EARL'S COURT

This might be it:

http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1248226/what-is-available-from-the-second-night-at-earls-court.aspx

^ yep, that's the thread I was talking about.

P.S. I'm feeling quite stupid now, looking at my old posts from three years ago...

^ So we can establish the screen shot I posted is not from any documentary you saw.
Perhaps GT might know where it is from?

Thanks for the link slithybill.

[QUOTE] [b]The Kurgan wrote:[/b]

^ So we can establish the screen shot I posted is not from any documentary you saw.
Perhaps GT might know where it is from?[/QUOTE]

What is the source of this screenshot?

Well definitely not first EC night.

[QUOTE] [b]The Kurgan wrote:[/b]

^ So we can establish the screen shot I posted is not from any documentary you saw.
Perhaps GT might know where it is from?

Thanks for the link slithybill.[/QUOTE]

The question also is : is this a still shown in a documentary or is it a actual moving film of a live performance shown during the documentary.

If it was used as a moving picture in a documentary fans would have noticed it. Because to this point we don't have footage of FM wearing his mask.

To me I would prefer to think that this could be from a documentary and this is a still shown during the documentary.

[QUOTE] [b]pittrek wrote:[/b] Sounds like complete bullshit. IF there are problems with the piano mike, they a) will be absolutely ignored by the fans who are waiting for a release worth buying for many, many years b) the worst cases can be overdubbed pretty easily, if they feel it's necessary So "problems with the piano mike" is a VERY lame excuse. [/QUOTE] Well it turns out the problem with the piano mic is more than just a "problem" if Kes' post over at Queenonline is 100% accurate (and I admit it does make unfortunate logical sense here - I've had recent similar issues in some of our own live multitrack recording situations) http://discuss.queenonline.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&p=325887#p325920 [QUOTE]Kes wrote: Did you hear the story about when they looked into releasing it (Earl's Court) a few years ago; when VHS was still the major format? They listened through the multitracks and discovered a completely blank channel on it. The one that was meant to be Freddie's piano based microphone. They still have his voice, on the two channels that were reserved for the "front of house" stereo mix for the PA sound, just no isolated track. Anyway, it bugged the band enough, that they completely postponed the release.[/QUOTE]

So:

NO Hammersmith 75
NO Hyde Park 76 (according to Roger)
NO Houston (no multitrack)
NO Earl's Court (problems with the piano and voice mics)
NO Japan 79 (for Freddie's voice)

Our last hope are Hammersmith and Paris 79?

They don't have the multitrack from Hammersmith 79 either, do they?

[QUOTE] [b]Doga wrote:[/b]

So:

NO Hammersmith 75
NO Hyde Park 76 (according to Roger)
NO Houston (no multitrack)
NO Earl's Court (problems with the piano and voice mics)
NO Japan 79 (for Freddie's voice)

Our last hope are Hammersmith and Paris 79?[/QUOTE]
And Rio 1-12-85
Along with the '81 south american shows

[QUOTE] [b]inu-liger wrote:[/b] [QUOTE] [b]pittrek wrote:[/b] Sounds like complete bullshit. IF there are problems with the piano mike, they a) will be absolutely ignored by the fans who are waiting for a release worth buying for many, many years b) the worst cases can be overdubbed pretty easily, if they feel it's necessary So "problems with the piano mike" is a VERY lame excuse. [/QUOTE] Well it turns out the problem with the piano mic is more than just a "problem" if Kes' post over at Queenonline is 100% accurate (and I admit it does make unfortunate logical sense here - I've had recent similar issues in some of our own live multitrack recording situations) http://discuss.queenonline.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&p=325887#p325920 [QUOTE]Kes wrote: Did you hear the story about when they looked into releasing it (Earl's Court) a few years ago; when VHS was still the major format? They listened through the multitracks and discovered a completely blank channel on it. The one that was meant to be Freddie's piano based microphone. They still have his voice, on the two channels that were reserved for the "front of house" stereo mix for the PA sound, just no isolated track. Anyway, it bugged the band enough, that they completely postponed the release.[/QUOTE][/QUOTE] Aside from that information being unverified (and seemingly about 20 years out of date if there's even any truth to it to begin with), they would still have the soundboard mix which could easily be embedded within the audio from the multitrack so seems a bit of a non-argument against it's release unless the vocals in question are so ugly they can't be used (the bootleg video suggests that wouldn't be the case - and those vocals are crystal clear and mixed within the genuine multitrack elements wouldn't be an issue). I find it a bit hard to believe if there was any truth to that story that it'd be true for both nights either. It would also confirm that the audio on the bootleg video was the raw soundboard mix.

[QUOTE]Kes wrote: They listened through the multitracks and discovered a completely blank channel on it. The one that was meant to be Freddie's piano based microphone.[/QUOTE] This happened both nights ??! A lot of people seem to forget that there were two nights at Earls Court, both of which were filmed and properly recorded. If this story is true, then how did they create a new mix of the audio of the complete first night as heard at the Stormtroopers in Stilettoes exhibition in 2011? Or was that not the complete show?

This is what was played for the public in 2011. It is undeniably a different mix than the old video feed, created in the last few years.

[QUOTE] [b]Oscar J wrote:[/b]

They don't have the multitrack from Hammersmith 79 either, do they?

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A little birdie told me it was recovered at some point in the fairly recent past, but I can't confirm that definitely.

[QUOTE] [b]thomasquinn 32989 wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]Oscar J wrote:[/b]

They don't have the multitrack from Hammersmith 79 either, do they?

[/QUOTE]

A little birdie told me it was recovered at some point in the fairly recent past, but I can't confirm that definitely.[/QUOTE]
Aww nice!