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Post by macduff77 on Oct 1, 2020 22:39:12 GMT
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Post by theblueroom on Oct 2, 2020 1:52:19 GMT
Wow, I never knew Princes of the Universe and One Vision were meant to be switched.
That being said... I wonder how easy it is to fake something like this?
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Post by velizar on Oct 2, 2020 6:18:51 GMT
Wasn't AKOM recorded digitally?
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Oct 2, 2020 6:35:18 GMT
"Don't Love Your Head"?
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Post by Golden Salmon on Oct 2, 2020 8:10:28 GMT
"Wrong version" of the AKOM track and unknown running time for WWTLF? Interesting, but it may be nothing. AKOM may just be the Highlander mix and WWTLF may be exactly the same as usual. Wasn't AKOM recorded digitally? The album? They only did digital from "Innuendo" onwards, I think. TMLWKY was mastered analogically on MIH because it was completed during "The Miracle" sessions. |
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Post by oreno on Oct 2, 2020 10:55:24 GMT
Wow, love stuff like this (unless it's a big fake, obviously). Swapping Princes and One Vision could have worked. Though why is the letter concerned about the wrong AKOM version, but not the running order?
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Oct 2, 2020 11:19:04 GMT
Wow, love stuff like this (unless it's a big fake, obviously). Swapping Princes and One Vision could have worked. Though why is the letter concerned about the wrong AKOM version, but not the running order? Princes opened the movie, so it would've made sense. however, commercially, opening with the pre-album single also made sense - as this made it more distinct as a Queen album rather than a soundtrack, while still retaining all of the obvious tie-ins to the movie.. For me, opening with One Vision followed by the remaining non-Highlander tracks. After those, Princes followed by all of the Highlander tunes in movie chronological order, feels like a better logical tracklist: Side 1: 18mins One Vision ♦ A Kind Of Magic (album version) ♦ Pain Is So Close To Pleasure ♦ Friends Will Be Friends Side 2: 24mins Princes of The Universe ♦ Gimme The Prize (Kurgan's theme) ♦ One Year Of Love ♦ Who Wants To Live Forever ♦ Don't Lose Your Head ♦ A Kind of A Kind of Magic |
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Post by Dimitris on Oct 2, 2020 12:39:52 GMT
If I remember correctly, there was another or the same master tapes surfuced on ebay, AKOM had album version with different speed, this info came from a collector. I don't remember if that had been discussed on QZ or Qol forum.
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Post by georg on Oct 2, 2020 12:44:58 GMT
"Wrong version" of the AKOM track and unknown running time for WWTLF? Interesting, but it may be nothing. AKOM may just be the Highlander mix and WWTLF may be exactly the same as usual. The "unknown duration" for WWTLF is actually just an unknown running time for the second side of the album, the seller just put that info so it seems to line up with WWTLF but if you look at the track sheet you can see Side 1 has a duration of 20:21, and Side 2 doesn't have a duration written down. |
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Post by pg on Oct 2, 2020 17:11:57 GMT
Wasn't AKOM recorded digitally? They claimed it was at the time. The CD was labelled "DDD", signifying "digital tape recorder used during session recording" on the original UK CD. Do we think I can sue for misrepresentation? |
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Post by Dimitris on Oct 2, 2020 17:24:07 GMT
Wasn't AKOM recorded digitally? They claimed it was at the time. The CD was labelled "DDD", signifying "digital tape recorder used during session recording" on the original UK CD. Do we think I can sue for misrepresentation? I think it only indicates, what kind of tape was used, not what kind of mixing desk or other equipment. |
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Post by pg on Oct 2, 2020 17:33:57 GMT
They claimed it was at the time. The CD was labelled "DDD", signifying "digital tape recorder used during session recording" on the original UK CD. Do we think I can sue for misrepresentation? I think it only indicates, what kind of tape was used, not what kind of mixing desk or other equipment. Think again... en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARS_code |
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Post by Dimitris on Oct 2, 2020 17:46:09 GMT
Back in 1986 the more "D"s the better. First pressing CD from capitol records is ADD |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2020 19:02:06 GMT
"Wrong version" of the AKOM track and unknown running time for WWTLF? Interesting, but it may be nothing. AKOM may just be the Highlander mix and WWTLF may be exactly the same as usual. Wasn't AKOM recorded digitally? The album? They only did digital from "Innuendo" onwards, I think. TMLWKY was mastered analogically on MIH because it was completed during "The Miracle" sessions. By 1984 they were digitally mastering albums. 00:03:01 youtu.be/gPboTnYe7D4Apologies, I would time stamp, but YouTube seems to make that difficult on mobile devices - 3 minutes in you’ll hear it. |
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Post by Steve on Oct 3, 2020 8:44:15 GMT
"Wrong version" of the AKOM track and unknown running time for WWTLF? Interesting, but it may be nothing. AKOM may just be the Highlander mix and WWTLF may be exactly the same as usual. The album? They only did digital from "Innuendo" onwards, I think. TMLWKY was mastered analogically on MIH because it was completed during "The Miracle" sessions. By 1984 they were digitally mastering albums. 00:03:01 youtu.be/gPboTnYe7D4Apologies, I would time stamp, but YouTube seems to make that difficult on mobile devices - 3 minutes in you’ll hear it. Well quoted mate. I remember that interview, but I forgot that bit!! 😂😂😂 |
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Post by mikusguitarius on Oct 6, 2020 10:52:14 GMT
Justin Shirley-Smith said on Brian's Soapbox many years ago that parts of The Works were mixed digitally...
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Post by angusscrimm on Oct 7, 2020 7:49:47 GMT
If I remember correctly, there was another or the same master tapes surfuced on ebay, AKOM had album version with different speed, this info came from a collector. I don't remember if that had been discussed on QZ or Qol forum. I may be getting completely mixed up, but I don't think it was this. If I recall it correctly, it was either a Mexican or Peruvian LP where AKOM ran quite a bit faster and faded out earlier. It was on YouTube for a while but can't find it now. I think it ran close to 3 mins 30 secs. |
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Post by angusscrimm on Oct 7, 2020 7:53:56 GMT
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Post by chowder on Oct 26, 2020 15:39:25 GMT
Yes, POTU and OV are swapped on the Peruvian LP and cassette releases. Though I think there are also some very obscure European (?) promotional cassettes which had these two songs swapped as well. Maybe this is how the album should have been until a very late decision changed it to how we know it today. And in Peru they never got this message....
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