398225.html).