Hi Everyone,
As many of you might know I used to be a bootleg trader. But I have been out of the business for about 6 years now.
Since 2003/2004 a lot of things happened, internet got much and much faster, stuff like torrent started to emerge and sharing and collecting got bigger and faster.
I used to have about 200 shows of Queen, but I only listened to a couple of them. I couldn't listen to those bad audience recordings, but I had to have them. I just had to have it! (I guess otherwise, I woudn't feel like a real fan).
I was wondering if anyone who still is active in the bootleg world and knows what is out there could compile a list of the best bootlegs of every tour (About 1 or 2 bootlegs per tour). I'm not looking for the best perfromance, but the best compromise between sound quality and performance. I don't care if it's the best performance of a song when the sound quality is painful to listen to.
For example, that Boston '76 bootleg was great, the soundquality was so outstanding, and the performance was good aswell, which makes it a treat to listen to.
I think many other people who like to have a couple of bootlegs but don't want to filter out all the horrible recordings out there.
Thanks
Someone should compile a set of each tour with the best quality full show + tracks performed at other shows added as an extra disc. I don't want 20 Hot Space show - just 1 plus the tracks performed during that tour, but not at the best sounding gig. So - who's going to do that? :D
Best of each tour - quality-wise
Queen I
1973-09-13 Golders Green Hippodrome
Queen II
1974-03-31 Rainbow Theatre
Sheer Heart Attack
1975-05-01 Nippon Budokan
A Night At The Opera
1975-12-24 Hammersmith Odeon
1976-01-30 Music Hall, Boston
1976-03-23 Fukuoka by Mr. Peach
A Day At The Races
1977-02-09 Boston Garden, Boston
1977-03-13 Seattle
1977-05-12 Copenhagen
1977-06-06 Earls Court
News Of The World
1977-12-11 Houston
Jazz
1978-12-01 Montreal
1978-12-07 Chicago
1978-12-14 Vancouver
Live Killers
1979-02-02 Festhalle, Frankfurt
1979-02-11 Munich
1979-02-28 Paris
Crazy Tour
1979-12-26 - Hammersmith Odeon
The Game
1980-09-19 Rosemont Chicago
1980-12-08 Wembley
1980-12-14 Festhalle Frankfurt
Japan 81
1981-02-13 Nippon Budokan
South America Bites The Dust
1981-02-28 Buenos Aires
1981-03-01 Buenos Aires
1981-03-20 Sao Paolo
Hot Space
1982-04-28 Festhalle Frankfurt
1982-05-12 Vienna
1982-05-13 Vienna
1982-05-29 Leeds
etc etc etc
Queen
1973-09-13 Golder's Green
Queen II
1974-03-31 London
1974-04-28 Portland
Sheer Heart Attack
Rainbow Theatre
1975-05-01 Tokyo
A Night At The Opera
1975-12-24 London
1976-01-30 Boston
1976-03-29 Osaka (Both gigs)
A Day At The Races
1977-02-09 Boston
1977-03-13 Seattle
1977-05-12 Copenhagen
1977-06-06 London
News Of The World
1977-11-12 Houston
1978-04-13 Copenhagen
Jazz
1978-12-01 Montreal
1978-12-07 Chicago
1978-12-14 Vancouver
Live Killers
1979-02-01 Cologne
1979-02-02 Frankfurt
1979-02-11 Munich
1979-04-20 Osaka
Crazy Tour
1979-12-26 London
The Game
1980-07-14 Oakland
1980-09-10 Milwaukee
1980-09-19 Chicago
1980-12-08 London
1981-02-16
1981-03-20 Sao Paolo
Hot Space
1982-04-12 Drammen
1982-04-28 Frankfurt
1982-05-29 Leeds
1982-07-28 New York
1982-09-07 Oakland
Mostly all the Japan gigs
Works
1984-09-02 Birmingham
1984-09-14 Milan
1984-10-19 Sun City
1985-05-09 Tokyo
1985-05-15 Osaka
Magic
1986-06-21 Mannheim
1986-07-21 Vienna