1977-11-18 - Detroit - Uncirculated master transfer on DIME

If Rick is fed up while Magmadrag desperately wants more, this proves my theory about conservation of mass in Queen system.
I also believe in constant stupidity level. Bootlegs are boring and official releases are disappointing? Then fuck off to the forums of the lucky bands able to spark your interest.

Did your mother not hug you enough as a child?

[QUOTE] [b]aristide1 wrote:[/b]

If Rick is fed up while Magmadrag desperately wants more, this proves my theory about conservation of mass in Queen system.
I also believe in constant stupidity level. Bootlegs are boring and official releases are disappointing? Then fuck off to the forums of the lucky bands able to spark your interest.[/QUOTE]

Did you even read what I said?

I'm already part of other communties. Don't ya worry :-)

For personal reasons, as well as the quality, I rate this easily in the top ten of Queen bootlegs, top five for audience recordings.

To start, Detroit audiences are arguably the best RnR crowds. I get a special thrill when I hear Freddie greet the city. His vocals are top notch this night, with the whole band in top form. Good to have a different set list than the European tour (other than 'Stone Cold Crazy' being absent).

Highlights of note (and there are many more):
'Somebody To Love', 'It's Late', some Freddie BVs in IILWMCar (along with a great version), a BBC-ish version of 'Spread Your Wings', 'My Melancholy Blues', 'Love of My Life' without the audience participation, and John's shining moments in 'Liar'.

(my wife loves 'Liar' and the BBC 'SYW'. Played this in the car yesterday, and the volume was as loud as anytime she's been in the car with me, at her request.)

The best: the ending of the concert proper with 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and 'Tie Your Mother Down'. Queen concerts could be confusing at times, so I love how the crowd reacts during BoRhap's taped middle, and how it drowns out the band when it reappears. One gets a true sense of just what it was like for most who had no idea what the live presentation of this song had become.

Love the reactions and energy during 'Tie Your Mother Down'.

There are some hiccups in this transfer, as well as one noticeable one by Freddie during WATC. Guaranteed that no one who was present that night heard it. And though it is incomplete, I simply added the Copenhagen encores at the end. A fair fit, and since Freddie simply says 'Good night, sweet dreams', it works.

I saw the II, ANATO, ADATR, Jazz, Game, Hot Space tours. There was no way I could work that Saturday morning and go to a MUST football game after, and see either show 150 miles away. Always regretted missing this one, but now have this superb audio.

Thanks to anyone and everyone who provided this very special concert for us.

As one audience member said, 'Rock and Roll !!!' ;-)

Thank you for your review! Very intersting to read.

Love Of My Life from NOTW American Tour are my favorite versions (Houston being my personal best version ever)

John is great during this show. Especially in The Millionaire Waltz,You're My Best Friend,Spread Your Wings,Liar segment.

Freddie is very confident with his vocals and sings a lot of high, powerful notes!

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[b]*goodco* wrote: [/b]
There are some hiccups in this transfer, as well as one noticeable one by Freddie during WATC. Guaranteed that no one who was present that night heard it. [/QUOTE]

I take it you didn't hear it properly. Some people close to the taper can clearly be heard reacting to Freddie's voice giving out in the 3rd chorus :)

Maybe I should have said 'remembered it'

sheesh

[QUOTE] [b]*goodco* wrote:[/b]

As one audience member said, 'Rock and Roll !!!' ;-)[/QUOTE]

ha, yeah !

She was hating Brian during his guitar solo, and 15 minutes later all is forgiven.

Rock concert excess at its finest.

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[b]The Real Wizard wrote: [/b] [QUOTE] [b]*goodco* wrote:[/b]

As one audience member said, 'Rock and Roll !!!' ;-)[/QUOTE]

ha, yeah !

She was hating Brian during his guitar solo, and 15 minutes later all is forgiven.

Rock concert excess at its finest. [/QUOTE]

To be fair, May's solo was horribly long (and boring, in my opinion!). I don't blame her :P

thx!

This is wonderful thank you

Listened to this, this morning while putting away a huge delivery at work, made my shift go very fast, and loved the quality of the tape, easily one of the best audience tapes out there

Cheers!

looks like all avenues to obtain this are gone. any one know of another place to get it? thanks

[QUOTE] [b]thetman wrote:[/b]

looks like all avenues to obtain this are gone. any one know of another place to get it? thanks[/QUOTE]
There are 54 seeders at dime.

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[QUOTE] [b]thetman wrote:[/b]

looks like all avenues to obtain this are gone. any one know of another place to get it? thanks[/QUOTE]
There are 54 seeders at dime.
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If you're not a Dime member, is there anywhere else I could download it?