Queen live at Earls Court 1977

marvinp01 wrote:

"So if the cameras were for the screen, then why was it recorded????"

Because it's really not too hard to press the red button when most of the work had already been done by the people who worked at the venue.

Sir GH wrote: That's what we thought for years, but that's been pretty much proven to be false.

Here are a few points to consider:

First - bands did not release videos back in the 70s.  VHS was not a popular format yet (it was only introduced to the public in 1976, and wasn't really mainstream until the 80s), and the idea of buying a video of a concert back then was just non-existent.  Bands rarely, if ever, filmed shows with the intent of preserving footage of themselves - they didn't really value this practice back then.

Second - the video exists only because they had two giant screens at Earls Court, just like Led Zeppelin did in 1975.  What you see on the Led Zeppelin DVD is the video taken from those screens.  You can be sure the complete videos of both nights exist in Queen's archives.

Third - the audio dropouts are irrelevant, as what we have heard is the video feed, not necessarily what was recorded from the soundboard.  The band most likely have a far superior audio source in their archives.

When i said audio dropouts  i meant microphone failure, therefore the soundboard recordings arent complete because the mic failed to record those particular parts in Tie Your mother down and Ogre battle and who knows where else it failed. IMO
Im a bit confused on how a video feed can have audio??

marvinp01 wrote:

"When i said audio dropouts  i meant microphone failure, therefore the soundboard recordings arent complete because the mic failed to record those particular parts in Tie Your mother down and Ogre battle and who knows where else it failed. IMO"

But the thing is, we can't prove that the microphone actually failed in some way.  It's possible that there were two separate recordings being made - one for a multi-track recording and another basic mono mix being fed to the cameras, both with different settings and mixes - and that it failed on only the latter.

Case in point - Hyde Park 76.  On the video, the first line of Bohemian Rhapsody ("so you think you can stone me") isn't heard, but on the audience recording it's clear as day.  So if Freddie was heard in the speakers, then it's possible that's what was being recorded by the band, different from the audio that was being fed to the cameras.  This is entirely possible for Earls Court as well.

community wrote: Is it true that the Queen concert at Earls Court was not only a tour in support of the album "A Day at the races", I quote" The British leg of the tour was known as the Jubilee Tour - the reason being that it coincided with the Queen's Silver Jubilee"? Yes, the gigs did coincide with the Queen's jubilee celebrations and hence the name of the band's tour in that name.

marvinp01 wrote:
Earl's Court was filmed with the intention of being their first Live video release. Unfortunately, due to the bad audio dropouts in 'Tie Your Mother Down' and 'Ogre Battle,' the project was shelved was shelved...  both nights were filmed i believe.

Even if the microphone did competely fail this is no reason to shelve a release. It is something quite easily repaired with an overdub.

Any idea where can I find the clip in best possible quality and at the same time, as long as possible ? I am planning to update my Earls Court DVD set so I am searching for every possible source for the second night.

Is it possible to find the first copies of the video gig in Earls Court  1977?