Greg Brooks calling John Stuart. OPEN INVITATION/REQUEST

andreas_mercury wrote: solutions to this are on so obvious!!!!!  just share everything then that QPL will have nothing legs to stand on.  share crappy the  quality so that you still are mister powerful with top quality in your pockets
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Andreas, GTFO. Sharing his collection in the lowest of lossy quality is NOT what we want!

John S Stuart wrote: If anyone here would like to contact QPL on my behalf, please feel free to do so. I have no problem with QPL, or sharing anything with the fans.
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I would gladly take that up, if only I knew where to begin on how to contact them.
You know where to find me John, just shoot me all the details I need (contact info, what you have that QPL don't have, etc.)

Perhaps I could go a step further and offer my services to be your own personal back-up archivist of sorts, LOL :-P :-)

you to be a dumb shit on this topic makes no sense because you are smart guy in other threads .....  you say just because knebworth 8mm video is bad quality we just wait for a better quality that prob doesnt exist anywhere any way?

dumbass we just take what we can get, if it means to me low quality I say we even go for it and remember to say a big thanks to the legend who eventually does it for us.

Piss off. I was talking about campaigning to get the stuff ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT released out there in the best quality possible, ie. FLAC instead of god-awful MP3. And of course the quality of the relevant tape/vinyl/CD sources, whatever they're from, will only be as good as the source allows, and that's a no-brainer really - short of possible remastering to remove audible defects to allow for better quality while avoiding introducing artifacts into the mix.

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knebworth 8mm video

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??? Did I miss something ?

pittrek wrote:

knebworth 8mm video

??? Did I miss something ?
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Seconded. I thought there were only audience VHS recordings?

8mm video?!?!? give us more info!

He's probably just referring to the video shot from the audience... which might be 8mm, or might not.  It's probably not, as 8mm was being weeded out in the 80s in favour of better technology.

Hey all.

The more I read about this, the more I wish to be part of the solution. John, you know of me as the guy who you had a wee incident with on QZ nearly 10 years ago! lol I would hope you could see past that minor incident. That out of the way, here's my proposal...

I was at the Glasgow SAE college back in 04-06 and they had an awesome tape machine in one of the studios there. Now, if you have items on tape, I could get them transferred where need be. It also helps that one of the teachers I was taught by, is a Queen fan! And the best part is, the transfers would have nothing to do with QPL. I can also promise you that I would be present with any materials and not allow anything to be kept or taken. Any items would be right under my nose at all times. However, this is the other part of things. If we can arrange something with QPL, then let's do this. And that's why I mentioned getting things transferred by a third party, through myself.

What do you think?

Regards,
Adam Baboolal.

Thanks for the reply Adam, but the problem is not one of Archiving.
I have back-up copies of back up copies - so this material is safe and secure.

The real problem is for QPL to work with me directly and not through a middle man I do not trust.
Is that really to much to ask for?

re: knebworth i was only being a hypothetical on that .... i was just saying, take what you can get and don't cry to quality ... i don't care if face it alone was lossless because i have heard hte song now and am happy with that....

Fair enough, tapes be damned :P

But how do you want the whole QPL thing to play out? I'm curious about how you want this to proceed. How do they find out about your willingness to get things set up with your collection and what not? Do we (QZ folk) have to do this?

Adam.

Personally, I think the main aspects to consider are that the transfer is done to the highest possible quality, and that John’s tapes are not lost (again). That would be unforgivable, and a great loss.

In my opinion, he should oversee the entire process, always being close to the tapes and being able to withdraw at any time, should he think that the safety of his tapes is compromised. If he can spare the time, then this would be the ideal solution.

I believe that it is very noble of him to offer to share his collection, despite some of the bad blood towards him and the grief he has been given by Greg and to a lesser extent some Queenzoners. It is perfectly reasonable for him to wish not to deal with Mr. Brooks, as they have their differences/conflicts, and of course, he doesn’t want his tape to go missing again. Greg may have apologised profusely for the loss, but it still can’t change the fact that John no longer owns that rarity.

At the end of the day, all we really want is to see these tracks make it out in great quality, be it through an official release, a share here or any other medium. I really hope that QP will take this opportunity to contact John, and that in the near future, we can anticipate his tracks being on a long-awaited box set. 

John, thank you for sticking by us all, with everything you’ve had to deal with, you could easily have left this community and kept your rarities and knowledge to yourself. I hope you get the recognition you duly deserve for your kind acts, and that QP treat your tapes with respect and care this time around.

Ah, bit of an outdated response that, missed the above comments :P

This whole thread is BS. Its getting on for 20 years since Freddie died and the 'anthologies' have been discussed since then. By the time they appear, IF they appear, we will all either be dead or simply not give a shit anymore.