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Post by pg on Jul 13, 2024 7:40:13 GMT
I feel very old when anniversaries like this come up.
July 13th 1985 was also a Saturday. It was sunny, and I didn't leave the house. I sat in my parents bedroom (where there was a second TV), and I watched.
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Jul 13, 2024 8:34:49 GMT
incredible. hard to see where the time went. i was (one year) living in my new home - marriage and the birth of my son still 3 and 4 years away!
was an incredible day. although, to be fair, there were some absolutely shit performances - which (in the main) were completely forgivable when balanced against the cause. we had the TV on all day and were making little trips to and from the garden - until the sun disappeared over the house roof leaving the garden in shade around teatime - just in time for you-know-who
and one year later (12th), I was at Wembley for Queen's intimate little bash.
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Post by Lord Fickle on Jul 13, 2024 9:30:13 GMT
I sat taping it all on two VHS VCRs which I'd hired from Radio Rentals. It was the year after I'd moved out of the family home, into my first flat. I think I still have the tapes, but I did have a massive clear out of my garage last year, so it's possible they've gone.
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Post by Chinwonder2 on Jul 13, 2024 9:34:07 GMT
I sat taping it all on two VHS VCRs which I'd hired from Radio Rentals. It was the year after I'd moved out of the family home, into my first flat. I think I still have the tapes, but I did have a massive clear out of my garage last year, so it's possible they've gone. What station would that have been? |
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Jul 13, 2024 9:46:56 GMT
I sat taping it all on two VHS VCRs which I'd hired from Radio Rentals. It was the year after I'd moved out of the family home, into my first flat. I think I still have the tapes, but I did have a massive clear out of my garage last year, so it's possible they've gone. What station would that have been? in the UK it was Auntie Beeb |
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Post by Chinwonder2 on Jul 13, 2024 9:47:53 GMT
Ah, if you find the tapes let me know. They could be useful for my project  |
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Post by Lord Fickle on Jul 13, 2024 10:02:03 GMT
I sat taping it all on two VHS VCRs which I'd hired from Radio Rentals. It was the year after I'd moved out of the family home, into my first flat. I think I still have the tapes, but I did have a massive clear out of my garage last year, so it's possible they've gone. What station would that have been? Yup, BBC. |
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Post by Lord Fickle on Jul 13, 2024 10:02:27 GMT
Ah, if you find the tapes let me know. They could be useful for my project Don't hold your breath. |
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Post by Chinwonder2 on Jul 13, 2024 10:03:32 GMT
Weirdly, the MTV & ABC broadcast tapes I have of the concert are decent whereas the BBC one I have isn't great. Hopefully you still have them |
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Post by Brian's Wig on Jul 13, 2024 11:12:45 GMT
I paid no attention because Cliff wasn't playing and had zero interest in any of the bands.
A year later would have been different though!
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Post by Lord Fickle on Jul 13, 2024 11:57:15 GMT
I paid no attention because Cliff wasn't playing and had zero interest in any of the bands. A year later would have been different though! Out of over 70 artists and bands, you had no interest in any of them? Other than Cliff, what were you listening to in 1985? 🤔 |
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Post by Chinwonder2 on Jul 13, 2024 12:01:47 GMT
I paid no attention because Cliff wasn't playing and had zero interest in any of the bands. A year later would have been different though! He did play one song, although after the Wembley concert was over: |
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Jul 13, 2024 13:11:39 GMT
I paid no attention because Cliff wasn't playing and had zero interest in any of the bands. A year later would have been different though! Out of over 70 artists and bands, you had no interest in any of them? Other than Cliff, what were you listening to in 1985? 🤔 my guess would be [ahem] Cliff |
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Post by imthewalrus79 on Jul 13, 2024 17:41:42 GMT
It was a very special day. I still love watching the footage from those concerts. What a group of acts went on stage in London and Philly that day. And all of them seemed to direct their egos towards entertaining the people watching at the Stadiums and around the world!
