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Post by dane on Aug 15, 2023 6:45:42 GMT
Didn't they previously do the same trick with some Innuendo tracks? ... that's the non-boxed Innuendo... You mean that 'Back to Tapes' event where fans could visit the studios and the engineers played Innuendo tracks fromt the original multitracks? Or... the killer 'The Show Must Go On' remix they did for the 'Bohemian Rhapsody' end credits (minus the horrible edit) |
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Post by Ri on Aug 25, 2023 22:57:05 GMT
A couple of days ago it was announced that Justin Shirley-Smith will be attending the Freddie Mercury b-day party this year and "...will be bringing with him some multi-tracks from Queenโs 1973 debut album for fans to experience at the mixing desk in the Mountain Studios room." I'm going this year - probably the only year I can go for the time being - and so ready to spend so much time on this! Is anyone else going? Let me know ๐ |
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Post by davis_taylor.1984 on Sept 5, 2023 17:22:47 GMT
A couple of days ago it was announced that Justin Shirley-Smith will be attending the Freddie Mercury b-day party this year and "...will be bringing with him some multi-tracks from Queenโs 1973 debut album for fans to experience at the mixing desk in the Mountain Studios room." I'm going this year - probably the only year I can go for the time being - and so ready to spend so much time on this! Is anyone else going? Let me know ๐ Is there something new we should know?๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ |
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Post by Ri on Sept 11, 2023 23:20:26 GMT
I'm going this year - probably the only year I can go for the time being - and so ready to spend so much time on this! Is anyone else going? Let me know ๐ Is there something new we should know?๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ Sorry for my late reply! Well, this was on the "mixing board" which would usually have Made in Heaven and Mother Love. For the event these songs below were brought and it was a great experience trying them out.   |
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Post by manymilesaway on Sept 12, 2023 0:35:28 GMT
Is there something new we should know?๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ Sorry for my late reply! Well, this was on the "mixing board" which would usually have Made in Heaven and Mother Love. For the event these songs below were brought and it was a great experience trying them out. What the hell, My Fairy King? Awesome, last song I'd expect. |
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Post by georg on Sept 12, 2023 1:42:14 GMT
Iโll have to listen again for acoustic guitar on My Fairy King, I donโt think I ever noticed it before.
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Post by donovan on Sept 12, 2023 2:53:57 GMT
Iโll have to listen again for acoustic guitar on My Fairy King, I donโt think I ever noticed it before. 1:31 left speaker? |
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Post by davis_taylor.1984 on Sept 12, 2023 10:48:28 GMT
Is there something new we should know?๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ Sorry for my late reply! Well, this was on the "mixing board" which would usually have Made in Heaven and Mother Love. For the event these songs below were brought and it was a great experience trying them out. My Fairy King?? Wow... Who knows why... I remember they said the engineer Kevin would have brought the complete Queen I master (multitracks) is it true? |
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Post by dane on Sept 12, 2023 11:19:32 GMT
I suspect that each seperate track is a stereo track. Otherwise all drums on MFK and KYA would be in mono, which, they are not.
Very interesting to see this. thanks for sharing!
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Post by cmi on Sept 19, 2023 12:18:28 GMT
These notes are for stereo stems submixed from original multitracks (16 or 24 tracks) especially for the even or for some modern remixing work on the song.
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Post by manymilesaway on Sept 20, 2023 1:05:31 GMT
I wonder why Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy only has one stem for the entire drum set while every other song has the drums divided further.
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Post by pg on Sept 20, 2023 6:01:29 GMT
The goal of the part-mixing is to enable "isolated" parts on the day, so is probably something of a thankless task. Therefore, having mixed down one set of drum tracks to a single stem, maybe someone thought "stuff that" when coming to the next track.
Or maybe GOFLB only had one mic on the drums.
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Post by pg on Sept 20, 2023 6:05:37 GMT
A fair amount of work has clearly gone on at some point on Bo Rhap to remove everything that is on the master tape but not needed for the final mix AND to bounce it all down to instrument-specific stems.
