| Doga 23.02.2016 09:33 |
Is the battle of the parks, place your bets! |
| Nitroboy 23.02.2016 09:49 |
Doga wrote: Is the battle of the parks, place your bets! You just gave me a brilliant idea! Queen - Live at the Park Boxset |
| Chief Mouse 23.02.2016 10:31 |
None. Hopefully QPL proves me wrong though :) |
| Bob Harley 23.02.2016 10:32 |
I bet everything since Rainbow '74 release will be edited too much. I mean autotune and it will be too dark (contrast). Notice that every clip for Days of Our Lives from Hyde Park '76 was awesome, they edited the audio in a good way. Echo and reverb. And look at clips from From Rags to Rhapsody documentary. Autotune. I'd rather to watch early Queen shows or at least 1970-1981 era. If they could release anything of them, I would just put old audio to new video (which will be probably too dark). |
| Jake12 23.02.2016 10:34 |
Lately I've been going back and forward with the two in which one I would want released! Right now I would want Hyde Park... Next month I would probably say Knebworth! |
| DepeX 23.02.2016 11:20 |
Come on, be positive! 2016 can be a good year for us. Of course if QPL doesn't throw away this chance. |
| Oscar J 23.02.2016 11:25 |
Hmm, let me see ... interesting or uninteresting music? Hmm ... |
| jondickens1 23.02.2016 12:35 |
Seeing as Queen + are touring festivals this year,I see it as an ideal opportunity to release them both as a box set. Even if it's just the audio of Knebworth in its entirety I'd be happy alongside the Hyde Park audio and dvd/bluray. Plus Freddie's 70th birthday this year and 25 years since he passed away,if QPL miss this they'd be nuts. |
| Mrmarioanonym 23.02.2016 13:46 |
Hyde Park WITHOUT autotune, WITHOUT flown-in bits, WITHOUT stupid, unnecessary edits, WITHOUT excessive compression and reverb and reissues in this puristic vein of the in their current form unlistenable Rainbow and Odeon. |
| vince73 23.02.2016 14:20 |
I think the obvious progression is Hyde Park '76. Hungarian Rhapsodhy was released just four years ago. Too soon to release another Magic Tour item. Just my two cents. A proper BBC sessions set would be nice. |
| BETA215 23.02.2016 18:11 |
The Opposition - live '66. Johnny Quale and the Reactions - Live at the Pub '66 Raining in the Park - Ibex live '69 1984 - First studio experience (autumn 1964 - begin 1968) Quite a good boxset they could do. Knebworth is quite historical, due to the fact that it's the last Queen concert, but Hyde Park has better songs - since the Magic Tour songs are heavily repeated over the last releases (heavily released, played lots of times), I'll start to hate them if i hear them once again (hope you catch the idea :S). |
| Biggus Dickus 23.02.2016 22:08 |
Mrmarioanonym wrote: Hyde Park WITHOUT autotune, WITHOUT flown-in bits, WITHOUT stupid, unnecessary edits, WITHOUT excessive compression and reverb and reissues in this puristic vein of the in their current form unlistenable Rainbow and Odeon.Keep on dreaming. They're on a crusade of making everything sound as "perfect" and unnatural as possible. |
| tcc 23.02.2016 23:55 |
Based on their 40 years rule, it would be Hyde Park '76. Knebworth '86 would have to wait until 2026. |
| Viper 24.02.2016 03:04 |
It's too soon to release Knebworth Park. So, Hyde Park it is! But I think the next release will be something else! |
| Makka 24.02.2016 03:52 |
Would much rather Hyde Park. I loved the Rainbow and Odeon concerts and I prefer the older stuff so I want more of these before Knebworth. |
| on my way up 24.02.2016 04:41 |
Viper wrote: It's too soon to release Knebworth Park. So, Hyde Park it is! But I think the next release will be something else!What do you think the next release will be then? |
| Mrmarioanonym 24.02.2016 05:57 |
Biggus Dickus wrote:then they'll get no money from me. while not everyone can hear the artifacts, i can and it grates on my ears. It's not an "i need to puke, oh my god oh my god" sound, but more of a "this is not right, this is not right" sort-of sound. Although on occasion they do overlap, like on Fairy Feller or Hammersmith.Mrmarioanonym wrote: Hyde Park WITHOUT autotune, WITHOUT flown-in bits, WITHOUT stupid, unnecessary edits, WITHOUT excessive compression and reverb and reissues in this puristic vein of the in their current form unlistenable Rainbow and Odeon.Keep on dreaming. They're on a crusade of making everything sound as "perfect" and unnatural as possible. |
| Killer_queenIII 24.02.2016 06:48 |
