Queen A Night At The Odeon 1975 (2016) DjSkiLzZ.mkv

Tracklisting:

1. Now I'm Here

2. Ogre Battle

3. White Queen

4. Bohemian Rhapsody

5. Killer Queen

6. The March Of The Black Queen

7. Bohemian Rhapsody (reprise)

8. Bring Back That Leroy Brown

9. Brighton Rock

10. Guitar Solo

11. Son And Daughter

12. Keep Yourself Alive

13. Liar

14. In The Lap Of The Gods.... Revisited

15. Big Spender

16. Jailhouse Rock (medley)

17. Seven Seas Of Rhye

18. See What A Fool I've Been

19. God Save The Queen



Boxed Set Bonus Track:

Now I'm Here (soundcheck)







Queen are:

Freddie Mercury - lead vocals and piano

Brian May - guitars and backing vocals

John Deacon - bass guitar and backing vocals

Roger Taylor - drums and backing vocals

No synthesizers!



Recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, on 24 December 1975.



Management: Jim Beach

Producers: Roger Taylor and Brian May

Mix produced by Justin Shirley-Smith, Joshua J Macrae and Kris Fredriksson

Recording engineers: Graham Haines, Adrian Revell, Martin 'Tom' Tranter, David Goatham and Chris Jenkins

Clarity tape transfer, sync and speed stabalization by Jamie Howarth and John K. Chester, Plangent Processes

Mastered by Tim Young at Metropolis Mastering

Cover artwork: Marmalade London

Cover photograph: Mark Charnock

Hammersmith Odeon live photographs: Douglas Puddifoot

Art direction and design: Matt Read and Greg Brooks

Queen archivist: Greg Brooks

PR: Phil Symes This album was released as a single CD, double LP, CD+DVD set, and CD+Blu-ray set. It features the complete show, and was also simultaneously released on DVD and Blu-ray, losing two tracks. The CD, DVD and Blu-ray were all released together in a boxed set which also contains replica memorabilia from the concert, and a 12" single containing a soundcheck recording of 'Now I'm Here', which was the first time any Queen soundcheck had been officially released.



The concert was performed on Christmas Eve 1975 and broadcast live on BBC Radio 1 and BBC 1, at 10:00pm, as an 'Old Grey Whistle Test' special, with an intro by Bob Harris, the end of which was included on the release. As a result of the broadcast, the show became one of Queen's most widely bootlegged recordings, and three bootlegs from the 'Top 100 Bootlegs' project feature tracks from the show, namely 'Xmas At The Beeb' (16 tracks), 'Rhapsody In Red' (15 tracks) and 'Rogues & Scandals' (5 tracks). Between them, they feature the complete show, albeit with an edited version of the 'Jailhouse Rock' medley. Like many other bootlegs of the show, they featured an incorrect tracklisting, with 'Keep Yourself Alive' before 'Brighton Rock'.



Several tracks had been officially released before, as 'Now I'm Here' and 'White Queen' were released on the 'Sheer Heart Attack' and 'Queen II' 2011 album reissues, while 'Ogre Battle' and 'Son And Daughter' were released on the 'Queen II' and 'Queen' 2011 iTunes LP's as bonus videos. The 'Rare Live' video features excerpts of 'Keep Yourself Alive', and edited versions of 'Big Spender' and the 'Jailhouse Rock' medley. Now I'm Here

Track 1. Track length 4:43, song length 4:21.

This track was previously released as a bonus track on the 'Sheer Heart Attack' 2011 double disc album, which loses the dialogue at the start and end.

Details of the original version can be found on the 'Sheer Heart Attack' album page.

Soundcheck Version:

Included in the boxed set only, as the B-side to the 'Bohemian Rhapsody' 12" single. Track length 5:03, song length 4:03.

This track was recorded during the soundcheck on the afternoon of the concert, and features brief dialogue from the band, and a 'live' version of the track, without the audience. It is the first soundcheck recording that has ever been officially released.

