Questions on The eYe

I will post the Spanish voice-over version of the live We Will Rock You soon. Unfortunately I do not have that version of the game, just the English one, so I cannot go into a deep comparison. There is also a French version that I know of, and a Japanese one (with a very nice packaging).

(Yeah, well...)

Hi Walter,

sorry, it seems that all the other songs on my version of the game are the same as on the list. But maybe someone else can say something about it, especially our guru John S. :-)
By the way, I didn't intend to make this such a big deal. LOL.

Jan

Hi Jan,

No, no, it is in fact very interesting! It is always nice to discover things after many years!

Wilki, nice idea to share the Spanish version too! I don't know if you have posted this before, but I know you are from Argentina. To my knowledge several Queen and solo releases have had edited versions of songs. Do you keep a list of those edits? And if so, could you publish this here? Thanks in advance! (by the way: I took the blue pill...)

To the best of my knowledge...

Brian May
- Star Fleet (radio edit) 3:30
Not the same as the US one. Just an early fade-out. Only in a promo 7" sampler (along with other artists).

Freddie Mercury
- Love Kills (radio edit) 2:59
- I Was Born To Love You (radio edit) 3:05
- Mr. Bad Guy (radio edit) 2:58
Just earlier fades. All are exclusive from promo 7"s - the last two are in the same one!

QUEEN
- Good Company (album version - error) 3:15 - This is not an edit as such, but a genuine mistake. There is a defective CD pressing which omits the last couple of seconds of every track!
- I Want It All (single edit) 4:00 - When EMI-Odeón could not find the master of the proper single version, they preferred to make a new one instead of delaying the single. Cassingle and 12" only.

(Sorry, the site it's not up yet.)

Thanks Wilki! I happen to have the 12" single of I want it all, and when I first heard it the song indeed sounded mixed differently.

Not exactly Argentinian, but if I remember correctly the Innuendo and Made in heaven albums also did have something different right? The cd version of Innuendo does include the vinyl edits of several songs and the Made in heaven album has the alternative version of Let me live? Are there any other South-American releases that have special edits or alternative versions on them? Sorry to bother you with my questions...

That it is because they used the album version as a basis (which is indeed mixed differently) and they edited some parts out - quite abruptly I might add.

In regard of the INNUENDO and MADE IN HEAVEN CDs, I believe that you are referring to the Mexican first pressings. Both were pressed in USA by Capitol - and that it is no coincidence. Capitol usually asks for the masters with a lot of time ahead of the pressing date, because they have a very tight schedule and they cannot afford to be delayed. Such huge advance was the reason behind the different masters used in those pressings. The CD version of INNUEDO was not even mastered when they called for it, so the production company sent what they had (in hope of a later change - I suppose) and that was the vinyl version (which was mastered earlier due to the vinyl manufacture being a little more time-consuming). Same happened with MADE IN HEAVEN - by the time the Let Me Live controversy exploded, the Capitol CDs (and the Hollywood Records advance listening promo cassettes) were made already.

By the way, I noticed a very strange thing with the regular version of Let Me Live. It seems that instead of remixing the song with the banned vocals muted, they just quickly replaced some sections with others taken from an earlier mix without that vocals. Unfortunately that earlier mix was out of phase so the crossfades show.

Here is the Spanish We Will Rock You, as promised:
http://rapidshare.de/files/[...].html - REMOVED

And just one more thing: I am willing to swap an I Was Born To Love You/Mr. Bad Guy Argentine promo 7" for the original Mexican CD of INNUENDO.

Hi folks...

just checked my version of "The Eye". Track 13 on my Arena CD is "Party(Instrumental)" as well!

Bought the game five years ago at local Woolworth store in Berlin... for 5 Euros, yes FIVE... and this bargain included two more Microsoft Games!!! Lucky me... :-)

So it seems that the German version is indeed corrected. Could you please check also CD 3, THE THEATRE DOMAIN, Track 11 and CD 4, THE INNUENDO DOMAIN, Track 5?

I will pass word to owners of the Spanish version and report here.

Thanks Wilki, VERY interesting read! (and I indeed meant the Mexcian releases, I forgot to write that...)

PS: another question that comes to mind: is it true that there are two versions of the Tributo A Queen, Los Grandes Del Rock En Español album? A Mexican one and a Brazil one?

