They either discarded all the unused isolated reels or stored them somewhere but lost the storage information, though apparently the former is much more likely.
I believe I read or heard somewhere that those 2 songs were missing because they had to change the tapes for the cameras at some point during the concerts.
Johan wrote:
I believe I read or heard somewhere that those 2 songs were missing because they had to change the tapes for the cameras at some point during the concerts.
That wouldn't happen. Those film reels only lasted up until, I think 15 minutes per reel. That's why they had the digital timecode clock on the right side of the stage.
emrabt wrote:
Saul Swimmer seemed to have a whole bunch of footage for his DVD edit, including Jailhouse rock, so they might have existed in the early 2000's.
That's very true. However, the original vhs release was supposed to contain Jailhouse Rock but it must have been pulled shortly before release for whatever reason. Check the song credits at the end, JR is there.
We know already that the footage simply doesn't exist anymore - what RnRover might be asking, and I'd also be interested to know, is why they were cut in original post production.
My guess would be that both 'Flash Theme' and 'The Hero' weren't included in the final cut because they are part of a movie soundtrack. The rights of the soundtrack are owned by the filmstudio. Because Swimmer's Mobilevision wanted 'We Will Rock You' (as Rock Montreal was previously called) released in Cinema there would be dispute about the rights.
GT mentioned somewhere ( filmed interview) that even the Wembley 86'gig was in danger to miss one or two songs, because of they had to "change the cameras reels/tapes" but Freddie was vetoing... " No, everthing should be filmed"...
Maybe in Montreal they didn't care about these two songs.
musicland munich wrote:
GT mentioned somewhere ( filmed interview) that even the Wembley 86'gig was in danger to miss one or two songs, because of they had to "change the cameras reels/tapes" but Freddie was vetoing... " No, everthing should be filmed"...
Maybe in Montreal they didn't care about these two songs.
Correct; original quotes came from the director Gavin Taylor during the documentary that appears on the 2003-issue Wembley DVD.
No, Jailhouse Rock was just before WWRY/WATC in the first night, you can even see the roses someone threw at Freddie after Bohemian Rhapsody.
Queen and Swimmer weren't in good terms so i believe the footage don't used was discard. Why Swimmer would want the unused footage of four people he can't stand?
Flash and The Hero were filmed but the footage destroyed, i think.
Ah I see. Before THAT WWRY.
Regarding Flash / The Hero, I was understanding that they weren't filmed either. Swimmer wouldn't recognised the footage was an asset and kept it.
Although that said, as we know from Budapest, Queen are capable of some stunning cock ups regarding looking after footage.
I wouldn't blame Queen for that. They were busy grieving the death of Freddie and making the MIH album. Footage of an old concert just wasn't at the top of their priority list in the early 90s.
There's no video recording of Flash and The Hero. The didn't pass the cutting room and were destroyd. Jailhouse Rock was played after WWRY but, since Fred suitched do shorts instead of trousers, it was moved up a few tracks.