Mike "The Mic" Millard Queen master(s)

Ah yes, Long Beach too !

That's four west coast shows to pick from. A Mike Millard tape from December 1977 is probably the best Queen tape one could imagine at this point.

Time shall tell.

I just hope it's a show when all four members do a great job (e.g. no bad vocals or mistakes), we know many exist on this tour so it would be annoying if a (rare) bad show is the one released. If it's a quality job by the quartet it may be the best recording of Queen in their prime which currently exists.

The odd vocal hiccup or mistake is all part of the live music experience.

The Real Wizard - Thank you for the links to these two documentaries, they were fascinating,

One of those December 77 shows would be great, and unmistakably one of the most important Queen releases of all-time, but I've got my eye on those three Forum 78 gigs. The musicianship of Queen was at it's peak from December 78 through the Live Killers Tour, and getting any of those shows, one or more, would be one hell of a treat. Would love to hear Brighton Rock, It's Late, or any of the other centerpieces that made the band stand out on those Jazz Tour gigs. I highly doubt now, knowing that Millard taped Queen, and knowing that he wasn't a "one and done" type of guy (remember, he taped every SoCal gig that Zeppelin did from 75-77, sans two of their six forum shows in 77), that he only recorded one Queen gig, and I can certainly see more than one show arising in this collection. Only time will tell though.

I've got this feeling we won't have to wait long to get a Queen recording taped by Millard.... ;-)

Fingers crossed!

[QUOTE] [b]MemeOverlord69 wrote:[/b]
I highly doubt now, knowing that Millard taped Queen, and knowing that he wasn't a "one and done" type of guy (remember, he taped every SoCal gig that Zeppelin did from 75-77, sans two of their six forum shows in 77), that he only recorded one Queen gig, and I can certainly see more than one show arising in this collection. Only time will tell though.[/QUOTE]
Don't get your hopes up on there being more than one recording.

March 3rd 1977 Day at the Races tour Inglewood show just came up on Dimeadozen if anyone wants to grab it and post here? im trying to download it from Dime but for some reason its just not doing anything

It's actually a completely uncirculated show - the existing recording is mislabelled, and is actually March 2. This is monumental !

And the sound quality of the samples is fabulous. Can't wait to give this a spin.

Here's the info on the show haven't given it a listen yet.


Queen
The Forum
Inglewood, CA
March 3, 1977
Mike Millard Original Master Tapes via JEMS
The Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone Tapes Volume 19

Recording Gear: AKG 451E Microphones (CK-1 cardioid capsules) > Nakamichi 550 Cassette Recorder

Transfer: Mike Millard Master Cassettes > Yamaha KX-W592 Cassette Deck > Sony R-500 DAT > Analog Master DAT Clone > Fostex D5 DAT > Sound Devices USBPre 2 > Audacity 2.0 capture > iZotope RX6 > iZotope Ozone 6 > MBIT+ resample to 16/44 > Audacity > TLH > FLAC

01 Tie Your Mother Down
02 Ogre Battle
03 White Queen
04 Somebody To Love
05 Killer Queen
06 The Millionaire Waltz
07 You’re My Best Friend
08 Bring Back That Leroy Brown
09 Sweet Lady
10 Brighton Rock
11 ’39
12 You Take My Breath Away
13 White Man
14 The Prophet’s Song
15 Bohemian Rhapsody
16 Stone Cold Crazy
17 Keep Yourself Alive
18 Liar
19 In the Lap of the Gods…Revisited
20 Now I’m Here
21 Rock and Roll Medley (incl. Hey Big Spender and Jailhouse Rock)
22 God Save the Queen

Known Faults:
-Tie Your Mother Down: start cut
-Brighton Rock: splice
-Now I'm Here: start slightly cut

You can find this on 'guitars101.com'

Yep, and it's great.

Thank you for the heads up

Here is a download link for the concert I have found from Ryan Newton's YouTube page:

[url]https://mega.nz/#!xCxi3QLZ!B9bCRRvJeLjlz1Rt-ZHcCjnu1zT5afwvguY3vqZtRgM[/url]