GT wrote: This is one of Brian Zellis' photos of the band at work at Musicland Studios in 1979.
It is most likely song rehearsals before a studio session for The Game.
Have you got any of the others? I'm sure we'd all like to see more .. !
Not from this session although I've recently sent GT many 'Live' photos of the band that are my own and these will be used in the updated 'Queen Live' book.
Everything about this pic is interesting, nothing is as you would expect, Amps, drum kit,no Vox AC30's. Probably the most interesting pic of the band I have seen, any more floating around?
The Telecaster that Roger is holding is the rather rare one that they used to record Crazy Little Thing, also the boogie amp is something of a giveaway and the fact that Fred in messing around with an accoustic.
I think the drums are a red herring as they were probably set up in the studio for other reasons and probably Roger was simply using it to try out things before properly recording the track.
The one thing that is interesting is if it were Crazy little Thing, I was under the impression that was largely done before Brian arrived so they would have the full recording gear set up not just odds and sods
Don't forget though this was their first session withe Mack so not the normal routine. Although I don't know how that would translate into the photo. :o/
"I think it was in Munich, can't say when but it was song rehearsals before a studio session at Musicland."
Sounds wrong, what we see is OBVIOUSLY a live rehearsal set up and nothing else. You don't need (and want) to set up every monitors, mike every instruments and pull out the big mobile desk. In a good room you just plug all electric instruments and voices then everything sounds good.
So, for me it's a live rehearsal for something like the 1979 Crazy Tour.
It's not a live rehearsal, if it were they would have the live equipment set up. They almost certainly wouldn't do live rehearsals in a recording studio, it would have been in rehearsal spaces. Roger would have one of his ludwig kits set up and you would certainly see the odd AC30 in the picture.
This is early stages of recording prior to putting the backing track down. That is a studio kit set up for anyone to use if needed, they are actually writing a song as we watch here.
My guess is that it's early stages of Crazy Little Thing. Maybe to get a more authentic 50's sound Roger played a different kit?? it's not a 50's kit but I bet it had a metal snare that sounded more like an Elvis style kit than his normal Maple one... just a thought.
Either way, you can see Roger's telecaster that they recorded Crazy on. Plus accoustics so it could be either prior to recording the backing track or discussing with Brian what neded to be added for the solo...
Togg wrote: My guess is that it's early stages of Crazy Little Thing. Maybe to get a more authentic 50's sound Roger played a different kit?? it's not a 50's kit but I bet it had a metal snare that sounded more like an Elvis style kit than his normal Maple one... just a thought.
We've recently learned that most of Crazy was completed before Brian showed up. Maybe this is them reconvening and figuring out some final touches.
I am also inclined to believe that's the song they're working on, judging by the acoustic and Tele in the room.
