Great thread. Usually in those s part of the live contract between artist and venue included, as necessary, something along the lines of 'The venue / promoter shall provide a grand piano or suitable alternative for the concert'. I'm sure that some places would have been content to use a little toy organ as used by Ron Mael from Sparks at that time. Was it a Vox continental? Dunno.
Vocal harmony · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]dysan wrote:[/b]
Great thread. Usually in those s part of the live contract between artist and venue included, as necessary, something along the lines of 'The venue / promoter shall provide a grand piano or suitable alternative for the concert'. I'm sure that some places would have been content to use a little toy organ as used by Ron Mael from Sparks at that time. Was it a Vox continental? Dunno.[/QUOTE]
Yup that's exactly how it is when you're touring on a tight budget.
By the A Night At The Opera tour they were renting a Bechstein grand to tour with. By the end of the following year FM had bought a Steinway D9 concert grand which was used on every tour from then on
Sebastian · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Oscar J wrote:[/b]
I would be fairly surprised if he actually used that barky Wurlitzer instead of a piano to be honest. Wouldn't really work with songs like White Queen, MOTBQ or FOTW. [/QUOTE]
White Queen: Wouldn't be the same as other versions, but if there was no other choice I think he would play it.
Black Queen: Wasn't part of the live set then.
Flick of the Wrist: Didn't exist yet.
[QUOTE] [b]Vocal harmony wrote:[/b]
By the A Night At The Opera tour they were renting a Bechstein grand to tour with.[/QUOTE]
No, they weren't. Out of the 77 concerts of that tour, only 1 was with the Bechstein white piano. The remaining 76 gigs (98.70% of the tour) featured different pianos depending on the venue.
Oscar J · Member since
Damn, forgot about that.
BETA215 · Member since
The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke:
Here you have the song with the piano boosted and almost without main vocals (you can hear only the echo) and some part of the harmonies (listen to Brian!):
PS: Lossy file.
winterspelt · Member since
It sounds as if the mic is placed far from the piano but near the bass strings above the lid or down even the piano...
I would blame the mics and the mic placement, even if they used the same piano and mics in the same venue, a misplaced mic will always get a different sound. Specially considering the technology from 1974!
Rick · Member since
Same with Roger's cowbell. It sounds much better on the November show.
