Bohemian Rhapsody ..hear the raw tracks ...

vernier · 2nd February 2008, 11:08 AM

One of my fave.."The Story Of Bohemian Rhapsody" ..especially part-2 ..Roy Thomas Baker at the console bringing up individual tracks.

YouTube - The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody part 2

Pastor Obviedo · 2nd February 2008, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by vernier

One of my fave.."The Story Of Bohemian Rhapsody" ..especially part-2 ..Roy Thomas Baker at the console bringing up individual tracks.

YouTube - The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody part 2

GREAT!!

rainsinvelvet · 2nd February 2008, 05:41 PM

Thanks for the link! Very cool.

ERic

rainy-taxi · 2nd February 2008, 05:45 PM

thanks for this :) Brilliant track !

monkeyt · 2nd February 2008, 06:01 PM

I was suprised to see THREE bass tracks on a multitrack that they were obviously running out of room on!

vernier · 3rd February 2008, 01:16 AM

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I was suprised to see THREE bass tracks on a multitrack that they were obviously running out of room on!

Seems that would be direct, mic'd, and room ..but knowing Baker, he might have two tracks but say there are three. HEE!

James Guitar · 3rd February 2008, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by vernier

Seems that would be direct, mic'd, and room ..but knowing Baker, he might have two tracks but say there are three. HEE!

yes that would be very RTB to say that, but there are indeed three bass tracks. i have heard/seen them individually with my own ears/eyes.
direct, mic, and (IIRC) room.
-J

vernier · 3rd February 2008, 03:05 AM

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yes that would be very RTB to say that, but there are indeed three bass tracks. i have heard/seen them individually with my own ears/eyes.
direct, mic, and (IIRC) room.
-J

Cool.

James ..were you there first time around or for the surround mix?

monkeyt · 3rd February 2008, 03:15 AM

Oddly I would have kept all 3 too, it doesn't sound right until you pile all 3 on!

MtownMan87 · 3rd February 2008, 03:18 AM

Thanks for the link!

James Guitar · 3rd February 2008, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by vernier

Cool.

James ..were you there first time around or for the surround mix?

neither (i was 5 when the album came out haha). just in the right place at the right time when those tracks were up on the pro tools screen in the studio. first thing i noticed were the three bass tracks and insisted on soloing them as i couldn't believe that a song that we knew was *crammed* with stuff on each track (and crammed it is - the lead vocal track has guitar parts stuck on it where there's no lead singing) could afford to have THREE bass tracks, but sure enough - there they were. listened to each one and yes they're different, but coulda fooled me as to why they needed three of them. i'll be the first to say (and i love bass) that bass ain't what i notice when i listen to bohemian rhapsody... but i'll defer to RTB!
-J

vernier · 3rd February 2008, 03:40 AM

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just in the right place at the right time when those tracks were up on the pro tools screen in the studio.

Great you got to see it.

sedohr · 3rd February 2008, 03:56 AM

I would love to see the raw tracks. Or even hear them.
I was totally blown away when I saw the Killer queen raw tracks. And heard them too.

Kalli

vernier · 3rd February 2008, 04:08 AM

Surround version was done in Nuendo though, right?

ahjteam · 3rd February 2008, 04:53 AM

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Originally Posted by vernier

Surround version was done in Nuendo though, right?

Freezeframe the video at 7:15, looks more like Nuendo/Cubase to me than ProTools.

James Guitar · 3rd February 2008, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by ahjteam

Freezeframe the video at 7:15, looks more like Nuendo/Cubase to me than ProTools.

could be. i never said i was at the surround remix (my response was "neither" to the question of whether i was at the original sessions or the 5.1 session). i was merely in a studio that had the BR tracks up and they were up on pro tools.
-J

danasti · 3rd February 2008, 05:57 AM

Darn it. I thought someone was actually posting the actual individual tracks from tape. I'd love that....

vernier · 3rd February 2008, 06:19 AM

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Darn it. I thought someone was actually posting the actual individual tracks from tape. I'd love that....

Still rare hearing solo piano and bass ..valuable information if you can reverse engineer it.

monkeyt · 3rd February 2008, 06:32 AM

yeah... its out there, but that 2inch tape is a bitch to download

James Guitar · 3rd February 2008, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by vernier

Still rare hearing solo piano and bass ..valuable information if you can reverse engineer it.

indeed. the power of the vocals at 00:24 in *The Story... Part THREE* is worth the price of admission alone. that vocal arrangement is a study in itself.
-J

monkeyt · 3rd February 2008, 06:46 AM

can't do this to me baby
just gotta get right
just gotta get right out of here

loopy · 3rd February 2008, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by vernier

One of my fave.."The Story Of Bohemian Rhapsody" ..especially part-2 ..Roy Thomas Baker at the console bringing up individual tracks.

YouTube - The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody part 2

Amazing!!!!!!!!
Great find!!!!

janek 68 · 3rd February 2008, 10:06 AM

I need that drums sound! immedietely! any tips?

Sqye · 3rd February 2008, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by danasti

Darn it. I thought someone was actually posting the actual individual tracks from tape. I'd love that....

that's what i thought, too...

oh well, boo hoo....

and yeah, i remember when people used to actually play instruments....

a long time ago.....in another world and time.

YouTube - Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Gadd

YouTube - Stanley Clarke / Steve Gadd - My Greatest Hits

YouTube - Marcus Miller - Scoop

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vernier · 3rd February 2008, 12:22 PM

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I need that drums sound! immedietely! any tips?

When I worked with Mike Stone he close mic'd using 421's -white bodied ones, and I think D12 on kick. Thats all I remember. When he mic'd up the Bosendorfer, it sounded Queen. I have tapes somewhere -I'll dig 'em out.

James Guitar · 3rd February 2008, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by janek 68

I need that drums sound! immedietely! any tips?

RTB sez in that SOS article linked above:
"We weren't into multiple snare miking back then, so there was just a single mic on the snare. We tended to use mostly condenser mics at that time and generally Neumann U67s or U87s on the toms and overhead. The transformation between U67s or U87s was going on at that point and studios usually had one or the other. An AKG D12 was used on the bass drum. They were the days before the D112, which seems to be the standard now."

that and, of course, roger taylor's kit and style!

BudgetMC · 3rd February 2008, 05:47 PM

All very cool.

janek 68 · 3rd February 2008, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by James Guitar

RTB sez in that SOS article linked above:
"We weren't into multiple snare miking back then, so there was just a single mic on the snare. We tended to use mostly condenser mics at that time and generally Neumann U67s or U87s on the toms and overhead. The transformation between U67s or U87s was going on at that point and studios usually had one or the other. An AKG D12 was used on the bass drum. They were the days before the D112, which seems to be the standard now."

that and, of course, roger taylor's kit and style!

Thanks James . give me please this link....

Auris · 3rd February 2008, 07:11 PM

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allencollins · 3rd February 2008, 08:11 PM

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