City:	London, England
Venue:	The Marquee Club
Date:	December 21, 1972

Setlist:	Great King Rat, Son And Daughter, Jesus, Doing All Right, Ogre Battle, Keep Yourself Alive, Liar, Jailhouse Rock, Bama Lama Bama Loo
The band were slotted onto this gig suppoting Sparks at the Marquee because Ronnie Beck of Feldman was friends with a promoter who booked bands at the venue. The photos were taken by Douglas Puddifoot. The ninth one was used for the front cover of Queen's self-titled debut album, and the tenth one was used for the insert in the final Queen album, Made In Heaven. Considering the circumstances around the latter, it was probably no coincidence that the remaining members of the band decided to bookend things by selecting a picture from the same show. Some of the concert pictures on the back cover of Queen's debut album were taken at the Marquee, as revealed by Brian May on his blog in 2009. A recording of this show is reportedly collecting dust in the band's archives after being purchased from a private collector. And it may be just one of a plethora of early recordings - it has been said that Queen's first front of house sound tech, John Harris, recorded all of the band's early gigs from day one. This, however, isn't one of those tapes, as it was recorded from the audience by Richard Thompson, drummer of Brian May's mid-'60s band called 1984.

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