Justin Shirley-Smith Rainbow ’74 Thanks

Thanks for your brilliant work. Would love a few more audio or video releases of concerts from the 70's.

Thank YOU ! The best Queen release in years. Good Job :)

It's been said many times already, but I think Rainbow'74 is Queen's best live release ever (Bought all the formats, except the single CD one) ! The March concert alone is a gem in every fan's collection. The band were hungry, raw and adventurous... just brill ! But the whole thing (sound and visuals) is amazing. I don't mind the tricks used on Freddie's voice as I think they're not too destructive.

The sound mixing is very impressive as well. Remember the average quality of the bootlegs or videos we had access to in the old days ? What a difference now ! My jaw just drops every time I listen to stuff like White Queen or TFFMS ! Of course, it's all thanks to the evolution in technology and in both research and restoration work ! Thanks for the love put into these products !

I really, really hope the original Queen band gets more credit as... what would we call'em...!? Maestros. I said it before, but I think they deserve so much more respect from rock'n'roll fans... It is said we are big Queen fans in Belgium, but I still struggle to find anyone who does seem to elevate them higher than a purely commercial pop rock band... And Queen forever isn't exactly a good counter-example to this (I LOVE Brian's mix of LMIYHA though)...

To sum it up, I'm looking forward to seeing more releases like Rainbow'74...! But I also know the recent Greatest Love Songs, or whatever you want to call it, will bring more (casual ?) fans to the "Royal family" nation...

(I'm also looking forward to attending their forthcoming concert in Belgium in 2015 ! I don't love AL's voice, but I'm glad the guys are still doing the things they (and we) love. Am especially looking forward to hearing the father and son drum battle !)

In my opinion, this is the best live album by Queen, amazing on every single level. Even the cover do makes a lot of sense and gets that "74 feeling" everything is top notch.

Thank YOU!

Justin, thank you for putting your work and love into remastering and restoring this gem. It is - as many have already said - (one of) the greatest Queen live albums. It surely reminded a lot of music journalist and people in general, that Queen were one of the heavier bands in the 70's. What is more important though, this release brought back faith in Queen Productions. Another thing is, that a hope for another great release was murdered by the official press release for Queen Forever....

I'd be extremely grateful if you could answer these two questions:

1) The Real Wizard's site (the best, concerning info on all the gig) states that basing on the tracklisting of the disc in B. Sheffield's office, Hangman was performed that night. Was it omitted from the release or we got all that's been recorded during the March show ?

2) Scenes included in the recent release of Let Me In Your Heart video raised hope that full Brussels gig from The Works tour was recorded. Could you shed some light on this matter ?

Cheers
Martin

Thanks so much for the outstanding product. Really, really, really great.

Also, thanks for taking the time to come on here and thank us for the positive feedback; it really shows that someone cares!

MercurialFreddie wrote:

1) The Real Wizard's site (the best, concerning info on all the gig) states that basing on the tracklisting of the disc in B. Sheffield's office, Hangman was performed that night. Was it omitted from the release or we got all that's been recorded during the March show ?

Flattered by your comments ! But I definitely don't state anything about Hangman being played on 3-31-74. The track sheet with the accurate setlist is included in the book that comes in the deluxe box. The only songs omitted are Big Spender and Bama Lama Bama Loo.

Ooops, sorry ! I must have mistook it for another show...

Rainbow is a super release.

But not only Rainbow, Rock Montreal and Hungarian Rhapsody have a fantastic sound aswell. Great work Mr. Smith.

JSS - the Rainbow release was the third Queen related release since Made In Heaven which made me really, really happy (after Freddie's box set and Milton Keynes). Keep up the good work and push as much as you guys can on Brian, Roger and Jim to release more of these 70's gigs - we all love 'em

Folks said it all already, so I would just like to log my big fat Thank You to all involved for the hard work. It DOES mean a lot for us little freaky things down here. :)

Cheers,

Ogre-

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Thank you Shirley for taking your time to come here. It is a lovely production, amongst the best. Freddie would be happy with it.

I hope this project has whetted your appetite to do one of the South American shows Buenos Aries 81 for example.
Mannheim 86 was pretty awesome on the bootleg i have heard.
I think Queen as a live act was top of their game 80-82 before the fags narrowed Freddie's range.

Band Forever wrote:

I hope this project has whetted your appetite to do one of the South American shows Buenos Aries 81 for example.
Mannheim 86 was pretty awesome on the bootleg i have heard.
I think Queen as a live act was top of their game 80-82 before the fags narrowed Freddie's range.

I doubt the South American shows will be released due to the video quality, but we can always hope.

And what the fuck was up with that shit in the end about "fags narrowing Freddie's range"????



To Justin: Why did you feel the need to autotune Freddie?