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(edit... not from Long Away)
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(edit.. also not from Long Away)
Sebastian
Great pix Bob. Some comments:
- The one in '73 is with Mike Stone
- Fred at the Bechstein (you can actually read the 'Bechstein' mark in golden letters on top of some strings) is from Opera
- The last two ones aren't from Long Away: they're from Opera sessions, Brian at a six-string Burns Bison. The Double-Six is green. There's a pic somewhere of Brian with his guitar collection, including both Burns'.
- The one in '73 is with Mike Stone
- Fred at the Bechstein (you can actually read the 'Bechstein' mark in golden letters on top of some strings) is from Opera
- The last two ones aren't from Long Away: they're from Opera sessions, Brian at a six-string Burns Bison. The Double-Six is green. There's a pic somewhere of Brian with his guitar collection, including both Burns'.
pittrek
There are some nice pics in Mick Rock's books
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Sebastian wrote:
"The last two ones aren't from Long Away: they're from Opera sessions, Brian at a six-string Burns Bison. The Double-Six is green. There's a pic somewhere of Brian with his guitar collection, including both Burns'."
You mean this one I've attached here?
So if Brian is playing a Bison in the '75 pic, what song were they recording? But again, the picture wasn't necessarily taken while recording a take..
"The last two ones aren't from Long Away: they're from Opera sessions, Brian at a six-string Burns Bison. The Double-Six is green. There's a pic somewhere of Brian with his guitar collection, including both Burns'."
You mean this one I've attached here?
So if Brian is playing a Bison in the '75 pic, what song were they recording? But again, the picture wasn't necessarily taken while recording a take..
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What about this one? It must be from 75 or earlier, as it's a Trident mic.
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Four more pics, from 1988
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Sebastian, you certainly may be right about those pics being from the ANATO sessions. I just spent some time looking through my pic archives, and found these pics labeled as "BoRhap sessions"... look:
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Another..
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Ha... and from the same day, taking a break to play pool. Clearly I collected these pics many years ago when I had much more time on my hands!
Sebastian
Regarding the Bison: No idea. See the 'Electric Guitars (Ultimate List)' for my thoughts on the matter. He could've been doing anything: rehearsing, jamming, recording... in the latter case it could be an outtake, a demo, an unreleased track, or something that wound up on the album, in which case it could be anything from 'Two Legs' to 'Bo Rhap'.
Trident mic: I think it's from Queen II, judging by Fred's hair and shirt. Most vocals for Sheer Heart Attack were done at Wessex.
The one with Mike Moran: It's probably from Barcelona / Shove It rather than The Miracle though I'm not positive. Bob, do you happen to have info on the photographers for those ones? If you've got time, please look at my web, I've got many pics on the album pages, some of which are still uncredited.
Roger at the Tele: In the background you can see an Atari 16/32.
John, Rog and Fred: Ditto. I suppose, at some point, sessions for Barcelona, Miracle, Back to the Light and Shove It may have overlapped. It'd be nice to know more about that.
John and Bri: Had never seen that. It's great.
Bri with the stack of guitars: There are loads of RS copies, a Strat, a Vox, two Danelectro basses, something I can't quite recognise (may be a white SG but I may be way off). Next to Brian, the Burns Bison (the one he's playing on the NATO pic), and behind the Burns Bison, the Double-Six. Behind the Double-Six there's another 12-string which may be virtually anything. Reportedly, Rog had a 12-string Ricken, but there's nothing to suggest this is it.
Trident mic: I think it's from Queen II, judging by Fred's hair and shirt. Most vocals for Sheer Heart Attack were done at Wessex.
The one with Mike Moran: It's probably from Barcelona / Shove It rather than The Miracle though I'm not positive. Bob, do you happen to have info on the photographers for those ones? If you've got time, please look at my web, I've got many pics on the album pages, some of which are still uncredited.
Roger at the Tele: In the background you can see an Atari 16/32.
John, Rog and Fred: Ditto. I suppose, at some point, sessions for Barcelona, Miracle, Back to the Light and Shove It may have overlapped. It'd be nice to know more about that.
John and Bri: Had never seen that. It's great.
Bri with the stack of guitars: There are loads of RS copies, a Strat, a Vox, two Danelectro basses, something I can't quite recognise (may be a white SG but I may be way off). Next to Brian, the Burns Bison (the one he's playing on the NATO pic), and behind the Burns Bison, the Double-Six. Behind the Double-Six there's another 12-string which may be virtually anything. Reportedly, Rog had a 12-string Ricken, but there's nothing to suggest this is it.
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Sebastian wrote:
"Bob, do you happen to have info on the photographers for those ones? If you've got time, please look at my web, I've got many pics on the album pages, some of which are still uncredited."
Nope, sorry... I haven't got a clue who took any of these pictures.
Great post above. Thanks for all the info.
A slight note here about your website - you have the pic of Brian on the bottom of the ADATR page (the one from the Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy video) labeled as 1976 when it's 1977.
An incredible site you have, needless to say. It's undoubtedly the best analysis of Queen's studio work available anywhere. Sure, plenty of people have contributed, but you're still the brains behind the operation and that's what counts most in the end.
"Bob, do you happen to have info on the photographers for those ones? If you've got time, please look at my web, I've got many pics on the album pages, some of which are still uncredited."
Nope, sorry... I haven't got a clue who took any of these pictures.
Great post above. Thanks for all the info.
A slight note here about your website - you have the pic of Brian on the bottom of the ADATR page (the one from the Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy video) labeled as 1976 when it's 1977.
An incredible site you have, needless to say. It's undoubtedly the best analysis of Queen's studio work available anywhere. Sure, plenty of people have contributed, but you're still the brains behind the operation and that's what counts most in the end.