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Oct 2, 2020 · Such was Queen’s studio brilliance that a succession of stopgap live albums, including the distinctly unmagical Live Magic, were always black-and-white representations of a vividly colourful band.
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Jun 22, 2022 · Here’s how it works. Why it's time to add Queen's Live Killers to the pantheon of truly great live albums. By the end of the 1970s Queen had become a true-blood mainstream band, the kind who regularly enjoyed making a significant dent in the pop charts.
Oct 18, 2020 · The central recurring image throughout the set is a black and white photo of Adam, Roger and Brian glancing across at each other as they walk away from the camera. Part of me feels as if the main image should really have them facing us, and the image of them walking away would perhaps make more sense on the back.
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Nov 15, 2018 · There’s one thing nobody could deny, though: Queen were always a great band live. They’d been honing their live act all through the two years it took to complete their first album. Then in October 1973 they got their big break, opening for Mott The Hoople on a 31-date tour of the UK.
- Live Killers
- Live Magic
- On Air
- Live at Wembley '86
- Rock Montreal
- Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live in Budapest
- A Night at The Odeon: Hammersmith 1975
- Live at The Rainbow '74
My previous article ranked Queen's studio albums from worst to best. This time around I wanted to focus on their live output because Queen was one of the best live rock bands of all time. Strangely though, until Live Magic came out in 1986, they'd only released one live album during the course of their career, Live Killersin 1979. Since then, Queen...
This is a weird one. It's the first official release representing The Magic Tour—way before Wembley and Budapest—and it's actually a compilation. Most of the setlist from the tour is represented, with songs from Wembley, Budapest and Knebworth. The problem is that it's only a single album, so the band and producer Trip Khalaf made the unfortunate d...
This is not really a live album per se. On Airis a collection of recordings done for the BBC, and it came out in 2016 as a two-disc release or extended six-disc edition. The two-disc version is good enough, as it contains most of the songs that the band recorded for the BBC between 1973 and 1977. On Aircompiles a number of outtakes, sometimes live,...
Probably the most iconic Queen concert, recorded and filmed on July 12, 1986, at Wembley Stadium in London, this is indeed an essential live recording. The atmosphere that day was fabulous, the setlist has a lot of hits, new songs at the time and surprises (only lacking "Somebody To Love"), and the band is on top form. Well, mostly. Queen played We...
This concert has a weird and complicated history. It was recorded over two nights, October 24–25, 1981, at the Montreal Forum in Canada. It was subsequently released on VHS and Laser Disc numerous times from 1982 through the early 90's, and later on DVD, with the title We Will Rock You. The sound was dry, overdubs were evident, and overall, while a...
Another legendary concert from The Magic Tour, and historically important because it was one of the few times a Western band played in the Soviet Union's Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. For decades, all we had were unofficial releases taken from the original VHS, until 2012, when a remastered edition came out. Sadly, the video is as incomplete as...
Recorded by the BBC on December 24, 1975, this ia one of Queen's most legendary live recordings, and only available as a bootleg for decades. It took 40 years to finally get officially released! At the time, Queen were promoting A Night At The Opera. "Bohemian Rhapsody" was in the setlist as part of a medley, but without the operatic section. Overa...
Everything I said about A Night at the Odeon is also true for this release, but this is better. Live at the Rainbow '74was recorded over two nights, October 19-20, 1974, at the Rainbow Theatre in London. It was initially released as a VHS in a 1992 boxset called Box Of Tricks. The video was only 50 minutes long, heavily edited and included a lot of...
Oct 2, 2020 · “With Freddie’s death, we just thought it was all over, you know”, drummer Roger Taylor stated in the 2019 documentary, The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story. “We were a little bit...
Sep 5, 2014 · This live release, Queen Live at the Rainbow ‘74, is actually two concerts (the CD version would have two CD’s). It spans two tours (at the same venue, of course, London’s “Rainbow ...
