EARL'S COURT

Also, the bonus track on the A night at the Opera 2011 remaster of "39 from the second night sounds absolutely fantastic.
Not only the sound quality but also the performance. I for one am hoping to one day here the second Earls Court night in full in that kind of quality.
The few bits we have heard suggest the second night was far superior in terms of performance...
And they might have played both Sweet lady and doing all right.

[QUOTE] [b]Bad Seed wrote:[/b]

They had short films lasting approx 15 mins playing on a continuous loop. I remember my jaw hitting the floor seeing the Houston soundcheck and NOTW tour rehearsal footage for the first time. It was one of these films which featured a few short snippets of a clearly remixed Earls Court.[/QUOTE]

And that's probably the bit we have here.

Disappointing, but thanks for clearing that up.

[QUOTE] [b]on my way up wrote:[/b]

Also, the bonus track on the A night at the Opera 2011 remaster of "39 from the second night sounds absolutely fantastic.
Not only the sound quality but also the performance. I for one am hoping to one day here the second Earls Court night in full in that kind of quality.
The few bits we have heard suggest the second night was far superior in terms of performance...
And they might have played both Sweet lady and doing all right.[/QUOTE]

Considering the circumstances, ''39'' is the perfect song to release in Earl's Court. No piano or piano mic at all.

Sad

Yeah, that does indeed clarify things.

So then ten songs on a DVD box set aren't out of the question, then.

TYMD, Ogre Battle, Brighton Rock, White Man, The Prophet's Song, KYA, SCC, Now I'm Here, Liar, Jailhouse Rock (second night).

(or 11 if they did Sweet Lady on the second night)

This sure is an interesting way to be reminded of how interesting the setlists in 1977 were - Mercury spent nearly half the show at the piano.

Well they didn't have a 'fifth member' on stage to pad out the sound. FM needed to play some alternative to rhythm guitar when Brian was playing lead.

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

[QUOTE] [b]on my way up wrote:[/b]

Also, the bonus track on the A night at the Opera 2011 remaster of "39 from the second night sounds absolutely fantastic.
Not only the sound quality but also the performance. I for one am hoping to one day here the second Earls Court night in full in that kind of quality.
The few bits we have heard suggest the second night was far superior in terms of performance...
And they might have played both Sweet lady and doing all right.[/QUOTE]

Considering the circumstances, ''39'' is the perfect song to release in Earl's Court. No piano or piano mic at all.

Sad[/QUOTE]

IF that rumour is true, yes. And if it applies to both nights.

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

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

[QUOTE] [b]on my way up wrote:[/b]

Also, the bonus track on the A night at the Opera 2011 remaster of "39 from the second night sounds absolutely fantastic.
Not only the sound quality but also the performance. I for one am hoping to one day here the second Earls Court night in full in that kind of quality.
The few bits we have heard suggest the second night was far superior in terms of performance...
And they might have played both Sweet lady and doing all right.[/QUOTE]

Considering the circumstances, ''39'' is the perfect song to release in Earl's Court. No piano or piano mic at all.

Sad[/QUOTE]

IF that rumour is true, yes. And if it applies to both nights.[/QUOTE]

That rumor has a lot of weight, and just confirms what Jim Beach said a while ago. EC is unreleaseable. Is even a worse scenario than Knebworth, because the audio is more important than video.

It is a shame about EC 77, especially considering how great an official release of Doing All Right live would be. I don't think anyone here would be ecstatic, but I can see complete Tokyo 82 and 85 getting a new DVD release. (i.e. remastered with new audio mix).

So far I'm not sure if the piano mic problem happened again on the second EC night...

[QUOTE] [b]Viper wrote:[/b]

So far I'm not sure if the piano mic problem happened again on the second EC night...[/QUOTE]

Indeed, this is the big question we'd all like to have answered.

The Killer Queen clip from the second night sounded mighty fine (Absolute Greatest bonus)!

This is what Rhys Thomas said about Earl's Court during his 2012 reddit session when The Great Pretender documentary came out:

[b]Earls Court exists but the sound needs a lot of work for a surround
sound mix. Picture wise it's good, but only a mixing tape -ie. no rushes
like Wembley for example. [/b]

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/yywu6/iama_rhys_thomas_freddie_mercury_documentary

So according to his comments it sounds like a full remix could be possible?  But maybe its needs a lot of work because of the problems with the piano mic track?

Who cares about a surround sound mix anyway? :(

Right! We want the show anyway! :P

Right I agree as well, I don't care about a surround sound mix either. I thought it was interesting though and a glimmer of hope that he makes it sounds like its possible to make something out of what they do have.