City:	Nagoya, Japan
Venue:	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
Date:	March 23, 1976

Setlist:	Bohemian Rhapsody (tape & rock part), Ogre Battle, Sweet Lady, White Queen, Flick Of The Wrist, Bohemian Rhapsody (verses), Killer Queen, The March Of The Black Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (reprise), Bring Back That Leroy Brown, Brighton Rock, Son And Daughter, The Prophet's Song, Stone Cold Crazy, Doing All Right, Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, Keep Yourself Alive, Liar, In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited, Now I'm Here, Big Spender, Jailhouse Rock, God Save The Queen
Despite a strong start to the show, Freddie's voice is a bit rough in a few spots throughout. Freddie, after Flick Of The Wrist: "And now we're gonna do a medley of four songs from four of our different albums, and we're gonna start with a number, I think you know this one, it's called Bohemian Rhapsody." Technically he wasn't right about that, as no songs from the first album were part of the medley. After the medley: "It's time we featured Brian May on the guitar. Yes, I think you're gonna like this. This is a song that we didn't do last time but we're gonna do it for you right now. It's a number called Brighton Rock." After he does his usual toast to the audience, Freddie adds, "May you all drink champagne tomorrow for breakfast." He goes on, "Right now we'd like to do a number," but his attention is then diverted. "Oh, you understood that one. Cheeky little thing!" he says to someone close to the stage, as he knows how rare it is for a Japanese audience member to be fluent in English. He then says how he wishes he could speak more Japanese after he asks them for song requests from their debut album and gets none! They then play Doing All Right as usual, during which Brian has much fun in the coda with his delay. In the a cappella vocal section of The Prophet's Song, Freddie references Death On Two Legs as he often would during this era. While he would usually only sing the lyrics "Death on two legs, you're tearing me apart" this year, tonight he adds "kill joy, bad guy." He and Roger harmonize beautifully throughout the song. As Roger plays the drum intro to Liar, Freddie says, "C'mon, blondie!" These pictures were taken by the person who taped the second audience recording of this show to emerge. The fifth picture reveals Brian May in full guitar hero mode.

Recording length:	64 minutes (1 CD, incomplete)
Quality:	B
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	AUD > Master Cassette > ? > FLAC
Track listing:	Bohemian Rhapsody (tape & rock part), Ogre Battle, Sweet Lady, White Queen, Flick Of The Wrist, Bohemian Rhapsody (verses), Killer Queen, The March Of The Black Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (reprise), Bring Back That Leroy Brown, Brighton Rock, Son And Daughter, The Prophet's Song [cut], Stone Cold Crazy, Doing All Right, Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, Keep Yourself Alive, Liar [cut]
This is apparently from the master tape. Previous versions were many generations from the master, and were missing the minute of Liar. The taper is heard saying a few words before the tape runs out. It plays slightly too fast.

Recording length:	66 minutes (2 CD, incomplete)
Quality:	B
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	"A Night At The Nagoya" (Wardour) silvers
Track listing:	Bohemian Rhapsody (tape & rock part), Ogre Battle, Sweet Lady, White Queen, Flick Of The Wrist, Bohemian Rhapsody (verses), Killer Queen, The March Of The Black Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (reprise), Bring Back That Leroy Brown, Brighton Rock, Son And Daughter, The Prophet's Song [cut], Stone Cold Crazy, Doing All Right, Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, Keep Yourself Alive, Liar [cut]
Wardour bootlegged what is seemingly the master tape in April 2009. They may have used a different source tape/copy, as the last couple seconds of Liar do not distort before the recording cuts out. They have EQ'd it so it's not so bass-heavy, corrected the speed, and smoothed out the edit for the tape flip at the beginning of The Prophet's Song. An 18-minute interview (split into two tracks) from Japanese radio is tagged onto the end, stretching it out to two discs. It seems it's from 1975, as Killer Queen and Seven Seas Of Rhye are played between segments, and their enourmous welcome at the airport is discussed. Freddie Mercury reveals that his favourite singer is Robert Plant, John Deacon says his favourite bassist is Francis Prestia from the now legendary funk band 'Tower Of Power', Brian May says his favourite guitarist is Jimi Hendrix, and Roger Taylor raves about John Bonham before shamelessly revealing his hatred for funk music and the Philadelphia sound.

Recording length:	97 minutes (2 CD, complete)
Quality:	B+
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	AUD > TC-1100 (Cassette) > PCM-D1 (WAV 44.1) > Samplitude (edit) > FLAC
Track listing:	Bohemian Rhapsody (tape & rock part), Ogre Battle, Sweet Lady, White Queen, Flick Of The Wrist, Bohemian Rhapsody (verses), Killer Queen, The March Of The Black Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (reprise), Bring Back That Leroy Brown, Brighton Rock, Son And Daughter, The Prophet's Song, Stone Cold Crazy, Doing All Right, Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, Keep Yourself Alive, Liar, In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited, Now I'm Here, Big Spender, Jailhouse Rock, God Save The Queen
This second audience source emerged in April 2010, making the complete show available for the first time (minus part of Freddie's band introduction after Son And Daughter). Although it was recorded further away from the stage, the sound is still clearer overall than the original source. It plays a tad too slow. An audience member laughs after Freddie's voice cracks on the first line of Doing All Right.

Recording length:	2 CDR, incomplete
Quality:	B+
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	"Operatic Rhapsody" (Uxbridge)
Track listing:	Bohemian Rhapsody (tape & rock part), Ogre Battle, Sweet Lady, White Queen, Flick Of The Wrist, Bohemian Rhapsody (verses), Killer Queen, The March Of The Black Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (reprise), Bring Back That Leroy Brown, Brighton Rock, Son And Daughter, The Prophet's Song, Stone Cold Crazy, Doing All Right, Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, Keep Yourself Alive, Liar, In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited, Now I'm Here, Big Spender, Jailhouse Rock, God Save The Queen
Uxbridge quickly bootlegged the new audience source about a month later.

Recording length:	2 CDR, incomplete
Quality:	B+
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	"Elegance Is An Attitude" (Wardour) silvers
Track listing:	Bohemian Rhapsody (tape & rock part), Ogre Battle, Sweet Lady, White Queen, Flick Of The Wrist, Bohemian Rhapsody (verses), Killer Queen, The March Of The Black Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (reprise), Bring Back That Leroy Brown, Brighton Rock, Son And Daughter, The Prophet's Song, Stone Cold Crazy, Doing All Right, Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, Keep Yourself Alive, Liar, In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited, Now I'm Here, Big Spender, Jailhouse Rock, God Save The Queen
Wardour bootlegged the second source in June 2013. They corrected the tape speed.

Recording length:	96 minutes (2 CD, complete)
Quality:	A
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	"Moet & Chandon Breakfast" (Tarantura) silvers
Track listing:	Bohemian Rhapsody (tape & rock part), Ogre Battle, Sweet Lady, White Queen, Flick Of The Wrist, Bohemian Rhapsody (verses), Killer Queen, The March Of The Black Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (reprise), Bring Back That Leroy Brown, Brighton Rock, Son And Daughter, The Prophet's Song, Stone Cold Crazy, Doing All Right, Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, Keep Yourself Alive, Liar, In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited, Now I'm Here, Big Spender, Jailhouse Rock, God Save The Queen
Tarantura released a third source of the Nagoya show in July 2013, an excellent sounding tape recorded by Mr. Peach. It's the complete show with a couple slight cuts between songs for tape flips. Their usual compression has been added, but this third audience source is still leaps and bounds better than the other two.

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