new ANATO studio stuff

Sikke has posted a couple new clips:

The Prophet's Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIiCWDu8dTI

Love Of My Life - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHhJbQedCb8


The former is an interesting listen to a working version of the backing track. The Red Special actually sounds like it's in rough shape, as the low D string can't stay in tune.

You can faintly hear Roger counting in at 2:54, the exit from the (clearly as of yet unrecorded) choir section.

And it's fascinating to hear the tape stretch bit at 3:47 isolated, as the two sections would later be consolidated.


And of course, to hear the piano of LOML is a gorgeous listen. The man sure was a master of his craft, and here he is in the office at his creative peak and most focused.

But the fact that the bass is there suggests this may well be from one of the ANATO DVD-As, and not an actual studio outtake. Deacon's bass part is just as lovely as the piano part, and without the vocal there are actually a few little nuances that couldn't really be heard.


Two thumbs up.

The piano by itself isn't from the 2002 surround release of ANATO and it ost certainly isn't from that 2006 abortion that's seems to me to be more of a surround upmix than a proper remix from the multis.
As for the original 2001 version, well I haven't ripped the individual channels on that yet, but i seriously doubt it's from that either.
I think Sikke's come good with these and I hope he publishes more!

Fantastic !

'Interesting' to say the absolute least......

Sikke's the man when it comes to unheard material. Remember the Las Palabras De Amor rejected demo, not the one that is circulating for years, or a Sheer Heart Attack demo version. He has a treasure chest up there and every now and then he opens it up for us with some nice material that has never been heard before. Thanks Sikke!

Thanks Sikke! This is greatly appreciated.

"Interesting" is the understatement of the year. This is incredible! One of my favourite details in The Prophet's Song is how it suddenly goes major at 3:58 in this video as a little variation, and it's so audible in this mix.

Love Of My Life is such an underrated song. Everybody go on about the live version being so brilliant, but the studio version is a flawless, magnificent piece of music. The perfectionism and attention to detail is what I think makes Queen stand out as the best of the classic rock bands.

This couldn't be used as extra's on the 2011 re-issues, or for that matter on the 30 anniversary editon of A Night At The Opera? It still freaks me out, that QP or anybody related to QP, for instance Greg Brooks keep on saying, there is no vault. But if there is thing what could be a vault, it is clear empty....
Thank you Bob and Sikke, I really, really enjoyed this!

Tom

I was just wishing the other day there were an isolated piano track of LOML, and now here it is. Many thanks to Sikke for uploading and to Bob for posting it here.

Simply it is amazing my Sikke friend. Thanks for both songs.

[QUOTE] [b]TomP63 wrote:[/b]

This couldn't be used as extra's on the 2011 re-issues, or for that matter on the 30 anniversary editon of A Night At The Opera? It still freaks me out, that QP or anybody related to QP, for instance Greg Brooks keep on saying, there is no vault. But if there is thing what could be a vault, it is clear empty....[/QUOTE]

It seems that QP usually can't be bothered to investigate what classic rock fans enjoy in the 21st century. Rainbow was a step in the right direction, but it appears they've taken a step backward again with Hammersmith. The new BBC documentary last month had a ton of footage that could've been used as extras, but they opted out (in the case of the new TOTP footage, I truly hope this wasn't simply a matter of them not wanting to pay the larger licensing fees for release). So here we are back at square one, wondering which QP will step up to the plate for their next release.

A studio box set is long overdue. Without a doubt they have vaults with hundreds of hours of unheard music, and with the right marketing it could do amazingly well. But they just don't seem to be interested. It almost seems like it was pulling teeth to get a dozen new things (about one per album on average) onto the 2011 remasters, as the bonus tracks look more like a marketing scheme for the existing back catalog than a genuine attempt to reveal new things about their past. Including Wembley and Montreal songs on 5 song "bonus" EPs is almost insulting when there are outtakes of The Prophet's Song collecting dust.

So - thanks Sikke for getting this one right.

[QUOTE] [b]Oscar J wrote:[/b]

"Interesting" is the understatement of the year. This is incredible! One of my favourite details in The Prophet's Song is how it suddenly goes major at 3:58 in this video as a little variation, and it's so audible in this mix.

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Nice catch ! Indeed, it's the little things that we notice decades afterward that keep this music so interesting.

This is great. Thank you!!!

A very happy new year to you, thanks!

Damm, this sure is a great listen. Thanks to all the people involved.