Queen
Puebla, Mexico
Estadio Olimpico de beisbol Ignacio Zaragoza
October 17, 1981
This is a merge of the various bootlegs produced from the primary audience recording of this show. All the songs are there, but there are several cuts, during and between songs. The quality varies from song to song, but much of this certainly may remain the best available from this show. You be the judge !
Now I'm Here and Dragon Attack were cut between sides A and B of the LP, but there was some overlap so I was able to seamlessly cross-fade the two together.
The show actually ran under 90 minutes due to the uncooperative audience. Despite Mercury's frustrations being clearly expressed throughout (some of which was cut from the bootlegs, like the Chelsea Cobbler comment after shoes were being thrown at the band during Now I'm Here), he and the boys put in a killer performance. Note how he phrases the back half of the second chorus of Save Me exactly like the single version.
01. We Will Rock You (fast) *
02. Let Me Entertain You [cut] *
03. Play The Game ***
04. Somebody To Love [cut] ***
05. Killer Queen **
06. I'm In Love With My Car **
07. Get Down Make Love **
08. Save Me ***
09. Now I'm Here [cut], Dragon Attack, Now I'm Here (reprise) [cut] ***
10. Love Of My Life ***
11. Keep Yourself Alive, drum/guitar solos **
12. Flash, The Hero ****
13. Crazy Little Thing Called Love **
14. Bohemian Rhapsody **
15. Tie Your Mother Down **
16. Another One Bites The Dust ***
17. We Will Rock You **
18. We Are The Champions **
19. God Save The Queen **
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Enjoy, and keep it lossless!
Marknow · Member since
Cheers Bob. :)
MackMantilla · Member since
Thanks for your work, sir ;)
Gregsynth · Member since
Somebody To Love and We Are The Champions are excellent from this show!
The Real Wizard · Member since
^ I knew you'd point those two out. Mercury hits those high Cs that he so rarely hit live.
tcc · Member since
Thanks for this.
I can't help with a torrent these few days because of the lunar new year celebrations.
Gregsynth · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]
^ I knew you'd point those two out. Mercury hits those high Cs that he so rarely hit live.[/QUOTE]
And when he does hit them, they sound really good!
Fred was a beast during the South American, Mexican, and the two Montreal shows--hitting clean, effortless C5s on STL (check out the 1st Montreal show--blows away the filmed version), hitting the WATC C5 on three gigs (Monterrey and the two Puebla shows) and singing Play The Game with all he's got!
Probably his strongest set of vocal shows since the Crazy Tour (and maybe the first couple early 1980 shows)!
The Real Wizard · Member since
Fo shiz. This was his peak, no doubt.
And say what you want about Hot Space, but vocally speaking it's arguably the best he'd sound on record.
pittrek · Member since
Well this really seems interesting, thanks
GuitarMay · Member since
Thanks for this merge !!
vivaqueen · Member since
MERCI BEAUCOUP
Rami · Member since
Thank you very much!!
rubens · Member since
What a nice surprise! Thank you sir!
cmi · Member since
Bob,
You had made a 2-source merge back in 2007. It's seems to me it was more complete and better in quality. What's the point of the recent different merge?
Here's an info from 2007 merge:
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Queen
Puebla, Mexico
Estadio Olimpico Ignacio Zaragoza
October 17, 1981
This is a mix of two sources from the first night in Puebla. There are still a few parts missing between songs, but this is most likely the best quality and most complete version of this concert we'll ever hear. About 95% of the show comes from an almost excellent first generation tape, and I filled in the gaps with an inferior source. The better source was shared at Queenzone last year in mp3, but luckily I managed to track down the lossless version.
Disc 1:
Speech
Overture
We Will Rock You (fast)
Let Me Entertain You
Play The Game
Somebody To Love
Killer Queen
I'm In Love With My Car
Get Down, Make Love
Save Me
Now I'm Here
Dragon Attack
Now I'm Here (reprise)
Love Of My Life
Disc 2:
Keep Yourself Alive
Drum Solo
Guitar Solo
Flash
The Hero
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Bohemian Rhapsody
Tie Your Mother Down
Another One Bites The Dust
We Will Rock You
We Are The Champions
God Save The Queen
Priceless moments: During the middle of NIH, Freddie reacts to the rowdy audience throwing shoes at the band: "Feels like bloody Chelsea Cobbler, I tell you!" (for those who don't know, Chelsea Cobbler is a men's shoe store in London). And at the end of the show, he says "Thank you for the shoes! Adios amigos, you motherfuckers! You bunch of tacos, goodbye!" However, it's worth noting that on the second night, these were his closing words: "Thank you for being a totally different audience tonight. We all thank you." The stories often circulate that Queen's concerts in Mexico were horrible for the band, but the bootlegs reveal that it was just the one concert in Puebla that gave them problems. Fans who attended the Monterrey show have also said their concert went smoothly. As for what happened in Mexico outside the concert venues, that's another story!
Distribute these files only if they are left completely unaltered. As always with my shares, 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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The Real Wizard · Member since
[QUOTE] [b]cmi wrote:[/b]
You had made a 2-source merge back in 2007. It's seems to me it was more complete and better in quality. What's the point of the recent different merge?
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The versions are quite different.
The 2007 merge is from non-bootleg cassettes, while this one uses material only from the LP/CD bootlegs. There is less tape hiss on most of the latter, so it's a worthy comparison. Have a listen to each version of Somebody To Love and Killer Queen, for instance..
Of course getting the uncut audience master would put all of this to rest, but that's another matter.. !
