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After a long break I come back with another year.
I had HUGE problems today with the upload, so some parts are on rapidshare and some on mediafire, sorry for that.
I'm pretty sure that someone will reupload it somewhere else for those of you who don't like rapidshare.
I also hope that these links will stay up as long as possible :(

Every concert will be for "security reasons" in a separate posts, this time it's 5 concerts.
Best of the best http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1109319/best-of-the-best.aspx?page=1
Date : 14.7.1980
Venue : Oakland Coliseum Arena, Oakland, California, USA
Lineage : AUD > Master > 3rd Generation Tape > WAV > CDR > WAV > FLAC frontend (level 8)

[QUOTE]
Queen
Oakland, USA
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
July 14, 1980


This is a third generation recording of an excellent early Game tour gig. The quality is superb, and surely an upgrade of all previous versions. Unfortunately the last track is TYMD, but at least we have most of the concert. Save Me cuts out at the end, so we're missing Now I'm Here as well. It's awesome to hear Freddie sing Need Your Loving Tonight like the record version, because his voice was in such good shape early on in the tour. For that song alone, this bootleg is worth obtaining, but the entire show has Freddie in magical voice. Brian's guitar solo is a bit long and wandering, but he really does create some pretty things this night. Overall, this show is one of the very best.


Lineage: AUD > Master > 3rd Generation Tape > WAV > CDR > WAV > FLAC frontend (level 8)


Disc 1:
Jailhouse Rock
We Will Rock You (fast)
Let Me Entertain You
Need Your Loving Tonight
Play The Game
Mustapha
Death On Two Legs
Killer Queen
I'm In Love With My Car
Somebody To Love
Get Down, Make Love
You're My Best Friend
Save Me

Disc 2:
Fat Bottomed Girls
Love Of My Life
Keep Yourself Alive
Tympani Solo
Guitar Solo / Brighton Rock (ending)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Bohemian Rhapsody
Tie Your Mother Down


Distribute these files only if they are left completely unaltered, and always include the lineage information. As always with my shares (and preferably everybody else's!), be sure that this recording is not made available at Queenzone or elsewhere in mp3 or any other lossy format. Keep lossless files lossless. :)


Enjoy!

Sir GH

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Download links :

http://rapidshare.com/files/133256857/1980-07-14_Oakland_USA_d1_1.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/133257253/1980-07-14_Oakland_USA_d1_2.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/133258605/1980-07-14_Oakland_USA_d1_3.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/133259922/1980-07-14_Oakland_USA_d1_4.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/133261134/1980-07-14_Oakland_USA_d2_1.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zmzdmxyye1l
http://rapidshare.com/files/133262998/1980-07-14_Oakland_USA_d2_3.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?9t91mznawum
Best of the best http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1109319/best-of-the-best.aspx?page=1
Date: 19.9.1980
Venue : Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont, Illinois, USA
Lineage: Master (Technics RS-686DS) > WAV > CDR (2) > WAV > FLAC frontend level 8

Concert + Radio promos

[QUOTE]
-- DO NOT CONVERT THIS TO MP3 OR ANY OTHER LOSSLESS FORMAT --

Queen
Horizon, Rosemont (Chicago)
September 19th, 1980

Lineage: Master (Technics RS-686DS) > WAV > CDR (2) > WAV > FLAC frontend level 8

I received this recording directly from the taper himself, so it simply can't get any better than this! It's a truly excellent recording. I can't see why anyone would want to distribute anything else from this date, as this version renders all the others obsolete. It is my goal that this share accomplishes exactly that.


Disc 1:

1. Intro
2. Jailhouse Rock
3. We Will Rock You (fast)
4. Let Me Entertain You
5. Play The Game
6. Mustapha
7. Death On Two Legs
8. Killer Queen
9. I'm In Love With My Car
10. Get Down Make Love
11. You're My Best Friend
12. Save Me
13. Now I'm Here
14. Dragon Attack
15. Now I'm Here (reprise)
16. Fat Bottomed Girls

Disc 2:

1. Love Of My Life
2. Keep Yourself Alive / Roger Taylor timpani solo
3. Brian May guitar solo
4. Brighton Rock (finale)
5. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
6. Bohemian Rhapsody
7. Tie Your Mother Down
8. Another One Bites The Dust
9. Sheer Heart Attack
10. We Will Rock You
11. We Are The Champions
12. God Save The Queen


This is one of my personal favourites. A fantastic concert. Enjoy!

