Not sure if it's discussed before about it, but if so I apologize.
I was watching Chin's upload, from months ago, of the lost TOTP video of Queen miming to Now I'm Here (that they included in the 2015 documentary "From Rags to Rhapsody") and someone in the comments claims to have the full length of the same performance. In the documentary, is that all they included because the recording used was incomplete? Anyhow, the same person then 2 weeks ago replies and gives a private link to the video of the snippet.
Chin's video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKSQUJDC09Y
Snippet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-EL6fn9Bts&feature=youtu.be
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Interesting stuff. Definitely a unique recording. I wonder if this guy recorded Humpybong's performance
Interesting stuff. Definitely a unique recording. I wonder if this guy recorded Humpybong's performance
Yeah it's a great version. I remember there was a discussion on here about it - I had compared the intro to the studio version and concluded they were the same. Of course, they'd just tagged that on for the documentary :D
oh God, I hope to see the full thing one day, it seems to be a great version
by the way, Chin, can you do something with this snippet and the one that you mount?
Yeah, I’ll update my collection post on QZ when I get my hard drive situation sorted out :)
-Chin
-Chin
great Chin, thanks a lot
May using a REAL guitar; if only he'd been a bit more flexible, we could have had a far greater diversity in the band's sound.
Mass produced Gibson LPs were of variable quality in the 1970s -- some were really shit. I get your point that Brian limiting himself to the RS also limited the range of sounds he could produce, but weighed against that is that the RS sounded epic back then. And to an extent it doesn't really matter as the BM "sound" could be replicated on different guitars. For example, as you probably know, he played a solo on the Flash soundtrack with a cheap strat copy and it sounds indistinguishable from the RS.
Quite possibly Gary J Brum is part of the Kaleidoscope group who found the clip and returned it to QPL.
Whilst the group will never share the material with outsiders, I'm sure the "top brass" have shared it amngst themselves.
Whilst the group will never share the material with outsiders, I'm sure the "top brass" have shared it amngst themselves.
Delightful - another carrot dangler. But at least they shared a snippet of it.
It's definitely a completely different performance of the song. Great playing from Dr May.
But who knows why another version was necessary for only this song and GOFLB ? For the rest of their TOTP appearances they just used the studio versions.
It's definitely a completely different performance of the song. Great playing from Dr May.
But who knows why another version was necessary for only this song and GOFLB ? For the rest of their TOTP appearances they just used the studio versions.
He isn't a Queen fan, yet he comments on a Queen video on the Internet and he teases people with rare material. It's cool to see these things are out there, but these attitudes are weird to say the least.
Definitely a re-recording. Much more like the live version with much louder bass and the extra snare beats.
The album version's wall of sound effect really buries the bass (which is sad, because it's great) and Roger's drums drag.
I wonder why they recorded it that way???
The album version's wall of sound effect really buries the bass (which is sad, because it's great) and Roger's drums drag.
I wonder why they recorded it that way???