Queen 1977-12-22 The Forum, Los Angeles, CA (16-bit) (FLAC)

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Supersonic_Man89[/QUOTENAME]

I saw the documentary, is there anything people would like to know?

It was not made with TV in mind, like previous docs...so there is a lot of long, uncut footage of the band rehearsing/playing - which if airing on the TV would be cut.

Interestingly, the reason why this documentary was never made in the late 70's...is because nothing eventful happened apparently. Brian's string breaking during Liar seems to be it...everything went smoothly and it was hard to make an interesting narrative with the hours of footage shot. That is still the case, but the documentary is obviously a lot more interesting to us fans now as seeing a classic such as We Are The Champions being recorded/mixed is now a lot more interesting than seeing a random up and coming song from a current band having the same treatment.

There's no new interviews with the band, they weren't available...but there are snippets of unused interview Brian/Roger audio material taken from interview sessions for the previous documentaries.

I can reveal that originally the documentary had a very different ending than it does - originally it ended with the band playing 'White Christmas' - it was audio only but with stills and a news report of the unique performance. However, after it was edited together the band weren't too happy with it - they felt the performance wasn't that great and the audio quality, maybe not good enough. Which is a shame, but at the end of the day it was the band's call i suppose. I asked the producer if this could be released as web content or an extra...but apparently the band don't want things which they don't deem to be good enough to be released.

I haven't got a perfect memory of the documentary, but if you have any questions i'll try and answer...but i am on holiday at the moment, so i'm not going to be on my computer a tremendous amount.
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Cool, thanks for posting that.

Thank goodness for the audience tape then, which I'm going to give a full review of here now.


It took 40 years for this tape to finally get out, and while it's a stretch to even call the sound at the best of times "decent" due to the bass distortion, without a doubt it's one of the best Queen performances ever.

It takes a few songs for the taper to settle into place, and by the medley the sound is pretty stable. There's a tape flip after Best Friend, and like the first few minutes of the show, the tape is clearly not in great shape, as there are pitch and sound fluctuations until it settles in again.

As long as your ears can adjust to what little sound quality there is, it will bring much delight. We've heard many shows from this tour, and they were always on their game. But on this night they tap into their energy reserves and give a little extra in nearly every song. Mercury's delivery of Somebody To Love, It's Late, Liar, My Melancholy Blues, and White Man are amongst his best ever, and the band, now with 25 shows on the tour under their belt, are tight and focused.

Venues like Madison Square Garden and the LA Forum were seen as an apex for British bands, as the music business at the time revolved around success in the US. Listening to British bands play the Forum (I'm also thinking of Yes, Stones, and Pink Floyd shows taped by Mike Millard) is the sound of English dreams coming true. And although this Queen tape sounds nowhere near as good as those, the performance is equal to those bands peaking at the same venue around the same time.

There are a couple small musical flubs to note - Brian comes in a couple bars late for the initial We Will Rock You guitar solo, and since the backing track with the explosion is on tape, he gets cut off for the last couple bars of the solo. Later, his pitch shifter doesn't work during Get Down Make Love, resulting in the middle section being cut short. But besides that, as well as their somewhat under-rehearsed yet warmly received one-off attempt of White Christmas, they nail pretty much everything else to perfection.

Listening to American audience tapes of Queen from this period can be pretty interesting, as the comments from the audience members really give you a sense of what it was like to attend shows back then. During Brighton Rock you can hear the two tapers speaking to one another about the tape recorder - "you hold it!" When Brian May says "and now for something completely different" before Love Of My Life, one of them is reminded of the Monty Python film. Before the band play '39, they wonder who will sing the lead. And when Brian is sustaining notes with his EBow at the beginning of his solo spot, this same guy says "earthquake!"

Apparently they only had a single 90 minute tape, so the last hour or so of the show is missing. Maybe one day we'll be lucky enough to hear the crazy encores.

Attached is a review of this show. "One of LA's best concerts this year."

[QUOTE] [b]Holly2003 wrote:[/b]

Attached is a review of this show. "One of LA's best concerts this year."[/QUOTE]

Wonderful - thanks for that. A new one to me. Pretty complimentary review.

But it's actually from the March 2 show earlier in the year, as they mention Thin Lizzy.

If only they filmed this show instead of Houston...

Of course there is nothing wrong with Houston but Inglewood performance is on another level. And in Houston they didn't play It's Late, Spead Your Wings, White Christmas, and did those crazy encores. Would be amazing to watch all of that.

This is in my top 5 Queen shows probably.

BTW Are there any pictures taken before the encores from that night?

Yep, a couple.

One of my all time faves.

Yay! Thanks :)

How I missed this one? Torrent file doesn't work for me. Any possible mega link please???

Thanks...

Hi guys, can anyone post the mega file? Torrent doesn't work! Thanks in advance

Thanks for sharing the audio and the pictures! :)

18 thank you

Torrent doesn't work.

Any option to download it?

Thanks in advance.

Would someone be kind enough as to share this again, pleaseee!?