Maybe they re-recorded IABD...
As for the 'Yeah' bit, I know I've already heard it somewhere else than at the end of IABD.
Anybody have a clue?
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Ah... the IABD vocal query appears again. But it's being disputed again?
Listen, the folks saying it's 1980 are correct. Not just because it was confirmed by Greg, but also because months before that confirmation I was certain it was from the Game sessions.
Brian then talked about how they discovered the demo that Freddie had done and it was a nice surprise.
I sat and listened to the quality of the voice, the recording's sonical properties and it fit what I started thinking. I originally thought it was something new from the last sessions. But once we all started figuring out where everything came from for the MIH sessions, I paid attention to IABD.
And I still hold the same feeling that I can guarantee it's definitely from the early 1980 period. Then because the dispute was still going, someone emailed Brian's site and Greg pops up a few months later telling us it's Freddie's Vox (short for vocals in recording terms) from The Game sessions.
For me, the deciding factor is listening to Freddie in the Game sessions, The Miracle sessions and then the Innuendo sessions. The comparison will allow you to hear the breakdown that occurs from the things that affect the way something was recorded and the way Freddie sounded at any particular time. Listen to those alone and you should get a clear idea of what matches IABD, too.
Peace,
Adam.
Listen, the folks saying it's 1980 are correct. Not just because it was confirmed by Greg, but also because months before that confirmation I was certain it was from the Game sessions.
Brian then talked about how they discovered the demo that Freddie had done and it was a nice surprise.
I sat and listened to the quality of the voice, the recording's sonical properties and it fit what I started thinking. I originally thought it was something new from the last sessions. But once we all started figuring out where everything came from for the MIH sessions, I paid attention to IABD.
And I still hold the same feeling that I can guarantee it's definitely from the early 1980 period. Then because the dispute was still going, someone emailed Brian's site and Greg pops up a few months later telling us it's Freddie's Vox (short for vocals in recording terms) from The Game sessions.
For me, the deciding factor is listening to Freddie in the Game sessions, The Miracle sessions and then the Innuendo sessions. The comparison will allow you to hear the breakdown that occurs from the things that affect the way something was recorded and the way Freddie sounded at any particular time. Listen to those alone and you should get a clear idea of what matches IABD, too.
Peace,
Adam.
Indeed the voice sounds quite similar to 1-3 years after Jazz, nice open-throat for the high notes as in Don't Stop Me but of course a little darker. His voice in that period was brilliant, no wonder why they put it as opening track.
in terms of Mother Love, Brian recorded the last lines after Freddie's death as he hadn't finished the vocals (obviously)...
whether it was 1991 or 1994-1995 I don't know.
whether it was 1991 or 1994-1995 I don't know.
Well there's the thing. Brian might have already done stuff for Mother Love before Freddie recorded his parts - so it could have been done before.
However, as Brian puts it, in those days they were basically writing anything down they had, just getting Freddie to sing whatever they could get him to sing so maybe they didn't even have a last verse ready for him when he became too ill to sing anymore. Who knows.
IABD is definitely 1980. It just... sounds like it. Compare it with "Is Everybody Happy" or "Dog with a Bone". Those two (87, 88, whenever they were done) give you a good idea of where his voice was at in demos at that time. Then go and listen to stuff from 1980. It just fits.
To address the initial list posted... it'd be fair to say that A Winter's Tale also has Brian and Roger on it from '94, '95 because they had to do the harmonies. But it's a minor nitpick.
I had heard the last stuff for Mother Love was done very shortly (a matter of weeks) before Freddie died. But I've had other people try to tell me his last recordings were in MAY! (haha, yeah right...)
Does anyone *know* for certain?
However, as Brian puts it, in those days they were basically writing anything down they had, just getting Freddie to sing whatever they could get him to sing so maybe they didn't even have a last verse ready for him when he became too ill to sing anymore. Who knows.
IABD is definitely 1980. It just... sounds like it. Compare it with "Is Everybody Happy" or "Dog with a Bone". Those two (87, 88, whenever they were done) give you a good idea of where his voice was at in demos at that time. Then go and listen to stuff from 1980. It just fits.
