Teo torriatte choir

Hi all, been listening to ADATR's this evening and thought what a good song this was re the current lock down situation, lyrics wise. At the end there's a choir joining in with the chorus and wondered who they are? Googled it and one article just said a local choir? Apologies if this has been previously mentioned on here, I had a quick ish look and couldn't find anything?must be bored!!

Usual crowd, plus extras: studio staff, roadies, girlfriends, etc.

Not quite the same case.

The overwhelming majority of big choir effects were indeed achieved via overdubbing Roger, Brian and Frederick many times (though certainly not 180, by the way). Then there were very few exceptions, 'Teo Torriatte' included.

Here's a quote from Frederick Mercury published by Hit Parader in July 1977: ‘At the end of that song, Teo Torriatte, we did have a few friends in to sing. But mind you, it was just about six or so.’

Here's a scan from the magazine in case anyone thinks I just made that quote up.

@Sebastian - nice article. thanks for sharing

Thanks Sebastian, certainly never seen that before so interesting, I wonder who sang? It does sound like a school choir kind of so I thought maybe they'd done a pink floyd! Expect they just worked with who they had around as you say. Cheers for the scan!

There's another comment about it, from Brian's website, but I seem to have lost it and it's quite old so it's not there any longer. It must be from around 2003 - 2006. Anyway, as far as I remember (and I haven't got eidetic memory so take this with a pinch of salt), Brian said it was some of their friends and girlfriends.

Brian have spoken about this song in 2005 when he did the HD remix. He said about the choir that they were just the three of them. The effect was done by their engineer and producer were Brian said he was great. No choir and friends.
The leaked pre effect mix proved that.

P S. Listening carefully the original or the HD mix the vocal slave have the tiny time delays.

Freddie's memory of six people less than a year later ... or Brian's notoriously bad memory of three people nearly 30 years later ???

[QUOTE] [b]Sebastian wrote:[/b]

There's another comment about it, from Brian's website, but I seem to have lost it and it's quite old so it's not there any longer. It must be from around 2003 - 2006.[/QUOTE]

[url]https://web.archive.org/web/20050207005441/http://www.brianmay.com/brian/brianssb/brianssbdec04.html[/url]

BOOM.

Looks like Brian remembered quite a lot:


"Teo Torriatte end section choir ?? It was a multi-overdub "virtual" choir, which we recorded sequentially ... it included ourselves, some friends, our girl-friends, and some of our team ..... I particularly wanted it to have a female and child-like quality, as opposed to the very male-sounding "We Will Rock You" effect ....

I should write more about this song ... now the new mix is finished .... there's quite a lot to say ..."


"I can assure you that whatever our new mix may be, it certainly wasn't "easy" !

Actually hundreds of hours have gone into rescuing every morsel of the original recordings in order to be able to attempt the new version. I have contributed a little to the work, and there are some areas which only I can answer the relevant questions, since I was there all those years ago, trying to make this then new thought into a 'proper record'. But mainly the credit is due to Kris Fredriksson and Justin Shirley-Smith. These guys are so dedicated to the excellence of these projects, that they work much longer hours than anyone could ask, and treat every part of every Queen note ever recorded as a priceless gem. I too love the original mix, and it will always be there. But I have always known it suffered from the limitations of pushing the existing equipment past its limit. This new mix will be only very subtly different - I hope nobody expects modern "beats" or dance mixes ! If we succeed, it will sound just as you perhaps THOUGHT the old mix sounded, but comparing the two, it will be as if a veil had been lifted after nearly 30 years... a bit like cleaning an old Botticelli! ... making it possible to dive much further into the sound image without coming up against noise and distortion. Also, as the writer of the song, it's very satisfying to be able to revisit the scene of this ancient battle. We have been able to get back into many of the fine adjustments which were impossible with the old technology, for instance updating some of the old 'bounces' and 'comps', while yet retaining all of the inherent character of the original analogue recordings. Well, you'll see. Er, hear ! Personally, I like it a lot already.

I have high hopes (I always do, don't I?!). But you, folks, will be the judge of whether all this was worth while !!"

One of the failed/refracted DTS 5.1 MIXES?



Gosh and i never ever got THE GAME on DVD AUDIO

[QUOTE] [b]Dim wrote:[/b]

Brian have spoken about this song in 2005 when he did the HD remix. He said about the choir that they were just the three of them.[/QUOTE]

Fake news. He didn't say that. By the way, did he do the mix, or did he supervise it (not the same thing)?

Sébastien my wrong since I confused in my memory few things. But if I remember correctly Brian have also spoken for this song saying that he wanted to bring up some elements, since he felt that was a veil on the original mix. This was the time he spoke about mixing with the others. If he supervised or anything else is vague.

It was an interview but I can't find it.

[QUOTE] [b]7Seas. wrote:[/b]

I would imagine it was a lot of overdubs as that is how Queen made that big production choir, a bit like on "Somebody to Love"[/QUOTE]

You would, would you?

You're a mine of information that no other Queen fan would know about.

A lot of overdubs. . . . . Gerry knows his stuff.