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Wilki wrote: [/QUOTENAME]So it seems that the German version is indeed corrected. Could you please check also CD 3, THE THEATRE DOMAIN, Track 11 and CD 4, THE INNUENDO DOMAIN, Track 5?

I will pass word to owners of the Spanish version and report here.[/QUOTE]

I just did...

THE THEATRE DOMAIN, Track 11 = Forever
THE INNUENDO DOMAIN, Track 5 = The Show Must Go On (Instrumental)

PS: Will I finally be able to make a fortune with my version??? :-)


PPS: Just for the "record"...

Disk1 - THE ARENA DOMAIN... goes as follows:

01 Made In Heaven (Intro)
02 I Want It All
03 Dragon Attack (Instrumental)
04 Fight From The Inside (Instrumental)
05 Hang On In There (Instrumental)
06 In The Lap Of The Gods Revisited
07 Modern Times Rock´n Roll (Instrumental)
08 More of That Jazz (Instrumental)
09 We Will Rock You
10 Liar (Instrumental)
11 The Night Comes Down (Instrumental)
12 Party (Instrumental)
13 Chinese Torture
14 I Want It All (Remix)


Disk2 - THE WORKS DOMAIN... goes as follows:

01 Mustapha
02 Mother Love (Instrumental)
03 You Take My Breath Away (Instrumental)
04 One Vision (Intro)
05 Sweet Lady
06 Was It All Worth It (Instrumental)
07 Get Down Make Love (Instrumental)
08 Heaven For Everyone (Instrumental)
09 Hammer To Fall (Instrumental)
10 A Day At The Races' (Intro)
11 One Vision (Instrumental)
12 It's Late (Remix)
13 Procession
14 Made In Heaven (Instrumental)


Disk3 - THE THEATRE DOMAIN... goes as follows:

01 It's A Beautiful Day Reprise (Instrumental)
02 Don't Lose Your Head (Instrumental)
03 Princes Of The Universe (Instrumental)
04 A Kind Of Magic (Instrumental)
05 Gimme The Prize (Kurgan's Theme)
06 Bring Back That Leroy Brown
07 It´s Magic
08 You Don't Fool Me (Instrumental)
09 Let Me Entertain You (Intro)
10 Khashoggi's Ship (Instrumental)
11 Forever
12 Don't Try So Hard
13 Was It All Worth It (Intro)


Disk4 - THE INNUENDO DOMAIN... goes as follows:

01 Brighton Rock (Intro)
02 I'm Going Slightly Mad (Instrumental)
03 Bijou
04 Khashoggi's Ship (Instrumental)
05 The Show Must Go On (Instrumental)
06 The Hitman (Intro)
07 Too Much Love Will Kill You (Outtake)
08 I Can't Live With You (Instrumental)
09 Love Of My Life (Intro)


Disk5 - THE FINAL DOMAIN... goes as follows:

01 Death On Two Legs (Intro)
02 Death On Two Legs (Instrumental)
03 Ride The Wild Wind (Instrumental)
04 Headlong (Instrumental)
05 Breakthru (Outtake)
06 Hammer To Fall (Instrumental)
07 Gimme The Prize (Instrumental)
08 The Hitman (Instrumental)
09 Don't Lose Your Head
10 Gimme The Prize (Kurgan's Theme)


German version, serial number DDG05501101DA, copyright 1998

Here:

Theatre Domain, Track 11 - Khashoggi's Ship (Track 12 is Forever, Track 10 is Let Me Entertain You)

Innuendo Domain, Track 5 - Khashoggi's Ship (Track 4 is Bijou, Track 6 is The Show Must Go On)

German version, serial number DDG05501101DA, copyright 1998.

Wilki, I am curious now... Why did you specifically ask for those tracks? Are there differences known as well?

Jan78 tracklist is right. Thanks to both of you.

I asked because the version of Khashoggi's Ship is also twice in the set, but in different CDs (which makes a lot more sense than the Liar reiteration in the same CD). Anyway, I was wondering if perhaps that, however unlikely, was also a mistake.

Besides that, I can confirm now that the Spansish version also has Party (I will upload it soon in FLAC) instead of the repeated Liar and also has the corrected You Don't Fool Me.

I would love to hear from owners of the French or Japanese versions.

All right Wilki, it makes sense now. Did you see my question about The tributo a Queen cd in this thread?

I am also curious about the French and Japanese versions of The eYe now...

There are several versions of that CD. I will post about them later.