Magic tour soundcheck (Chief Mouse version)

Here's something for those who don 't understand French.

I used Subtitle Workshop to make my own English subtitles for all the dubbed parts of the video. (So it's not a transcription of the interviews).

Please bare in mind that the translations and timings are not 100% accurate.

Hope this is helpful.

Thanks, but I can't seem to download this. It says "Failed - No file".

Chief Mouse wrote:

Anyway, this was the file description - "The English group of rock Queen An European tour(round) is going to begin(undertake). - Rehearsal(repetition) of Queen In a studio of Wembley. Effects of lighting on stage."

They rehearsed in London for much of May, so to date this as early June teching, also in London, would make complete sense.

What's very revealing is they're still running bits of In The Lap Of The Gods Revisited, since it's the one old song they hadn't played in ages. Considering they rehearsed for weeks and still weren't confident with ONE new old song should provide significant insight into how hard-wired these guys were and how hard they needed to rehearse to be a functioning band (also recall them rehearsing White Queen at soundcheck countless times on 5-12-78 so they could play it the next night).

Furthermore - the One Vision intro tape hasn't had the two extra bars added to the end, and Brian is playing the main riff a bit differently than he would throughout the whole tour.

This is pre tour, 100%.

2nd try.

It won't work. Try this link :

http://www.filedropper.com/wembley1986soundcheckchiefmouseversion

Sorry for the shitty site, but that's all I could find...

Didn't work for me. Does it work for anyone else?

You could use other site to upload it.

Try this one then :

http://wikisend.com/download/853376/Wembley%201986%20Soundcheck%20%28Chief%20Mouse%20version%29.srt

Feel like a spammer...

That worked fine.

Thank you!

MERCI BEAUCOUP

The Real Wizard wrote:

They rehearsed in London for much of May, so to date this as early June teching, also in London, would make complete sense.

What's very revealing is they're still running bits of In The Lap Of The Gods Revisited, since it's the one old song they hadn't played in ages. Considering they rehearsed for weeks and still weren't confident with ONE new old song should provide significant insight into how hard-wired these guys were and how hard they needed to rehearse to be a functioning band (also recall them rehearsing White Queen at soundcheck countless times on 5-12-78 so they could play it the next night).

Furthermore - the One Vision intro tape hasn't had the two extra bars added to the end, and Brian is playing the main riff a bit differently than he would throughout the whole tour.

This is pre tour, 100%.

Interesting points, sir.

HyperBoy wrote: Try this one then :

http://wikisend.com/download/853376/Wembley%201986%20Soundcheck%20%28Chief%20Mouse%20version%29.srt

Feel like a spammer...

Thank you for the subs :)

It would be interesting to hear the actual sound from One Vision during these rehearsals, and not just the studio version :(

The Real Wizard wrote:They rehearsed in London for much of May, so to date this as early June teching, also in London, would make complete sense.


What's very revealing is they're still running bits of In The Lap Of The Gods Revisited, since it's the one old song they hadn't played in ages. Considering they rehearsed for weeks and still weren't confident with ONE new old song should provide significant insight into how hard-wired these guys were and how hard they needed to rehearse to be a functioning band (also recall them rehearsing White Queen at soundcheck countless times on 5-12-78 so they could play it the next night).

Furthermore - the One Vision intro tape hasn't had the two extra bars added to the end, and Brian is playing the main riff a bit differently than he would throughout the whole tour.

This is pre tour, 100%.

Excellent observation! Do you know if the rehearsal footage included on the Wembley DVDs are truly from Wembley, or if that is another mislabeling?

Yes, lovely post Wizard!

Nitroboy, at least we have the guitar intro live. I have no idea why French TV decided to dub it with the studio version.

Possibly because Freddie isn't singing full out. You can barely hear him in conserving-his-voice-for-the-actual-shows mode before the album overdub starts.

The bonus Magic tour rehearsals on the Wembley dvd do have him going in a more full on vocal mode, though.

Longtime lurker. here...thanks much for this! :-)

Thank you!

very nice!