QRM Spot the overdubs

I'm not saying that Brian is averse to making changes, but are we sure though that they are overdubs, and not simply clips taken from the first/second night which wasn't used for those bits on the original VHS release?

However I must say that it does seem daft to me when they tart things up that we've already got on another release, and so it's clearly obvious when they've done it!!

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]cmsdrums wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
However I must say that it does seem daft to me when they tart things up that we've already got on another release, and so it's clearly obvious when they've done it!![/QUOTE]

I think a vast majority of people won't notice any differences. These thing are "clearly obvious" for only few Queen-maniacs and "nitpickers"... well, that means us. :)

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]NTL wrote: [/QUOTENAME]OK I'll go first. LMEY guitar solo been done. If you listen to the old version you hear half a dozen scuffed notes. Would even go as far as saying this is a new studio dub done by Brian.[/QUOTE]

Or it could be from the other night in Montreal, being as it's a compilation of two nights.

I was listening to this version of Somebody To Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRt2jX1kaYo

Freddie's voice is just different, Brian's guitarsolo is much better on QRM and they just polished everything.

From the other hand I am fascinated how the hell it is possible to 'clean up' a recording but on the other hand I feel cheated because it can not be real what we are listening to on QRM.

But how is it possible with Freddie's voice, obviously he can not sing it again in the studio and if they recorded overdubs earlier, why didnt they use it on the WWRY and later releases? I know they had to buy the rights and so on...but still..?

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]sunshine wrote: [/QUOTENAME]But how is it possible with Freddie's voice, obviously he can not sing it again in the studio and if they recorded overdubs earlier, why didnt they use it on the WWRY and later releases? I know they had to buy the rights and so on...but still..? [/QUOTE]

As well as using overdubs from elsewhere, they may also have used certain software to correct any flat notes, or moved parts in order to run in synch with the visuals.

Does Roger ever do vocal overdubs, I think to myself? Drum overdubs/corrections?

I just can't imagine Roger getting into a vocal booth decades later to do this. What with his anti-live album viewpoint in the first place.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Daniel Nester wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Does Roger ever do vocal overdubs, I think to myself? Drum overdubs/corrections?

I just can't imagine Roger getting into a vocal booth decades later to do this. What with his anti-live album viewpoint in the first place.[/QUOTE]

Good point - I wouldn't think he would bother too. We'll find out when the Budapest gig is released on DVD, cos there's a part in One Vision where Freddie sings "one direction" and Roger sings "one solution" (or vice versa) and it comes out as "one dilution"!!! If that's not there we'll know there's a change!

Budapest will be interesting actually, cos with Wembley and Montreral there are a few different bits, but it could be that they are from the other night, and so can still be billed correctly as "live at Wembley/Montreal". As there was only one Budapest gig however, if there's anything different there it wil clearly be taken from another concert, or overdubed later on

Someone said the RM's Live Aid addition is the same as the LA box version. Well...no, the audio has been changed.

I have been comparing the Live Aid performance's sound to the 2004 LA dvd and the bass seems a little bit better. Roger's kit sounds far more weighted than before. The kick really...kicks! It's actually a very nice change.
Maybe this is what Brian meant by having found something to add to the RM release...the multi-track for their LA performance? This is ONLY speculation, I must add.

Adam.

Yes, I also noticed that the 5.1 mix of LA is indeed different. This one is better then the other one. Like you said, it's punchier, heavier.

It may not be a remix - just a remaster. If all the bottom end was beefed up then the kick and bass would certainly change!

Remastering and remixing is not the same thing!!! ;-)

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]earwig wrote: [/QUOTENAME]It may not be a remix - just a remaster. If all the bottom end was beefed up then the kick and bass would certainly change!

Remastering and remixing is not the same thing!!! ;-)[/QUOTE]

Who said it had been remixed? Actually, now you mention it, it HAS been remixed! lol The sound of the kick being so wildly different from the LA dvd set confirms this.

Adam.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]NTL wrote: [/QUOTENAME]OK I'll go first. LMEY guitar solo been done. If you listen to the old version you hear half a dozen scuffed notes. Would even go as far as saying this is a new studio dub done by Brian.[/QUOTE]It was the first thing I noticed as well. It does sound as if the solo was re-recorded.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]louvox wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]NTL wrote: [/QUOTENAME]OK I'll go first. LMEY guitar solo been done. If you listen to the old version you hear half a dozen scuffed notes. Would even go as far as saying this is a new studio dub done by Brian.[/QUOTE]It was the first thing I noticed as well. It does sound as if the solo was re-recorded.[/QUOTE]

Nah... Pro Tools is a wonderful thing...

One thing I noticed today on Love Of My Life; the audio is from the original WWRY dvd, where Freddie says "you don't know it huh?" but if you listen to the QRM cd you can hear the audience singing in the background beforehand!

I also noticed Freddie's voice change in BoRhap, he really sounds vicious during the rock part and in the end he sounds so soft and mellow, it sounds unnatural to me. Like it comes from another source...