City:	Hartford, CT, USA
Venue:	Hartford Civic Center
Date:	August 20, 1980

Setlist:	Jailhouse Rock, We Will Rock You (fast), Let Me Entertain You, Play The Game, Mustapha, Death On Two Legs, Killer Queen, I'm In Love With My Car, Get Down Make Love, You're My Best Friend, Save Me, Another One Bites The Dust, Now I'm Here, Fat Bottomed Girls, Love Of My Life, Keep Yourself Alive, drum/guitar solos, Brighton Rock (reprise), Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Bohemian Rhapsody, Tie Your Mother Down, Sheer Heart Attack, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, God Save The Queen
The medley is great tonight, particularly Killer Queen. Freddie's extravagant lifestyle is becoming more evident in Queen's shows. After the raunchy conclusion of Get Down Make Love, he shouts, "Everybody get down, and get laid!" After You're My Best Friend, he asks everyone what they think of his moustache. He adds, "If Burt Reynolds can grow one, I can grow one. I know he paws more chicks than I do, but I don't give a shit anyway." This is the first known performance of their soon-to-be smash hit Another One Bites The Dust, during the brief period before it would be a staple in the encore. Needless to say, it would be performed at every show from this point onward (minus Live Aid). These early versions of Dust were pretty loose, with Brian even playing the James Brown-like rhythm guitar part during the first verse, giving it a very different feel. Tonight's version is very funky, and Freddie comes very close to replicating the record. Freddie briefly gets angry at the sound man for prematurely turning on the vocal echo during Now I'm Here. "Tell them to turn it off!" he shouts.

Recording length:	104 minutes (2 CD, incomplete)
Quality:	B
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	AUD > Master Cassette > Standalone CDR (1) (transfer: Panasonic handheld cassette recorder > Denon cassette deck > Harman Kardon burner)
Track listing:	Jailhouse Rock, We Will Rock You (fast), Let Me Entertain You, Play The Game, Mustapha, Death On Two Legs, Killer Queen, I'm In Love With My Car, Get Down Make Love [cut], You're My Best Friend, Save Me, Another One Bites The Dust, Now I'm Here, Fat Bottomed Girls, Love Of My Life [cut], Keep Yourself Alive, drum/guitar solos, Brighton Rock (reprise), Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Bohemian Rhapsody, Tie Your Mother Down, Sheer Heart Attack, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, God Save The Queen
Other than a couple cuts for tape flips, the recording is complete. Rob Schoorl taped this show, as well as 2-5-77, 12-1-77, 11-17-78, and 7-23-82.

Recording length:	2 CDR, incomplete
Quality:	B
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	"Play The Live Games" (Breakdown)
Track listing:	Jailhouse Rock, We Will Rock You (fast), Let Me Entertain You, Play The Game, Mustapha, Death On Two Legs, Killer Queen, I'm In Love With My Car, Get Down Make Love [cut], You're My Best Friend, Save Me, Another One Bites The Dust, Now I'm Here, Fat Bottomed Girls, Love Of My Life [cut], Keep Yourself Alive, drum/guitar solos, Brighton Rock (reprise), Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Bohemian Rhapsody, Tie Your Mother Down, Sheer Heart Attack, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, God Save The Queen
Breakdown's bootleg seems to be a couple tape generations from the master.

Recording length:	102 mins (2 CDR, incomplete)
Quality:	B
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	"Perfect Game" (Uxbridge)
Track listing:	Jailhouse Rock, We Will Rock You (fast), Let Me Entertain You, Play The Game, Mustapha, Death On Two Legs, Killer Queen, I'm In Love With My Car, Get Down Make Love [cut], You're My Best Friend, Save Me, Another One Bites The Dust, Now I'm Here, Fat Bottomed Girls, Love Of My Life [cut], Keep Yourself Alive, drum/guitar solos, Brighton Rock (reprise), Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Bohemian Rhapsody, Tie Your Mother Down, Sheer Heart Attack, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, God Save The Queen
Uxbridge bootlegged the master copy. They corrected the speed and EQ'd it a bit.

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