Hyde Park. I'm happy enough to have a bootleg of Knebworth. Unless QPL decides to surprise us with a double concert release, I'm looking forward to seeing the Hyde Park concert released in its best quality. |
| Biggus Dickus 24.02.2016 07:02 |
Mrmarioanonym wrote:Yeah I agree. I can listen to those doctored recordings without a problem, but it's on the back of my head. By the way, is there info if the vocal track on Let me in your heart again was autotuned? To me especially the higher notes he hits do not sound quite right.Biggus Dickus wrote:then they'll get no money from me. while not everyone can hear the artifacts, i can and it grates on my ears. It's not an "i need to puke, oh my god oh my god" sound, but more of a "this is not right, this is not right" sort-of sound. Although on occasion they do overlap, like on Fairy Feller or Hammersmith.Mrmarioanonym wrote: Hyde Park WITHOUT autotune, WITHOUT flown-in bits, WITHOUT stupid, unnecessary edits, WITHOUT excessive compression and reverb and reissues in this puristic vein of the in their current form unlistenable Rainbow and Odeon.Keep on dreaming. They're on a crusade of making everything sound as "perfect" and unnatural as possible. |
| The Fairy King 24.02.2016 07:40 |
It's funny how Brian is calling out artists who play live with clicktrack, but somehow is ok with tweaking past concerts till it's basically beaten to perfection in ProTools. |
| Doga 24.02.2016 10:11 |
Viper wrote: It's too soon to release Knebworth Park. So, Hyde Park it is! But I think the next release will be something else!Interesting... what do they have in the archives from 1976 or 1986 aside Hyde Park and Knebworth? |
| alberbal12 24.02.2016 10:48 |
Hyde Park, please. I want more 70s gigs, and if specially a legendary like this one. |
| fr1986 24.02.2016 20:35 |
without any doubt i would pick Knebworth. It has a very special meaning, It was Queen's FINAL concert, plus the performance is very good including the best live version of the tour of songs such as Radio Gaga, Another One Bites the Dust and Under Pressure. I think first comes Budapest, then Knebworth park, then Wembley 1st night and finally Wembley 2nd night, in terms of perfomance quality of coure. Also The landscape you have in Knebworth it is magnificent, a big sea of people attending to a Queen concert at their peak!! On the other hand Hyde Park is another historical Gig, First Queen Concert at a park. Has Very nice performances of songs like The Prophet's song and You take my breath away, 2 songs that until know have never been seen in any Official live release. Although i prefer Knebworth, any of these 2 options are great, why?? simple, cause non of them have yet seen the light of day. That makes them releases worth having. |
| tomchristie22 24.02.2016 23:19 |
The Fairy King wrote: It's funny how Brian is calling out artists who play live with clicktrack, but somehow is ok with tweaking past concerts till it's basically beaten to perfection in ProTools.Indeed - the latter is far more manufactured. Though I think it's entirely possible that Brian and Roger don't really know about the editing that takes place. It seems believable that it could escape their notice - I doubt they had a proper and critical listen to the whole concerts before their release. |
| Biggus Dickus 25.02.2016 00:11 |
tomchristie22 wrote:I wonder who's the culprit who started all this crap. I can't remember hearing anything dodgy on Wembley, Bowl etc. The compressing and autotuning started with the 2011 remasters bonus tracks.The Fairy King wrote: It's funny how Brian is calling out artists who play live with clicktrack, but somehow is ok with tweaking past concerts till it's basically beaten to perfection in ProTools.Indeed - the latter is far more manufactured. Though I think it's entirely possible that Brian and Roger don't really know about the editing that takes place. It seems believable that it could escape their notice - I doubt they had a proper and critical listen to the whole concerts before their release. |
| rhapsody8 25.02.2016 02:55 |
If they skip Hyde Park'76 in this year, it would be a huge mistake. Full concert on CD and a remastered DVD/BluRay would be excellent... For Knebworth, it should be a bit early I think... |
| freddiefan121683 25.02.2016 14:58 |
Here's my thought on the matter. Instead of Hyde Park or Knebworth (which by the way are both amazing gigs) why can't we get something from their US tour? Why not Houston 77? I know that one was professionally recorded and it's a great concert. |
| BETA215 27.02.2016 00:57 |
^ Or something like the Live At The Rainbow boxset, with both concerts and 2 DVD's/Blu-Ray's. |
