Why is there not more outrage?

brENsKi wrote:
all they're doing is exactly what every band in the music industry has done to their live recordings - since live albums were "the big thing" - ie the 1970s.

True, but live recordings these days are vastly more numerous in the form of recordings which find their way online (see how many pro shot videos there are of Mumford and Sons on YouTube, for instance - an enormous amount. The available video coverage of their two tours is probably at least twice as extensive as Queen's entire touring career). Since these have very little post-production work done to them except shot assembly, and aren't given ceremonious official releases, they're generally an untouched representation of what the live show sounded like.

So, in an age where this is the predominant format in which live shows become available, and live albums are comparatively very scarce, it's easy to account for the expectation that live releases are done in an authentic way.


There's also a key difference between overdubbing and its modern day equivalent - pitch shifting - in that overdubbing isn't sonically hideous.

^^ ideally, yes. But in reality no. it just isn't the case - whether an album "live" or studio - it'll be released in the best possible condition as far as the band are concerned. therefore,
it's too easy to get hung up on morality/authenticity...but the reality is that the vast majority of album sales are to the casual fan - who just likes to hear the stuff when it's released, and an album that is riddled with imperfections equates to a poor product.
If you lose the casual fan then effectively you lose the goodwill of your record company, which means less scope for divergence, which equals no projects like "rainbow" and more and more rehashed Greatest Hits .
Not much of a moral choice is it? what would YOU do in their position?

Supersonic_Man89 wrote:

When i hear Live Killers, i don't hear Freddie evolving into a robot during high notes.

Wouldn't that be devolving for Freddie?

HighWideandHandsome wrote:

Supersonic_Man89 wrote:

When i hear Live Killers, i don't hear Freddie evolving into a robot during high notes.

Wouldn't that be devolving for Freddie?

and more importantly....how many source options did they have for the Rainbow release?
because you're making an unfair comparison to LK...everyone knows that LK was sourced from 50 shows - so there was plenty to choose from to find a "best" option