When did Freddie get nodules?

My guess is either in late 1974 or early 1975.

It's hard to say when he acquired them, but the first known instance of it affecting his work was in early 1975 when they had to cancel shows.

I think that's right. I just listened to the Rainbow concert, and Freddie's voice sounded just like the record, and he did the falsettos.

Live at the Rainbow was heavily overdubbed.

It was?

I just replied to Yara about this: I believe it was the very long second USA tour after the release of SHA and after Brian had recovered from the ulcer and hepatitis. As I said he had problems and went to see a doctor on the tour in America but didn't like the look of him so didn't go ahead with risky surgery (which might have permanently damaged his voice)...

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Yes, BIG TIME!  Listen to In the Lap of The Gods (Revisited).  You can really notice it there.

Why would they overdub the Rainbow concert?

Bands always overdub live concerts when they release it to the mass public.  Queen do it a lot.  Anything from Queen Rock Montreal to the recent Live in Ukraine.  It's usually little stuff here and there, but the early stuff was heavily overdubbed.  Especially the vocal harmonies.

I know that Brian overdubs harmonies and such. Whenever I see "overdub," I always think it has to do with Freddie's voice/vocal shape.

Fred's voice was rarely overdubbed, if it was overdubbed at all.  But little things like guitar mess ups and harmony mess ups are almost always overdubbed.

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Fred's voice was rarely overdubbed, if it was overdubbed at all.  But little things like guitar mess ups and harmony mess ups are almost always overdubbed. [/QUOTE]
That's accurate. The only times they fixed any of Freddie's vocals were on Live at the Bowl (Fat Bottom Girls note error) and Wembley (Freddie re-did some of the high notes in the studio).

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[b]Pilot in Play aka (Artemis Moon Band) wrote: [/b]



Fred's voice was rarely overdubbed, if it was overdubbed at all.  But little things like guitar mess ups and harmony mess ups are almost always overdubbed. 

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That's accurate. The only times they fixed any of Freddie's vocals were on Live at the Bowl (Fat Bottom Girls note error) and Wembley (Freddie re-did some of the high notes in the studio).





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Not really? I don't think I'd be far wrong if I said 50% of the main vocal from the Rainbow show was overdubbed.

The main vocal on NIH from Rock Montreal is heavily overdubbed. Possibly from the first 'Just a new man', definitely  from the first 'made me live again' is overdubbed until the vocal improvisation.
Listen with an open mind and take off any rose tinted specs, you will hear it clearly! You may also notice that the vocal audio doesn't quite seem in synch with Freddies mouth.

On GVH1 DVD the original Now I'm Here from the Rainbow concert can be seen/heard. As far as I know no overdubbs at all, original harmonies (which sound pretty decent to me). Brian's guitar intro is brilliant, love the sound.

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The main vocal on NIH from Rock Montreal is heavily overdubbed. Possibly from the first 'Just a new man', definitely  from the first 'made me live again' is overdubbed until the vocal improvisation.
Listen with an open mind and take off any rose tinted specs, you will hear it clearly! You may also notice that the vocal audio doesn't quite seem in synch with Freddies mouth.





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Right, the audio doesn't match the visual.  But who says the audio didn't just come from the other night in Montreal?