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Post by vh on Jul 14, 2024 10:05:35 GMT
. And all of them seemed to direct their egos towards entertaining the people watching at the Stadiums and around the world! And that’s exactly what all good performers do, and that’s what separates the truly stunning artists from the average. |
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Post by Desert Rat on Jul 19, 2024 13:55:58 GMT
incredible. hard to see where the time went. i was (one year) living in my new home - marriage and the birth of my son still 3 and 4 years away! was an incredible day. although, to be fair, there were some absolutely shit performances - which (in the main) were completely forgivable when balanced against the cause. we had the TV on all day and were making little trips to and from the garden - until the sun disappeared over the house roof leaving the garden in shade around teatime - just in time for you-know-who and one year later (12th), I was at Wembley for Queen's intimate little bash. Funny thing, I was on holiday but managed to listen to some of it on the radio. Thing is, I too, a year later, stood basking in the sunshine with my now wife for Queen's intimate little bash... |
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Post by mercurialfreddie on Jul 19, 2024 15:14:20 GMT
The first time that I have seen Live Aid was a TV Broadcast captured on VHS cassette by my father. Felt shivers going down my spine when I was listening to We Are The Champions.
By the way, have you notices that QPL has definitely brought the audience up in the newest mix ?
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Jul 19, 2024 15:20:45 GMT
Funny thing, I was on holiday but managed to listen to some of it on the radio. Thing is, I too, a year later, stood basking in the sunshine with my now wife for Queen's intimate little bash... ...and my wife doesn't even like Queen. still she enjoyed the gig. did you have the same issues with getting out of the car park (and london)? - compliments of Boy George |
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Post by Desert Rat on Jul 19, 2024 17:55:36 GMT
Funny thing, I was on holiday but managed to listen to some of it on the radio. Thing is, I too, a year later, stood basking in the sunshine with my now wife for Queen's intimate little bash... ...and my wife doesn't even like Queen. still she enjoyed the gig. did you have the same issues with getting out of the car park (and london)? - compliments of Boy George No, my Grandmother (now long departed) lived in London on the Harrow Road, about 5 miles away. We just walked out, found somewhere to get a bite to eat for a while and got a bus! We used to go and stay with her regularly for gigs and events in London, it was so convenient. Back then of course there was no Congestion Charge! I was the Queen nut, but my wife was happy to come along, and of all the bands we ever got to see, we both agreed that Queen were number 1. |
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Post by manymilesaway on Aug 8, 2024 19:24:46 GMT
The first time that I have seen Live Aid was a TV Broadcast captured on VHS cassette by my father. Felt shivers going down my spine when I was listening to We Are The Champions. By the way, have you notices that QPL has definitely brought the audience up in the newest mix ? The new mix is absolutely drowning in fake reverb, it's overwhelming |
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Post by cmi on Aug 10, 2024 6:36:57 GMT
The quality of Live Aid multitrack recording is awful with a lot of distortion on lead vocals and drums. I asume with this 'overwhelming' reverb QPL engineers tried to mask all these imperfections.
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Post by The Real Wizard on Aug 15, 2024 21:39:30 GMT
The first time that I have seen Live Aid was a TV Broadcast captured on VHS cassette by my father. Felt shivers going down my spine when I was listening to We Are The Champions. By the way, have you notices that QPL has definitely brought the audience up in the newest mix ? The new mix is absolutely drowning in fake reverb, it's overwhelming Are you sure it isn't the version they blasted at the O2 Arena and recorded for the biopic ? Is there a link to it ? |
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Post by manymilesaway on Aug 15, 2024 23:06:13 GMT
The new mix is absolutely drowning in fake reverb, it's overwhelming Are you sure it isn't the version they blasted at the O2 Arena and recorded for the biopic ? Is there a link to it ? It's available on the new Montreal 1981 blu-ray as an extra. It seems like authentic Live Aid audio to my ears. The reverb is definitely fake.. If you take the 2018 mix from the Bohemian Rhapsody sonundtrack album and invert the audio with the 2024 mix, you get the reverb nearly isolated. Wesley did a test of that back when the new mix released. |
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