Thanks Wilki, I think you are right about the Ultimate Queen website. This is the first time I heard someone actually owns a copy of the Basic Bootlegs...(btw: did you get my mail?)
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P.S: Yes, and I WILL report. ;-)
P.S: Yes, and I WILL report. ;-)
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Wilki wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Sorry, I didn't knew that you were around Richard's site in 1997.
Anyway, where did you get the original audio from?[/QUOTE]
Oh!
Sorry for taking so long to answer your question! (Didn't think to check this thread since my last post!)
I got this from Napster.
Anyway, where did you get the original audio from?[/QUOTE]
Oh!
Sorry for taking so long to answer your question! (Didn't think to check this thread since my last post!)
I got this from Napster.
Hello. I just came across your site and I am the US DJ that bought the QUEEN BASIC BOOTLEGS cdr from esprit in UK for a pretty penny and supplied the info to Ian. Esprit sold it as authentic, although when I called the Hollywood label last year they had no information about it and would not confirm it as official.
Hollywood Basic was a sublabel of Hollywood Records that handled the more rap oriented material. I remember getting the Hollywood Basic beats sampler (later withdrawn due to sample clearance issues) that had the Long Dusted B-Boy Version of AOBTD on it. The liner notes of the cassette and CD even mentioned an upcoming Queen Basic Bootlegs release and gave a catalog number. I called the promotions rep at Hollywood to ask about these remixes and he told me they had a few rap producers remix some Queen tracks, including Ice Cube and Mr. Mixx from 2 Live Crew, and that they would be very different and released soon.
My guess is that the album was shelved after the somewhat negative respone of Queen fans to the 1991 Hollywood remixes and perhaps Queen themselves as some of the mixes have raps over them. Then in 1999 some enterprising Hollywood employee burned a few cdr's and made up a CD insert. Strangely my favorite mix, Under Pressure (Mr. Mixx), had what sounded like a DAT digital tape dropout at like 1:41 into the song, which I repaired using Peak and a little creative editing so it sounds exactly like it should.
I think 6 of these remixes on the disc are unreleased so certainly interesting from a collectors stand point but to a lover of Queen music some of these are destroyed!
I have the In Memories Of Freddie Mercury CD. It is most certainly a bootleg and most likely not an intended compilation of Hollywood remixes. The mixes of Radio Ga Ga and We Will Rock You are remix service mixes made for DJ's and had nothing to do with the Hollywood remixes. I forget who re-edited the Radio Ga Ga mix but the We Will Rock You remix was on the UK and US DMC remix service back in 1991 and remixed by Dakeyne. I think the Queen Medley was put together and added to fill out the CD, certainly unofficial.
BTW I LOVE the Dave Ogilvie remix of AOBTD from that Hollywood promo sampler CD. Another neat remix from the Hollywood remix sessions and my favorite remix of the song out of all I've ever heard.
Hollywood Basic was a sublabel of Hollywood Records that handled the more rap oriented material. I remember getting the Hollywood Basic beats sampler (later withdrawn due to sample clearance issues) that had the Long Dusted B-Boy Version of AOBTD on it. The liner notes of the cassette and CD even mentioned an upcoming Queen Basic Bootlegs release and gave a catalog number. I called the promotions rep at Hollywood to ask about these remixes and he told me they had a few rap producers remix some Queen tracks, including Ice Cube and Mr. Mixx from 2 Live Crew, and that they would be very different and released soon.
My guess is that the album was shelved after the somewhat negative respone of Queen fans to the 1991 Hollywood remixes and perhaps Queen themselves as some of the mixes have raps over them. Then in 1999 some enterprising Hollywood employee burned a few cdr's and made up a CD insert. Strangely my favorite mix, Under Pressure (Mr. Mixx), had what sounded like a DAT digital tape dropout at like 1:41 into the song, which I repaired using Peak and a little creative editing so it sounds exactly like it should.
I think 6 of these remixes on the disc are unreleased so certainly interesting from a collectors stand point but to a lover of Queen music some of these are destroyed!
