QueenZone discussion #1096589

As stolen from queenlive.ca Like a few other shows on this tour, Aerosmith (touring for "Get Your Wings") also performed before Mott The Hoople tonight. Someone who attended the show in Boston a couple nights before recalls the evening: "Queen opened the show and blew them away, in their (Aerosmith's) own home town!". This is the second-earliest known recording of an American Queen show, including a rare appearance of See What A Fool I've Been (seemingly in place of Great King Rat). This gig seems to be very well-received by the fans waiting for Mott The Hoople to take the stage shortly. All previous copies of this recording from The Expo decreased in quality for the encore, but here on the master transfer, the entire show is presented in glorious quality, also without the speed problems of the old copies. The Breakdown CDR bootleg called "Early Battle" is to be written off, as it's far inferior to the master transfer. Brian's guitar goes out of tune during Son And Daughter, and he doesn't correct it for the rest of the show! He seems to lose time during his solo in Keep Yourself Alive, as he jumps into the chorus a couple beats early, forcing the others to catch up. Still, overall, the band are just simply on fire, as they had everything in the world to prove to every audience they played for. Roger's drumming is very energetic, especially during Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll.

Original notes QUEEN PORTLAND EXPO PORTLAND, MAINE (USA) APRIL 28, 1974 AUDIENCE ANALOG MASTER>CDR>EAC>FLAC JOE MALONEY MASTER RECORDING SET LIST: 1: INTRO/FATHER TO SON 2: OGRE BATTLE 3: SON AND DAUGHTER 4: SEE WHAT A FOOL I'VE BEEN 5: LIAR 6: KEEP YOURSELF ALIVE 7: MODERN TIMES ROCK AND ROLL 8: HEY BIG SPENDER 9: TUTTI FRUTTI JAM Recorded using a Sony TC-110 analog cassette recorder with internal mic. Special thanks to Joe Maloney for making this recording available. Please do not "Remaster" and then re-post this recording. Transferred and presented to you January 2008 by KRW&CO.

As written on queenlive.ca
This is a pre-LP copy in superb quality, which renders all LP versions to be obsolete, as well as all of the old silvers, because they are sourced from the many LPs (namely Sheetkeeckers, the very first Queen bootleg, which came out in early 1975). I filled in a few brief gaps with an LP source. This version was bootlegged as "Majestic Rock" by Wardour. It came as a bonus disc with their release of Kobe '75 called "Dressed To Kill".
This soundboard recording (multi-track, to be precise) clearly contains numerous vocal overdubs, most notably a bit over 3 minutes into Liar when you can clearly hear a line sung by Freddie (the "time after

As stolen from queenlive.ca

Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote:

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You bastard... !! ;) Haha!

princetom wrote: Wasn't the Portland gig the one which brian shared a bottle of whiskey with joe perry before and therefore was pretty drunk on stage so he couldn't hear the others ?

junketerQ2 wrote: Thankyou pittrek - you're a legend!

ruth.olivier wrote: Yep, Queen were on fire in Japan in 1976 ! Regards, Olivier, France.

Nummer2 wrote: Yara, you'll make the same experience like I did, believe me. I downloaded some shows here and there, didn't care about the file format and deleted most of the shows. I kept only the ones that sounded best, burnt on cd-roms. But then I got "hooked". I had to download every show once again in a lossless format. Now I'm looking for the best version of every Queen recording and I can't get enough. Every new show is like Christmas for me and I listen to all the shows repeatedly. In the meantime I'm able to recognise most of them by listening to them. It's addictive!

Yara wrote: Thanks again, Pittrek, and thanks, Nummer2. I'm trying to make a very modest, though good collection. Just 1 concert from each tour. By the way, I shall add, I'm at school and here the internet connection is quite good. I'm seeding "As it Began" (From the BBC Archives), so if somebody hasn't downloaded yet, it's a very good chance to do it. I'll keep it seeding while I rehearse, study and do my stuff, people don't care as long as I dedicate my whole day and life to the institution. Fair trade. lol Time to go. I'm seeding the thing. It's quite large (1gb), but it's definately worthwhile. People told me it's not official released stuff, so I guess it's ok.

GiantSpider wrote: I think I'm in love Cheers Pittrek!

tiagoguy wrote: Pittrek, I was downloading the rainbow 1974 concert, when I noticed something was wrong. File no 1 seems to be from a different concert, and, while I expected it to be Procession,Father to Son, Ogre Battle, and Modern Times Rock n roll it was actually Son and Daughter from the November gig, which I think is considered an official release. Can you please reupload Procession,Father to Son, Ogre Battle, and Modern Times Rock n roll? Thank you so much.

tiagoguy wrote: Pittrek, I was downloading the rainbow 1974 concert, when I noticed something was wrong. File no 1 seems to be from a different concert, and, while I expected it to be Procession,Father to Son, Ogre Battle, and Modern Times Rock n roll it was actually Son and Daughter from the November gig, which I think is considered an official release. Can you please reupload Procession,Father to Son, Ogre Battle, and Modern Times Rock n roll? Thank you so much.

Queenfan1995 wrote: some of the links in the portland show is dead can some one reopload it