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Post by baronlutenvank on May 8, 2020 19:27:02 GMT
From the infamous missing Avro's TopPop performance of Killer Queen, in front of a blue Chroma Key screen. Photographer: Gijsbert Hanekroot -Chin I always found it interesting that they made Brian and John use those matching Fenders for that appearance rather than their own guitars. Must have been newly bought by the studio for miming purposes, as natural started becoming one of Fender's offered colors at the time. |
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Post by The Real Wizard on May 8, 2020 20:28:10 GMT
From the infamous missing Avro's TopPop performance of Killer Queen, in front of a blue Chroma Key screen. Photographer: Gijsbert Hanekroot-Chin Sweet - thanks for the higher res.
Why in the hell is he tuning for a mimed performance?
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Post by The Real Wizard on May 8, 2020 20:30:06 GMT
From the infamous missing Avro's TopPop performance of Killer Queen, in front of a blue Chroma Key screen. Photographer: Gijsbert Hanekroot-Chin I always found it interesting that they made Brian and John use those matching Fenders for that appearance rather than their own guitars. Must have been newly bought by the studio for miming purposes, as natural started becoming one of Fender's offered colors at the time.
And then a couple months later Brian's playing a Les Paul on TOTP.
To be a fly on the wall for those discussions...
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Post by Chinwonder2 on May 8, 2020 20:33:12 GMT
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Post by baronlutenvank on May 8, 2020 20:48:13 GMT
I always found it interesting that they made Brian and John use those matching Fenders for that appearance rather than their own guitars. Must have been newly bought by the studio for miming purposes, as natural started becoming one of Fender's offered colors at the time.
And then a couple months later Brian's playing a Les Paul on TOTP.
To be a fly on the wall for those discussions...
This time, it was from his own collection as it was his Les Paul Deluxe (note what looked like mini buckers) I guess in this case, the Old Lady had some problems. Maybe a broken string that wasn't addressed in time or something? I've seen Brian with Strats and a Tele, but him with a Les Paul was something else. Red Special aside, I always thought he's more of a Fender guy. |
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Post by The Real Wizard on May 8, 2020 21:09:09 GMT
Nice shots !
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Post by The Real Wizard on May 8, 2020 21:29:58 GMT
And then a couple months later Brian's playing a Les Paul on TOTP.
To be a fly on the wall for those discussions...
This time, it was from his own collection as it was his Les Paul Deluxe (note what looked like mini buckers) I guess in this case, the Old Lady had some problems. Maybe a broken string that wasn't addressed in time or something? I've seen Brian with Strats and a Tele, but him with a Les Paul was something else. Red Special aside, I always thought he's more of a Fender guy. I'd say he's neither. The number of times we've seen him playing either one can be counted on one hand.
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Post by Ryan Newton on May 8, 2020 21:37:23 GMT
This time, it was from his own collection as it was his Les Paul Deluxe (note what looked like mini buckers) I guess in this case, the Old Lady had some problems. Maybe a broken string that wasn't addressed in time or something? I've seen Brian with Strats and a Tele, but him with a Les Paul was something else. Red Special aside, I always thought he's more of a Fender guy. I'd say he's neither. The number of times we've seen him playing either one can be counted on one hand.
I do remember watching an interview where Brian said that if he didn't have his Red Special, he'd be playing an SG. Now as for which interview that was, I don't know. Was from the 2000s though |
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Post by The Real Wizard on May 8, 2020 21:53:02 GMT
I'd say he's neither. The number of times we've seen him playing either one can be counted on one hand.
I do remember watching an interview where Brian said that if he didn't have his Red Special, he'd be playing an SG. Now as for which interview that was, I don't know. Was from the 2000s though Brian doesn't need an SG.
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Post by The Real Wizard on May 8, 2020 21:56:04 GMT
Only seen Bri with an SG once - and it was a photo session, not a gig.
