I don't recall Brian mentioning having recordings of every show, but there is a quote in 'Queen The Early Years,' by Mark Hodknson, from Trevor Cooper, roadie for one-time Queen support band, Mr. Big, about Queen roadie/sound desk guy John Harris.
On page 203, he says: "That bloke ate, drank and slept Queen. It was all he thought about. All he cared about. He didn't seem to have any other life. He taped every single show and when we were on the tour bus the next day, he would be listening to it through his headphones. He was that keen to get it spot-on night after night."[/QUOTE]Do we know what happened to John Harris after he stopped working for the band. Is he alive now?
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[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]
[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
By "recorded" they mean a proper 24-track recording.[/QUOTE]
Most likely 16-track, actually, at least by the time of the March concert. They were still Trident clients back then so they'd most likely just borrow portable equipment ... not even the main studio at Trident was 24-track equipped, so it's very doubtable they'd have access to 24-track recording for a concert. In fact, even 16-track could've been pushing it ... maybe 8-track would've been the most likely situation for live and 16-track for studio; by the end of the year it'd be 16- and 24-, respectively.[/QUOTE]
Ah yes, of course the number of tracks depends on what time period we're talking about.
For sure the March 74 show was done on 16 track - the track sheet is included in the book that comes in the box set.
