"Best Of The Best" part 2 - 1974

Hello, here is the second year - 1974, sorry it took so long. I hope that 1975 will follow very soon :) Venue : Exposition Hall, Portland, Oregon, USA Date : 28. April 1974 Lineage : AUD > Analog Master (Sony TC-110) > Standalone CDR (0) > WAV (EAC) > FLAC Level 8 Comments : [QUOTE][QUOTENAME]As stolen from queenlive.ca[/QUOTENAME] Like a few other shows on this tour, Aerosmith (touring for "Get Your Wings") also performed before Mott The Hoople tonight. Someone who attended the show in Boston a couple nights before recalls the evening: "Queen opened the show and blew them away, in their (Aerosmith's) own home town!". This is the second-earliest known recording of an American Queen show, including a rare appearance of See What A Fool I've Been (seemingly in place of Great King Rat). This gig seems to be very well-received by the fans waiting for Mott The Hoople to take the stage shortly. All previous copies of this recording from The Expo decreased in quality for the encore, but here on the master transfer, the entire show is presented in glorious quality, also without the speed problems of the old copies. The Breakdown CDR bootleg called "Early Battle" is to be written off, as it's far inferior to the master transfer. Brian's guitar goes out of tune during Son And Daughter, and he doesn't correct it for the rest of the show! He seems to lose time during his solo in Keep Yourself Alive, as he jumps into the chorus a couple beats early, forcing the others to catch up. Still, overall, the band are just simply on fire, as they had everything in the world to prove to every audience they played for. Roger's drumming is very energetic, especially during Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll. [/QUOTE] This is a HUGE upgrade to the previous version, which was mp3 sourced. It comes from the master tape, so it can't get better. Great quality, great performance, what do you need more ? :) Track listing: Procession, Father To Son, Ogre Battle, Son And Daughter, See What A Fool I've Been, Liar, Keep Yourself Alive, Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll, Big Spender, Bama Lama Bama Loo [QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Original notes[/QUOTENAME] QUEEN PORTLAND EXPO PORTLAND, MAINE (USA) APRIL 28, 1974 AUDIENCE ANALOG MASTER>CDR>EAC>FLAC JOE MALONEY MASTER RECORDING SET LIST: 1: INTRO/FATHER TO SON 2: OGRE BATTLE 3: SON AND DAUGHTER 4: SEE WHAT A FOOL I'VE BEEN 5: LIAR 6: KEEP YOURSELF ALIVE 7: MODERN TIMES ROCK AND ROLL 8: HEY BIG SPENDER 9: TUTTI FRUTTI JAM Recorded using a Sony TC-110 analog cassette recorder with internal mic. Special thanks to Joe Maloney for making this recording available. Please do not "Remaster" and then re-post this recording. Transferred and presented to you January 2008 by KRW&CO.[/QUOTE] Download links : http://rapidshare.com/files/106037647/1974-04-28_Portland_USA-master_tape_1.zip http://www.mediafire.com/?zuzbfbydiyd http://rapidshare.com/files/106040756/1974-04-28_Portland_USA-master_tape3.zip Venue : Rainbow Theatre, London, UK Date : 31. March 1974 Comments : [QUOTE][QUOTENAME]As written on queenlive.ca[/QUOTENAME] This is a pre-LP copy in superb quality, which renders all LP versions to be obsolete, as well as all of the old silvers, because they are sourced from the many LPs (namely Sheetkeeckers, the very first Queen bootleg, which came out in early 1975). I filled in a few brief gaps with an LP source. This version was bootlegged as "Majestic Rock" by Wardour. It came as a bonus disc with their release of Kobe '75 called "Dressed To Kill". This soundboard recording (multi-track, to be precise) clearly contains numerous vocal overdubs, most notably a bit over 3 minutes into Liar when you can clearly hear a line sung by Freddie (the "time after

Thank You! Great job!;)

Really good job Pittrek!

since you asking; yes, the Stark remaster of young nobles of rock & the Hammy could be great shares for all people here who only wants the best of each year.

Which version or mix of Hammersmith is eventually the best? (which means you'll upload)

I have created a mix of the best sources of Hammersmith, but I had to use one lossy source. Does anybody have the lossless video mix from Hammersmith Odeon 75 ?

Great, Great, Great thanx !!!!!!

Gode save the Queen (and bless Pittrek)

Stefano

Who told Pittrek was not a valuable Queenzoner was not here for long enough...
Many thanks Pittrek !!
To you new Queenzoners, these are truely the best shares you could find about Queen concerts. Of course there are some other ones for each year, but what Pittrek did here was selecting the best you could hear for each year. Perfect for those who begin with the Queen live collection.
Wonderful job indeed !!

I drink a toast to you !!!

Regards,

Olivier,
France.

Thank you very much.
I missed the Rainbow 3 source mix in the first place

Thank you very much!!! I've been waiting for this!

Thanks a lot.It's great.
For 1975 it's easy to choose.There are two legendary concerts in great quality: 1'st May and 24 December.

This is what it's all about. A superb recording.

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You bastard... !! ;)

Haha!

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You bastard... !! ;)

Haha!
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:-)

Thank you very much pittrek (and the others who contribute to the other shares), simply great!

Stone Cold Leo'82 B.R.

Wasn't the Portland gig the one which brian shared a bottle of whiskey with joe perry before and therefore was pretty drunk on stage so he couldn't hear the others ?

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]princetom wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Wasn't the Portland gig the one which brian shared a bottle of whiskey with joe perry before and therefore was pretty drunk on stage so he couldn't hear the others ?[/QUOTE]

You're close! It was three days later in Harrisburg. Details are on my website (queenlive.ca) if you'd like.