Lyrics: (click here for the lyrics to the soundcheck version)

Bob Harris: Ladies and gentlemen, this is Queen



Here I stand

Look around, around, around, around, around

But you won't see me



Now I'm here

Now I'm there

I'm just

Just a new man

Yes, you made me live again

Yeah



A baby I was when you took my hand

The light of the night burned bright

The people all stared didn't understand

But you knew my name on sight



Ooh, whatever came of you and me

America's new bride to be

Don't worry babe I'm safe and sound

Down in the dungeon just Peaches 'n' me

Don't I love you so

Yes you made me live again

Come on, everybody



Yeah

Ooh, a thin moon me in a smoke screen sky

The beams of your lovelight chase

Don't move, don't speak, don't feel no pain

The rain running down my face

Your matches still light up the sky

And many a tear lives on in my eye



Down in the city just Hoople 'n' me

Alright

Come on



Whatever comes of you and me

I love to leave my memory with you



Now I'm here

Think I'll stay around, around, around, around

Down in the city justa you 'n' me



Ohh, yeah



Freddie: Thank you, thank you and good evening everybody, oh it looks really pretty here tonight, thank you for joining us tonight, we're now -



Soundcheck Lyrics & Dialogue: (the lyrics in red are echoed)

Freddie: One, two, one, two, John, we can do a soundcheck for you now, if you, if you want, the cameras are, are having a rest. Do you want anything in particular? Have you done the ukelele?

Roger: One, two, one

Freddie: Are we gonna do, can we do 'Now I'm Here'?

Brian: John, can you hear Fred's echoplex? Yeah, so it's working



Here I stand

Look around, around, around, around, around

But you won't see me



Now I'm here

Now I'm there

I'm just

Just a new man

Yes, you made me live again



A baby I was when you took my hand

The light of the night burned bright

The people all stared didn't understand

But you knew my name on sight



Ooh, whatever came of you and me

America's new bride to be

Don't worry babe I'm safe and sound

Down in the dungeon just Peaches 'n' me

Ahh, don't I love you so

Yes, you made me live again



Yeah

Ooh, a thin moon me in a smoke screen sky

The beams of your lovelight chase

Don't move, don't speak, don't feel no pain

The rain running down my face

Your matches still light up the sky

Many a tear lives on in my eye



Down in the city just Hoople 'n' me

Alright

Ooh, don't I love you so



Whatever comes of you and me

I love to leave my memory with you



Now I'm here

Think I'll stay around, around, around, around

Down in the city justa you 'n' me



Ohh, yeah



Roger: John, J H, do you want any more? Do you want any more?

Freddie: Before, before I forget, Bob Harris is gonna use this, gonna use John's mic for the very start, OK?

Unknown: Ah, we'll do some more soundchecking at 6:30 Ogre Battle

Track 2. Track length 5:19, song length 4:47.

This track was previously released as a bonus video on the 'Queen II' 2011 iTunes LP, which loses the dialogue at the end, but includes the dialogue at the start, plus 'we're now' from the end of 'Now I'm Here'.

Details of the original version can be found on the 'Queen II' album page.

Lyrics:

Freddie: We're now going to take you to the battlefield. This is called 'Ogre Battle'



Ah, ah, ah, ah, ahhh

Now once upon a time

An old man told me a fable

When the piper is gone

Soup is cold on your table

And if the black crow flies

Find a new destination

That is the sign, yeah, yeah, yeah

Come tonight

Come to the ogre sight

Come to ogre battle fight



He gives a great big cry

Swallow up the ocean

With a mighty tongue he catches flies

Palm of a hand incredible size

Great big eye

Has a focus in your direction

And the battle is won

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Come tonight

Come to the ogre sight

Come to ogre battle fight



Ah, ah, ah, ah, ahh

Ooh, watch out



The ogre men are still inside

Two-way mirror mountain

They gotta stay clear and out of sight

You can't see in but you can't see out

So keep a good look out

The ogre men are coming out

Two-way mirror mountain

They're running up behind

And they're coming all about

Can't go east 'cos you gotta go south



Ogre men are going home

And now the great big fight is over

Bugle blow let trumpet cry

Ogre battle lives for evermore

Wow, oh, oh

'Cos you can come along

You can come along

Come to ogre battle, ahh



Ah, ah, ah, ah, ahh, ooh



Freddie: Thank you. Thank you very much. OK, right now, right now Queen would like to drink a special Christmas toast to everybody here and all the viewers, so cheers. Ha, ha, ha. White Queen (As It Began)

Track 3. Track length 5:31, song length 5:10.

