The Who – Swansea, England (06/12/76)

The Who
Vetch Field Football Ground
Swansea, UK
June 12, 1976

SBD A

01 Amazing Journey (5:25)
02 Sparks (3:13)
03 The Acid Queen (3:40)
04 Fiddle About (1:42)
05 Pinball Wizard (2:48)
06 I’m Free (2:19)
07 Baba O’Riley (5:50)
08 Squeeze Box (3:09)
09 Behind Blue Eyes (4:34)
10 Dreaming From The Waist (4:52)
11 My Wife (4:24)
12 Summertime Blues (3:21)
13 My Generation (cuts in) (12:59)
14 Won’t Get Fooled Again (9:35)

TT – 67:59

Lineage: SBD > ? > CDR(x) > EAC > WAV > FLAC

Got this years ago in a snail mail trade. Sound is excellent, performance is excellent and Keith is on good form. Suspect this isn’t the complete show but what’s here is definitely worth getting if you’re a fan and don’t already have this.

Enjoy!

Queen – Vancouver, Canada (12/14/78)

Queen
Live in Vancouver, B.C.
December 14, 1978
Pacific Coliseum

1gen Analog ReMaster to digital
Originally recorded by Fred W. from right up front and center
Tape to tape copy and mastering by Audioarchivist U – 101

Lineage:
Queen>PA & stage monitor sound>air and audience>Fred’s mics and rig (unsure – Marantz?)>Maxell UD90 tapes>vintage Akai replay deck (azimuth adjusted, no Dolby)>Sentrek 12 band analog EQ (minor low and high boost)>Denon DRM500 recording deck (Dolby on for recording) to make my tape copy>Maxell XL II 90>played back on same Denon DRM500 (azimuth re-adjusted, no Dolby)>Sentrek 12 band analog EQ (more lows and highs, shaping upper bass/lower mids)>SoundBlaster live! 5.1 card (grounded and tweaked)>Wavelab 4.0(track markers only, no digital processing at all)

Notes:
When I originally copied this from Fred’s collection for myself on cassette, I was amazed how clear this recording was and how close Fred sounded to the stage. I almost always performed EQ surgery on any copies I made to try and smooth everything out, and this was no exception. This tape, like many recordings Fred did thru the years, was pretty close to perfect already and didn’t need much work to make it sound like you were actually there, however, the lowest tones of bass and kick drum were a little thin, and upper bass/lower vocal range was a little jumpy. Well that’s all fixed now. There is some noise associated with the original tapes (normal bias “low noise” tapes!) but that should not discourage you at all. My copy sounded more pleasing than the originals did, and even more refined when played into the computer for you now. I have chosen to not process the noise out, and leave a little bit of the shit and corruption in. I think the background noise gives this tape life and breath, and removing it would kill the atmosphere it brings. You will get used to it after 5 minutes, and it’s not noticeable at all over the music.

I have tracked this for CD in the way it was on the master tapes, leaving all sides uncut. Side A is disc 1 (38:39), while sides B and C fit on disc 2 (77:27). I have included scans of my color photocopies of Fred’s original master tape covers for you, and a copy of the cover of the 1978 tour book. I have no real artworx for this NEW MASTERPIECE, so if you make some, please post them at TTD in the thread for this bootleg, and also please email me jpegs of your results.

Feel free to make audio CDR’s of this for your friends and family, but if any of them might trade further, please provide them with a copy of the FLAC files. Don’t rip from the audio CDR copies you make, EVER! There is no need to pee in the trading pool. Backup your FLAC files, you’ll need them later! If you can avoid it, don’t EnCrap to MP3 files, either. MP3 sounds like crud anyway, and this dynamic recording will suffer greatly in lossy formats. If I find out you spread around an MP3 version of this, I’ll come to your house and do bad things to you and yours… like farting in your fridge! So, just don’t make into lossy files, please! That goes for you, too AAC and OGG!

