1975.05.01 Tokyo - additional pro footage WITH AUDIO

Chief Mouse wrote:

hobbit in Rhye wrote:

The cuts in the 5 songs are killing me.
I'm willing to trade the soul of my boss for the rest of the show.

Did Roger go a little bit flat on his scream in Gods?

Crazy gig. I envy every single person who was there. Thanks again guys.

Roger was completely out of tune.

Yeah, that is quite embarrassing.

I'm 99% sure the screams on the Rainbow release have been done in the studio.

Chief Mouse wrote:

hobbit in Rhye wrote:

The cuts in the 5 songs are killing me.
I'm willing to trade the soul of my boss for the rest of the show.

Did Roger go a little bit flat on his scream in Gods?

Crazy gig. I envy every single person who was there. Thanks again guys.

Roger was completely out of tune.

He sounds fine to me. I think he's clashing with the line Brian is playing.

Rick wrote:

Chief Mouse wrote:

hobbit in Rhye wrote:

The cuts in the 5 songs are killing me.
I'm willing to trade the soul of my boss for the rest of the show.

Did Roger go a little bit flat on his scream in Gods?

Crazy gig. I envy every single person who was there. Thanks again guys.

Roger was completely out of tune.

Yeah, that is quite embarrassing.

I'm 99% sure the screams on the Rainbow release have been done in the studio.

Perhaps - but on dozens of audience tapes of shows from the era he's pretty bang on.

The Real Wizard wrote:

Chief Mouse wrote:

hobbit in Rhye wrote:

The cuts in the 5 songs are killing me.
I'm willing to trade the soul of my boss for the rest of the show.

Did Roger go a little bit flat on his scream in Gods?

Crazy gig. I envy every single person who was there. Thanks again guys.

Roger was completely out of tune.

He sounds fine to me. I think he's clashing with the line Brian is playing.

He's a full semitone low in places. My ears shrank to small raisins listening to that. His tone sounds fine, so I think there are monitor issues - he probably can't hear himself properly.

He's definitely out of key.

Oscar, I can't recall him singing badly for any other part of the show (though I haven't listened to it for a good while), which leads me to think it's just him having trouble with this song - they're by far the highest notes he had to do in the show at this stage. Furthermore, he sings it badly, to varying extents, in almost every recording I've heard - the fact that he consistently struggled with it seems to prove that it must've been demanding.

Yokohama - not as bad, but still not good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5XEBQLeLTA

Brussels - top notes are flat, but he's otherwise fine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtfymFm3Ko0

Kobe - a bit flat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUgpfv88b2Y

Sheffield - a fairly flat at a couple of points

Bradford - top notes are flat

Manchester - he doesn't attempt them!

Cologne - the best I've heard apart from the Rainbow - he gets a few of the top notes spot on, but is a tiny bit flat here and there otherwise.

Brussels - top notes very flat

Milwaukee - top notes pretty flat

And of course,
Rainbow - he gets it perfectly in key, including the top notes. The Cologne recording indicates that he's capable of getting pretty close to nailing it, but it appears that he didn't sing it that well the majority of the time. I lean towards thinking the Rainbow version is overdubbed.

Thank you.

Ogre Battle and Seven Seas Of Rhye has G5's, two semitones below. So they're not the highest notes by that far.

What makes this version stand out is that the whole lines are flat in this concert, while other concerts just have flat top notes. Maybe monitor issues combined with a bad night?

I seem to recall Setzer/Simon did a little collection of Rogers best version of the song.

Oscar J wrote: Ogre Battle and Seven Seas Of Rhye has G5's, two semitones below. So they're not the highest notes by that far.

What makes this version stand out is that the whole lines are flat in this concert, while other concerts just have flat top notes. Maybe monitor issues combined with a bad night?

I seem to recall Setzer/Simon did a little collection of Rogers best version of the song.

I've never done such a collection :o

No? Think it was somebody who thought that his high notes in the Rainbow version were fake, and somebody (though it was you) provided links to a few bootlegs where he also nailed the vocals.

This is outstanding work!
I cannot begin to imagine what you went through to get this right. You have passion, and it´s this kind of passion that QP needs working for them.
Thank you, for your hard work and for sharing it here with us.

And i second everybody´s request for a release of this monumental show. To see Freddie in those costumes singing "In the lap of the Gods" is so special. What a band!

Thanks!

Outstanding work, Bob. Great share and many many thanks to everyone involved.

Thank you!!!

The Real Wizard wrote:

GuitarMay wrote:

One question: I'm wrong or this show IS MISSING Now' I'm Here part ???

The entire song exists. It was broadcast on Japanese TV in the 70s, and it's an extra on the Japanese DVD of the Days Of Our Lives documentary.

Ok , thanks

This is so good! Thanks Bob. This is Richy. We used to be friends. I sent you the Indianapolis 77 back in the day.