Live at the Rainbow '74

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Live at the Rainbow '74
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Live album by
Released8 September 2014 (2014-09-08)
Recorded31 March; 19–20 November 1974
Venue Rainbow Theatre, London, UK
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length79:55 (1CD)
144:10 (2CD)
Label
Producer Justin Shirley-Smith
Josh Macrae
Kris Fredriksson
Queen chronology
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Live at the Rainbow '74
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Queen Forever
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Live at the Rainbow '74 is a live album by the British rock band Queen released on 8 September 2014.

Contents

Release and content

The album was released in single CD, double CD, DVD, SD Blu-ray and quadruple vinyl formats, as well as a deluxe box set including reproduction tour memorabilia. The single disc and video editions contain a concert from the band's Sheer Heart Attack Tour, recorded live at the Rainbow Theatre in London on 19 & 20 November 1974, while the double CD and vinyl releases include this material plus a concert recorded at the Rainbow earlier in the year, on 31 March, as part of the Queen II Tour. The DVD and Blu-ray also include four bonus tracks from the earlier Queen II concert.

The video footage was previously released as Live at the Rainbow, a half-hour film containing footage from both November shows. It was shown in cinemas in the 1970s and 1980s as an opener to films, including longer concert films by Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, as well as the release of Jaws 2 in British cinemas. [1] More footage from the November shows was later released on VHS as part of the Box of Tricks box set on 26 May 1992 [2] , though this footage was heavily overdubbed. The 2014 release removes most of the overdubs, however it employs the use of pitch correction in some areas. This extends to the March concert as well.

One song from the album was previously available as audio. "Stone Cold Crazy" was released as a b-side to "The Miracle" single in 1989.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Classic Rock 8/10 [3]
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PopMatters 9/10 [5]

Track listing

Single CD/DVD/SD Blu-ray (November concerts)

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Procession" May 1:18
2."Now I'm Here"May5:00
3."Ogre Battle" Mercury 5:31
4."Father to Son"May5:55
5."White Queen (As It Began)"May5:34
6."Flick of the Wrist"Mercury4:07
7."In the Lap of the Gods"Mercury3:20
8."Killer Queen"Mercury1:26
9."The March of the Black Queen"Mercury1:36
10."Bring Back That Leroy Brown"Mercury1:41
11."Son and Daughter"May3:45
12."Guitar Solo"May4:41
13."Son and Daughter" (Reprise)May2:14
14."Keep Yourself Alive"May2:23
15."Drum Solo" Taylor 0:51
16."Keep Yourself Alive" (Reprise)May1:23
17."Seven Seas of Rhye"Mercury3:30
18."Stone Cold Crazy"Mercury, May, Taylor, Deacon 2:40
19."Liar"Mercury8:39
20."In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"Mercury4:10
21."Big Spender" Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields 1:31
22."Modern Times Rock 'N' Roll"Taylor3:12
23."Jailhouse Rock" Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller 4:10
24."God Save the Queen"Traditional, arr. May1:18

DVD/SD Blu-ray Bonus (March concert)

No.TitleLength
1."Son and Daughter"3:31
2."Guitar Solo"2:25
3."Son and Daughter" (Reprise)2:02
4."Modern Times Rock 'N' Roll"2:41

Double CD/Quadruple vinyl

Disc one (Queen II tour)

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Procession"May1:15
2."Father to Son"May6:08
3."Ogre Battle"Mercury5:27
4."Son and Daughter"May3:31
5."Guitar Solo"May2:25
6."Son and Daughter" (Reprise)May2:02
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."White Queen (As It Began)"May5:49
8."Great King Rat"Mercury7:05
9."The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke"Mercury2:52
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Keep Yourself Alive"May2:10
11."Drum Solo"Taylor0:28
12."Keep Yourself Alive" (Reprise)May1:24
13."Seven Seas of Rhye"Mercury3:10
14."Modern Times Rock 'N' Roll"Taylor2:41
15."Jailhouse Rock / Stupid Cupid / Be-Bop-A-Lula / Jailhouse Rock" (Reprise)Leiber, Stoller/Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka/Gene Vincent, Donald Graves, Bill "Sheriff Tex" Davis4:32
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."Liar"Mercury8:28
17."See What a Fool I've Been"May4:59

Disc two (Sheer Heart Attack tour)

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Procession"May1:17
2."Now I'm Here"May4:57
3."Ogre Battle"Mercury5:30
4."Father to Son"May5:54
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."White Queen (As It Began)"May5:33
6."Flick of the Wrist"Mercury4:05
7."In the Lap of the Gods"Mercury3:17
8."Killer Queen"Mercury1:25
9."The March of the Black Queen"Mercury1:35
10."Bring Back That Leroy Brown"Mercury1:39
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Son and Daughter"May3:44
12."Guitar Solo"May4:41
13."Son and Daughter" (Reprise)May2:14
14."Keep Yourself Alive"May2:22
15."Drum Solo"Taylor0:51
16."Keep Yourself Alive" (Reprise)May1:24
17."Seven Seas of Rhye"Mercury3:28
18."Stone Cold Crazy"Mercury, May, Taylor, Deacon2:39
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
19."Liar"Mercury8:39
20."In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"Mercury4:09
21."Big Spender"Coleman, Fields1:31
22."Modern Times Rock 'N' Roll"Taylor3:11
23."Jailhouse Rock"Leiber, Stoller4:07
24."God Save the Queen"Trad., arr. May1:16

2-LP Vinyl Edition

LP 1 (Queen II tour)

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Procession"May1:15
2."Father to Son"May6:08
3."Ogre Battle"Mercury5:27
4."Son and Daughter"May3:30
5."Guitar Solo"May2:25
6."Son and Daughter" (Reprise)May2:02
7."Keep Yourself Alive"May2:10
8."Drum Solo"Taylor0:28
9."Keep Yourself Alive" (Reprise)May1:24
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Seven Seas of Rhye"Mercury3:10
11."Modern Times Rock 'N' Roll"Taylor2:41
12."Liar"Mercury8:28

LP 2 (Sheer Heart Attack tour)

Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Procession"May1:18
14."Now I'm Here"May4:47
15."White Queen (As It Began)"May5:34
16."Flick of the Wrist"Mercury4:06
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
17."In the Lap of the Gods"Mercury3:17
18."Killer Queen"Mercury1:25
19."The March of the Black Queen"Mercury1:35
20."Bring Back That Leroy Brown"Mercury1:40
21."Stone Cold Crazy"Mercury, May, Taylor, Deacon2:40
22."In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"Mercury4:10

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [6] 12
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [7] 22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [8] 13
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [9] 7
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [10] 40
French Albums (SNEP) [11] 55
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12] 9
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [13] 34
Irish Albums (IRMA) [14] 54
Italian Albums (FIMI) [15] 15
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [16] 31
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [17] 22
Scottish Albums (OCC) [18] 12
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [19] 17
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [20] 19
UK Albums (OCC) [21] 11
US Billboard 200 [22] 66
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [23] 5
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [24] 24
US Billboard Music Video Sales2

Release history

RegionDateLabel
United Kingdom8 September 2014 Virgin EMI
Canada9 September 2014 Hollywood
United States

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