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Released on 8 September 2014 as a DVD or SD
Blu-ray.
Length 90 minutes.
Tracklisting:
1. Procession
2. Now
I'm Here
3. Ogre
Battle
4. Father
To Son
5. White
Queen (As It Began)
6. Flick
Of The Wrist
7. In
The Lap Of The Gods
8. Killer
Queen
9. The
March Of The Black Queen
10. Bring
Back That Leroy Brown
11. Son
And Daughter
12. Guitar
Solo
13. Son
And Daughter (reprise)
14. Keep
Yourself Alive
15. Drum
Solo
16. Keep
Yourself Alive (reprise)
17. Seven
Seas Of Rhye
18. Stone
Cold Crazy
19. Liar
20. In
The Lap Of The Gods.... Revisited
21. Big
Spender
22. Modern
Times Rock 'n' Roll
23. Jailhouse
Rock
24. God
Save The Queen
Bonus Tracks:
1. Son
And Daughter
2. Guitar
Solo
3. Son
And Daughter (reprise)
4. Modern
Times Rock 'n' Roll
Executive music producers: Brian May and Roger
Taylor
Executive producers for Eagle Rock Entertainment: Geoff Kempin
and Terry Shand
Main feature recorded at the Rainbow Theatre, London, England, on
19 and 20 November 1974
Directed by Bruce Gowers
Produced by Arkadi de Rakoff
Recorded by Roy Thomas Baker and Mike Stone
Bonus feature recorded at the Rainbow Theatre, London, England on
31 March 1974
Directed by Colin Strong
Videotape editor: Barry Stevens
Offline video editor: Kris Fredriksson
Online video editor: Andrew Parkinson
Colourist: Pete Lynch
Video restoration: Simon Marbrook
Post production directors: Kris Fredriksson and Justin Shirley-Smith
Music mix produced by Justin Shirley-Smith, Joshua J. Macrae and
Kris Fredriksson
Music mastered by Mazen Murad at Metropolis Mastering
This concert was simultaneously released as an album, as a single
disc featuring the November show, or as a double disc which adds
the March show. The tracks on the DVD and Blu-ray are identical
to the album, with the exception of 'Procession', which features
a slightly shorter introduction on the DVD and Blu-ray. The album
page includes the full lyrics and differences of all tracks.
The main feature is the full concert recorded at the Rainbow
Theatre on 19 and 20 November 1974, lasting 79:32. It begins with
footage of the band arriving at the theatre, and backstage, while
the opening credits appear at the start of 'Now I'm Here'. At the
end of the show, as 'God Save The Queen' plays, there is footage
of the empty stage and audience, as the credits are shown.
The bonus feature contains tracks recorded at the Rainbow Theatre
on 31 March 1974, lasting 10:27. The concert was filmed by the
BBC for 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' programme, but ultimately
only four tracks were broadcast, which is the only footage known
to exist. At the end of the feature, there is an appeal for
information regarding the full length footage which may be in the
hands of collectors.
On both the DVD and Blu-ray, the menus feature a simple lighting
rig effect, with audience noise. The main menu has four options,
namely play, song selection, bonus tracks, and audio options. The
last three open as pop-up menus on the Blu-ray, and as seperate
sub-menus on the DVD. The audio options menu allows you to choose
between LPCM Stereo and DTS. There are no subtitle options.
The main concert was originally released, in part, on the 1992
video 'Live At The Rainbow', which was exclusive to the 'Box Of
Tricks' boxed set. At 52 minutes long, it omitted five tracks in
their entirety, while six were edited. Some of the tracks were
also re-arranged, to produce a fake medley, containing 'Son And
Daughter', Brian's guitar solo, 'Father To Son', Roger's drum
solo, 'Keep Yourself Alive (reprise)', 'Liar', and 'Son And
Daughter (reprise)'.
Comparing the two releases, the video footage is almost
identical, retaining the same camera shots and edits, with some
minor differences in places. In terms of audio, most tracks are
the same, but the most noticeable difference is 'In The Lap Of
The Gods.... Revisited', which has a different introduction and
different lyrics throughout, so presumably the two released
versions come from different nights. There are some other minor
differences throughout, again mostly with introductory dialogue,
although the 1992 video also features a number of vocal overdubs,
for instance during 'Liar' there are some additional backing
vocals, but the video footage shows that nobody was singing at
that point.
An edited version of the concert, titled 'Queen At The Rainbow'
and lasting 32 minutes, was shown in cinemas alongside other
films, including 'The Hustle', Led Zeppelin's 'The Song Remains
The Same', 'Jaws II', 'Saturday Night Fever' and the Pink Floyd
films 'Live At Pompeii' and 'The Wall'. This version was
obviously derived from the same tapes used for the 'Live At The
Rainbow' video, and included 'Procession', 'Now I'm Here', 'White
Queen', 'Killer Queen', 'The March Of The Black Queen', 'Bring
Back That Leroy Brown', 'Father To Son', 'Keep Yourself Alive',
'Liar', 'Stone Cold Crazy', 'In The Lap Of The Gods....
Revisited' and 'God Save The Queen'.
Several of the tracks on the release have been issued before.
'Now I'm Here' was included as a promo video on the 'Box Of Flix'
video and 'Greatest Video Hits I' DVD, while the video footage
(but not audio) was included on the 'Queen Rocks' video. 'White
Queen' was available to stream as part of the 2009 'Absolute
Greatest' release, and as a bonus video on the 2011 iTunes LP
reissue of 'Queen II'. Excerpts of 'Seven Seas Of Rhye' were
included in the promo video for the track on the 'Days Of Our
Lives' DVD and Blu-ray. 'Liar' was included on the 'Queen' iTunes
LP reissue, while excerpts also appear on the 'Rare Live' video.
Finally, 'Stone Cold Crazy' appears on the 'Rare Live' video, the
'Sheer Heart Attack' iTunes LP reissue, all formats of the 'The
Miracle' single (as audio only), and the 'Queen Rocks' video (as
video only), with some footage making up the 'Classic Queen'
video. All of these versions are taken from the 'Live At The
Rainbow' version and are edited accordingly.
The first 30 minutes of the show were available online on 5
September, 3 days before the official release, as part of the
'Freddie For A Day' celebrations. Footage of the support band
Hustler was also uploaded to Youtube as part of the promotion.
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