This Picture from July 1976( well the Picture itself is more recent) shows that STL has a running time of 3 Minutes and 15 Seconds at that point. The released Version has a running time about 4 Minutes and 56 Seconds.
I do expect that the trader / collector community is in possession of this particular gem right ?
Or it's me who's having blinders on ?
Sebastian wrote:
It's possible that some sections (e.g. intro and outro, or even the famous crescendo) were recorded separately and then spliced together as one piece.
Yes a possible scenario. On the other hand, I think there were leaked bits of STL with sligfhtly different Lyrics / Choir. I didn't have them on hands right now. Maybe someone is willing to share a Link.
kosimodo wrote:
Huh! Ytmba wasnt recorded before september that year... ;)
Yes it was, and that tape proves it. Whatever Fred told to the audience can be attributed to either typical rock star talk to make the public feel special and/or exact words ('we haven't quite recorded it yet' could be interpreted, in this case, as 'we haven't still finished it').
Sebastian wrote:
It's possible that some sections (e.g. intro and outro, or even the famous crescendo) were recorded separately and then spliced together as one piece.
Yes a possible scenario. On the other hand, I think there were leaked bits of STL with sligfhtly different Lyrics / Choir. I didn't have them on hands right now. Maybe someone is willing to share a Link.
Thanks Chief !
I don't like that bit too much I have to say. Glad they've made the right decision.
As for YTMBA obviously there's no running time mentioned at that point.
The embryonic version starts out as the published track 'Can anybody... find me ee ee ee, somebody toooooolove' then they have spliced in 'No, No, No, No, No, No, No' from Bohemian Rhapsody then the 'Thank You' from See What A Fool I've Been'.
It's very short and to the point.
kosimodo wrote:
Huh! Ytmba wasnt recorded before september that year... ;)
Yes it was, and that tape proves it. Whatever Fred told to the audience can be attributed to either typical rock star talk to make the public feel special and/or exact words ('we haven't quite recorded it yet' could be interpreted, in this case, as 'we haven't still finished it').
Well, YTMBA is the only track on the box that doesn't has a running time stamped. So i guess the second option ("we haven't still finished it") is very possible. I think the key word in freddie's speech is "(...)QUITE (recorded it yet)".
It's quite likely that no songs had been finished by that point. So, had Queen performed, say, 'Waltz', or 'Lover Boy', at Hyde Park, it would've also been accurate for Fred to announce they hadn't 'quite' recorded it yet.