Queen - From Rags to Rhapsody

Major discovery:

Has anyone else noticed that the TOTP Now I'm Here is a completely different performance of the song?

And it's NOT the BBC version, either. So that makes three studio versions in all.


Also - the stereo mixes of Hyde Park and Earls Court are exquisite. They've clearly done the work (and it's excellent work), so it'd be criminal if they weren't released.

jjbluecaps wrote:

Here it is. YouTube deleted it due to copyright.

https://mega.nz/#!PVkz1KwD!oPRH242O_Fo2tRrluKnTxJ2yB-Qda9lrdMPxPnYEoIw

Thanks for posting it - but the video won't play in three different programs.

Has anyone else managed to get it to work?

Well, here it works normally...
I use MPC.

The video is mpeg4 (mp4) and the audio is AAC.

The Real Wizard wrote:

jjbluecaps wrote:

Here it is. YouTube deleted it due to copyright.

https://mega.nz/#!PVkz1KwD!oPRH242O_Fo2tRrluKnTxJ2yB-Qda9lrdMPxPnYEoIw

Thanks for posting it - but the video won't play in three different programs.

Has anyone else managed to get it to work?

Same here. Windows media player won't play it at all. VLC player plays the video with horrible quality and without sound.

Holy Christ!
I'm gonna convert it to MOV.

Biggus Dickus wrote:

The Real Wizard wrote:

jjbluecaps wrote:

Here it is. YouTube deleted it due to copyright.

https://mega.nz/#!PVkz1KwD!oPRH242O_Fo2tRrluKnTxJ2yB-Qda9lrdMPxPnYEoIw

Thanks for posting it - but the video won't play in three different programs.

Has anyone else managed to get it to work?

Same here. Windows media player won't play it at all. VLC player plays the video with horrible quality and without sound.

Was just about to say that

"My god, here's the #1 group in England, and they're going to suffocate in this damn lift."

HAHA ! That's one of the best Queen anecdotes ever, from the man himself.

So, what's the final word on the download link? Can it be watched and listened to? What programme?
Thanks so much for sharing!
This stuff seems to be so great...

Marknow wrote:
Also the Rainbow clips without vocal corrections are nice.

The vocal corrections are still in place - as far as I can tell, they've taken the audio from the 2014 release. The video for the March concert looks bloody amazing, though.

EDIT: Except for the clip of Liar with the power cuts - no processing on that one, it's the footage and audio straight from raw materials for the second night. I think it's exactly the same clip that was used in Days of Our Lives (or whichever documentary it was in), which was before they began mixing the Rainbow shows.

The Real Wizard wrote:

Major discovery:

Has anyone else noticed that the TOTP Now I'm Here is a completely different performance of the song?

And it's NOT the BBC version, either. So that makes three studio versions in all.

Must have been recorded specifically to play on ToTP, like Good-Old Fashioned Lover Boy? It's a nice version - vocal harmonies are smaller than on the studio version, and crystal clear.

As a dodgy young musician, it's somehow quite reassuring to hear Freddie cursing in frustration over screwing up the backing track - even the greatest are nonetheless human.

https://mega.nz/#!mVVDTQTK!nLUUdUbtKt2ZRVB5y4xn0xU4_hT7RDuNdCmsza_YEwc - here you go. There're a couple of moments, when the video paused because of not perfect internet connection, but there're just a couple.

By the way, I'm shocked of the perfectly clear stereo instrumental version of the "Polar Bear" song that was played on the background. Should that mean they own the original multitracks, or it was just a cover made by nowadays?

It sounded slightly different to the studio version in terms of tempo and tonal quality, I think, but that's just the vague vibe I get - I haven't compared side by side.