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Download links

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?lyyzxfyx2dc
http://rapidshare.com/files/133267723/1980-09-19_Rosemont_USA_d1_2.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/133268448/1980-09-19_Rosemont_USA_d1_3.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/133268860/1980-09-19_Rosemont_USA_d1_4.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mn1nmect0yx
http://rapidshare.com/files/133271109/1980-09-19_Rosemont_USA_d2_2.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?vj2bxwhdyd2
http://rapidshare.com/files/133276342/1980-09-19_Rosemont_USA_d2_4.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/133276491/1980-09-19_Rosemont_USA_info.zip

Thanks to SirGH for the original share !
Best of the best http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1109319/best-of-the-best.aspx?page=1
Hope you solve your problems soon,I haven´t completed your full FLAC Rock in Rio from the HUB =)
Heap big woman you made an asshole outta me....gimme your bums and ride!!!!!!
Date : 8. December 1980
Venue : Wembley Arena, London, UK
Lineage : AUD > ? > "FLASH ALIVE " > Direct Transfer fom Japanese LP > USB turntable > Audacity
> WAV > FLAC

The best sounding recording from Wembley 80

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]
Review from http://www.queenlive.ca [/QUOTENAME]
Queen are a force to be reckoned with on this tour, and this show in particular is such an excellent one on all levels. Musically they are spot on, and Freddie's voice is nothing short of perfect, hitting every note he wants to. Their vocal harmonies are tight, with Play The Game being a notable mention.

Freddie notes that it's "Fucking freezing in this auditorium" before Mustapha. "Especially for all those people in the back. But we'll get your asses on fire in a minute, don't worry." Before Love Of My Life, Brian mentions the temperature too, however a wee bit more diplomatically than Freddie as per usual. "Well, I hope you're all warming up a little by now. It feels like it."

There are a few great adlibs from Freddie. In Killer Queen, he sings, "Perfume came naturally from Wembley," something which he had done many times in the past at various places around the world (London and Tokyo, at least). And later, there is his "Ride on cowboy, any way you like, on your bike" during Fat Bottomed Girls, his mimic of the Flash Gordon movie during Flash, "Oh Flash, I love you, I love you, I love you!" and "You can save the world" between verses of The Hero.

Freddie has a few little exchanges with audience members tonight. Before Save Me, it sounds like he says, "What did you say in belching? I'll turn you into a frog if you don't watch it." Before Fat Bottomed Girls, he contemplates the next song in the setlist, and tells himself, "We're gonna do that one, yes," and then shouts, "You shut up! You keep out of this!" After a brief pause, he continues. "We're gonna do as he says, by the way. This is a dirty little number, and we've uh..." He gets distracted again and says, "You shut up as well. What is this!? You wanna come up and sing it? C'mon!" Instead of following through with his invitation, he continues with his usual style of intro of the song, "It's all about tits and bums as you know. It's called Fat Bottomed Girls."

Freddie sings a very aggressive version of Fat Bottomed Girls. After he (unusually) sings the final "rockin' world go 'round" like the record version, Roger shouts "Woooo!" in excitement.

About 2 1/2 minutes into Brian's guitar solo, there is a beautiful moment. His choice of notes and rhythms in his ascending and descending run sound very classical, and he probably didn't even realize it on the fly. Thank goodness for tape! A bit later, you can hear Brian fiddling with his delay unit to get the right timing before entering Battle Theme.

The Flash Gordon soundtrack was released today, which means their audiences didn't know Battle Theme and The Hero when they had been performed at earlier shows on the European tour.

Tonight would be the first show where they'd use a synth. They performed Flash for the first time two nights before in Birmingham, with Brian playing the rhythm on his guitar. The band then decided it was best to have him on the keyboard instead, to be closer to the record version (probably a 3-1 decision in the band democracy!). As seen on the Buenos Aires video from the following year, Brian switches from the piano to the synth patch the old-fashioned way - by manually pushing a button, instead of a foot pedal.

Like two nights ago, Queen swapped the encores. Freddie and Roger's voices blend perfectly in the second verse of Sheer Heart Attack. At the end of the show, after thanking the audience, Freddie adds, "Hey, we can all go home now and get fucked!"

Queen dropped Need Your Loving Tonight from the setlist after this show for some reason. It would be played now and again in 1981, usually alternating nights with Rock It.
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Download links :
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?qdx1wmmmzxm
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?1nixyk5k51b
http://rapidshare.com/files/133282712/1980-12-08_Wembley_UK_d1_3.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?131srzyrctw
http://rapidshare.com/files/133284740/1980-12-08_Wembley_UK_d2_1.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/133285379/1980-12-08_Wembley_UK_d2_2.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/133286070/1980-12-08_Wembley_UK_d2_3.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/133286700/1980-12-08_Wembley_UK_d2_4.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/133287129/1980-12-08_Wembley_UK_d2_5.zip
Best of the best http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1109319/best-of-the-best.aspx?page=1
Date : 13. December 1980
Venue : Forest National (Vorst Nationale), Brussels, Belgium

This is a really good recording, unfortunately without any lineage or other information. :(

