PhD Thesis from Barry Promane

[QUOTE] [b]thomasquinn 32989 wrote:[/b]
@Seb:
Just a thought: as a super-wealthy, extremely famous band, wouldn't it be likely for Queen to have access to synthesizers before they hit the general market? I mean, can you think of better advertising for your new product than saying "as used by Queen"?[/QUOTE]

Access to synthesisers before they hit the market - yes.

Access to time machines: no.

[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]thomasquinn 32989 wrote:[/b]
@Seb:
Just a thought: as a super-wealthy, extremely famous band, wouldn't it be likely for Queen to have access to synthesizers before they hit the general market? I mean, can you think of better advertising for your new product than saying "as used by Queen"?[/QUOTE]
Access to synthesisers before they hit the market - yes.
Access to time machines: no.[/QUOTE]

Brian is a rocket scientist though.

Besides, see attached file. It's already been done.

Seb, what's the link to your website.. ?

i had bookmarked sebastian.queenconcerts.com but i dont see it,.

[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]thomasquinn 32989 wrote:[/b]
@Seb:
Just a thought: as a super-wealthy, extremely famous band, wouldn't it be likely for Queen to have access to synthesizers before they hit the general market? I mean, can you think of better advertising for your new product than saying "as used by Queen"?[/QUOTE]
Access to synthesisers before they hit the market - yes.
Access to time machines: no.[/QUOTE]

See my above post - I don't think it's likely, but you can't rule out MIDI offhand. It did exist when Hot Space was being recorded, it just wasn't commercially implemented yet.

Re:thomasquinn 32989: Of course I cannot absolutely and categorically 100% rule it out as I wasn't there to see if they used MIDI or not, but both logic and, as you say, the other inaccuracies on the book on that department, strongly imply that they used MIDI from The Works onwards, not from Hot Space onwards.

Re:Ozz: I don't have a website anymore. I shut it down in January (or was it February?).

not that i missed it..but..now i miss it...

The forum doesn´t let me reply to a specific post right now, so i´m going to adress some points that i find interesting:

1) It´s very interesting the discussion about the "technological devices" used to created create "Hot space". What i find most interesting is the fact that the list on pages 134,135 was provided by Mack himself through mail.

This is the kind of list that Mack probably has for All the albums he has ever produced. It´s not something that he has to try to remember- i think! He probably just went to his personal files, found the list, email it. I see Mack as this very disciplined German producer, so i wonder what have gonne wrong with his notes.

2) Sebastian, do you plan on geting your site back? The research that went into it was tremendous, and i loved the idea of having Queen describing their songs by little snipets of interviews atached to each song- when applicable.

3) There´s one thing in the Barcelona section of this Thesis that is making me think:
On Page 142 there´s "...From September 1986 to March 1987, Mercury worked on a solo project with Mike Moran at the Townhouse Studios..."

and then on Page 147 "...Following the festivities, Mercury and Moran reconvened at the Townhouse Studios to continue working on what was set to
become Mercury's second solo album, although during this time, Caballe called persistently..."

I´ve read that after the Magic tour Freddie went to japan, probably some vacations, but if this is accurate, it´s almost 6 months working on a solo project.
And this is what i don´t understand:

What solo project was that?- the covers album? - It seems that the "Barcelona" project only started to get shape around March/April 1987.
Six months to produce two songs - "The Great Pretender" and "Exercices in Free Love" is not what i´m expecting from Freddie in a 6 month period.
I remember reading in the Box-set text - it´s been a while!- that in 1984/5 Fredie got to a point when he wanted to write a song per day. He could be very efficient in the studio!

This is why i´m a little curious about this so called project that never happened, or was shelved.

Anyone has some insight over this matter?

There's absolutely NOTHING to support the claim that Mack kept a list like that for every album he produced. Being German has nothing to do with that ... a lot of Irish producers would do that, a lot of Italian producers would do it too, a lot of Romanian producers would have better memory, or worse, or roughly the same... a lot of what Mack has said in interviews is true, but not all of it as he's, human (Germans are humans, you see) and, as human, he can misremember. Same for Roy (English) and David (English).

Sebastian, 

If you want to stick with the questions in hand and be serious about it, everybody will benefit, and it makes for great forum discussions. If you wanna continue with the tone of your replies, that´s fine with me too, just don´t expect nothing good coming out of it. The condescenting tone of your reply wasn´t necessary.

OK, I'll rephrase it then:

* A lot of what Mack has said is true, but not all of it. He's human and, as such, can make mistakes,

* There's absolutely nothing to imply he kept notes of the equipment used for every album he produced.

* If he did, those notes were incomplete as, for HS, he didn't mention acoustic guitars or organ, both of which were used, not to mention several devices that hadn't been invented yet.

My theory: Mack misremembered some of the items (which may have been used on Queen-related projects, only a bit later, e.g. The Works, Mr Bad Guy, Strange Frontier), which makes sense considering it's been over two and a half decades (myself, I wouldn't remember *everything* about my job ten years ago).

Conclusion: those lists are excellent, but they're not perfect. Take them as a very strong guideline, not as the gospel truth.

Very interesting, I just read the Barcelona part and its very interesting. Whoever is this guy, did an amazing job!

I have not read all of it yet but what i have is very interesting

Bmpd.