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They recorded every concert from 1974 until the Magic tour professionally. So there is a soundboard recording of Newcastle 1979. Don't ask me anything about multitracks.
To be honest: The Crazy Tour was, I think, their best tour ever, if you talk about performance wise (light effects, entertaining, singing). Freddie's voice was in superb shape!
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Just heard that concert. Great! At last a good recording of Hangman, and it´s great to hear Great King Rat live as well.
But the best setlist? Well...I kinda like songs like BoRhap, STL, WWRYfast and stuff on the list...
I guess I meant... How many gigs did they play Hangman, Great King Rat, See What A Fool and Doing All Right at? The amount of rarer tracks is AMAZING. STL and stuff- of cource love those, but there are many. MANY recordings of those songs. Here- you have most of the better stuff from first 3 albums AND few really rare played songs... So... For that time, may 1975, it's pretty much ULTIMATE setlist.. IMO of course :)
Just heard that concert. Great! At last a good recording of Hangman, and it´s great to hear Great King Rat live as well.
But the best setlist? Well...I kinda like songs like BoRhap, STL, WWRYfast and stuff on the list...
I guess I meant... How many gigs did they play Hangman, Great King Rat, See What A Fool and Doing All Right at? The amount of rarer tracks is AMAZING. STL and stuff- of cource love those, but there are many. MANY recordings of those songs. Here- you have most of the better stuff from first 3 albums AND few really rare played songs... So... For that time, may 1975, it's pretty much ULTIMATE setlist.. IMO of course :)
I agree. Great show and the best possible setlist for ´75.
Just heard that concert. Great! At last a good recording of Hangman, and it´s great to hear Great King Rat live as well.
But the best setlist? Well...I kinda like songs like BoRhap, STL, WWRYfast and stuff on the list...
I guess I meant... How many gigs did they play Hangman, Great King Rat, See What A Fool and Doing All Right at? The amount of rarer tracks is AMAZING. STL and stuff- of cource love those, but there are many. MANY recordings of those songs. Here- you have most of the better stuff from first 3 albums AND few really rare played songs... So... For that time, may 1975, it's pretty much ULTIMATE setlist.. IMO of course :)
I agree. Great show and the best possible setlist for ´75.
And this concert is COMPLETELY filmed by a local TV station.
After just listened to Mannheim 86 for the 1st time from 1986 this gig is up there, performance wise better than wembley especially vocally
Hi,
I have not seen each and every concert so far (a whole lot of bootlegs!-I am not so keen on downloading stuff since it takes quite a long time).
Yet the one that has hooked me up to now is "Rainbow'74" without a shadow of a doubt.
Best wishes,
I have not seen each and every concert so far (a whole lot of bootlegs!-I am not so keen on downloading stuff since it takes quite a long time).
Yet the one that has hooked me up to now is "Rainbow'74" without a shadow of a doubt.
Best wishes,
I first saw Queen in February 1977, at Madison Square Garden. Thin Lizzy opened. This was the single loudest show I ever attended. But most of all I loved how Queen was invisible through the first half of the first song (Tie Your Mother Down) because of all of the smoke.All you saw was the occasional limb emerging from the cloud. That was just too, too cool.
audio.. waterbury 74 / video wembley
Houston 1977 by a longshot. Was almost same setlist as Earls Court except for additions of WWRY(slow tape)/Races Intro, We Will Rock You(fast), Love of My Life, My Melancholy Blues, We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions. Also, Brighton Rock was shortened plus Death On Two Legs, I'm In Love With My Car and Get Down Make Love were added to the medley, Brian's guitar solo was after Freddie's vocal solo which was after White Man and Brian's solo segued into Now I'm Here. Also, Sheer Heart Attack was done as a medley with Jailhouse Rock. I loved the extended Liar here with Brian's guitar malfunction.
My picks:
1)Houston 1977 and Montreal 1981
2)Milton Keynes 1982
3)Earls Court 1977
4)Budapest 1986
5)Wembley 1986
1)Houston 1977 and Montreal 1981
2)Milton Keynes 1982
3)Earls Court 1977
4)Budapest 1986
5)Wembley 1986
Today I listened to the Frankfurt 1980 bootleg again and I really got carried away by its power. If it just had better sound quality, it definitely would be my favourite then.
IMO it's Freddie's best vocal performance ever, even ahead of Newcastle 1979. He hits all the high notes without straining his voice and feels very comfortable with his singing. The bluesy audience singalong in Now I'm Here is absolutely awesome! He sings Death On Two Legs exactly like the album version, with the original high melody, same with Killer Queen, LMEY and NIH. And it's not only which notes he reaches, it's the way he does – clear and clean, almost effortless, with some wonderful "ornaments". He never did it that good before and after.
The audience go crazy at each song's opening chord, Mustapha and WWRY (fast) are almost taken over by them. This concert definitely would be worth a professionally mixed release.
IMO it's Freddie's best vocal performance ever, even ahead of Newcastle 1979. He hits all the high notes without straining his voice and feels very comfortable with his singing. The bluesy audience singalong in Now I'm Here is absolutely awesome! He sings Death On Two Legs exactly like the album version, with the original high melody, same with Killer Queen, LMEY and NIH. And it's not only which notes he reaches, it's the way he does – clear and clean, almost effortless, with some wonderful "ornaments". He never did it that good before and after.
The audience go crazy at each song's opening chord, Mustapha and WWRY (fast) are almost taken over by them. This concert definitely would be worth a professionally mixed release.
MK'82!!!!
Toronto 1980,Canadian National Exabition,Outdoor concert.Stage lights start to rise as the stage fills with smoke.In the distance you see two limo's driving to the stage,crowed is going crazey,QUEEN comes on,first song is Jail house rock ,then We Will Rock You [fast].
I just listened recently to Phoenix 1980 bootleg... What a pity it's not complete! They were really on fire- so relaxed! It is a bit shaky at times but I was blown by the energy! And when Fred started singing "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" during Jailhouse Rock or "Another One Bites The Dust" when reprising Now I'm Here... MAGIC! Probably the only gig when "You're My Best Friend" didn't sound exacly like at any other gig... and a great version of Mustapha if I remember well... What a pity it's not complete and in a bit better quality!
I dunno why, but since the day I heard Montreal 78, it's always been my favorite. Highly underrated gig.