[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]DAVIDBRENDAM wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Hello fellow fans of the best group in the world queen obviously!!! i was thinking about the times when hearing something new from queen was a BIG deal before we had internet.
This is more aimed at the older generation but not just them the younger generation will have opinions, i would love to know how you felt about hearing a new queen single on the radio and did you tape it on cassette until it was released on vinyl.
I know i did and the only access to what queen were doing was fan club magazines and you would revel in having these mags every 3months or so just to have something to wait for, and i remember Recording 'one vision' on VCR and playing it over and over and of course with AKOM VIDEOS and THE MIRACLE VIDEOS as well.
And the biggie was the ALBUM getting it on the DAY of release and listening to it countless times AHHHH!!! THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES!!.
Anyone with similar to tell.[/QUOTE]
Hi David again.
I can remember having to record The hammersmith Odeon gig on mono tape.Does anybody remember that.Brilliant.
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I remember being a member of the fanclub to get info and tickets for Brians '98 tour. Internet was there already but it was all very new and not available for everyone...
Also remember videotaping MTV's Queen weekend in 1995. Great! Never saw most of the videoclips they showed. Also the original Made In Heaven commercial was shown. One of the first things I traded.
Also remember videotaping MTV's Queen weekend in 1995. Great! Never saw most of the videoclips they showed. Also the original Made In Heaven commercial was shown. One of the first things I traded.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]DAVIDBRENDAM wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Hello fellow fans of the best group in the world queen obviously!!! i was thinking about the times when hearing something new from queen was a BIG deal before we had internet.
This is more aimed at the older generation but not just them the younger generation will have opinions, i would love to know how you felt about hearing a new queen single on the radio and did you tape it on cassette until it was released on vinyl.
I know i did and the only access to what queen were doing was fan club magazines and you would revel in having these mags every 3months or so just to have something to wait for, and i remember Recording 'one vision' on VCR and playing it over and over and of course with AKOM VIDEOS and THE MIRACLE VIDEOS as well.
And the biggie was the ALBUM getting it on the DAY of release and listening to it countless times AHHHH!!! THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES!!.
Anyone with similar to tell.[/QUOTE]
Hi David again.
I can remember having to record The hammersmith Odeon gig on mono tape.Does anybody remember that.Brilliant.
This is more aimed at the older generation but not just them the younger generation will have opinions, i would love to know how you felt about hearing a new queen single on the radio and did you tape it on cassette until it was released on vinyl.
I know i did and the only access to what queen were doing was fan club magazines and you would revel in having these mags every 3months or so just to have something to wait for, and i remember Recording 'one vision' on VCR and playing it over and over and of course with AKOM VIDEOS and THE MIRACLE VIDEOS as well.
And the biggie was the ALBUM getting it on the DAY of release and listening to it countless times AHHHH!!! THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES!!.
Anyone with similar to tell.[/QUOTE]
Hi David again.
I can remember having to record The hammersmith Odeon gig on mono tape.Does anybody remember that.Brilliant.
Yes roger meadows tailor i also used to do that i vividly remember the xmas75 gig on radio 1 in concert series and i had a c120 cassette (fuck remember them) and i managed to tape the whole gig including the encore.
Great days man i still have tapes of queen from the 80's interviews and stuff they are mementoes of my younger years.
Great to hear all your thoughts.
Keep em coming!
Great days man i still have tapes of queen from the 80's interviews and stuff they are mementoes of my younger years.
Great to hear all your thoughts.
Keep em coming!
I remember being very familiar with the works of Quiet Riot, Queensryche, Quarterflash and Suzi Quatro. At least the covers of their albums in that section of the store!
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]DAVIDBRENDAM wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Hello fellow fans of the best group in the world queen obviously!!! i was thinking about the times when hearing something new from queen was a BIG deal before we had internet.
This is more aimed at the older generation but not just them the younger generation will have opinions, i would love to know how you felt about hearing a new queen single on the radio and did you tape it on cassette until it was released on vinyl.
I know i did and the only access to what queen were doing was fan club magazines and you would revel in having these mags every 3months or so just to have something to wait for, and i remember Recording 'one vision' on VCR and playing it over and over and of course with AKOM VIDEOS and THE MIRACLE VIDEOS as well.
And the biggie was the ALBUM getting it on the DAY of release and listening to it countless times AHHHH!!! THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES!!.