I have the In Memories Of Freddie Mercury CD. It is most certainly a bootleg and most likely not an intended compilation of Hollywood remixes. The mixes of Radio Ga Ga and We Will Rock You are remix service mixes made for DJ's and had nothing to do with the Hollywood remixes. I forget who re-edited the Radio Ga Ga mix but the We Will Rock You remix was on the UK and US DMC remix service back in 1991 and remixed by Dakeyne. I think the Queen Medley was put together and added to fill out the CD, certainly unofficial.
BTW I LOVE the Dave Ogilvie remix of AOBTD from that Hollywood promo sampler CD. Another neat remix from the Hollywood remix sessions and my favorite remix of the song out of all I've ever heard.
Hello updj1!
Thank you for adding this bit of information and welcome to Queenzone.
Could you please tell if there are running times of the tracks on the inlay/cd available? But far more interesting: how do the tracks sound like? We have heard some of them, as they have been released, but the other tracks are 'new'.
Is the tracklist that was mentioned in this thread complete by the way?
Thanks for answering.
Thank you for adding this bit of information and welcome to Queenzone.
Could you please tell if there are running times of the tracks on the inlay/cd available? But far more interesting: how do the tracks sound like? We have heard some of them, as they have been released, but the other tracks are 'new'.
Is the tracklist that was mentioned in this thread complete by the way?
Thanks for answering.
No problem.
Yes the track listing given previously is correct. I will find my copy and get the track times. I will also listen to the 6 unreleased mixes and give a review. Give me a little time.
Yes the track listing given previously is correct. I will find my copy and get the track times. I will also listen to the 6 unreleased mixes and give a review. Give me a little time.
No problem.
Yes the track listing given previously is correct. I will find my copy and get the track times. I will also listen to the 6 unreleased mixes and give a review. Give me a little time.
Yes the track listing given previously is correct. I will find my copy and get the track times. I will also listen to the 6 unreleased mixes and give a review. Give me a little time.
Thank you updj1! It will be worth the wait. Is there an inlay for the cd by the way and if so, does it give details of a releasedate?
Its terrific to read posts by people who know what they're talking about. *applause*
I've been very busy in the past months so I missed the follow-up.
Regarding the IN MEMORIES OF FREDDIE MERCURY/MIX-UP/CLASSIC QUEEN REMIXES bootleg compilations, they have crappy sound and most of the 'unreleased' tracks have no connection to the HR remixes and are in fact taken from vinyl, either official/commercial ('Love Kills', 'In My Defence' in the re-issues) or DJ-only 'white label' releases (the Dakeyne mixes).
updj1: Please contact me.
Regarding the IN MEMORIES OF FREDDIE MERCURY/MIX-UP/CLASSIC QUEEN REMIXES bootleg compilations, they have crappy sound and most of the 'unreleased' tracks have no connection to the HR remixes and are in fact taken from vinyl, either official/commercial ('Love Kills', 'In My Defence' in the re-issues) or DJ-only 'white label' releases (the Dakeyne mixes).
updj1: Please contact me.
Actually the Dakeyne remix of AOBTD is not a "white label" but on one of the monthly UK DJ-only DMC remix compilations with full labels and picture sleeves. These remixes are not commissioned by the group or label but they DO require the approval of the record company in the country of release which also requires that the remix sets only be sold to qualified DJ's adhering to the useage agreement. Most of the well known remix services (Ultimix, Hot Tracks, Razormaid, DMC, Music Factory, etc) get permission to remix but there have been many lesser known remix services that don't.
Actaully I meant the multi-track Dakeyne remix of We Will Rock You but if I remember correctly he also edited AOBTD for an earlier DMC issue I have.
I meant 'white label' on a generic sense - hence the quotation marks. I own the 12".
As a 20 year DJ I am used to white labels being either promos or bootlegs with little or no information on them and usually having actual blank labels.
I always loved that We Will Rock You remix. Better than the Music Factory Mastermix!
For a full list of Queen DJ remixes go to
www.remixservices.com and search Queen
I always loved that We Will Rock You remix. Better than the Music Factory Mastermix!
For a full list of Queen DJ remixes go to
www.remixservices.com and search Queen
I know what a white label (sensu stricto) is. I've been collecting these in the past 18 years or so. And, just for the record, the list in that site is faaar from full (misses most of the European stuff)!
By the way, will you actually contact me, or will you just keep on fooling around? ;-)
By the way, will you actually contact me, or will you just keep on fooling around? ;-)