Queen – Essen, Germany (11/29/80)

QUEEN
Essen, Grugahalle
November 29, 1980

01.Intro / Jailhouse Rock / We Will Rock You (fast)
02.Let Me Entertain You
03.Play The Game
04.Mustapha
05.Death On Two Legs
06.Killer Queen
07.I’m In Love With My Car
08.Get Down Make Love
09.Save Me
10.Now I’m Here / Dragon Attack / Now I’m Here (reprise)
11.Fat Bottomed Girls
12.Love Of My Life
13.Love Of My Life (cont.) / Keep Yourself Alive
14.Instrumental Inferno
15.Flash’s Theme / The Hero / Brighton Rock
16.Crazy Little Thing Called Love
17.Bohemian Rhapsody
18.Tie Your Mother Down
19.Another One Bites The Dust
20.Sheer Heart Attack
21.We Will Rock You
22.We Are The Champions / God Save The Queen

TT 98:21

LDB Special Series #360 (RLR collection)

Out of my 7,000+ shows and radio broadcasts, I have many concerts that were special for some reasons: the setlist, the
musicians, the venue or unexpected events. These are the ones I’d like to propose you. Most of these come from my
cassettes collection, so they will be released at a slower pace than my Master Series! But you won’t be disappointed!
I will try to gather the most unusual things I have in my collection and, as always, your feedback and comments will be my
reward for all the work involved in this project.

DO NOT share this music on mp3, just convert it for your own use. Sharing mp3’s is the right way to make me stop sharing
music here.

I think I have something really special to share with all Dimers, but first a bit of background. RLR has been a very active
trader back in the early 80´s with very wide musical tastes: he could go from Kiss to Joni Mitchell; from Genesis to Deep
Purple, Queen, Simple Minds, The Who, Springsteen and many more. In the past I could access his enormous collection to get
many U2 tapes some of which I have been sharing with you folks.

RLR had all sorts of tapes in his collection, traded not long after the show happened so most of them are low generation, in
particular tons of shows recorded in Italy which to me are some of the most interesting. Some of them, I had never seen
circulating in the trading circuit. Unfortunately he did not care about generation so this info, except for the shows he
has as masters, is not available.

RLR has kindly given me access once again to his collection. It was like a “kid in a toy shop” situation: it was hard to
select tapes and at the end I came home with some 250 tapes to listen and eventually to transfer in the digital domain. Some
of them will be shared here, possibly the most interesting ones.

I am ok with blogs and sites to re-post my seeds – provided they are in lossless form – however I ask you to keep intact the
infos of the concert including that this is part of LDB series.

And I am referring to (and not only):

Last but not the least, a very important message: I will not be uploading anymore @ Dimeadozen. TTD will be my new home
from now. If you want to download my shows please subscribe here and not re-upload @ Dime. Stay tuned because I have more and
more shows coming up!

Lineage: Unknown recording device > 2nd generation tape > Aiwa Tape Deck TC-WE475 > Audiophile 2496 Soundblaster > HD >
SoundForge 7.0 > CD Wave > FLAC Frontend (level 6)

Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano, tambourine, acoustic guitar)
Brian May (electric guitar, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, piano)
Roger Taylor (drums, backing vocals),
John Deacon (bass guitar, electric guitar)
Morgan Fisher (keyboards, piano)

Another one from the Queen vaults, this time from the 1980. This sounds good although the sound is not as crisp as I would
have liked. This comes from a 2nd generation copy from RLR collection. RLR had a special connection to Germany, so he was
trading with quite a few german traders back then. Good one with some interesting Flash Gordon tracks.

Hope you will enjoy it!

ldb

Queen – Cologne, Germany (11/26/80)

Queen
26.11.1980
Sporthalle
Cologne, Germany

VG –

AUD > WAV > CDR (x) > WAV > FLAC frontend (level 8)

This is the best source available so far.
Note there are some slightly clicks at the end of Save Me and during the Now Im Here on disc 1 (probably a cd-r failure or something…)
The show misses 3 last tracks: WWRY, WATC and GSTQ and also SHA is cut after 0:50. But it’s the best version we can get at the moment!;) Correct me if I’m wrong.

DISC 1:

  1. 3:26 Intro
    Jailhouse Rock
  2. 2:53 We Will Rock You fast
  3. 3:20 Let Me Entertain You
  4. 4:40 Play The Game 18.
  5. 3:00 Mustapha
  6. 3:09 Death On Two Legs
  7. 1:55 Killer Queen
  8. 2:08 I’m In Love With My Car
  9. 5:22 Get Down Make Love
  10. 5:10 Need Your Loving Tonight / Vocal Improvisation
  11. 4:23 Save Me
  12. 4:12 Now I’m Here

DISC 2:

  1. 4:00 Vocal Improvisation / Dragon Attack
  2. 2:08 Now I’m Here reprise
  3. 4:54 Love Of My Life
  4. 3:20 Keep Yourself Alive
  5. 2:26 Drums solo
  6. 5:19 Guitar solo
  7. 3:22 Battle Theme / Brighton Rock finale
  8. 3:31 Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  9. 5:14 Bohemian Rhapsody
  10. 5:52 Tie Your Mother Down
  11. 3:27 Another One Bites The Dust
  12. 0:49 Sheer Heart Attack (cut)

Queen – Paris, France (11/25/80)

Queen
La Rotonde du Bourget, Paris, France
25. November 1980

Quality : VG+
Lineage : AUD > Breakdown “Hello Paris” > CDR (x) > WAV > FLAC level 8

I have received it in a trade labelled as “best version around”. I’m not sure if it’s the case, but I have the version which I dowloaded a few years ago from Queenzone, and this is definitely MUCH better quality and features the complete Keep Yourself Alive.