Anyone with similar to tell.[/QUOTE]
Hey Dave,
I can only go as far back to hearing Innuendo on the radio and was gobbed smacked. But at that time, i was not old enough to under stand releases as such, for it was dad who already had albums like AKOM, the Works, The Mirical, NATO, GH's and ... eh hm hot space, so I just pressumed albums were thhere. Untill one day dad came home with Headlong blearing away in the car, show me the cd, I pissed of my mates and just ran straight in the house and played the Album..
apart from that, there was MIH, which was to be the only album I knew was coming out at a time when the net was in its mainstream infancy. So, there was that whole waiting for the album, gettting the ablum and locking your self in your room once you got it. But before the album came out, it was a case of spending hours by the radio with your finger on the record button waiting till HFE was playing... So the dedication was always there, so in a sense, Freddie leaving new music for fan's after he was gone will always be dear to me, as it did enable me to hear a new album for the first time with every one else.
This is more aimed at the older generation but not just them the younger generation will have opinions, i would love to know how you felt about hearing a new queen single on the radio and did you tape it on cassette until it was released on vinyl.
I know i did and the only access to what queen were doing was fan club magazines and you would revel in having these mags every 3months or so just to have something to wait for, and i remember Recording 'one vision' on VCR and playing it over and over and of course with AKOM VIDEOS and THE MIRACLE VIDEOS as well.
And the biggie was the ALBUM getting it on the DAY of release and listening to it countless times AHHHH!!! THOSE WERE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES!!.
Anyone with similar to tell.[/QUOTE]
Hey Dave,
I can only go as far back to hearing Innuendo on the radio and was gobbed smacked. But at that time, i was not old enough to under stand releases as such, for it was dad who already had albums like AKOM, the Works, The Mirical, NATO, GH's and ... eh hm hot space, so I just pressumed albums were thhere. Untill one day dad came home with Headlong blearing away in the car, show me the cd, I pissed of my mates and just ran straight in the house and played the Album..
apart from that, there was MIH, which was to be the only album I knew was coming out at a time when the net was in its mainstream infancy. So, there was that whole waiting for the album, gettting the ablum and locking your self in your room once you got it. But before the album came out, it was a case of spending hours by the radio with your finger on the record button waiting till HFE was playing... So the dedication was always there, so in a sense, Freddie leaving new music for fan's after he was gone will always be dear to me, as it did enable me to hear a new album for the first time with every one else.
In late '77-'78 the radio station that I listened to in college would play We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions every morning at 6 a.m., 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. just to blow everyone out of bed!
7 a.m. and my clock radio went Boom Boom Bah! Boom Boom Bah! Or something like that.
7 a.m. and my clock radio went Boom Boom Bah! Boom Boom Bah! Or something like that.
I really wish I was around during those days, it seems more exciting. Nowadays people just buy a song off of iTunes and it's just so easy and...well, boring. One thing I never like to do is buy a cd from iTunes. Some people think it's weird, but it's just not as fun as finding it in a store, taking it home, opening it up, popping it in right away, and looking at the inside pictures, etc. I've always loved the excitement of doing that. For me, music just doesn't seem like it should be downloaded from a computer. It's more special than that.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Ducksoup wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I remember being a member of the fanclub to get info and tickets for Brians '98 tour. Internet was there already but it was all very new and not available for everyone...
Also remember videotaping MTV's Queen weekend in 1995. Great! Never saw most of the videoclips they showed. Also the original Made In Heaven commercial was shown. One of the first things I traded.
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Yeah i remember a Queen Day(1993 maybe '94) and the Queen Weekend(1995). I still have it on tape...maybe i should put that commercial on YouTube. :D
Also remember videotaping MTV's Queen weekend in 1995. Great! Never saw most of the videoclips they showed. Also the original Made In Heaven commercial was shown. One of the first things I traded.
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Yeah i remember a Queen Day(1993 maybe '94) and the Queen Weekend(1995). I still have it on tape...maybe i should put that commercial on YouTube. :D
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<b><font color="#FF1493">The Fairy King wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Ducksoup wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I remember being a member of the fanclub to get info and tickets for Brians '98 tour. Internet was there already but it was all very new and not available for everyone...
Also remember videotaping MTV's Queen weekend in 1995. Great! Never saw most of the videoclips they showed. Also the original Made In Heaven commercial was shown. One of the first things I traded.
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Yeah i remember a Queen Day(1993 maybe '94) and the Queen Weekend(1995). I still have it on tape...maybe i should put that commercial on YouTube. :D[/QUOTE]
Do you also have the commercial for the Golden greatest hits 1+2 boxset from 1994? Would love to see that one..