Track listings:

Disc 1 (38:39)

  1. We Will Rock You (fast version)
  2. Let Me Entertain You
  3. Somebody To Love
  4. If You Can’t Beat ‘Em Join ‘Em
  5. Death On Two Legs > (medley start)
  6. Killer Queen >
  7. Bicycle Race >
  8. I’m In Love With My Car (medley end)
  9. Get Down Make Love
  10. You’re My Best Friend
    tape flip

Disc 2 (77:27)

  1. Now I’m Here
  2. Spread Your Wings
  3. Dreamer’s Bar
  4. Love Of My Life
  5. ’39
  6. It’s Late
  7. Brighton Rock >
  8. Roger Taylor’s tympani solo >
  9. Brian May’s guitar solo >
  10. Jam
    tape flip
  11. Fat Bottomed Girls
  12. Keep Yourself Alive
  13. Bohemian Rhapsody
  14. Tie Your Mother Down
    1st encore (tape edit)
  15. Sheer Heart Attack
    2nd encore (tape edit)
  16. We Will Rock You (slow version) >
  17. We Are The Champions
  18. outtro

Hopefully I’ve gotten all the song titles right. If I’ve made mistakes, it’s only proof that I’m human. Feel free to post any corrections or additions… Thanks for listening, hope you enjoy it!

audioarchivist@hotmail.com

The technical mumbo jumbo and a more cryptic track listing follow:

Queen – Himeji, Japan (03/24/76)

Queen
Shiritsu Kohseinenkin-Kaikan
Himeji, Hyogo Japan
wednesday march 24th 1976

Princess Road (TARANTURA —-> Flac level 8

Disc 1

01 Opening
02 Start
03 Introducition
04 Bohemian Rhapsody
05 Ogre Battle
06 MC
07 Sweet Lady
08 MC
09 White Queen
10 MC
11 Flick Of The Wrist
12 MC
13 Bohemian Rhapsody
14 Killer Queen
15 The March Of The Black Queen
16 Bohemian Rhapsody
17 Bring Back That Leroy Brown
18 MC
19 Brighton Rock
20 Guitar Solo
21 Brighton Rock
22 Son And Daughter

Disc 2

01 Band Introduction
02 The Prophet’s Song
03 Stone Cold Crazy
04 MC
05 Doing All Right
06 Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon
07 Keep Yourself Alive
08 Drum Solo
09 Keep Yourself Alive
10 Liar
11 In The Lap Of The Gods… Revisited
12 Now I’m Here
13 Big Spender
14 Jailhouse Rock
15 Stupid Cupid
16 Be Bop A Lula
17 Jailhouse Rock
18 God Save The Queen

Queen – Fukuoka, Japan (03/26/76)

Queen
Kyuden Gymnasium, Fukuoka, Japan
March 26th 1976

A Night At Q-den (Tarantura) —> Flac level 8

Disc 1
01 Opening
02 Start
03 Introducition
04 Bohemian Rhapsody
05 Ogre Battle
06 MC
07 Sweet Lady
08 MC
09 White Queen
10 MC
11 Flick Of The Wrist
12 MC
13 Bohemian Rhapsody
14 Killer Queen
15 The March Of The Black Queen
16 Bohemian Rhapsody
17 Bring Back That Leroy Brown
18 MC
19 Brighton Rock
20 Guitar Solo
21 Brighton Rock
22 Son And Daughter

Disc 2
01 MC
02 The Prophet’s Song
03 Stone Cold Crazy
04 MC
05 Doing All Right
06 MC
07 Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon
08 Keep Yourself Alive
09 Drum Solo
10 Keep Yourself Alive
11 Liar
12 In The Lap Of The Gods… Revisited
13 Now I’m Here
14 Rock And Roll Medley
15 God Save The Queen

Queen – Osaka, Japan (03/29/76)

Queen
March 29, 1976 evening show
Koseinenkin Kaikan, Osaka, Japan

Disc 1
01.Bohemian Rhapsody (Opera & Reprise)
02.Ogre Battle
03.Sweet Lady
04.White Queen
05.Flick Of The Wrist
06.Bohemian Rhapsody
07.Killer Queen
08.The March Of The Black Queen
09.Bohemian Rhapsody (Reprise)
10.Bring Back That Leroy Brown
11.Brighton Rock incl. Guitar Solo
12.Son And Daughter
13.The Prophet’s Song
14.Stone Cold Crazy