Whoever put this collage together did a beautiful job.
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Post by Lord Fickle on May 8, 2020 21:59:20 GMT
This time, it was from his own collection as it was his Les Paul Deluxe (note what looked like mini buckers) I guess in this case, the Old Lady had some problems. Maybe a broken string that wasn't addressed in time or something? I've seen Brian with Strats and a Tele, but him with a Les Paul was something else. Red Special aside, I always thought he's more of a Fender guy. I'd say he's neither. The number of times we've seen him playing either one can be counted on one hand.
That's from the Now I'm Here performance, with the Les Paul, isn't it? Oh, for the full audio of that. |
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Post by pg on May 8, 2020 22:49:24 GMT
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Post by The Real Wizard on May 9, 2020 2:21:10 GMT
I'd say he's neither. The number of times we've seen him playing either one can be counted on one hand.
That's from the Now I'm Here performance, with the Les Paul, isn't it? Oh, for the full audio of that. Yep, that's the one. A whole other studio version. Nuts that we had no idea of its existence until a few years ago.
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Post by The Real Wizard on May 9, 2020 2:21:44 GMT
Great stuff. Had 'em up on my site for a while now: |
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2020 2:26:31 GMT
Whoever put this collage together did a beautiful job.
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Post by baronlutenvank on May 9, 2020 4:04:17 GMT
Only seen Bri with an SG once - and it was a photo session, not a gig.
Whoever put this collage together did a beautiful job.
He just used an SG recently on one of his Instagram miniconcerts. Whoever made this collage did a fine work indeed. Man, that Stingray on the 1st pic looked smaller on him! |
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Post by queen1970s on May 9, 2020 9:04:48 GMT
Anyone knows anything about this one? If I had to guess I'd say it's somewhere in Cornwall in 69/70, but literally no idea.  I've seen this pic one year ago and an account in insta said that it's Freddie in his home in 1971 but his hair was not so straight on 1969_1971 and it was more like curly and I'm guess that's probably from 1973_1975 |
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Post by queen1970s on May 9, 2020 9:18:02 GMT
Spotted this in the recent '50 Jahre of Queen' documentary. Again, no idea what & where.  Surely the year is 1975, I guess the ridge farm is where the pic was taken |
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Post by queen1970s on May 9, 2020 9:21:52 GMT
Freddie playing the mini-koto, probably in his flat, not sure.  Well that's not from his flat actually it was taken in Tokyo, Japan (not sure of the place) during the sheer heart attack tour in Japan in April 1975, and the mini koto and the kimono that Freddie had in this pic is a gift from fans I guess |
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Post by The Real Wizard on May 9, 2020 9:25:14 GMT
Anyone knows anything about this one? If I had to guess I'd say it's somewhere in Cornwall in 69/70, but literally no idea. I've seen this pic one year ago and an account in insta said that it's Freddie in his home in 1971 but his hair was not so straight on 1969_1971 and it was more like curly and I'm guess that's probably from 1973_1975 You're probably right. He wore that Superman shirt for years.
Side note: I don't care what anyone says - there was no better looking rock band in 1974.
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Post by queen1970s on May 9, 2020 9:40:52 GMT
I've seen this pic one year ago and an account in insta said that it's Freddie in his home in 1971 but his hair was not so straight on 1969_1971 and it was more like curly and I'm guess that's probably from 1973_1975 You're probably right. He wore that Superman shirt for years.
Side note: I don't care what anyone says - there was no better looking rock band in 1974.
He also wores that Superman shirt in 1970 , sorry I don't know how to post the pic in this site so here is the link: www.queenlive.ca/queen/live%20pics/70_Queen_d.jpg |
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Post by Lord Fickle on May 9, 2020 10:36:39 GMT
That's from the Now I'm Here performance, with the Les Paul, isn't it? Oh, for the full audio of that. Yep, that's the one. A whole other studio version. Nuts that we had no idea of its existence until a few years ago.
