matt z
Thanks for the in depth, rhyeking. Now I gotta pick up the single b side
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joesilvey
[QUOTE] [b]Wilki Amieva wrote:[/b]
To the best of my knowledge, the used version is the only one in which piano and vocals were recorded separately. The others were (edited) live takes, so a proper instrumental would be difficult to accomplish.[/QUOTE]
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very interesting, Wilki... certainly a plausible explanation. Perhaps GB could confirm this for us?
To the best of my knowledge, the used version is the only one in which piano and vocals were recorded separately. The others were (edited) live takes, so a proper instrumental would be difficult to accomplish.[/QUOTE]
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very interesting, Wilki... certainly a plausible explanation. Perhaps GB could confirm this for us?
rhyeking
If it's not possible to create a proper instrumental of Ensueno from the Barcelona sessions material, that's one thing. I can fully accept and understand that situation.
The issue is that the Exercises In Free Love instrumental was called the Ensueno instrumental. Either this was an honest mistake or, if someone was aware that Ensueno could not be made into a proper instrumental, someone tried to pass one off as the other.
I prefer to think it was a mistake.
If it was deliberate, why even bother? It was a boxed set with plenty of room to explain the situation in the notes. And it's not like fans were expecting the entire Barcelona album in instrumental form (more on that in a moment) or would be disappointed by the lack of Ensueno. Only a few Mr. Bad Guy tracks were given the instrumental treatment and that was not a problem for the compilers or the fans. They could have included the Exercises In Free Love instrumental, called it what it was, even put it in Ensueno's place on the instrumental disc with the explanation, and I'm sure nobody would've had a problem with it at all.
If it was a mistake, what has to happen now, because we can't change the past, is that whomever is in charge of these things has go and fix all the internal labels on every relevant recording and file to avoid it happening again. This way, the next person (or the same person) doesn't just think Freddie's Excercises In Free Love instrumental is the Ensueno instrumental.
As I was saying about the Barcelona instrumentals, even if they had the Ensueno backing track, they wouldn't have had the full Barcelona album in instrumental form because Barcelona excluded the intro (it's the single version instrumental, not the album version) and Overture Piccante is absent altogether. Since Overture Piccante is a mix of other tracks, a proper instrumental was probably not possible. Likewise, the intro to the album version of Barcelona comes from the earlier Extended Version, which I suspect was retained for the album because it *is* very cool.
The issue is that the Exercises In Free Love instrumental was called the Ensueno instrumental. Either this was an honest mistake or, if someone was aware that Ensueno could not be made into a proper instrumental, someone tried to pass one off as the other.
I prefer to think it was a mistake.
If it was deliberate, why even bother? It was a boxed set with plenty of room to explain the situation in the notes. And it's not like fans were expecting the entire Barcelona album in instrumental form (more on that in a moment) or would be disappointed by the lack of Ensueno. Only a few Mr. Bad Guy tracks were given the instrumental treatment and that was not a problem for the compilers or the fans. They could have included the Exercises In Free Love instrumental, called it what it was, even put it in Ensueno's place on the instrumental disc with the explanation, and I'm sure nobody would've had a problem with it at all.
If it was a mistake, what has to happen now, because we can't change the past, is that whomever is in charge of these things has go and fix all the internal labels on every relevant recording and file to avoid it happening again. This way, the next person (or the same person) doesn't just think Freddie's Excercises In Free Love instrumental is the Ensueno instrumental.
As I was saying about the Barcelona instrumentals, even if they had the Ensueno backing track, they wouldn't have had the full Barcelona album in instrumental form because Barcelona excluded the intro (it's the single version instrumental, not the album version) and Overture Piccante is absent altogether. Since Overture Piccante is a mix of other tracks, a proper instrumental was probably not possible. Likewise, the intro to the album version of Barcelona comes from the earlier Extended Version, which I suspect was retained for the album because it *is* very cool.