We know the BVs for a start are all over the place, and I think the lead vocal has some random drop ins in various tracks.
That work probably wasn't just done for the first time, but must have been a real effort.
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Post by cmi on Sept 20, 2023 6:41:57 GMT
As I already told earlier, these tracks are sub-mixed stems. In case of MFK, GOFLB all drums submixed in one stereo stem. KYA drums presented here as one stereo stem as well, as on Rock Tour game. But we know from stems off RockBand that this song presented there with more separated parts of drum kit such as kick drum, snare drum and toms/hat (overhead).
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Post by manymilesaway on Sept 20, 2023 7:35:53 GMT
The goal of the part-mixing is to enable "isolated" parts on the day, so is probably something of a thankless task. Therefore, having mixed down one set of drum tracks to a single stem, maybe someone thought "stuff that" when coming to the next track. Or maybe GOFLB only had one mic on the drums. Yes, I'm aware that these stems don't represent the contents of the actual multitracks, but why the inconsistency? Why does every song have individual drum parts except GOFLB? Not genuinely asking, just a curiousity. It definitely doesn't have one mono mic on the drums, pretty easily audible on the Races mix. We know the BVs for a start are all over the place, and I think the lead vocal has some random drop ins in various tracks. On the multitrack, the vocal take used for the final song has no issues, but one of the alternate takes does. |
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Post by DotNickCore on Sept 20, 2023 8:01:31 GMT
I'm going to Montreux next year, I might be able to do that
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Post by Ri on Sept 20, 2023 22:26:25 GMT
I'm going to Montreux next year, I might be able to do that I'm not quite sure it's an annual thing (but to be fair I haven't checked the specifics in 2022), they brought MFK etc to "celebrate" Queen I's anniversary. But I hope they do it again for you! |
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Post by DotNickCore on Sept 21, 2023 11:07:56 GMT
I'll either be there around June, July or August 2024, maybe a Queen II or Sheer Heart Attack Anniversary?
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Post by Ri on Sept 21, 2023 16:54:44 GMT
I'll either be there around June, July or August 2024, maybe a Queen II or Sheer Heart Attack Anniversary?ย No the annual event in Montreux is usually around the weekend near Freddie's birthday so any special event would be early Sept. |
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Post by Brฦะs๊i on Sept 21, 2023 21:29:59 GMT
sadly, reality will (likely) bite very hard (and deeply) Don't worry. I'm a Villa fan so I've very much been brought back down to earth today ๐ luxury! you want to try being a Birmingham City fan for 50 years! (I speak from experience)  |
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Post by DotNickCore on Aug 15, 2024 9:39:42 GMT
I'll either be there around June, July or August 2024, maybe a Queen II or Sheer Heart Attack Anniversary? No the annual event in Montreux is usually around the weekend near Freddie's birthday so any special event would be early Sept. So quick update on my Montreux trip. I was there for three days and loved it. The only tracks there were MIH and ML. I plan on going to Montreux again for a Freddie for a Day event there in the future. |
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Post by manymilesaway on Aug 15, 2024 10:02:22 GMT
No the annual event in Montreux is usually around the weekend near Freddie's birthday so any special event would be early Sept. So quick update on my Montreux trip. I was there for three days and loved it. The only tracks there were MIH and ML. I plan on going to Montreux again for a Freddie for a Day event there in the future. Oh yeah, the Mother Love stems are beautiful. I've only heard a secret taping of it, though. Must be beautiful to hear the last lead vocal that Freddie Mercury ever put down, in the same place where he recorded them. |
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Post by agkelly on Aug 17, 2024 11:47:18 GMT
