Queen Deep Cuts

Sir GH wrote: I think this release is a great idea.  It will undoubtedly expose a lot of people to Queen's great album tracks from the 70s.

The average person won't buy the first 6 albums, but they will certainly buy one disc with more obscure album tracks.  Of course, for the bigger fans it's a no go, but for the man on the street this may help them realize that there was more to the band than the few big hits.  The track selection is excellent.

If and when the boxed set comes out, I'm sure the complainers will be out in full force squawking about a few omissions, and the fact that it was only 20 discs and not 30.
I COMPLETELY agree.

Let us - as die-hards - not complain about the fact they finally seem to give the attention to the earlier albums those albums deserve...

The next step is that they might realise that many fans are waiting for releases of early concerts...

cmsdrums wrote: I don't know if this has been widely reported, but I've just read from Rhythm magazine that Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters) helped Brian and Roger compile the tracklisting for the Deep Cuts album.

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Maybe he found an old mix tape in his car that he made 20 years ago, covered in coffee stains and missing the sleeve and was like, "Guys, check this out!"

Anyone who buys this shite deserves to be hung up. 

Brian / Roger / Management - you've well and truly lost this "supporter" of your (well Queen's) music.

Well, it is better then the other compilations. But i am not heppy. I will be, wnen they realesed Hyde park 76 or something like from early years.

Greetings!

As the days pass i have forget that this compilation exist, so nothing interesting.

Deep cuts is a gift for new fans like me. 
The sleeve notes encourage you to put aside the radio queen you know and listen to the early Queen.
I like listening to it a lot and the transitions between the tracks are quite nice and appreciated, it's meant to be listened to as an album experience - so you're missing the point if you say you already have these songs piece meal on separate albums. It's listening to them back to back in the order provided that's part of the treat (all about the flow).   Now the other part of it is the aesthetic of the album itself.  Anyone who's attended the Stormtroopers in Stilettos 40th Anniversary Queen Exhibition (Feb/March 2011, London) will recognize the art work and color scheme (black/pink) re-produced for the Deep Cuts cover art - so a nice tie in for those of us who experienced the show and watched many of these song performances as well at the show.  I hope many fans will not over look this opportunity!!!    There is so much there in the lyrics and music of the songs selected.

Can someone explain :

Why has it "KYA" when hasn't " Propeth Song" ?

i seriously doubt that the same person edited the endings of BOTH  "march of the black queen" and "flick of the wrist".
the former was inspired, the latter needs shooting

No one edited anything.

Both appear as they were originally recorded.

No, there is no remixing, editing, altering or other nonsense going on.

On the advice of another poster, I ran a little test, taking the Japanese 3" CD Stand-alone version of "Funny How Love Is" and, using Audacity, positioned it with the Deep Cuts version of "Black Queen" and attempted to recreate the segue of the album. It was fairly easy to do.

And you know what? It's identical! If I can figure out a way to do a video capture of high enough quality, I'll post this little experiment. 

So there! :-)

After weeks of exhaustive research and sleepless nights, let me explain what I think is going on with our ears, it's very simple: the music drops out at that last "AAAAAAH!" and that makes it sound all weird and screwy. But, we have to keep in mind, *it was recorded this way!* The band planned to have FHLI come in underneath and without it, without *anything* supporting the vocals, it's a bit jarring. 

I'll say it again, though, the vocals are EXACTLY how they appear on the album. I am, right at this moment, 100% certain they sound exactly like this on the multi-track.

Erm, yet it has been edited/slightly remixed at the end - stop spreading mis-information. The "little test" you've done doesn't prove anything. Of course the fucking vocal sounds the same - why wouldn't it?! For supposed sleepness nights you don't seem to understand whats right in front of you. It is BLATANTLY a new digital edit, the absolute giveaway is the way the instrumentation abruptly fades out underneath the new vocal track pasted over it. Christ.

"I am, right at this moment, 100% certain they sound exactly like this on the multi-track. "

What the fuck does that even mean? What is this comment relevant to? Are you suggesting the instrumentaion abruptly fades out on the multitracks?! lol Why do you thnk anything wouldn't sound like it is on the multitracks? Using elements from the multitrack, is erm... going to sound like it does on the multitrack....

Seriously - YOU ARE WRONG.

I can only spread misinformation if I'm considered an expert source of information to begin with. I'm not and never claimed to be. I'm telling you what I'm hearing and what I believe.

I put it to you that short of any of us having the original multi-tracks, where we could hear if the instruments continue underneath, both of our views are speculation.

The 'weeks of research and sleepless nights' was a joke, by the way. The tone of my post ought to have made that clear. Heck, I used the word "screwy" in the post. How could anyone take that word seriously?

As always, I invite everyone to listen to the tracks, recreate the experiment and come to their own conclusions. Don't listen to me or anyone else, decide for yourselves.

And don't be offended that people disagree. That's life!

I agree with Rhyeking. It sounds odd, but there's nothing wrong with it. I also put the two standalone versions together, and it sounds just fine.

I think the reason it sounds odd is because there is a little volume drop at the same time as the cross fade. I think that there is probably a little bit more on the multitrack, possibly a last cymbal crash and piano chord, but nothing much.

Just be thankful that they didn't fade it out instead.