Does anyone know where the photo used for the inner sleeve of the Jazz album was taken and are those guitars all owned by the band? It might be Super Bear studios but I find no pictures of that studio that match. Maybe it Wessex Sound Studio?
As for the guitars I see the many owned by Queen but also a Danelectro and what might be an Alembic guitar or Carvin?
Bartosz · Member since
It's from 'Mountain Studios' Montreux I think.
1sharppencil · Member since
yep
philip storey · Member since
Its a good photo for sure.How many of you guys still have the colour bicycle race poster included with Jazz? Mine went on my bedroom wall much to my mums disgust!
Flash Jazz · Member since
I've tried to find an image of it, scanning it in doesn't look as good :/ It's one of my favourite Queen pics
Sebastian · Member since
The Danelectro is Brian's, the other guitar is a Kramer and I think (but am not sure) is Roger's.
Wiley · Member since
Is it Mountain Studios? I don't think so. It looks much bigger than what I remember in my visit to Montreux years ago.
I'm pretty sure it's Super Bear. I don't think any other studio was used for Jazz.
Sebastian · Member since
It is Mountain, but I think the image is a composite, which may be the reason why the studio looks larger.
Jazz 78 · Member since
Not sure if it's a composite but Ratty took the photo and I saw another shot he had taken with all 4 members sitting on the drum platform from the same angle so he may have used a wider angled lens.
Dane · Member since
It's no composit, it's a very wide angle lens.
Although I do believe Brian is pasted into the picture.
And how can scanning the picture not look good? Unless you have trouble using the scanner properly.
(scan the image at 300dpi, then rescale to 96dpi.. cleans up perfectly!)
Flash Jazz · Member since
I mean, I want an image of the actual photo, not an image of a photo/scan of the photo as it's seen in the sleeve
zadigadabop · Member since
Nice scan. I have the album and have always loved this picture. And Brian does look pasted in.
So, why 2 drum sets? Who uses the Marshall head (center left)? Do the panels in the back look like the same ones at Wessex (http://www.philsbook.com/wessex-studio-1.html) or are these just really common.
Anyway, I've always wondered about this picture. And I do still have the poster from the LP!
Micrówave · Member since
Thanks zadigadabop... this is a really interesting site:
http://www.philsbook.com/1.Buttons/studio-index.htm
zadigadabop · Member since
Well, here is the story from the man who took the picture, Peter Hince:
The gatefold photo was taken in Montreux in Switzerland in Summer 78 during the making of the Jazz album.
The photo was set up - but all the instruments are Queen's own, including the Steinway grand piano - which we took out from England.
As we were going to be out of England for several months in Switzerland and France, we needed to be self sufficient as far as musical equipment and effects etc was concerned. There were very limited or no hire facilities at all.
So we took a 40 foot semi truck full of gear !
I hope that is helpful for you.
I talk about all of this in more detail in my book Queen Unseen.
Best wishes
Peter
Sebastian · Member since
As for why two different drum sets: Roger would often have loads of items both in the studio and touring, that way he could arrange his kit differently depending on the sound he wanted (or in the case of a recording, depending on the sound the creator of the song wanted). He would sometimes have, for instance, a Ludwig set with Slingerland snare and Pollard Syndrums, or a Premier snare, etc.
If you listen to the drum stems from Play the Game, Crazy Little Thing and Another One Bites the Dust, you'll notice those are 99% sure to be different drum kits for each song. Not just different EQ or miking, but different sets altogether.