Also remember videotaping MTV's Queen weekend in 1995. Great! Never saw most of the videoclips they showed. Also the original Made In Heaven commercial was shown. One of the first things I traded.
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Yeah i remember a Queen Day(1993 maybe '94) and the Queen Weekend(1995). I still have it on tape...maybe i should put that commercial on YouTube. :D[/QUOTE]
Do you also have the commercial for the Golden greatest hits 1+2 boxset from 1994? Would love to see that one..
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<font color="sky blue">QueenMercury46 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I really wish I was around during those days, it seems more exciting. Nowadays people just buy a song off of iTunes and it's just so easy and...well, boring. One thing I never like to do is buy a cd from iTunes. Some people think it's weird, but it's just not as fun as finding it in a store, taking it home, opening it up, popping it in right away, and looking at the inside pictures, etc. I've always loved the excitement of doing that. For me, music just doesn't seem like it should be downloaded from a computer. It's more special than that.[/QUOTE]
i completely agree!
its like a sport! i love goi to great house of guitars nad digging thru the shelves and under corridors to find the CD i have wanted for so long.
i actually wrote a paper on how downloading should be banned for the sport of it XD
i used to save all my earnings just to buy some new CDs.
i still buy them, in case my itunes dies XD.
i still buy tapes too!
its grea to hear stories about how people used to anticipate new albums. ive always wondered what that would be like. the closest thing i had to that was when i was younger and 'made in heaven' came out, and mom bought it. this was when our queen repetiore was first starting to build (other than greatest hits) so it was a real treat!
and before i was net-savvy (taha) i used to love scouting out the cds in the stores.
is there anyone in rochester NY who ever particpiated in the 'all night album release' stuff at GHOG?
i completely agree!
its like a sport! i love goi to great house of guitars nad digging thru the shelves and under corridors to find the CD i have wanted for so long.
i actually wrote a paper on how downloading should be banned for the sport of it XD
i used to save all my earnings just to buy some new CDs.
i still buy them, in case my itunes dies XD.
i still buy tapes too!
its grea to hear stories about how people used to anticipate new albums. ive always wondered what that would be like. the closest thing i had to that was when i was younger and 'made in heaven' came out, and mom bought it. this was when our queen repetiore was first starting to build (other than greatest hits) so it was a real treat!
and before i was net-savvy (taha) i used to love scouting out the cds in the stores.
is there anyone in rochester NY who ever particpiated in the 'all night album release' stuff at GHOG?
Just a few random memories...I remember getting the lyrics to Radio Ga Ga in the Fan Club Magazine before the single was released. I used to re-read them silently in calculus instead of listening to the teacher. Wish I could remember what I thought the song was going to be like before I actually heard it! I must have called the local rock radio stations every day to see if they had it yet and would play it. Little did I know it wouldn't really fit into their formats. But "I Go Crazy" sure would have.
Anyone remember the big Audiolog and Videolog books/binders that record stores used to have in the States? I was always looking through those things to see if there was something new from Queen.
In the days before the internet, I used to go to every record store I could find. A friend and I would travel hours to go to record conventions - Bwian looking for LedZep and Fleetwood Mac and me looking for Queen and Adam Ant. I remember one convention in particular where I found the Larry Lurex single. Well, actually it found me. I finally told one vendor what I was looking for, and he told his wife he'd be right back. He came back a few minutes later with the single. I figured out later he'd simply gone to another dealer's booth and bought it from him then sold it to me at a higher price.
I used to keep a list in my wallet of artists to look for -- Chris Thompson, Hilary Hilary, and Jack Green come to mind.
I had to go to the bank and get an International Cashier's Check or something like that to join the fan club and buy stuff from the UK. And buy IRC's.
I wrote the fan club a few times and got actual letters back from Jacky and Fiona. I never did send in for an autograph, though.
In college I spent hours roaming the library stacks looking for obscure articles on Queen - instead of studying. Found articles in magazines like Billboard, Stereo Review, Guitar Player and Crawdaddy.
I found Gerry Stickells' phone number in Billboard once and called him to find out when Queen were going to tour the States again.
In the early days of the internet I subscribed to the QMS, and even joined Royal Vision. But then the internet bloomed and it became information overload. What fun was it going to record stores anymore when you could click on a button and order anything you wanted? Collecting lost its thrill for me after that.
And Question Mark and the Mysterians is another group to add to eiddref's list of Q artists whose album covers I'm all too familiar with.
Anyone remember the big Audiolog and Videolog books/binders that record stores used to have in the States? I was always looking through those things to see if there was something new from Queen.
