There is also some dodgy explanation on how the narrative during WWRY came about, but I suspect this was also dubbed.
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The BBC regularly re-used tape back in the day, and Queen were recording on the same tape this narration of Hermann Hesse's novel Siddhartha. They simply chose to use a bit of it for their own amusement between the two versions of WWRY, and added the pitch-bending effect after the fact.
Barry Durex · Member since
^ That was the explanation, yes. In other words the original recording on the tape was ''dubbed" back in, so why not add an audience why we are about it?
The Real Wizard · Member since
Ahh, good ol' speculation.
Is this our dead end, or can further investigation can be done?
Barry Durex · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
Ahh, good ol' speculation.
Is this our dead end, or can further investigation can be done?[/QUOTE]
I still say it might be worth checking Royal Rarities for quad. Sounds like a decent transfer to me.
The Real Wizard · Member since
I have rips of literally almost every Queen bootleg ever produced, but not that one.
I'll do some digging.
bootLuca · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Barry Durex wrote:[/b]
A CD you may want to seek out is Royal Rarities (CD 1)
It mentions the ''Alan Freeman sessions'' in the track listings below.
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seen the order of the tracks (WWRY/It's Late/Melancholy/Wings) I have the feeling there are the audience overdubbed also in that cd
[QUOTE] [b]bootLuca wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]Barry Durex wrote:[/b]
A CD you may want to seek out is Royal Rarities (CD 1)
It mentions the ''Alan Freeman sessions'' in the track listings below.
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seen the order of the tracks (WWRY/It's Late/Melancholy/Wings) I have the feeling there are the audience overdubbed also in that cd[/QUOTE]
Yes they are, but as you said the radio station could have mixed it in. There is a slight chance it could still be from the Alan Freeman broadcast. The sound quality is really nice and that dubbing is to a very high standard.
anyway If you need for comparison I can upload the tracks from the above 1988 promo cd...[/QUOTE]
I was just pointing to the possibility that someone could help with that bootleg CD with different versions of the songs.
Absolutely, please upload the 1988 tracks so these fine fellows can check them out.
Barry Durex · Member since
Where is OwenSmith?
JonSnooks · Member since
I don't know how much help I can be except to say that I had a home recording of Alan Freeman's last Saturday afternoon Rock show on Radio One and he played this version of WWRY from the session. Sadly I've lost it but if I remember correctly (and I played it many times) there was no mention of quadrophonic and no audience sound. After he played it he said something like "Not 'arf. I thought that was rather good, as a matter of fact I thought it was" then Queen was dubbed in singing "Ooo-Ooo take my breath away"
OwenSmith · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Barry Durex wrote:[/b]
Where is OwenSmith?[/QUOTE]
OwenSmith is annoyed that queenzone doesn't email him when someone replies to his postings. I'll read the rest of what was posted shortly.
OwenSmith · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Barry Durex wrote:[/b]
Also, the King Biscuit version of WWRY I mentioned does not have any audience dubbed.
Looking through some old posts it looks like owenSmith has this version, so has probably had his contact check it for quad already.
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I have the King Biscuit CD myself, WWRY has been checked and is not encoded.
OwenSmith · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Barry Durex wrote:[/b]
I still say it might be worth checking Royal Rarities for quad.
Sounds like a decent transfer to me.
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I agree these tracks are worth checking for Matrix H encoding. The issue now is where can I get hold of a copy. Is it anywhere on QueenZone? A lot of bootlegs have been ripped and uploaded.
