atomik
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Post by atomik on Mar 6, 2024 17:54:48 GMT
I'm not sure if this was already discovered, but I recently found out that the "second take" at the end of the original 24 stem multitrack might be part of the the original take that was cut out for time. I roughly compiled the guitar and piano tracks by slicing at 2:22 and dropping the second take in. I compared the alternate guitar track with the official Raw Sessions mix and it seems to line up almost perfectly. Link for compiled tracks: mega.nz/folder/D2hwFL6L#vKc27OR2Vz9RPuY16RIqVAEdit: I've added in the original raw tracks for comparison. The only changes I've added are the guitar and piano pannings. |
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Post by Lord Fickle on Mar 6, 2024 18:19:10 GMT
I'm not sure if this was already discovered, but I recently found out that the "second take" at the end of the original 24 stem multitrack might be part of the the original take that was cut out for time. I roughly compiled the guitar and piano tracks by slicing at 2:22 and dropping the second take in. I compared the alternate guitar track with the official Raw Sessions mix and it seems to line up almost perfectly. Link for compiled tracks: mega.nz/folder/D2hwFL6L#vKc27OR2Vz9RPuY16RIqVAEdit: I've added in the original raw tracks for comparison. The only changes I've added are the guitar and piano pannings. Just listened on my phone, but sounds nice. 👍 |
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cmi
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Post by cmi on Mar 7, 2024 8:42:12 GMT
Of course, it was discovered several years ago. Also it was found some time ago that the second "of the world" phrase is absent on multitrack.
What I have found yesterday/today while working on alternate mix of this song is that lead guitar fills from Raw Sessions 2017 version are absent on multitrack as well. At the same time Track #01 and Track #24 from the common pack are the same file. So most probably the real 24's track of the original multitrack reel features these unused lead guitar parts from Raw Sessions and some vocal overdubs.
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Post by pg on Mar 7, 2024 19:22:28 GMT
...orrrrrr
...the Raw Sessions version is from an earlier mix, elements of which were then recorded over / deleted.
..or from a slave copy that created a branch of development that was then abandoned.
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Post by Maxi Dries on Mar 7, 2024 19:45:18 GMT
...orrrrrr ...the Raw Sessions version is from an earlier mix, elements of which were then recorded over / deleted. ..or from a slave copy that created a branch of development that was then abandoned. If I recall correctly, the Raw Sessions were newly mixed -despite it's name-, in 2017. |
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Post by cmi on Mar 7, 2024 20:18:16 GMT
Vintage mixes from Raw Sessions are Sheer Heart Attack / All Dead All Dead / My Melancholy Blues. Everything else was newly mixed in 2016/17.
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atomik
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Post by atomik on Mar 7, 2024 23:05:18 GMT
...orrrrrr ...the Raw Sessions version is from an earlier mix, elements of which were then recorded over / deleted. ..or from a slave copy that created a branch of development that was then abandoned. I did notice that in the first verse when Freddie sang "I've done my sentence", the phrasing is nowhere in the original multitrack, so I think there is some truth there. Edit: Looking through, there is a very brief vocal sample at 1:45 in the alternate guitar track in a segment of when Freddie sang "I consider it a challenge before the whole human race". Part of one of the vocal takes were also cut to record Brian's guitar buildup to the second chorus. |
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Post by cmi on Mar 8, 2024 8:53:47 GMT
Of course, it was discovered several years ago. Also it was found some time ago that the second "of the world" phrase is absent on multitrack. What I have found yesterday/today while working on alternate mix of this song is that lead guitar fills from Raw Sessions 2017 version are absent on multitrack as well. At the same time Track #01 and Track #24 from the common pack are the same file. So most probably the real 24's track of the original multitrack reel features these unused lead guitar parts from Raw Sessions and some vocal overdubs. I have found these guitar licks in the middle of Raw Sessions version inside track#18. They were misplaced from verse #1 to verse #2. About lead vocal parts: Track#10 is the master compilation from several takes. It features phrases from tracks #21, #22 and #23. But also features unique segments which were taken from other lead vocal takes (probably erased). |
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Post by manymilesaway on Mar 9, 2024 2:25:58 GMT
...orrrrrr ...the Raw Sessions version is from an earlier mix, elements of which were then recorded over / deleted. ..or from a slave copy that created a branch of development that was then abandoned. Not possible, cause there's pitch correction on the vocal. |
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