Sick of people slating The Works Tour, especially those who were not there. I saw them first at Elland Road 82. I posted a review of it, where other members had gone too and we re remebered certain things about that VERY LOUD gig.
The works Tour I got a ticket for each of the 4 dates in England they announced. Then they added two more shows and I couldn't get tickets for those. Those that were there, and even Ratty agrees, it was the best tour they ever did, song wise, sound wise, lighting rig wise and stage wise. The bootlegs do not do it justice, remember, this was indoor and they were loud, The first night at Birmingham on the Friday, Freddie gave the mic to the crowd at the front and they passed it amongst each other. And the stage set was incredible, which no footage ever shows how good or big it was.
I then saw them at Manchester, my own City, in 86. And the outdoor concert noise levels, had to be lower and they also had to come off stage by 10pm. So I couldn't hear or see them at this gig. In fact, I remember very little about it. A bit of a dissapointment, tbh.
So don't knock the Works tour. The Friday night at Birmingham, was better than Elland Road, no doubt about it.
GERRYISADICK · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]horse feathers wrote:[/b]
Sick of people slating The Works Tour, especially those who were not there. I saw them first at Elland Road 82. I posted a review of it, where other members had gone too and we re remebered certain things about that VERY LOUD gig.
The works Tour I got a ticket for each of the 4 dates in England they announced. Then they added two more shows and I couldn't get tickets for those. Those that were there, and even Ratty agrees, it was the best tour they ever did, song wise, sound wise, lighting rig wise and stage wise. The bootlegs do not do it justice, remember, this was indoor and they were loud, The first night at Birmingham on the Friday, Freddie gave the mic to the crowd at the front and they passed it amongst each other. And the stage set was incredible, which no footage ever shows how good or big it was.
I then saw them at Manchester, my own City, in 86. And the outdoor concert noise levels, had to be lower and they also had to come off stage by 10pm. So I couldn't hear or see them at this gig. In fact, I remember very little about it. A bit of a dissapointment, tbh.
So don't knock the Works tour. The Friday night at Birmingham, was better than Elland Road, no doubt about it.[/QUOTE]
I will happily fuckin bash it with the revelations in this thread!
Apocalipsis_Darko · Member since
Taylor Hawkins saw Queen in Boston in 1982...Ten years old, first concert! Life changing experience. He told me he loves Life is real.
I heard Life is real with all the band, but more nude would be great to hear also.
I love both sides of Hot Space Tour, with Morgan Fisher and the great Fred Mandel.
cmsdrums · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]gerry wrote:[/b]
People who moan on here that the sound was no good must be deaf.[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure that you've read the posts properly - everyone who've seen those shows live has said that the sound was fantastic live and I don't think there's much argument about that.
The complaints are from those (including those at the shows) that say the recorded and released audio from that tour is sub-standard. The two sets of audio are different.
jondickens1 · Member since
I cannot understand why there hasn't been a release of the Rio gigs from this tour. Sure it was released on vhs donkey's years ago with awful sound and editing, but why on earth have Queen productions not set about remastering these concerts and released them in full unedited version on bluray is beyond belief.
The gigs having a fantastic set list which would appeal to the mass general public and it has a large number of there best known tracks on it. Secondly it's the concert whigh held the record for the largest audience ever at a gig. Thirdly Fred has his moustache and is probably his most iconic era. I'm just baffled as to why not so long ago the original vhs was simply put onto DVD format and re released. Yet another fantastic opportunity missed by Queen, unless they have plans for something bigger and better in the future.
Martin Packer · Member since
Rio doesn't just suck audiowise but the video quality is awful, too.
jondickens1 · Member since
I totally agree Martin, the sound and visual quality on Rio is atrocious! However they did a grand job remastering It's a hard life, Is this the world we created and Rock in Rio blues a few years back. Imagine the unedited concert(s) in that quality and you have an epic release.
jondickens1 · Member since
However, Brussels 84 would be far superior to Rio due to Freddie's voice being in much better shape and also has less of those awful electronic drums. If only that concert exists in its entirety.
Doga · Member since
They don't have the audio of Brussels '84.
Knowing that: Tokyo '85 > Rio '85, if they have the masters of Tokyo, that isn't clear.
I still prefer something from the '70s.
MercurialFreddie · Member since
Is it confirmed that the audio of Brussels '84 doesn't exist ? If every audio from 1974 gigs onwards was recorded then they have it but it's only 2-track tape.
cmsdrums · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]MercurialFreddie wrote:[/b]
Is it confirmed that the audio of Brussels '84 doesn't exist ? If every audio from 1974 gigs onwards was recorded then they have it but it's only 2-track tape.[/QUOTE]
I recall that Rhys Thomas has said that he found some footage (not hte whole gig though) of Brussels 84 which looks stunning, but it has no audio on at all. I supose that's not to say that a separate audio track doesn't exist too that they could marry up to it.
Vocal harmony · Member since
Is there any point to a Hammersmith 75 release. Visually the set on that tour wasn't much different to what was used at the Rainbow in Nov 74. Also the set list at Hammersmith wasn't what was played on the rest of the tour, being a shortened show to fit the best of the setlist into the broadcast time. What was played, apart from the Bo Rhap bit was more or less the same as the year before.
Yes it has it's place in Queen history because of what it was, but overall it repeats what the Rainbow was. IMO there are better 70's shows.
Something, better than Rio, needs to be released from the Works Tour
NickESB · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Vocal harmony wrote:[/b]
Is there any point to a Hammersmith 75 release. Visually the set on that tour wasn't much different to what was used at the Rainbow in Nov 74.
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Never stopped QPL when it comes to the Magic Tour.
Rick · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Vocal harmony wrote:[/b]
Is there any point to a Hammersmith 75 release. Visually the set on that tour wasn't much different to what was used at the Rainbow in Nov 74. Also the set list at Hammersmith wasn't what was played on the rest of the tour, being a shortened show to fit the best of the setlist into the broadcast time. What was played, apart from the Bo Rhap bit was more or less the same as the year before.
Yes it has it's place in Queen history because of what it was, but overall it repeats what the Rainbow was. IMO there are better 70's shows.
Something, better than Rio, needs to be released from the Works Tour [/QUOTE]
Hammy 1975 is a dull concert. Nothing special. So yeah, I agree.
Hyde Park 1976 and Earls Court/Houston 1977 are far more interesting gigs.
The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]Apocalipsis_Darko wrote:[/b]
Taylor Hawkins saw Queen in Boston in 1982...Ten years old, first concert! Life changing experience. He told me he loves Life is real.
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It was definitely Irvine Meadows 82, not Boston. He grew up in Laguna Beach :-)
And he said they played Life Is Real at the show? If so, then that's the first instance of it being performed in September 82.
