Queen
In The Beginning
1971
Lineage: In The Begining MIKO QCD 01 (silvers) -> Wav (EAC) -> Flac (Frontend level 8)
Note:
I kept the flacs as I get them, added tags, created some checksums as
well an aucdtect, and typed these notes I found about the demo, one came
in the artwork.
Tracklisting :
01. Keep Yourself Alive
02. The Night Comes Down
03. Great King Rat
04. Jesus
05. Liar
Queen
had been playing the club and college circuit in and around London for
almost two years when the band had a chance opportunity to test out the
new recording facilities of De Lane Lea Studios. Taking advantage of the
opportunity, they put together a polished demo tape of five songs:
"Keep Yourself Alive," "The Night Comes Down," "Great King Rat,"
"Jesus," and "Liar". Despite the demo tape's quality, the band received
only one offer from a record company - a low bid from Chrysalis Records,
which they used to try to entice other companies.
This is the tape!
Around
September 1971, Brian May met up with an old friend, Terry Yeadon, who
was involved in the setting up of a new recording studio in Wembley
called De Lane Lea.
The studios needed musicians to try out the new
equipment they had installed - and preferably a band who could play
loud! The deal was that the musicians would record using the equipment,
and potential studio users would be on hand to hear and watch them. In
return for their services the band could record their demos for free. It
was an opportunity not to be missed and, of course, Queen jumped at it.
Not only would they be able to make the all important demo tapes, but
they would have ample occasion to meet producers and engineers, people
who could be vital to their future.
http://www.queenconcerts.com/london.html#delane
De Lane Lea Music Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley
Queen
recorded many demos in early 70's here (those five recorded here in
September 1971 were probably the most famous Queen demos). Not to be
confused with De Lane Lea Studios! The DLL Music Centre was built in
1971 because the De Lane Lea Studios were originally made for film
dubbing so the plan was to have DLL Studios for that purpose and DLL
Music Centre for music recording; in 1972 DLL Music Centre was sold to
CBS and kept the name 'Music Centre'. And guess what? Queen returned
there! (1980 - the Flash Gordon soundtrack).
Directions as above
(Wembley stadium). Keep following Olympic Way till the junction with
Engineers Way. Turn right and you can see the studios. Update: from what
I heard, the De Lane Lea studios are gone, they have been flattened.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Lane_Lea_Studios
De
Lane Lea Studios is a recording studio, currently based in Dean Street,
Soho, London, UK. Although the studios have mainly been used for
dubbing feature films and television programmes, major artists such as
The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Pink Floyd and Deep Purple
have recorded songs in their studios, particularly at their former
premises at 129 Kingsway [1] and at Engineers Way, Wembley, where Queen
recorded demos in 1971.[2]
Major Jacques De Lane Lea, a French
intelligence attaché for the British Government, founded De Lane Lea
Studios in 1947 to dub English films into French. The studios were
adapted according to the demands of the market and expanded
significantly on various sites in the 1960s and ’70s. Music recording
increased dramatically and the growth of commercial radio and TV also
led to new work in advertising.[3]
De Lane Lea now specialises in
Sound post-production for cinema and television. It includes 6
individual studios, including Studio 1, the biggest in-town dubbing
theatre, built on what was previously a TV studio and before that an
orchestral recording studio.[4] Recently the studios have been used for
films by directors such as Nick Park, Tim Burton, Mike Newell, Guillermo
del Toro and Chris Weitz.
goa
April 2009
Looks fascinating! Thank you!
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