Download links :
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mi4jnmhmuth
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?y93vui0s5c3
http://rapidshare.com/files/133300717/1980-12-13_Brussels_Belgium_d1_3.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/133303288/1980-12-13_Brussels_Belgium_d1_4.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/133303803/1980-12-13_Brussels_Belgium_d1_5.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/133304550/1980-12-13_Brussels_Belgium_d2_1.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/133306532/1980-12-13_Brussels_Belgium_d2_2.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/133308549/1980-12-13_Brussels_Belgium_d2_3.zip
Best of the best http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1109319/best-of-the-best.aspx?page=1
And the LAST concert for this year

Date : 14. December 1980
Venue : Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany

[QUOTE]Queen
Frankfurt, Germany
Festhalle
December 14, 1980


Here's an upgrade of the Frankfurt 80 recording. I know a better version exists with a wider stereo sound, but this is definitely the lowest generation copy I've heard yet (a friend of mine traded for the tape from a German collector in 1984). This is a great, energetic show from the boys. Listen to Brian mess up on the piano at the beginning of Save Me. It takes a few seconds for he and Freddie to synch together again. This is probably the best recording of Queen's rendition of Imagine we'll ever hear. This is also one of the best recordings of Battle Theme. It didn't last long in their live set, as they dropped it after the Japanese '81 shows.

I've also added God Save The Queen is from from the "Imagine" bootleg on the Gypsy Eye label. They used the common source as well, and added Sheer Heart Attack and GSTQ from an inferior alternate source. But unfortunately, the two discs are plagued with digital clicks and noise. GSTQ luckily didn't have too many clicks, so I was able to clean most of that one up, but it was impossible to salvage SHA (if it even is genuinely from Frankfurt).


Lineage: Master > Cassette (x) > CDR > WAV > FLAC Frontend level 8

Lineage of GSTQ: "Imagine" (Gypsy Eye) silvers > CDR (x) > WAV > GoldWave click removal > FLAC Frontend level 8


Disc 1:
1. Intro
2. Jailhouse Rock
3. We Will Rock You (fast)
4. Let Me Entertain You
5. Play The Game
6. Mustapha
7. Death On Two Legs
8. Killer Queen
9. I'm In Love With My Car
10. Get Down, Make Love
11. Save Me
12. Now I'm Here
13. Dragon Attack
14. Now I'm Here (reprise)

Disc 2:
1. Fat Bottomed Girls
2. Love Of My Life
3. Imagine
4. Drum solo
5. Guitar solo
6. Battle Theme
7. Flash
8. The Hero
9. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
10. Bohemian Rhapsody
11. Tie Your Mother Down
12. Another One Bits The Dust
13. We Will Rock You
14. We Are The Champions
15. God Save The Queen


Distribute these files only if they are left completely unaltered, and always include the lineage information. As always with my shares (and preferably everybody else's!), be sure that this recording is not made available at Queenzone or elsewhere in mp3 or any other lossy format. Keep lossless files lossless, unless it's for your own use. :)


Enjoy!

Sir GH
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Download links :
http://rapidshare.com/files/133317830/1980-12-14_Frankfurt_Germany_d1_1.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/133316865/1980-12-14_Frankfurt_Germany_d1_2.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/133319143/1980-12-14_Frankfurt_Germany_d1_3.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/133321740/1980-12-14_Frankfurt_Germany_d1_4.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/133322389/1980-12-14_Frankfurt_Germany_d2_1.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mbfb4wvyarh
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jobjqb44wjz
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?vmqsmwy2vyw


A HUGE thanks to SirGH for the original share !
Best of the best http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1109319/best-of-the-best.aspx?page=1
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]L-R-TIGER1994 wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Hope you solve your problems soon,I haven´t completed your full FLAC Rock in Rio from the HUB =)[/QUOTE]

Hey, you're fast :)

Sorry about the hub, I'm not often at home these days, so I visit the hub very sporadically but if you're talking about the complete first night, I'm thinking about putting it here for 1985.


BTW 1981 should follow soon (maybe next week)
Best of the best http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1109319/best-of-the-best.aspx?page=1
Great uploads as usual, and I'll discover the brussels one!
Thank you Pittrek
You are amazing! Thank you so much!!!!!
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]pittrek wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Date : 13. December 1980
Venue : Forest National (Vorst Nationale), Brussels, Belgium

This is a really good recording, unfortunately without any lineage or other information. :(

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Cool, I didn't have this one! Thanks Pittrek!
many tks dude, the list is getting bigger ;)
Thanks Pittrek!!
Your work is outstanding!!!
A man who learnt how to teach, but forgot how to learn. A la grande le puse cuca!!
Thank you very much for this new year with great concerts !!
Good Job !

greetings


Bokkepoot
check: http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1313741/queenzone-queenconcerts-database-version-9-is-online.aspx Most recent overview (Version 9 - Releasedate: 01-01-2016): http://bit.ly/1mTisKr
Thanks a lot.
Look out, take care, there's a lot of music out there...

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