| Another Roger (re) 27.02.2016 15:48 |
Unfortunately Freddie's voice was very limited at Hyde Park. Thats why I am not so keen on that concert. |
| Oscar J 27.02.2016 17:10 |
No it wasn't. He has some unstable moments due to him being nervous probably, but it's mainly the tape fluttering that makes him sound weak. Just check the YTMBA performance released in 2011 - likely the best one ever. |
| Another Roger (re) 28.02.2016 01:47 |
Oscar J wrote: No it wasn't. He has some unstable moments due to him being nervous probably, but it's mainly the tape fluttering that makes him sound weak. Just check the YTMBA performance released in 2011 - likely the best one ever.It is definitely a great version! That style of singing suits him really well. I agree that the sound quality doesnt do him any favours. But during this concert he plays way too safe. Some parts of The Prophets song is almost embarrassing because he sings so flat to avoid high notes. You can not blame the sound there. |
| Oscar J 28.02.2016 06:21 |
True. But to be honest he never pulled that song off very well IMO, maybe except for the recently surfaced Liverpool concert. This might be regarded as blasphemy, but I wouldn't mind them pulling the flat notes up a tad if they decide to release this. I'd love to listen to a live version of the Prophet's song without cringing at sour notes all through it. |
| Killer_queenIII 28.02.2016 07:31 |
freddiefan121683 wrote: Here's my thought on the matter. Instead of Hyde Park or Knebworth (which by the way are both amazing gigs) why can't we get something from their US tour? Why not Houston 77? I know that one was professionally recorded and it's a great concert.Wait for it next year. They can't miss that one, (i hope) especially if they're planning on celebrating the 40th anniversary of WWRY and WATC |
| Another Roger (re) 28.02.2016 08:29 |
Oscar J wrote: True. But to be honest he never pulled that song off very well IMO, maybe except for the recently surfaced Liverpool concert. This might be regarded as blasphemy, but I wouldn't mind them pulling the flat notes up a tad if they decide to release this. I'd love to listen to a live version of the Prophet's song without cringing at sour notes all through it.True that. I think he would have handled the song much better around 1979 - 1981. I recently watched the Montreal show, and omg that man could sing well live! When it comes to Knebworth he also changed songs a bit to get the best out of his abilities on the night. But in my opinion he was better at compencating with power in that era. I am often stunned about his power at Wembley/Budapest even though the range suffered a bit. |
| Oscar J 28.02.2016 08:47 |
Fair enough. Personally not a fan of his shouting in the mid 80's and much prefer his 70's voice, but the main issue is that they had cut down a majority of their more interesting songs in favour of their pop stuff. I'd take the worst version of The Prophet's Song over the best version of Friends Will Be Friends any day of the week. |
| Another Roger (re) 28.02.2016 13:00 |
Oscar J wrote: Fair enough. Personally not a fan of his shouting in the mid 80's and much prefer his 70's voice, but the main issue is that they had cut down a majority of their more interesting songs in favour of their pop stuff. I'd take the worst version of The Prophet's Song over the best version of Friends Will Be Friends any day of the week.The Prophets song is definitely the better song. By far! :) When it comes to Freddie's voice my favourite periodes are 77-81 and 88 - 91. :) |
| Nitroboy 28.02.2016 18:58 |
Oscar J wrote: True. But to be honest he never pulled that song off very well IMO, maybe except for the recently surfaced Liverpool concert. This might be regarded as blasphemy, but I wouldn't mind them pulling the flat notes up a tad if they decide to release this. I'd love to listen to a live version of the Prophet's song without cringing at sour notes all through it. Well, then you would just be cringing at the autotune artifacts. |
| Nitroboy 28.02.2016 19:00 |
Oscar J wrote: Fair enough. Personally not a fan of his shouting in the mid 80's and much prefer his 70's voice, but the main issue is that they had cut down a majority of their more interesting songs in favour of their pop stuff. I'd take the worst version of The Prophet's Song over the best version of Friends Will Be Friends any day of the week. The only shouting Freddie did in this period was when he wanted the audience to sing along |