Disc 2
01.Doing All Right
02.Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon
03.Keep Yourself Alive
04.Liar
05.In the Lap Of The Gods…Revisited
06.Now I’m Here
07.Big Spender / Jailhouse Rock / Stupid Cupid / Be Bop A Lula / Jailhouse Rock (Reprise)
08.God Save The Queen

Queen – Oakland, CA (07/14/80)

Queen
Oakland, USA
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
July 14, 1980

This is a third generation recording of an excellent early Game tour gig. The quality is superb, and surely an upgrade of all previous versions. Unfortunately the last track is TYMD, but at least we have most of the concert. Save Me cuts out at the end, so we’re missing Now I’m Here as well. It’s awesome to hear Freddie sing Need Your Loving Tonight like the record version, because his voice was in such good shape early on in the tour. For that song alone, this bootleg is worth obtaining, but the entire show has Freddie in magical voice. Brian’s guitar solo is a bit long and wandering, but he really does create some pretty things this night. Overall, this show is one of the very best.

Lineage: AUD > Master > 3rd Generation Tape > WAV > CDR > WAV > FLAC frontend (level 8)

Disc 1:
Jailhouse Rock
We Will Rock You (fast)
Let Me Entertain You
Need Your Loving Tonight
Play The Game
Mustapha
Death On Two Legs
Killer Queen
I’m In Love With My Car
Somebody To Love
Get Down, Make Love
You’re My Best Friend
Save Me

Disc 2:
Fat Bottomed Girls
Love Of My Life
Keep Yourself Alive
Tympani Solo
Guitar Solo / Brighton Rock (ending)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Bohemian Rhapsody
Tie Your Mother Down

Distribute these files only if they are left completely unaltered, and always include the lineage information. As always with my shares (and preferably everybody else’s!), be sure that this recording is not made available at Queenzone or elsewhere in mp3 or any other lossy format. Keep lossless files lossless. 🙂

Enjoy!

Sir GH

Queen – Zurich, Switzerland (11/23/80)

Queen
Zurich, Switzerland
Hallenstadion
November 23, 1980

Originally shared by The Real Wizard on QZ. Here are his notes:

This is a great copy of the Zurich audience tape. Thanks to Leo for the tape, kindly supplied by Davide Traversi, head of the Italian Queen fan club “We Will Rock You.”

This tape runs through Sheer Heart Attack. This show often circulated without the second encore, as in this case. The last three tracks are patched in from another version (certainly the same audience source), and sound almost identical to the rest of the show.

AUD > ? > Cassette > Technics RS-B66W > Edirol R-09 > 16 bit/48 kHz > xAct > WAV (16/44, GoldWave speed correction) > FLAC level 8

  • AUD > ? > Cassette > WAV > FLAC level 8 1) overture
    2) Jailhouse Rock
    3) We Will Rock You (fast)
    4) Let Me Entertain You
    5) Play The Game
    6) Mustapha
    7) Death On Two Legs
    8) Killer Queen
    9) I’m In Love With My Car
    10) Get Down Make Love
    11) Need Your Loving Tonight
    12) Save Me
    13) Now I’m Here
    14) Dragon Attack
    15) Now I’m Here (reprise) 1) Fat Bottomed Girls
    2) Love Of My Life
    3) Keep Yourself Alive
    4) tympani solo
    5) guitar solo
    6) Battle Theme
    7) Brighton Rock (ending)
    8) Crazy Little Thing Called Love
    9) Bohemian Rhapsody
    10) Tie Your Mother Down
    11) Another One Bites The Dust
    12) Sheer Heart Attack
    13) We Will Rock You *
    14) We Are The Champions *
    15) God Save The Queen *

Enjoy, and keep it lossless !

My notes:
This is the best (to my knowledge) version of the recording of the first show from the 1980 European tour, which is absolutely an astonishing tour.
The band is on fire.
This first night is a great show too even though they’re not yet in the shape they’d be in by the time they’d hit Birmingham, London, Brussels,…
That said, if someone has a copy of the Strassbourg December 16, 1980 show or a decent copy from the last night (Munich December 18, 1980)…;-)