"Jazz" interior gatefold and recording equipment talk

Regarding that Queen Jazz gatefold, as a teen obsessed with records I used to clamp headphones to my head, listen to the record and study the album notes and photos.

In that particular gatefold I remember early on noticing that the photo is a splice of several photos. These days you'd do that in Photo Shop. Back then it was true cut and paste.

I forget exactly where the cuts are now .. but if you look you can find things like a microphone cable that is disguising the overlap of two photos.

The entire gatefold is a composite of a few photos.

Another splice is noticeable up over the drums, etc.

Very interesting observation.

Very interesting observation.

I remember reading an interview with Brian in '74/early '75 where he was talking about the SHA recording sessions. They all had personal cassette recorders and had a riotous time running up behind each other and leaving obscene messages on them. I think I remember that Roger was currently winning n that front...
I believe the journo asked what he thought of the album and he said something like, "It's not bad, Neddy" - a catchphrase that had entered into the studio which I think came from RTB...