Welcome to the first of MANY concerts on this channel, where I upload bootlegs of one of rock's greats, Queen! This is the first recorded concert by the band, a BBC radio broadcast of their concert at the Golder's Green Hippodrome in London, before the Queen I Tour. Being a radio broadcast, the sound quality is fantastic, and can pass for an official release! It's also complete, so we can enjoy it fully! The only flaw is that Freddie's vocal is buried in the mix.
The show is a fascinating document of Queen at their early stages before they broke out into the mainstream, and the performances are very heavy and raw. Freddie's voice is also in good shape, though he has some roughness from time to time, his voice back in this stage was more youthful and unrefined. Going through the songs...
"Father To Son" is a mixed bag as Freddie has some intonation issues throughout the song and strains an A4 attempt, but sounds good overall as he replicates the softer tone in spots well with some nice falsettos, and also hits a strong A4 during the harder rock section, "Son And Daughter" has some off harmonies but otherwise sounds great with Freddie singing the song well and doing studio phrasing on the "Cap just did not fit" lines, plus the instrumental improvs are outstanding, "See What A Fool I've Been" is one of the best versions ever, as Freddie uses a soft tone in the first verse like the record, aces the falsetto D5, and bursts out a crazy Bb5 after the solo, "Ogre Battle" has an insane feedback intro before the song, which sounds good, though Freddie strains the first chorus A4s he pulls off the rest very well and aces the A4 on "Forever MORE" (Plus he hits a random A5 in the intro), "Liar" is an excellent version as Freddie goes for the B4 on "Liar" (Though he goes flat on it), and aces the falsetto bit afterwards, plus the musicmanship is tops, and the closing "oldies" medley of "Jailhouse Rock/Stupid Cupid/Be Bop A Lula/Big Spender/Bama Lama Bama Lou" is excellent with all four members in top form, though Freddie struggles on the A4s in the "Stupid Cupid" section he sounds excellent on the rest, hitting lots of solid A4s throughout and even going for a C5 in "Bama Lama Bama Lou"!
ENJOY!
NOTE: The DJ banter throughout is amusing!
8 сен 2024
