ANNOUNCE : OXFORD november 20 1973 (acetate version!)

Here another share !

This time the OXFORD november 20th 1973 show.

The special thing about this share is : this source comes from a bootleg acetate from 1975 !! I don;t know which sources were used for Supporting Mott the Hoople. But one comes from 1975.

Only a handfull ofbootleg acetates were made. Mostly from japan. Don't expect much of the soundquality of these acetates. Many of them are ruined or lost. Or played some much that it's detorioted too much too listnen to.

Keepyourself alive is not cut it's complete song! Hangman is indeed cut! 

Please help me here is a scan of the front of the acetate : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V3MXN535 I love the picture so much but have never seen it before. It shows Queen playing in a beautifull theatre, it must be one the most beautifull theatres ever been made. It would love to have a colour or black & white photo or scan of this. The picture must be stunning!

Linaege : HEAVY WEIGHT ACETATE "QUEEN - BEFORE THE MOTT" (sleeve says november 1975) and the damn thing is really old! > to stand alone cd recorder Pioneer cdrq 01.

The setlist :
01 soundcheck
02 procession - father to son
03 son and daughter
04 ogre battle
05 hangman
06 keep yourself alive
07 liar
08 jailhouse rock
09 bama lama bama loo

MERCI BEAUCOUP FOR THIS RARE STUFF

Thanks a lot Shadysenator :-)

Any chance of getting a scan of the acetate itself rather than the sleeve?
Only if it holds an interesting label. just a white or black one is not interesting.

The sleeve is actually brilliant! considering the rest of those bootleg vinyl releases.

pittrek wrote: Thanks a lot Shadysenator :-)
No problem mr. dr. prof. duke.sir.king (&queen) Vannik...

Thank you very much!!

Thank you very much for this.  Very much appreciated.

Thank you!

Dane wrote:

[QUOTE]Any chance of getting a scan of the acetate itself rather than the sleeve?[/QUOTE]

I second that request.

This doesn't sound like it comes from vinyl to begin with, as there are no little ticks in the sound.  The imperfections of vinyl should be present during quieter moments, like at the beginning of Procession.  Look up any acetate or LP-sourced song on youtube of any artist, just in case anyone wants to know what vinyl is supposed to sound like.

In fact, this has identical sound quality and track lengths to a copy I've had on CDR for years, so this is likely not a new transfer.

Sir GH wrote: Dane wrote:

Any chance of getting a scan of the acetate itself rather than the sleeve?

I second that request.

This doesn't sound like it comes from vinyl to begin with, as there are no little ticks in the sound.  The imperfections of vinyl should be present during quieter moments, like at the beginning of Procession.  Look up any acetate or LP-sourced song on youtube of any artist, just in case anyone wants to know what vinyl is supposed to sound like.

In fact, this has identical sound quality and track lengths to a copy I've had on CDR for years, so this is likely not a new transfer.
Hi Bob,
I made the transfer back in 1997 to save my acetate when. But this one has the complete KYA. All the versions on your website mention KYA is cut ?

Why there are no clicks ? Don;t know I used a pioneer EXPANDER (a standalone rest noise reduction machine) between the amplifier and the recordplayer. I made little use of this expensive machine because I wasn't fond of the output.

So, can we see a scan of the acetate?

Do you want a scan or a photo ? does it matter ?

ghostwithasmile wrote:

[QUOTE]But this one has the complete KYA. All the versions on your website mention KYA is cut ?[/QUOTE]

It's still the same version.  It seems like a little bit of KYA is missing, as the track fades in.  It's the same version I have on all my other copies.

[QUOTE]Why there are no clicks ? Don;t know I used a pioneer EXPANDER (a standalone rest noise reduction machine) between the amplifier and the recordplayer. I made little use of this expensive machine because I wasn't fond of the output.[/QUOTE]

So are the sound problems on Ogre Battle and Hangman a result of your gear, or is that how they sound on the acetate itself?

I think people just want a scan of the disc (or even just the label) because it's not every day that an acetate is discussed, never mind even made public.

Does anybody know if a version exists, which has a complete version of Hangman ? It's really pretty strange that no such version appeared online :-)

It's probably a cut on the master tape.  If this is the only audience source, then that's what it is.