Do we have any idea who might have the full version? I believe it was said to be in the hands of a collector. 🤔 |
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Post by queen1970s on May 9, 2020 12:11:26 GMT
Yep, that's the one. A whole other studio version. Nuts that we had no idea of its existence until a few years ago.
Do we have any idea who might have the full version? I believe it was said to be in the hands of a collector. 🤔 Well I don't think so, cause that was a lost tape for TOTP that found few years ago, also probably we have another performance for Now I'm Here but, there's a pic that shows Freddie with white shirt and satin, Brian black pants and shirt with a top hat and John with his usual suit and there are some filming camera in the pic but nothing recorded, sorry I can't copy or download the link because of that site so here's the link of whole site qliverecordings.tripod.com/unknow.html |
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Post by Chopin1995 on May 9, 2020 12:44:47 GMT
And the last ones for now. One of the most important pics of the band (recording session in Scorpio Studios for ANATO) 1. Freddie checking his notes  And that's what concentration looks like. Mercury was truly a musician in 75.
This one isn't as high res, but it's a bit more detailed.
Thanks! Yeah, that's why I love this pic. In 1975 he was still chasing his musical dreams, while a few years later he was focused on chasing his personal dreams which resulted in a drastic change of image, behaviour, and losing that will and focus. |
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Post by Chopin1995 on May 9, 2020 12:50:37 GMT
I would love to know where it is. Looks like 1977  We can usually date photos based on hairstyles, but headphones tend to ruin hair !
Maybe they're recording Sheer Heart Attack ?
Or is there some other song on NOTW or Jazz where Brian isn't in on the harmonies?
@sebastian ?
I'd agree with NastyQueenie that they're recording 'A Day at the Races'. Look closely at Roger's hair - still long, but to me they look pretty 'matured' so I'd say 1976. Unless it's a guest appearance for someone else, not later than spring 1977, going by Roger's hair. |
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Post by Chopin1995 on May 9, 2020 12:56:48 GMT
Freddie playing the mini-koto, probably in his flat, not sure.
I'd say it's a hotel room in Japan. People usually didn't have lamps like that in their houses.
Keep 'em coming - love your bits of commentary on the photos.
I said his flat bacause that's what I tend to rememebr when finding this pic. But you're probably right. Well, it's easier to comment on the photos when they are interesting to start with, but thanks  |
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Post by Chopin1995 on May 9, 2020 13:22:28 GMT
Anyone knows anything about this one? If I had to guess I'd say it's somewhere in Cornwall in 69/70, but literally no idea. I've seen this pic one year ago and an account in insta said that it's Freddie in his home in 1971 but his hair was not so straight on 1969_1971 and it was more like curly and I'm guess that's probably from 1973_1975 Thanks for that info. To me he looks way too young here to be anyway close to 1975. Look at this photo from December 1969. He doesn't look any younger here but his hair isn't so long yet:  So I'd say 1970-71. For now I'm left to believe that Insta post. |
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Post by Chopin1995 on May 9, 2020 13:50:52 GMT
Here's my pic for today. A great shot of the band on the raised stage for an acoustic set, Jazz tour.  |
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Post by queenfanatic on May 9, 2020 17:20:56 GMT
Anyone knows anything about this one? If I had to guess I'd say it's somewhere in Cornwall in 69/70, but literally no idea. I've seen this pic one year ago and an account in insta said that it's Freddie in his home in 1971 but his hair was not so straight on 1969_1971 and it was more like curly and I'm guess that's probably from 1973_1975 Freddie’s hair kind of pushed out on the side by February 1975, so we can cancel out most of 1975. I’d say this was taken sometime in early / mid ‘74 if I had to take a guess. |
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Post by The Real Wizard on May 9, 2020 20:25:15 GMT
Whoever put this collage together did a beautiful job.
Ta! But of course - who else could it have been? |
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