To address the initial list posted... it'd be fair to say that A Winter's Tale also has Brian and Roger on it from '94, '95 because they had to do the harmonies. But it's a minor nitpick.
I had heard the last stuff for Mother Love was done very shortly (a matter of weeks) before Freddie died. But I've had other people try to tell me his last recordings were in MAY! (haha, yeah right...)
Does anyone *know* for certain?
I do. His last recordings were done in September - October 1991. "May" rumour came from Champions Of The World documentary.
See yeah, that's what I figured. Thanks.
Mother Love is from October 1991 for sure - I don't remember who - David R. or Brian - said it. Winter's Tale - that's a question... (of course summer-autumn 1991)
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Lemmy wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Maybe they re-recorded IABD...
As for the 'Yeah' bit, I know I've already heard it somewhere else than at the end of IABD.
Anybody have a clue?[/QUOTE]
"Yeah" seems to come from "Action This Day". I believe you hear it around 1:50, I might be wrong, I'm not at home so I can't check, but it goes like this "Action this day, YEAH, action this night". Just listen to those yeah's and you'll hear the similarities.
As for the 'Yeah' bit, I know I've already heard it somewhere else than at the end of IABD.
Anybody have a clue?[/QUOTE]
"Yeah" seems to come from "Action This Day". I believe you hear it around 1:50, I might be wrong, I'm not at home so I can't check, but it goes like this "Action this day, YEAH, action this night". Just listen to those yeah's and you'll hear the similarities.
God... Seems like Freddie recorded just one "Yeah!" through all his music career!
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: [/QUOTENAME]the last vocals from Freddie from Mother Love were recorded 11 days before his death[/QUOTE]
No f...in' way. Be serious!
No f...in' way. Be serious!
> Well there's the thing. Brian might have already done stuff for Mother Love before Freddie recorded his parts - so it could have been done before.
Perhaps. Nothing is excluded. What Bri said is that Fred never went in to record the last verse.
> To address the initial list posted... it'd be fair to say that A Winter's Tale also has Brian and Roger on it from '94, '95 because they had to do the harmonies. But it's a minor nitpick.
They could have easily done them in '91.
> I had heard the last stuff for Mother Love was done very shortly (a matter of weeks) before Freddie died.
The story as I've compiled it (through interviews, leaving it clear that both Brian and David Richards might have misremembered) is as follows: while Brian was at the studio, Fred recorded the bridge of ML and said he'd come back later to do the last verse. Shortly afterwards he rang David Richards and said he'd written the last verse of Winter's Tale, went in and sang it. Then Fred left and a couple of days later he was back in London, and died the following week. The outcome was that Brian (since he wasn't present at the last AWT session) thought that Fred's last session had been that one of the Mother Love bridge but actually it had been AWT.
Perhaps. Nothing is excluded. What Bri said is that Fred never went in to record the last verse.
> To address the initial list posted... it'd be fair to say that A Winter's Tale also has Brian and Roger on it from '94, '95 because they had to do the harmonies. But it's a minor nitpick.
They could have easily done them in '91.
> I had heard the last stuff for Mother Love was done very shortly (a matter of weeks) before Freddie died.
The story as I've compiled it (through interviews, leaving it clear that both Brian and David Richards might have misremembered) is as follows: while Brian was at the studio, Fred recorded the bridge of ML and said he'd come back later to do the last verse. Shortly afterwards he rang David Richards and said he'd written the last verse of Winter's Tale, went in and sang it. Then Fred left and a couple of days later he was back in London, and died the following week. The outcome was that Brian (since he wasn't present at the last AWT session) thought that Fred's last session had been that one of the Mother Love bridge but actually it had been AWT.
The 'yeah' is the first 'yeah' of Don't Try Suicide.
Nope, 'Fool Me' was recorded in '91, though I think people get confused because in GH3 it says "harks back to the Hot Space" days or something, which people misconstrue as being a Hot Space outtake.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Joma wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]FriedChicken<br><font size=1>The Almighty</font> wrote: [/QUOTENAME]the last vocals from Freddie from Mother Love were recorded 11 days before his death[/QUOTE]
No f...in' way. Be serious![/QUOTE]
I am serious, this is true.
No f...in' way. Be serious![/QUOTE]
I am serious, this is true.