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QUEEN
Portland Expo Building
Portland ME.
April 28th 1974
A Joe Maloney Master Recording
Transferred and Presented By Krw_co
NEW 2018 TRANSFER
contrast clause this torrent is different than
(24/96 version) link
because this is the 16/44.1 version for cd burning
LINEAGE AUDIENCE ANALOG MASTER CASSETTE>NAKAMICHI DR-1 (W/MANUAL AZIMUTH ADJUSTMENT)>
CREATIVE SOUNDBLASTER X-FI HD MODEL #SB1240 WAV (24/96KHZ)>MAGIX AUDIO CLEANING LAB FOR
KRW TRACK MARKS VOLUME ADJUSTMENT AND EDITS>WAV 24/96>TRADERS LITTLE HELPER FLAC (LEVEL 8)
Recorded using a Sony TC-110A deck with built in microphone.
THE BAND
Freddie Mercury lead vocals keyboards
Brian May guitar vocals
Roger Taylor drums vocals
John Deacon bass
SET LIST
1 Procession
2 Father To Son
3 Ogre Battle
4 Son And Daughter
5 See What A Fool I've Been
6 Liar
7 Keep Yourself Alive
8 Modern Times Rock'n'Roll
(tape flip edit at 00:40:21:17)
9 Big Spender
10 Bama Lama Bama Loo/Tutti Frutti
JOE'S MEMORIES:
When Queen's self-titled debut album was released, in 1973, they were categorized as "the new Led Zeppelin",
by some critics. After buying the album and listening to it for the first time, I just didn't see any resemblance to the Led Zeppelin sound.
It was a unique sound and something completely different from other bands of the time. With the release of their second album, "Queen II"
and the announcement that they would be the opening act for this Mott The Hoople concert, it looked like we would be seeing a great show.
They combined the best of their two albums into their 45 minute set. "Procession/Father To Son" and "Ogre Battle", from the new album and
"Son And Daughter", from their debut, started things off and the band was in "peak" performance mode from the first note.
The vocals and harmonies were so tight, they seemed unreal. They completely changed their sound on the next song, a slow, heavy, Blues called
"See What a Fool I've Been". Unbelievable! Then it was back to the first album, for the high energy combination of "Liar" and "Keep Yourself Alive"
and ended the set with "Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll". There was no question that this was not Led Zeppelin, by any means,
but we also didn't realize that we were seeing what was to become one of the biggest bands in the history of Rock and Roll in it's"no frills" infancy.
Overwhelmed by what they had seen, the audience demanded an encore and we got something that we didn't expect. The first song that they did, was a cover of
"Hey, Big Spender", a song that we "Baby Boomers" were familiar with as the "jingle" for a 1960s tv commercial for Muriel Cigars, sung by Edie Adams,
the wife of comedian Ernie Kovacs. That one was followed by a "flashback" to the 1950s, with "Bama Lama Bama Loo", a reworking of Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti".
About a week after this show, Queen opened the May 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 Mott The Hoople shows, at the Uris Theater, on Broadway, in New York City,
then went on to earn their fame and fortune. It was nice to have been there in the beginning!
Many Many Thanks To Joe
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The first transfer has a significant drop on highs in the left channel, which now is corrected (not by EQ since the noise shape is unaltered).
It just disappeared by using another deck, maybe it was a bug of the first one, although until now it looked like the tape was recorded this way.
I still prefer the first transfer since the residual stereo component is much reduced (about 15 dB less than the side component of the second transfer).
It's not annoying, some may even like a little fake stereo, but I'm not a fan of elliptic stereo correlation.