And I don't mean the shoddy quality that some of the recordings are, I mean things like the Live Killers album, the Wembley Stadium gigs, these type things
I am just going by theory and assumption.
But, wouldn't it be.. interesting if Queen were to release their shows from the past, since other bands have done it, Metallica has a bunch of random shows up from 2004-onwards, they do have some old shows though, October 18th, 1982, December 18th, 1983, November 22, 1984, Pearl Jam has a gig from 1990, the band started in 1990, it's an audience recording but the best one they have, going by this logic, Queen could start putting their own archives and the audio from some of these other tapes that have been floating around together, and start releasing that way. October 6th, 1991 Pearl Jam has a soundboard recording, so they do have old recordings that are great quality, 1992 has a lot of board recordings. Looking at these, then looking at more examples, Phish has put out their shows, starting at 1989, and last I looked they kept posting non stop, so I assume they are posting everything they have, Red Hot Chili Peppers have posted their shows, and every new show ends up on there as well. It is something to wonder if Queen will do this, since they do have recordings, one tour having many of the same songs.. Okay, sure, but not every performance is the same, and we all know that. There are good days, you have everything going to plan. There are bad days, and things go slightly awry, but either way they are still interesting recordings to listen to.
Anyway, that is my ramble for this, and I had no idea what to title this, and I don't have any idea if this is in the right place or not either. It pertains to two other bands I like which are NerdTastic (The Megas, and The Protomen, hooah)
well, i think that whole queen-thing is about perfection, so i don't assume them to release any more audience recordings...
(which, btw, they attempted to do by offering the "top100 bootlegs"... which nobody really was interested in...)
for professional recorded shows... don't get me wrong... but don't they empty their archives from time to time ?
The Pearl Jam method of releasing every show is indeed fascinating for big fans, but Queen Productions has always been about quality control. From day one they've wanted everything to be as close to perfect as possible.
Why they attempted the top 100 bootlegs thing (which was, essentially, selling lossy copies of audience tapes that had already been bootlegged) is beyond me. They could've done so much better. But I don't think that episode will ever be visited again.
The Real Wizard wrote:
The Pearl Jam method of releasing every show is indeed fascinating for big fans, but Queen Productions has always been about quality control. From day one they've wanted everything to be as close to perfect as possible.
Why they attempted the top 100 bootlegs thing (which was, essentially, selling lossy copies of audience tapes that had already been bootlegged) is beyond me. They could've done so much better. But I don't think that episode will ever be visited again.
Bootlegging the Bootleggers! I think the idea of using them to raise charitable funds was good, but as you say much of the quality was poor.
A better idea, maybe, would be to release sound board recordings although I suspect many are long gone
The whole "Bootlegging the bootleggers" concept was nice. It would have worked back in 1995 when Queen bootlegs were still shared on physical format and, when sold, it was at very inflated prices.
By the time they did, a lot of people already had access to MP3 and even WAV/FLAC versions of the show, either through the Queen Hub or via Torrents. Sometimes, we even had a better source than the Official Bootleg!
They also could have had the covers and artworks up for download or maybe even sell the physical copies with generic "Queen Official Bootleg" covers and labels, a bit like how the did the Q+PR 2005 tour downloads.
I think the bootlegging the bootleggers concept could work as long as they offered unheard recordings and unheard shows. Any kind of complete professional recording of shows like Tokyo 1975/05/01 or Paris 1979/03/01 need to be heard. I bet 1977/12/22 would be incredible.
Sue Dounim wrote:
I think the bootlegging the bootleggers concept could work as long as they offered unheard recordings and unheard shows. Any kind of complete professional recording of shows like Tokyo 1975/05/01 or Paris 1979/03/01 need to be heard. I bet 1977/12/22 would be incredible.
Bang on. That'd probably be my top three list, too.