Why I think Montreal is overdubbed

What about the solo of May  from CLTCL, near the end of the solo the sound is different than the thing you see him playing, used the solo from the other night?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jQ560bfOMI

So it wasnt dubbed!!! those two shows were one offs and perhaps he was pissed or he was just trying something new after two years of touring the world! 

So what if he had never sang that style before, because he did there!

About the whole Crazy Little Thing Called Love thing: Was the sound any different on the older releases (like the VHS, etc)?

Bad Seed makes a very good argument, but TCC has probably just nailed it - Queen had absolutely no creative control over these releases, so it is very unlikely that they were able to get overdubs of Freddie in there.  Even if they could have, why was it necessary?  Freddie was on the top of his game in 1981 live, and could sing just about anything he wanted to sing.

marvinp01 wrote: So it wasnt dubbed!!! those two shows were one offs and perhaps he was pissed or he was just trying something new after two years of touring the world! 

So what if he had never sang that style before, because he did there!

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I don't think it's dubbed either. Plus, hate to be picky--but Freddie breaks his voice slightly during the rock section. I don't think that's a dub!

Freddie does sing very aggressive and "hard" throughout the concert. The whole director thing did piss Freddie off (Brian and Roger mention it throughout the whole show), so Freddie probably was just "getting it out."

The important thing is this: Unlike Wembley, at least Freddie's vocals on Montreal and Live At The Bowl were almost completely live. I don't know why they filmed it at Wembley, they should've filmed that damn Leiden concert (either the 1st or 2nd one). Then, Freddie was AMAZING, and could sing stuff closer to the album (plus legit high notes)!

I've two questions:

1. Does an audience recording of the 2nd concert exist?

and

2. How come the first night's audience recording on Bob's site has most of the songs--while the one shared here has over half of them removed?

Bohemian Rhapsody is definitely overdubbed: the operatic bit sounds just like the record ....

I never knew that! I've been told the wrong info for YEARS!

emrabt wrote: one of the "guaranteed to" parts in the killer queen chorus is spliced in from earlier in the song, same with that patch of the video footage, because Freddie didn’t sing that line on one night (his mouth isn’t moving in the original footage) and it’s emphasised differently to the WWRY version.
This is the closest we can confirm to an “overdub”, it's really just patching a line in from another part of the same performance..

I agree, I caught that on the original VHS release and then noticed that they corrected the video on the DVD release.
I wish they would just keep it raw.

problem solved! :)

Have you noticed Freddie's dramatic change in voice since the West Coast gigs in the US Game tour 1980 to the 1981 south america gigs? The vocals went from hoarse and thick to clean and thin... but still awesome and powerful.

Because Freddie stopped being Mr. Bad Guy (AKA Oversinging songs), and the 1981 leg had more breaks in between!

The 1981 concerts are awesome!

Is there any overdubs on Live Magic official release?

Sith wrote: emrabt wrote: one of the "guaranteed to" parts in the killer queen chorus is spliced in from earlier in the song, same with that patch of the video footage, because Freddie didn’t sing that line on one night (his mouth isn’t moving in the original footage) and it’s emphasised differently to the WWRY version.
This is the closest we can confirm to an “overdub”, it's really just patching a line in from another part of the same performance..

I agree, I caught that on the original VHS release and then noticed that they corrected the video on the DVD release.
I wish they would just keep it raw.

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Keep what raw? They simply corrected a video edit mistake.