This track was previously released as a bonus track on the 'Queen II' 2011 double disc album, which includes the dialogue at the start, plus Freddie's 'ha, ha, ha' from the end of 'Ogre Battle'.

Details of the original version can be found on the 'Queen II' album page.

Lyrics:

Freddie: OK darlings, this is a little, delicate little number called 'White Queen'



So sad her eyes

Smiling dark eyes

So sad her eyes

As it began, ohh



On such a breathless night as this

Upon my brow the lightest kiss

I walked alone

And all around the air did say

My lady soon will stir this way

In sorrow known

The white queen walks and the night grows pale

Stars of lovingness in her hair



Needing - unheard

Pleading - one word

So sad her eyes

She cannot see, ohh



How did thee fare, what have thee seen

The mother of the willow green

I call her name

And 'neath the window have I stayed

I loved the foot steps that she made

And when she came

White queen how my heart did ache

And dry my lips no words can make

Still I wait



My Goddess hear my darkest fear

I speak too late

It's for evermore that I wait



Dear friends, goodbye

No tears in my eyes

So sad it ends

As it began Bohemian Rhapsody

Track 4. Track length 2:28, song length 2:14.

This is the opening part of the song only, which reprises at the end of the medley. It segues into 'Killer Queen'.

A short 9 second excerpt of the soundcheck can be heard in the 'Looking Back At The Odeon' documentary on the DVD/Blu-ray.

Details of the original version can be found on the 'A Night At The Opera' album page.

Lyrics:

Freddie: Now then, we're gonna do a nice tasty little medley for you, just like the one we did the other day, yes, and we're going to start off with a little segment from a number called 'Bohemian Rhapsody'



Mama, just killed a man

Put a gun against his head

Pulled my trigger now he's dead

Mama, life had just begun

But now I've gone and thrown it all away



Mama, oooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Didn't mean to make you cry

If I'm not back again this time tomorrow

Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters



Too late, my time has come

Sends shivers down my spine

Body's aching all the time

Goodbye everybody, I've got to go

Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth



Mama, oooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

I don't want to die

Sometimes wish I'd never been born at all, ohhh Killer Queen

Track 5. Track length 2:08, song length 2:08.

This track segues from 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and into 'The March Of The Black Queen'.

Details of the original version can be found on the 'Sheer Heart Attack' album page.

Lyrics:

She keeps a Moet Et Chandon

In her pretty cabinet

'Let them eat cake' she says

Just like Marie Antoinette

Built-in remedy

Kruschev and Kennedy

At anytime an invitation you can't decline



Caviar and cigarettes

Well versed in etiquette

Extraordinarily nice



She's a killer queen

Gunpowder, gelatine

Dynamite with a laser beam

Guaranteed to blow your mind

(Anytime)



Recommended at the price

Insatiable an appetite

Wanna try?



To avoid complications

She never kept the same address

In conversation

She spoke just like a baroness

Met a man from China

Went down to Geisha Minah

Then again incidentally

You're that way inclined



Perfume came naturally from Paris

Cars she couldn't care less

Fastidious and precise



She's a killer queen

Gunpowder, gelatine

Dynamite with a laser beam

Guaranteed to blow your mind

(Anytime)



Recommended at the price

Insatiable an appetite

Wanna try? The March Of The Black Queen

Track 6. Track length 1:30, song length 1:30.

This track segues from 'Killer Queen' and into the reprise of 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.