The tracklisting is exactly the same as on the Breakdown bootleg “Hello Paris” , is it possible that this comes from this bootleg ? Could somebody confirm it ?

Audio :

Disc 1 :

  1. Jailhouse Rock
  2. We Will Rock You (fast)
  3. Let Me Entertain You
  4. Play The Game
  5. Mustapha / Death On Two Legs / Killer Queen / I’m In Love With My Car / Get Down Make Love
  6. Need Your Loving Tonight
  7. Save Me
  8. Now I’m Here / Dragon Attack
  9. Love Of My Life

Disc 2 :

  1. Keep Yourself Alive
  2. Drum Solo / Guitar Solo
  3. Battle Theme
  4. Brighton Rock (ending)
  5. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  6. Bohemian Rhapsody
  7. Tie Your Mother Down
  8. Another One Bites The Dust
  9. Sheer Heart Attack
  10. We Will Rock You
  11. We Are The Champions
  12. God Save The Queen

Queen – Birmingham, England (12/06/80)

Queen
1980-12-06
National Exhibition Center, Birmingham, England

Sorry, no lineage known.
Thanks to the original taper (unknown)
and uploader (unknown)

Downloaded 2013 from Queen Zone as part of 1980 Megatorrent

We Will Rock You (fast),
Let Me Entertain You,
Play The Game, M
ustapha,
Death On Two Legs,
Killer Queen,
I’m In Love With My Car,
Get Down Make Love,
Need Your Loving Tonight,
Save Me,
Now I’m Here,
Vocal Improv,
Dragon Attack,
Now I’m Here (reprise)

Fat Bottomed Girls,
Love Of My Life,
Keep Yourself Alive,
drum solo,
drum solo (finale),
guitar solo,
Battle Theme,
Flash,
The Hero,
Brighton Rock (reprise),
Crazy Little Thing Called Love,
Bohemian Rhapsody,
We Will Rock You,
We Are The Champions

Queen – Leiden, The Netherlands (11/27/80)

Queen
Venue: Groenoordhallen, Leiden, The Netherlands
Date: 27.11.1980.

Lineage: Gamemania boot
Quality: Good
Size: 483 Mb

Tracklist:

Intro
Jailhouse Rock
We Will Rock You (fast)
Let Me Entertain You
Play The Game
Mustapha
Need Your Loving Tonight
Save Me
Another One Bites The Dust
Sheer Heart Attack
Keep Yourself Alive
Instrumental Inferno
Guitar Solo
Battle Theme
Brighton Rock
Dragon Attack
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
We Will Rock You
I’m In Love With My Car
God Save The Queen

Queen – London, England (12/09/80)

Queen
1980, 9th Dec.
London, Wembley Arena

FLAC (level 8) > WAV > remaster > FLAC (level 8)

Sound: fair
Source: audience

Comments:
Lots of hiss. They played ‘Imagine’ as a tribute to John Lennon who was killed the night before.

Disc 1:

  1. Intro/We will rock you (fast)
  2. Let me entertain you
  3. Play the game
  4. Mustapha
  5. Death on two legs
  6. Killer queen
  7. I’m in love with my car
  8. Get down make love
  9. Save me
  10. Now I’m here
  11. Dragon attack/Now I’m here (reprise)
  12. Fat bottomed girls

Disc 2:

  1. Love of my life
  2. Imagine
  3. Instrumental inferno
  4. Flash guitar medley
  5. Flash/The hero/Brighton rock (reprise)
  6. Crazy little thing called love
  7. Bohemian rhapsody
  8. We will rock you
  9. We are the champions
  10. Another one bites the dust
  11. Sheer heart attack
  12. Tie your mother down
  13. 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)…;-)

Queen – Berlin, Germany (11/30/80)

Queen
1980-11-30
Deutchlandhalle
Berlin, Germany

(probably lossy source)

Sorry, no lineage known.
Thanks to the original taper (unknown) and uploader (unknown)

Downloaded 2013 from Queen Zone as part of 1980 Megatorrent

Jailhouse Rock,
We Will Rock You (fast),
Let Me Entertain You,
Play The Game,
Mustapha,
Death On Two Legs,
Killer Queen,
I’m In Love With My Car,
Get Down Make Love,
Need Your Loving Tonight,
Save Me,
Now I’m Here,
Dragon Attack,
Fat Bottomed Girls,
Love Of My Life,

Keep Yourself Alive, drum solo
guitar solo,
The Hero /Brighton Rock (ending),
Crazy Little Thing Called Love,
Bohemian Rhapsody,
Tie Your Mother Down,
Sheer Heart Attack,
Waiting,
We Will Rock You,
We Are The Champions,
God Save The Queen