QueenZone discussion #1458191

mooghead wrote: I was 6 months old.

CPL593h wrote:

mooghead wrote: I was 6 months old.

I was almost 3 months old. But thanks Kurgan for this story, I appreciated it!

Nitroboy wrote: ^So you're saying Hyde Park was broadcast on the radio? Including Queen's set? That's news to me.

Nitroboy wrote: ^So you're saying Hyde Park was broadcast on the radio? Including Queen's set? That's news to me.

andyb1968 wrote: Capital radio, if memory serves me right, but I remember it well :-)

andyb1968 wrote: Capital radio, if memory serves me right, but I remember it well :-)

The Kurgan wrote: This was the first Queen concert I was allowed to go to as I was now 15 and bullet proof. I went with three friends from school and took the bus and underground to the venue. We somehow managed to blag some large bottles of cider on route. As I live in London it wasn't and epic journey, and we got there in the afternoon and saw all of the opening acts. It was a nice sunny day and I noticed there were some people up trees (I thought about that idea briefly). I can remember what seemed to be a rather long set from Steve Hillage, Supercharge and Kiki Dee with her cardboard cut out of Elton. We were reasonably positioned and everyone was sitting down at this point. We decided this was not good enough, and after a few ciders came up with a plan. It was basic, get to the front. Somehow we almost manged it, but then there was a cider induced problem - I needed to go to the toilet. So off I went to the ''cesspit'' which seemed like a mile away, this is a bad idea I'm thinking. Soon the band would be on stage and I'm back where I started, how was I going to find my mates again? Head down - Once more unto the breach. Not only did I manage to find my mates, they had accomplished our mission of front stage status. Into begins, eyes wide open, mouth open, ears ready to receive. There were some cries of sit down coming from way behind, but it wasn't going to happen, no way ever. This was my favourite band, the best band in the world. ...... and the rest you just have imagine for yourself. I am just off to a festival in Walthamstow Village today, so I will think of this day forty years ago as I watch the bands play.

The Real Wizard wrote:

andyb1968 wrote: Capital radio, if memory serves me right, but I remember it well :-)

It's bizarre that a recording has never managed to come out. Surely someone must have pressed record. There are so many recordings of obscure radio interviews, but not a major concert broadcast? No doubt it would dwarf all the sources we've accumulated.

QueenTwo wrote: Yeah capital radio was only on mw though got it somewhere on an old basf c90 tape not heard it in years but remember it not being too good a sound...

Bad Seed wrote: I thought it was confirmed not too long ago that the Queen set was NOT broadcast? I'm sure I read fairly recently that the Queen set was scheduled to be broadcast by Capitol but it was pulled by the band or bands management before the show.

pittrek wrote:

Bad Seed wrote: I thought it was confirmed not too long ago that the Queen set was NOT broadcast? I'm sure I read fairly recently that the Queen set was scheduled to be broadcast by Capitol but it was pulled by the band or bands management before the show.

OK I know my memory sucks, so I'm not gonna argue, but wasn't this about the 2005 QPR concert? If I remember correctly (which I probably don't) they wanted to broadcast the 2005 concert live and play before it the 1976 concert, and none of it happened. Also, does anybody know what is the source of the Steve Hillage Band soundboard recording? Sounds like a radio broadcast to me.

pittrek wrote:

Bad Seed wrote: I thought it was confirmed not too long ago that the Queen set was NOT broadcast? I'm sure I read fairly recently that the Queen set was scheduled to be broadcast by Capitol but it was pulled by the band or bands management before the show.

OK I know my memory sucks, so I'm not gonna argue, but wasn't this about the 2005 QPR concert? If I remember correctly (which I probably don't) they wanted to broadcast the 2005 concert live and play before it the 1976 concert, and none of it happened. .

cmsdrums wrote: The "OFFICIAL" word from QOL is as follows: "......finally the historic free show in Hyde Park, to an estimated 150,000 people. This event was not only filmed, but also broadcast on Capital Radio. It gained the band enormous respect in the music business, and confirmed their entry into rock's first division": link

QueenTwo wrote: Yeah capital radio was only on mw though got it somewhere on an old basf c90 tape not heard it in years but remember it not being too good a sound...

BETA215 wrote: My mother was born 3 years after that concert. You can imagine how excited I was of watching the show.

The Kurgan wrote: There is no Capitol Radio, only Capital Radio. It also has no connection with the BBC.

Rick wrote: "Further to my earlier message about Planet Rock (222.06 on DAB Digital Radio) broadcasting live from Hyde Park in July I have just heard the following on Nicky Hornes show. We will be broadcasting all day from back stage at Hyde Park, and at about 9 o'clock, whilst the guys are on stage, we will be broadcasting the original Hyde Park gig from the mid '70's in its entirety. This is not a shoddy bootleg, the band have made available to us the original master tapes of the concert, and we can assure you that they are far better than anything you may already have heard."  The above was the official statement. It never happened...