On Fire (Live at the Bowl) vs Live In Milton Keynes

Currently watching Queen: Live in Milton Keynes on Sky Arts 1 at the moment and was surprised that it's a completely different mix compared to Queen: On Fire (Live at the Bowl).

Additional keyboards, John's bass seems to come through with a bit more warmth and Roger's drums seem to sound better. On the visual side of things it seems to comprise of different angles and pre show footage that I don't recall seeing on the official DVD release

Actually prefer this sound mix to the more mainstream one although a drawback is the Sky Arts concert has been cut to one hour (less advert breaks).

Is this news to anybody else?

if Fat Bottomed Girls was included:

does Freddie's voice crack on "in this locality"?

[QUOTE] [b]AB-88 wrote:[/b]


Actually prefer this sound mix to the more mainstream one.... [/QUOTE]

That's SO funny.
The irony is that what you've most likely watched is the one hour edit of the Ch4 broadcast from 1982 that TV stations have paraded out every year since Freddie died and for those of us old enough to have been around at the time, that one hour edit IS the 'mainstream' one!

So. Not news at all to most of us.
I suspect that you're young and only quite recently getting into the world of "Queen", in which case, "Welcome aboard!" :)

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[b]Mrmarioanonym wrote: [/b] if Fat Bottomed Girls was included:

does Freddie's voice crack on "in this locality"?[/QUOTE]
Yes, and it sounds soulful and passionate! :)

You're correct about me being relatively young (I'm 26) but found Queen when I was about 8. Began with the Greatest Hits albums and then bought the individual albums before diving into the treasure troves online for unreleased material, multitracks, bootlegs etc.

I follow these forums pretty closely and contribute now and again.

I'll stop short of going into detail as to how much Queen material / memorabilia I've collected since I began but I'd describe myself as an avid follower of Queen but it concerns me to say that this particular recording has (until now) eluded my attention.

Yeah, with Queen you will always find a marvel here, there and again in many of their concerts. Keep the Bootleg Alive!

I agree, the TV cut is MUCH MUCH better. Especially the drum sound, they completely ruined it on the official mix.
Did you record it? Even the best copies out there are from VHS, many of them are mono. A new digital recording would be a great thing

This is the only official Queen live album I haven't listened to from beginning to end. The snare sound is awful with all that needlessly added compression. How they got Rocks Montreal so right and this so wrong is beyond me.

The original MTV mix eats it for breakfast.

Speaking of which - has anyone done an audio rip of this particular version? I'd love to have a copy.

On that note..

http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1394879/1982-06-05-milton-keynes-stereo-mix.aspx

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
The original MTV mix eats it for breakfast.

Speaking of which - has anyone done an audio rip of this particular version? I'd love to have a copy.[/QUOTE]
When this was first shown on MTV, I taped it off of the cable stereo simulcast they used to do with MTV (this was way before stereo TV's and broadcasts!). It was hissy and compressed, but man, did I love that tape! I wore it out to the point that it wouldn't play any more without phasing.

When the official release came out, I was really looking forward to the full show, but was also disappointed with the mix. I still love that show, so I listen to it anyway, but it just doesn't have the punch of that old tape.

Also, I remember Brian being really off key in the a cappella FBG intro, which was fixed on the official release! :-)

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]

On that note..

http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1394879/1982-06-05-milton-keynes-stereo-mix.aspx[/QUOTE]

Cool, thanks! :-)

I don't like the sound of At The Bowl, neither Live At Wembley. But after that, the live sound of Queen Productions is amazing, Montreal, Budapest, the extra live tracks for the remasters and now Rainbow.

I wonder if they will remix Wembley and MK Bowl to equal the standard of the other releases.

(What am i saying???, Houston, Houston!)

I did record it as it was broadcast - not sure if it'll be much of an upgrade to what's already available though. I have no immediate way of capturing the audio from the Sky Box digitally.

I see it's being repeated on Sky Arts 1 HD (UK)... "Queen: Live In Milton Keynes" - Thursday 21st Aug @ 12:30PM and Friday 22 Aug @ 7:30PM.

Maybe someone on here is better equipped to capture the audio.

I don't know how they fix the audio on FBG, can somebody tell me?