| City: | Portland, ME, USA |
| Venue: | Exposition Hall |
| Date: | April 28, 1974 |
| Setlist: | Procession, Father To Son, Ogre Battle, Son And Daughter, See What A Fool I've Been, Liar, Keep Yourself Alive, Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll, Big Spender, Bama Lama Bama Loo |
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Queen's set is very well-received by the fans waiting for Mott The Hoople. Tonight brings a rare appearance of See What A Fool I've Been in place of Great King Rat (although Brian still plays part of the Great King Rat solo in Liar). Brian's guitar is out of tune for much of the show, which likely indicates the band didn't get an adequate soundcheck (common for an opening band) and that there wasn't enough guitar in the monitors. Later he drops a couple beats of the solo in Keep Yourself Alive, but the rest of the band notice immediately and avoid catastrophe. Aside from that, they are on fire, and young and hungry at this point in their career. Roger drums up a storm in Liar and Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll, and Freddie is in great voice throughout. |
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| Recording length: | 45 minutes (1 CD, complete) | |
| Quality: | A- | |
| Source: | Audience | |
| Lineage: | AUD > Sony TC-110A deck with built in microphone > ANALOG MASTER CASSETTE>NAKAMICHI DR-1 (W/MANUAL AZIMUTH ADJUSTMENT)>CREATIVE SOUNDBLASTER X-FI HD MODEL #SB1240 WAV (24/96KHZ)>MAGIX AUDIO CLEANING LAB FOR KRW TRACK MARKS VOLUME ADJUSTMENT AND EDITS>WAV 24/96>TRADERS LITTLE HELPER FLAC (LEVEL 8) | |
| Track listing: | Queen: Procession, Father To Son, Ogre Battle, Son And Daughter, See What A Fool I've Been, Liar, Keep Yourself Alive, Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll, Big Spender, Bama Lama Bama Loo Mott The Hoople: The Golden Age Of Rock And Roll, Sucker, Roll Away The Stone / Sweet Jane, Rest In Peace, All The Way From Memphis, Born Late '58, One Of The Boys, Hymn For The Dudes, Marionette, Drivin' Sister / Crash Street Kids / Violence, All The Young Dudes, Walkin' With A Mountain | |
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This is a great recording of Queen on their quest to conquer North America. All previous copies of this Joe Maloney recording decreased in quality for the encore, but here on the master transfer (which emerged in early 2008 and was re-transferred in 2019), the entire show is presented in glorious sound, also without the speed problems of the old copies. Mott The Hoople were taped as well, and it sounds equally good. |
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| Recording length: | 1 CDR, complete | |
| Quality: | B+ | |
| Source: | Audience | |
| Lineage: | "Early Battle" (Breakdown) | |
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| Track listing: | Procession, Father To Son, Ogre Battle, Son And Daughter, See What A Fool I've Been, Liar, Keep Yourself Alive, Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll, Big Spender, Bama Lama Bama Loo | |
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Breakdown first bootlegged this show in 2006, using a high generation copy of the audience tape. |
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| Recording length: | 45 minutes (1 CDR, complete) | |
| Quality: | A- | |
| Source: | Audience | |
| Lineage: | "First American Tour" (Breakdown) | |
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| Track listing: | Procession, Father To Son, Ogre Battle, Son And Daughter, See What A Fool I've Been, Liar, Keep Yourself Alive, Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll, Big Spender, Bama Lama Bama Loo | |
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Cashing in on free downloads, Breakdown was very quick (it took them less than a month) to bootleg the master transfer. |
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| Recording length: | 45 minutes (1 CD, complete) | |
| Quality: | A- | |
| Source: | Audience | |
| Lineage: | "Hail To Majesty" (Wardour) silver | |
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| Track listing: | Procession, Father To Son, Ogre Battle, Son And Daughter, See What A Fool I've Been, Liar, Keep Yourself Alive, Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll, Big Spender, Bama Lama Bama Loo | |
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Wardour bootlegged the master transfer as well. They tagged on a truncated copy of the pre-LP of the London '74 recording from earlier in the year for good measure. A DVD of the November Rainbow show is included as a bonus disc. Here's a link to the always-reliable GS review: http://www.collectorsmusicreviews.com |
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| Recording length: | 1 CDR, complete | |
| Quality: | A- | |
| Source: | Audience | |
| Lineage: | "Portland Expo + Rainbow Theatre 1974" (EOW) | |
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| Track listing: | Procession, Father To Son, Ogre Battle, Son And Daughter, See What A Fool I've Been, Liar, Keep Yourself Alive, Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll, Big Spender, Bama Lama Bama Loo | |
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This CDR bootleg seems to be a direct copy of the Wardour silver. |
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