So quick update on my Montreux trip. I was there for three days and loved it. The only tracks there were MIH and ML. I plan on going to Montreux again for a Freddie for a Day event there in the future. Oh yeah, the Mother Love stems are beautiful. I've only heard a secret taping of it, though. Must be beautiful to hear the last lead vocal that Freddie Mercury ever put down, in the same place where he recorded them. It's amazing. I did the trip to Montreux when on my European trip in 2016 (I'm Australian). I wasn't there for any special occasion, just 2 days in Montreux in the July of that year. Before you get to mix the tracks, either a video of Brian or Roger plays, introducing the track you're about to play with. From memory Roger introduces MIH and Brian introduces ML. I might be wrong. For the Brian introduction to 'Mother Love' he explains the recording process for the song while Freddie was there, and says "and just over there, next to where you're standing right now is where he'd belt out those incredible vocals" (or words to that effect) and you realise the significance of where you're standing. There is (was?) a plaque on the floor showing the exact spot he recorded his final vocals. It's a pretty moving experience, being in that room, I have to say. |
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Post by DotNickCore on Aug 17, 2024 12:53:39 GMT
Oh yeah, the Mother Love stems are beautiful. I've only heard a secret taping of it, though. Must be beautiful to hear the last lead vocal that Freddie Mercury ever put down, in the same place where he recorded them. It's amazing. I did the trip to Montreux when on my European trip in 2016 (I'm Australian). I wasn't there for any special occasion, just 2 days in Montreux in the July of that year. Before you get to mix the tracks, either a video of Brian or Roger plays, introducing the track you're about to play with. From memory Roger introduces MIH and Brian introduces ML. I might be wrong. For the Brian introduction to 'Mother Love' he explains the recording process for the song while Freddie was there, and says "and just over there, next to where you're standing right now is where he'd belt out those incredible vocals" (or words to that effect) and you realise the significance of where you're standing. There is (was?) a plaque on the floor showing the exact spot he recorded his final vocals. It's a pretty moving experience, being in that room, I have to say. The plaque of Freddie's exact spot is still there with both an English and French translation. You can go outside of the casino to take a look at the Tribute Wall which was the original entrance for Mountain Studios. Montreux is full of Queen and Freddie Mercury merch and references. There is one plaque of Freddie that not a lot of people really know about is one of a silhouette profile of Freddie overlooking Lake Geneva with quotes of him describing Montreux and lyrics to A Winter's Tale. |
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Post by agkelly on Aug 18, 2024 10:13:36 GMT
It's amazing. I did the trip to Montreux when on my European trip in 2016 (I'm Australian). I wasn't there for any special occasion, just 2 days in Montreux in the July of that year. Before you get to mix the tracks, either a video of Brian or Roger plays, introducing the track you're about to play with. From memory Roger introduces MIH and Brian introduces ML. I might be wrong. For the Brian introduction to 'Mother Love' he explains the recording process for the song while Freddie was there, and says "and just over there, next to where you're standing right now is where he'd belt out those incredible vocals" (or words to that effect) and you realise the significance of where you're standing. There is (was?) a plaque on the floor showing the exact spot he recorded his final vocals. It's a pretty moving experience, being in that room, I have to say. The plaque of Freddie's exact spot is still there with both an English and French translation. You can go outside of the casino to take a look at the Tribute Wall which was the original entrance for Mountain Studios. Montreux is full of Queen and Freddie Mercury merch and references. There is one plaque of Freddie that not a lot of people really know about is one of a silhouette profile of Freddie overlooking Lake Geneva with quotes of him describing Montreux and lyrics to A Winter's Tale. Is that the silhouette on the bench beside the lake? Yeah, I came across that on my walks one day. It was a nice thing to come across. |
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Post by wj on Sept 6, 2024 11:46:46 GMT
Amazing that My fairy king multitrack was in the studio. Can somebody tell me about the quality of it. Did someone hear this track freddie and piano only version. This must be amazing. Maybe someone has made a recording of it? I am very curious.
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Post by airpodsmax on Sept 6, 2024 12:05:36 GMT
Amazing that My fairy king multitrack was in the studio. Can somebody tell me about the quality of it. Did someone hear this track freddie and piano only version. This must be amazing. Maybe someone has made a recording of it? I am very curious. Agree. |
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