Details of the original version can be found on the 'Queen II' album page.

Lyrics:

I rule with my left hand

I rule with my right

I'm lord of all darkness, I'm queen of the night

I've got the power - now do the march of the black queen

(My life is in your hands, I'll fo and I'll fie)

I'll be what you make me, I'll do what you like

I'll be your bad boy, I'll be your bad boy

Now do the march of the black queen

Yeah, yeah, ooh, ohh, yeah Bohemian Rhapsody (reprise)

Track 7. Track length 1:02, song length 0:59.

This track segues from 'The March Of The Black Queen'.

Details of the original version can be found on the 'A Night At The Opera' album page.

Lyrics:

Oooh yeah, oooh yeah



Nothing really matters

Anyone can see

Nothing really matters

Nothing really matters to me



Anyway the wind blows Bring Back That Leroy Brown

Track 8. Track length 1:32, song length 1:10.

Details of the original version can be found on the 'Sheer Heart Attack' album page.

Lyrics:

Roger: A one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four



My cutie pie



Do-be-de-pie, do-be-de-pie, do-be-de-doo

Bring that big bad Leroy back

I want him back



Freddie: Thank you, thank you very much. Now then, we're now gonna feature Brian, Brian May on guitar Brighton Rock

Track 9. Track length 2:24, song length 2:21.

This track segues into Brian's guitar solo.

Details of the original version can be found on the 'Sheer Heart Attack' album page.

Lyrics:

Freddie: And this number is en titled 'Brighton Rock'



Happy little day, Jimmy went away

Met his little Jenny on a public holiday

A happy pair they made, so decorously laid

'Neath the gay illuminations all along the promenade

It's so good to know there's still a little magic in the air

I'll weave my spell



Jenny will you stay - tarry with me pray

Nothing 'ere need come between us tell me love, what do you say

Oh no I must away to my mum in disarray

If my mother should discover how I spend my holiday

It's so good to know there's still a little magic in the air

I'll say farewell



Oh, rock of ages, do not crumble, love is breathing still

Oh, lady moon, shine down a little people magic if you will



Oooh, ooh, yeah Guitar Solo

Track 10. Track length 6:37, song length 6:37.

This track segues from 'Brighton Rock' and into 'Son And Daughter'. It is a complete instrumental, with no lyrics or dialogue.

Details of other guitar solos can be found on the Live Solos & Improvisations page. Son And Daughter

Track 11. Track length 1:44, song length 1:32.

This track segues from Brian's guitar solo, and was previously released as a bonus video on the 'Queen' 2011 iTunes LP, which loses the dialogue, and starts around 10 seconds into the track, reducing the length to 1:22.

Details of the original version can be found on the 'Queen' album page.

Lyrics:

Now didn't you feel surprised to find

The cap just didn't fit

A woman expects a man

To buckle down and a shovel

What'll you do for loving

If it's the one and the only game

Listen



I want you

To be a woman

I want you to be a woman, yeah, yeah



Freddie: Thank you, thank you very much, featuring Brian May on guitar. OK Keep Yourself Alive

Track 12. Track length 4:33, song length 4:21.

Excerpts of this track also appear on 'Rare Live'.

Details of the original version can be found on the 'Queen' album page.

Lyrics:

Freddie: Now, now it's time to join in, everybody

Brian: Join in

Freddie: And you can singalong the choruses, give us a helping hand you can take all your clothes off

Come on, alright

Ooh yeah

Freddie: Everybody, yes

Freddie: What about you on the balcony, are you with us?

Freddie: Everybody at home

Yeah

Keep yourself alive

Let's go

Come on, come on



I was told a million times of all the troubles in my way

To grow a little wiser, little better every day

But if I crossed a million rivers, and I rode a million miles

Still be where I started, bread and butter for a smile

Sold a million mirrors in a shop in alley way

But I never saw my face in any window any day

Now they say your folks are telling you be a superstar

Tell you just be satisfied, stay right where you are



Keep yourself alive, keep