Bob Harris Documentary and a concert from 1977 in the works.

[url]http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2012/10/interview-with-rhys-thomas/[/url]

In this interview Rhys Thomas confirmed that they are doing it in two years time.
That's great of course.

"There is a still bit more to come. A couple more things, there is a whole documentary that Bob Harris filmed with Queen on tour in the US in the 1970's. It was never finished. We have all of the rushes, some of it appeared in ‘Days Of Our Lives’. We will finish it in the next couple of years and it will probably come with a major concert as well. One of the US concerts plus the documentary all in high definition and it will look brilliant."

The last bit just tells what Brian in his obsessive mind has already descided: only the hi-def stuff will be released.

I realy couldn't care less if Hyde Park and Earls Court 77 would only be "ok" or "dvd" quality, but judging from the Days of Our Lives documentary, they really can make Hyde Park look good enough fro release.
Maybe they should make a box out of these shows (Earls Court 1977, Hyde Park 1976, Hammersmith 1975 and Rainbow 1974) But at least they deserve to be released some day.

Then, they are talking about Houston, right?
Is the only gig they filmed in USA, and it looks like it was in 16 mm or meybe 35 mm. Great! Better than expected.

Someone really needs to talk to the bug in Brian's arse and convince it that 70's stuff needs to be released, no matter what the quality.

Hell, if they find it in better quality a few months down the line, they can just sell it again.

[QUOTE] [b]Doga wrote:[/b]
Then, they are talking about Houston, right?
Is the only gig they filmed in USA, and it looks like it was in 16 mm or meybe 35 mm. Great! Better than expected.[/QUOTE]
Indeed, Rhys recently confirmed that Houston was the only complete show filmed.

I'm sure they will add a CGI mustache to 1977 Freddie.

A couple of more interesting parts of the interview :

I would imagine there is a planned release of these rare tracks?
They want to release them and the Michael Jackson songs are coming out next year anyway.

I was going to ask you about John Deacon - did you try and contact him?
I tried a letter and everything but he doesn’t respond. I think he completely cuts off and doesn’t want to have any part of it anymore. His opinion was that after the ‘No-one But You’ single he saw no point in
carrying on

We've known it for years, but still pretty crap to see it in black and white again that John doesn't even respond to civil requests. All he needs to do is give a quick 'thanks but no thanks' but he won't even do that.

What a shame.

Houston?

We have no problem

;-)

^ Well played sir.

@mooghead:
I see what you did there ;).
Hopefully Jim Beach doesn't read this or that could end up being the release's title!

Great interview and great news.

John Deacon not even responding to requests anymore is a bit sad for me as a fan. I hope everything is going alright for John in his life. Such a talent!
I´m just glad that Brian and Roger still do it, and will support them as long as they wish to do it. For me it´s a privilege to live in the same time as them and to be able to be part of their journey as Queen.

Of course, Houston '77 with a documentary and lots of rehearsal/soundcheck footage would be essential Queen.

For us - die-hards - they can make it even more interesting when they throw LA 22/12/1977 in a deluxe edition...

That way they can wow both the general music fan who will get to explore Queen live in 1977 AND the die-hards who can hear something totally new.


It's obvious that watching the band adds something - FM was just mind-blowing as an entertainer - but still I think they should also release just audio-stuff as a bonus (certainly from that era where focus was still a lot more on the music).

Haha!
If they release Houston they'll probably release it in PAL...
LOL!

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[b]brians wig wrote: [/b] Haha!
If they release Houston they'll probably release it in PAL...
LOL![/QUOTE]

Actually if they use the "bootleg" footage, it will be probably converted to NTSC from the PAL tape they own right now :-)

here you can find the 10 min footage i put together of the bob herris interviews

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRWXydcNQ6s

All the footage that has been used in documentaries(so far) is here