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I'm sure this has been discussed before and pittrek did an amazing job with the best of the best series a couple of years ago. I was also looking on the Queen live website which summed up the top 10 of 70's Queen live and 80's Queen live. What i would like what you guys think is the best sounding Queen bootlegs ever?
Looking at the 70's, for me it must be the Rainbow show from that reel to reel tape from march 31st 1974. That is the best sounding 70's bootleg i have ever heard. So what are the best bootlegs ever, based on quality.
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Chicago '78
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Boston '76 as far as audience recordings go
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Mannheim 86 what a pure sound recording. If only the official recordings could have had this quality especially on the snare.
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Last concert in japan on masterport lable for sound quality.iv always liked the tarantura releases too especialy young nobles of rock if you can get over the obligatory messing around tarantura seem to do with every relese.
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Montreal 1978 is pretty good sounding as well.
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http://queenlive.ca/top10.htm
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I've been there a couple of months ago but thanks for mentioning.
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Hammersmith Odeon 79 has got to be right up there too!

I have that 78 Chicago one on my computer....absolutely love it!

Also, I remember I had an incomplete bootleg a while ago....something like 4-4-76? From Tokyo?? I think it was missing the encore, but the sound was in-freakin-credible...

I looked it up....yeah I had the right date n stuff....
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Hammy '79
Montreal '78
Tokyo 4-4-'76

Three of my personal favourite bootlegs by Queen.

Favourite bootleg of all time by any artist: the recently leaked excellent transfers from actual master tapes of Sonny Rollins' three-day stay at the Village Gate in New York, 1962. Brilliant sound, brilliant sets, unique recordings. Incredible that only three tracks from the whole damn lot were ever officially issued.
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[QUOTE] [b]thomasquinn 32989 wrote:[/b]

Favourite bootleg of all time by any artist: the recently leaked excellent transfers from actual master tapes of Sonny Rollins' three-day stay at the Village Gate in New York, 1962. Brilliant sound, brilliant sets, unique recordings. Incredible that only three tracks from the whole damn lot were ever officially issued.[/QUOTE]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUP_P8ds0iU @ 0:25

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caoYdiq3kak

^ Connection, or coincidence?
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Good question. Sonny did get "St. Thomas" from a nursery song from the Virgin Islands, which in turn was based on the English folk-song "The Lincolnshire Poacher" so it's a pretty convoluted mess to begin with...
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Between soundboard and audience recordings that I enjoy the most (most of them I would say have the best sound). I don't have all the available boots yet, so maybe something is missing.

1973 - Golders Green
1974 - Rainbow (Both)
1975 - Hammersmith
1976 - Boston, Tokyo, Osaka
1977 - Seattle, Earl Courts, Houston
1978 - Montreal, Chicago
1979 - Frankfurt, Osaka, Hammersmith
1980 - Oakland
1981 - Budokan, Buenos Aires
1982 - East Rutherford, Sapporo
1984 - Birmingham, Milan, Vienna
1986 - Mannheim, Berlin, Wembley (Bootleg, Both), Knebworth-
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Ozz - a few recommendations, in case you haven't heard them..

1975 - Tokyo (May 1, Tarantura bootleg)
1976 - Nagoya, Himeji, Fukuoka (all Tarantura bootlegs)
1977 - Boston
1978 - New York (Nov 17, source 3)
1979 - Tokyo (April 14, Tarantura bootleg)
1980 - Milwaukee, Chicago, London (Dec 8)
1982 - Vienna (May 12), Osaka, Nagoya
1984 - Sun City
1985 - Melbourne, Tokyo (May 9), Osaka

I'd say they all sound excellent, or close to it - as long as you grab the right versions. They're all available here.
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