Kes wrote:In the case of The Miracle and Innuendo, they pretty much went from one to the other, although they probably didn't know that the tracks they started working on, at that point, would make the basis of another album.
sebastian wrote:Kes wrote:In the case of The Miracle and Innuendo, they pretty much went from one to the other, although they probably didn't know that the tracks they started working on, at that point, would make the basis of another album.
Not really: 'Miracle' sessions ended in February and 'Innuendo' sessions began in November. So, they had a nine-month break. Between the end of 'Opera' (November 1975) and the beginning of 'Races' (July 1976) they had eight months (seven if we count rehearsals, which began in 'June'), which is less than nine... and they'd been touring for a lot of time in those seven months!
sebastian wrote:Not really: 'Miracle' sessions ended in February and 'Innuendo' sessions began in November. So, they had a nine-month break. Between the end of 'Opera' (November 1975) and the beginning of 'Races' (July 1976) they had eight months (seven if we count rehearsals, which began in 'June'), which is less than nine... and they'd been touring for a lot of time in those seven months!
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Kes wrote:The amount of guitars on TSMGO is even more staggering when you hear the isolated tracks from it.
Is this the life we really want?
Action This Day wrote:I can remember when the Miracle album came out Woolworths of all places had a monthly music magazine which included an interview. I can clearly remember the quote attributed to Freddie when asked about touring: 'I've personally had it with bombastic stage lights & special effects'. This seemed very oddd when the triumphant Magic tour was less than three years earlier.
Rare Live was what we got in lieu of a Miracle tour. So I don't remember any plans for shows in 1989 but I know the band did get asked a lot about touring. Even on the eve of the release of GH2 (Oct 1991- Guitar Player magazine) Brian was still claiming the band 'might' tour the following year.
Is this the life we really want?
bigV wrote:They talk at length about that in the Queen for an Hour interview. It's on YouTube, give it a listen. One of the most enjoyable hours I've spent as a Queen fan.
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sebastian wrote:For population reasons, particularly record buying population, being No 11 in America might have represented more copies were shipped there than if they had the No 1 in Britain. More copies = more money. In that sense, it was a success. There's no way to determine, especially back then, whether any other song (e.g. 'Put Out the Fire', which is the most 'classic-Queen' piece from that album) would've done any better, chart-wise.
sebastian wrote:For population reasons, particularly record buying population, being No 11 in America might have represented more copies were shipped there than if they had the No 1 in Britain. More copies = more money. In that sense, it was a success. There's no way to determine, especially back then, whether any other song (e.g. 'Put Out the Fire', which is the most 'classic-Queen' piece from that album) would've done any better, chart-wise.
Lover Boy wrote:I've never liked those God awful scratch noises either. It detracts from an otherwise decent song. I'm curious to know who thought it was a good idea.
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