Overdubs on live recordings?

Hi!

Just one question: are some of the live recordings overdubbed in the studio?
On the We will rock you VHS/DVD (f.e. Killer Queen) the lip-sync doesn't match/FM sang although he was away from the mic. So it has to be overdubbed... but where, when, in which studio, who is the engineer, and did they do it with the instrumental tracks too? On Keep yourself Alive the tambourine is faded out at the beginning...

Any suggestions?

Yes!

Hahaha.

Flash and The Hero was cut out in the DVD, after under pressure, i think.

The Rainbow show is heavily overdubbed I heard several times. On GVH1 you can hear vocal harmonies on Now I'm Here that are clearly not live, it sounds like Freddie doubletracking himself and adding some harmonies. Must have been quite common in the 70's/80's (dont know if still), there is an early 80's live recording of the "Police"-Track "Man in a suitcase" on the B-Side of a single, and you can clearly hear some Vocal-Harmonies. Knowing that both Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland only occasionally added their vocals in concert or on record (and that quite horrible too...) it must be Sting himself.

All official live recordings are overdubbed. WWRY is the most evident one;for ex. NIH I think is completely re-recorded. Even the Wembley show has many overdubs (AKOF, OV, WATC are the most important). U can find the original tracks only on bootlegs.

Thank you for your replies!

juls wrote:

Hi!

Just one question: are some of the live recordings overdubbed in the studio?
On the We will rock you VHS/DVD (f.e. Killer Queen) the lip-sync doesn't match/FM sang although he was away from the mic. So it has to be overdubbed... but where, when, in which studio, who is the engineer, and did they do it with the instrumental tracks too? On Keep yourself Alive the tambourine is faded out at the beginning...

Any suggestions?

I thought the lip sync thing on KQ in WWRY was an editing error from the fact that different nights were used?

Thats what I thought as well, they filmed both nights.

On the 46664 DVD they even chanche the text of "Say It's Not True"

All officially released so far live recordings were overdubbed. Wembley in particular...

But won't the MK dvd be without overdubs?

Peace,
Adam.

Brian said they left everything- just as it was- with the Guitar Solo bit... I wonder if they patched up Fat Bottomed Girls...

the KQ bit from WWRY has been fixed on the most recent release.
the director commentary on the DVD made it sound as if the band stole the audio and re-did everything.

" Knowing that both Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland only occasionally added their vocals in concert or on record (and that quite horrible too...)"

I've just listened to a 1980 Police bootleg last night, and i have to agree : Andy and Stewart would have close their mouth ;-)