Seven Seas Of Rhye - Top Of The Pops 1974

This is one of the three performances of Seven Seas Of Rhye on BBC's Top Of The Pops in 1974.
Originally transferred by Rien (http://www.mercuryparadise.com/) from a VHS sent to him by an Argentinian collector (thanks for the share).
Date is unknown, so if anybody has some info to add, feel free to contribute.
Download link : http://www.mediafire.com/?8zch9tvtl4b
Enjoy :-)
A second version has been added here :
http://rapidshare.com/files/63004127/Seven_Seas_Of_Rhye_TOTP2-3.mpg

Thank you, Pittrek! I didn't know there were three, I've only seen the two on YouTube*. I read somewhere that one's actually from a Dutch program called "Top Pops".

EDIT: I wrote that whilst downloading it. This version is actually a mix of the two I've seen, but either filmed from the screen or deliberately filtered blue and high contrast. Thanks anyway though, what're the other two you have like?

* http://youtube.com/watch?v=DDb2ziPQSTA

Wow, 15 downloads and 1 reply ? A really GREAT motivation to upload other things.

And now to the answer - I'm writing this from a computer where youtube is blocked, so I can't check the link you've posted.
But the second video I have is a combination of 2 performances, the first one is (I think) identical to the one I posted, but it's black and white, and in the end it's colour. The second performance is a live performance before an audience overdubbed with the album version of the song, if I remember correctly it was also B&W. I don't know where I have the second video, I have aprox. 150 unlabelled CDs full of Queen mp3s and vids, so it takes some time to find something there :-)

pittrek wrote:

This is one of the three performances of Seven Seas Of Rhye on BBC's Top Of The Pops in 1974.
Date is unknown, so if anybody has some info to add, feel free to contribute.
Download link : http://www.mediafire.com/?8zch9tvtl4b
Enjoy :-)

First of all, thanks for uploading this. Secondly, the best person to ask about the origins of this recording is Rien ( www.mercuryparadise.com ) as he uploaded this a long while back to here and on his site. From memory, this wasnt from Top Of The Pops but instead the Dutch version of that show (Top Pop I think it was called). He uploaded two versions of the same clip the first being the colourwashed version and then the second one which was converted to black and white (as shown in the youtube link). The clip you have uploaded is the same one but with a blue tint matched to the audio of the album version.

Hope that helps...

I think the Youtube video is the two versions Pittrek describes, one after the other. Thanks for uploading, and please keep searching!

pittrek wrote:

Wow, 15 downloads and 1 reply ? A really GREAT motivation to upload other things.

I just downloaded to check if it was the same version I've already had. I had it already, but thanks for uploading it anyway!

pittrek wrote:

But the second video I have is a combination of 2 performances, the first one is (I think) identical to the one I posted, but it's black and white, and in the end it's colour. The second performance is a live performance before an audience overdubbed with the album version of the song, if I remember correctly it was also B&W.

The second one is a compilation of two sources, one including some colour. It's available in the queenhub and on the youtube link posted in this thread.

Thanks for the info guys, I have the videos for a long time without any info.

As far as I know Queen never performed Seven Seas of Rhye on the Dutch TV show Top Pop. They did do Killer Queen in November 1974, but that's it.

Pim Derks wrote:

As far as I know Queen never performed Seven Seas of Rhye on the Dutch TV show Top Pop. They did do Killer Queen in November 1974, but that's it.

Are you talking about this show ?
http://www.webalice.it/pikkololuca/vcd/totp/1974%20Killer%20Queen/Killerqueen2.jpg

That's interesting, is the video of Killer Queen on Top Pop available? I've only seen the well-known TOTP performance.

The two versions of SSOR in the YouTube video seem to be from different programs: One is in a plain studio with no audience, the other has an audience and Roger is in front of a big symbol or set piece.

It resembles, but doesn't seem to be, the NBC logo. Does anyone recognise this logo or know for sure where either video is from? I've attached a screenshot from YouTube.

boffy wrote:

That's interesting, is the video of Killer Queen on Top Pop available? I've only seen the well-known TOTP performance.

I'll upload it in the next few days

boffy wrote:

That's interesting, is the video of Killer Queen on Top Pop available? I've only seen the well-known TOTP performance.

The two versions of SSOR in the YouTube video seem to be from different programs: One is in a plain studio with no audience, the other has an audience and Roger is in front of a big symbol or set piece.

It resembles, but doesn't seem to be, the NBC logo. Does anyone recognise this logo or know for sure where either video is from? I've attached a screenshot from YouTube.

old totp logo

pittrek wrote:

I'll upload it in the next few days

Thanks again, Pittrek.

Ducksoup wrote:

old totp logo

Cheers, Duck Soup. (I wonder if ANATO would've sold as well if they'd named it after that Marx bros. film instead.)

double post

boffy wrote:

Cheers, Duck Soup. (I wonder if ANATO would've sold as well if they'd named it after that Marx bros. film instead.)

:-)