In the days before the internet, I used to go to every record store I could find. A friend and I would travel hours to go to record conventions - Bwian looking for LedZep and Fleetwood Mac and me looking for Queen and Adam Ant. I remember one convention in particular where I found the Larry Lurex single. Well, actually it found me. I finally told one vendor what I was looking for, and he told his wife he'd be right back. He came back a few minutes later with the single. I figured out later he'd simply gone to another dealer's booth and bought it from him then sold it to me at a higher price.
I used to keep a list in my wallet of artists to look for -- Chris Thompson, Hilary Hilary, and Jack Green come to mind.
I had to go to the bank and get an International Cashier's Check or something like that to join the fan club and buy stuff from the UK. And buy IRC's.
I wrote the fan club a few times and got actual letters back from Jacky and Fiona. I never did send in for an autograph, though.
In college I spent hours roaming the library stacks looking for obscure articles on Queen - instead of studying. Found articles in magazines like Billboard, Stereo Review, Guitar Player and Crawdaddy.
I found Gerry Stickells' phone number in Billboard once and called him to find out when Queen were going to tour the States again.
In the early days of the internet I subscribed to the QMS, and even joined Royal Vision. But then the internet bloomed and it became information overload. What fun was it going to record stores anymore when you could click on a button and order anything you wanted? Collecting lost its thrill for me after that.
And Question Mark and the Mysterians is another group to add to eiddref's list of Q artists whose album covers I'm all too familiar with.
I remember buying Record Collector magazine in the UK and scouring through and drooling over all the rare Queen astuff that I couldn't afford to buy, seeing ads in the back for people offering the Hyde Park BBC Transcription disc etc...
Also trying to hunt down Roger Taylor Lps of Fun In Space and Strange Frontier in second hand record shops and getting pissed off with continually seeing Tyger of Pan Tang albums cos they were next to him in the aplphabet!!!
Also trying to hunt down Roger Taylor Lps of Fun In Space and Strange Frontier in second hand record shops and getting pissed off with continually seeing Tyger of Pan Tang albums cos they were next to him in the aplphabet!!!
I used to get old records from a friend next door, wich I trade in to buy a new Queen album. At least that's how I bought a few.
I clearly remember seeing I Want To Break Free the first time on TopPop (the dutch equivalent of Top of the Pops). This song was on the Tipparade so the video was showed at the end of the show. Fully excited I waited in front of the tv. Suddenly I heard the beginning synths of IWTBF. I didn't see a whole lot of the clip because I was laughing my head of !
I used to buy Popfoto Magazine to read about Queen and collect the pictures and posters.
The first time I could watch clips and performances were the ones on videotape I rented.
The first videotape I owned (and still have) is Queen Live in Montreal/We Will Rock You on the BETAMAX format.
I clearly remember seeing I Want To Break Free the first time on TopPop (the dutch equivalent of Top of the Pops). This song was on the Tipparade so the video was showed at the end of the show. Fully excited I waited in front of the tv. Suddenly I heard the beginning synths of IWTBF. I didn't see a whole lot of the clip because I was laughing my head of !
I used to buy Popfoto Magazine to read about Queen and collect the pictures and posters.
The first time I could watch clips and performances were the ones on videotape I rented.
The first videotape I owned (and still have) is Queen Live in Montreal/We Will Rock You on the BETAMAX format.
I could remember buying News Of The World on the day it was released and going home on the bus with my new vinyl album,opening it up and reading the lyrics and wondering"I wonder how Its Late goes"and "Who Needs You" and wondering why Freddie wrote only three tracks on it.Even wondering then if Queen were changing,just by looking at the album sleeve.
These were great days to be in.Nowadays they complain if something is lossy or not.We just were happy to even have the bloody thing.
I can remember being classed as a "toff"coz i had a MONO recording on a CASSETTE TAPE of 24 Dec 1975 Hammersmith Odeon gig.I once knew someone who had the "Duck Soup" bootleg album and he ended up being treated like a lord.I took a blank C120 tape to him to record it for me.I treasured that tape for years till it broke.
I wouldnt change these days for the world.FAB
These were great days to be in.Nowadays they complain if something is lossy or not.We just were happy to even have the bloody thing.
I can remember being classed as a "toff"coz i had a MONO recording on a CASSETTE TAPE of 24 Dec 1975 Hammersmith Odeon gig.I once knew someone who had the "Duck Soup" bootleg album and he ended up being treated like a lord.I took a blank C120 tape to him to record it for me.I treasured that tape for years till it broke.
I wouldnt change these days for the world.FAB