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

Another voice here to add to the consensus that the drums are ruined on the official Bowl release, and, echoing the above comments, it's baffling as to why when Montreal sounds so good.

I have got a VHS of the original Tube broadcast - must dig it out and see if it's still playable enough to rip the audio from.....

[QUOTE] [b]Supersonic_Man89 wrote:[/b]

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

Easy. If you record each track separately (vocal, guitar, piano, snare, etc), you can edit any one of them to your liking. So therefore it's easy to replace a vocal line from a different show, or even tweak it in the studio.

Common practice for live albums since the 70s.

You would think they took that vocal patch of Fat bottom girls from the plenty of live recordings (south america 81?) (japan 82), (or live killer tapes 79).

[QUOTE] [b]99jaystang wrote:[/b]

You would think they took that vocal patch of Fat bottom girls from the plenty of live recordings (south america 81?) (japan 82), (or live killer tapes 79).[/QUOTE]

Possibly, or Brian could even have re-sung it in the studio!

So, is the mix their using on the broadcast the original stereo mix made for the MTV broadcast back in the '80s; or something newer?

At any rate, I'd love to hear it. Hopefully, someone will record the audio, if not the video as well and share some samples with us.

The mix is probably the orignal 1982 mix, I seem to remember that the broadcast sound was completed by the engineers for The Tube on UK Channel 4 at the time. No real involvement from QPL in the mix - IIRC there was something in a fan club mag stating that Roger was very impressed with the broadcast version.

I agree the original sound is vastly superior to the DVD, which is disappointing as that gig is a great record of the band at their peak.

Never liked the guitar sound on Tne Tube broadcast. Always seemed to have too much treble and was a little "swooshy" :)

[QUOTE] [b]Holly2003 wrote:[/b]

Never liked the guitar sound on Tne Tube broadcast. Always seemed to have too much treble and was a little "swooshy" :) [/QUOTE]

Agreed, I never liked the guitar sound from The Tube, and no where near as good as some other recordings. i still think the guitar sound on live Killers is one of the best recording of BM's guitar. you can almost feel the AC 30's cooking, and during the late 70's he was really on it.

On Bowl was still an awesome release because of Back Chat and Action This Day.

Would love to hear those songs in the old mix. Keep on dreaming, I guess.

[QUOTE] [b]Woody43 wrote:[/b]

IIRC there was something in a fan club mag stating that Roger was very impressed with the broadcast version.

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Well spotted ! See the attached pic.

[QUOTE] [b]Rick wrote:[/b] On Bowl was still an awesome release because of Back Chat and Action This Day. Would love to hear those songs in the old mix. Keep on dreaming, I guess. [/QUOTE] At least this exists, then ! I still chuckle at Roger rolling his R on "rat race."

Should I be ashamed for liking that version over the Milton Keynes version? :P

Nope. You've got a partner in crime here.

...although Mercury does sound incredible on the MK version.

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b] [QUOTE] [b]Rick wrote:[/b] On Bowl was still an awesome release because of Back Chat and Action This Day. Would love to hear those songs in the old mix. Keep on dreaming, I guess. [/QUOTE] At least this exists, then ! I still chuckle at Roger rolling his R on "rat race." [/QUOTE] Yes, this version is amazing. Despite Fred being tired of touring and all, they seem to have a ball at playing this song. Roger shines and the rolling R is new to me. Haha, epic.

Another old thread I know. Was there actually ever a stereo TV broadcast of Milton Keynes? I recorded what I think is the most recent 51 minute version shown in the UK in 1992, and it is in mono. Although nicam was up and running, not everything was broadcast in stereo, otherwise my copy would be.