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A Night at the Odeon – Hammersmith 1975

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2015 live album by Queen
A Night at the Odeon – Hammersmith 1975
Live album by
Released20 November 2015 (2015-11-20)
Recorded24 December 1975
VenueHammersmith Odeon,London,UK
GenreHeavy metal,progressive rock
Length73:21 (CD Edition)
Label
ProducerJustin Shirley-Smith
Kris Fredriksson
Josh Macrae
Queen chronology
Queen Forever
(2014)
A Night at the Odeon – Hammersmith 1975
(2015)
On Air
(2016)

A Night at the Odeon is a DVD/live album by the Britishrock bandQueen. The album is the first official release of the band's Christmas Eve performance at theHammersmith Odeon in 1975, filmed by the BBC. The show was broadcast on BBC2 and BBC Radio 1, and included one of the first live performances of "Bohemian Rhapsody". It is the band's most popularbootleg.

Background

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The 24 December 1975 gig at theHammersmith Odeon was the final date of Queen's UK tour in support of the albumA Night At The Opera, which had been released a few weeks previously, and had already gonegold.[1] The single "Bohemian Rhapsody" was in the middle of its 9-week run at number one in the UK charts at the time of the gig, which was one of the first times the song was played live.[2] Queen had already played four shows at the Odeon earlier during the tour and received positive reviews in the press, withSoundsMagazine saying "everything about them says that they are more important than any other band you've heard".[3]

The gig was advertised inMelody Maker as "Britain's most regal band awaits your presence ..." and all 5,000 tickets sold out.[3][4] GuitaristBrian May later recalled: "This concert was very special because it was the first time we ever played a whole show completely live on TV".[2] Lead singerFreddie Mercury played a whiteBechstein grand piano imported especially for the gig, and wore white and blackcatsuits, changing costume halfway through the show.[3]

ThoughA Night at the Opera was in the charts at the time of show, the band's setlist mainly drew from earlier songs that worked well on stage, including May's solo guitar spot in the middle of the show, and a medley of old rock'n'roll songs towards the end. The band only played the ballad section of "Bohemian Rhapsody" as part of a medley with older material, and the only otherOpera track was "God Save The Queen" played on tape at the very end of the show.[4]

The show was broadcast on BBC2 as part of the music programmeThe Old Grey Whistle Test with the audio later broadcast on BBC Radio 1. Queen had appeared on the show several times previously when studio tracks were played alongside custommusic videos.[5]Whistle Test presenterBob Harris introduced the band onstage and later recalled that Queen "were in party mood at the Hammersmith Odeon that night".[6] Unfortunately, the cameras were packed away before the group's second encore, so only the audio of "Seven Seas of Rhye" and "See What a Fool I've Been" were recorded.[7]

Because of the high-quality recording and filming, and nationwide television and radio broadcast, the gig has become the most popularbootleg recording of Queen.[7] Many of the songs in the band's Hammersmith set were dropped on later tours, and did not appear on official live albums such asLive Killers andLive At Wembley '86.[4]

The originalmulti-track tapes of the show were believed to be lost, before being recovered in 2009 and restored by Queen sound engineers Justin Shirley-Smith, Kris Fredriksson, andJosh Macrae. A 50-minute performance of the show was broadcast that year, again on BBC2.[8] In 2011, a few of the tracks from this gig were officially released elsewhere as bonus tracks on reissues of Queen's studio albums: "White Queen" onUniversal Records' reissue ofQueen II and "Now I'm Here" onSheer Heart Attack. "Ogre Battle" was also released as video only on theiTunes deluxe versions of the latter.[9]

Release

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The remastered and restored show was shown at a special screening on 8 October 2015 atOlympic Studios Cinema,Barnes, where some ofA Night at the Opera had been recorded.[10]

The album was released on 20 November inCD,DVD,SD Blu-ray and doublevinyl formats, as well as a deluxe box set including a hardback book, reproductions of period-specific tour memorabilia, and an audio recording ofNow I'm Here recorded during the band's soundcheck for the show. The DVD/Blu-ray release also features bonus material from Queen's first tour of Japan in 1975 at theNippon Budokan, and a 22-minute documentary featuring interviews from May,Roger Taylor and Harris entitledLooking Back at the Odeon.[3]

Track listing

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CD

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Now I'm Here"Brian May4:43
2."Ogre Battle"Freddie Mercury5:19
3."White Queen (As It Began)"May5:31
4."Bohemian Rhapsody"Mercury2:28
5."Killer Queen"Mercury2:08
6."The March of the Black Queen"Mercury1:30
7."Bohemian Rhapsody" (Reprise)Mercury1:02
8."Bring Back That Leroy Brown"Mercury1:32
9."Brighton Rock"May2:24
10."Guitar Solo"May6:37
11."Son and Daughter"May1:44
12."Keep Yourself Alive"May4:33
13."Liar"Mercury8:45
14."In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"Mercury5:24
15."Big Spender"Cy Coleman,Dorothy Fields1:24
16."Jailhouse Rock /Stupid Cupid /Be-Bop-A-Lula / Jailhouse Rock" (Reprise)Various Artist9:21
17."Seven Seas of Rhye"Mercury3:11
18."See What a Fool I've Been"May4:22
19."God Save the Queen"Traditional,arr. by May1:23
Total length:1:13:09

DVD/Blu-ray

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Now I'm Here"May4:38
2."Ogre Battle"Mercury5:22
3."White Queen (As It Began)"May5:31
4."Bohemian Rhapsody"Mercury2:28
5."Killer Queen"Mercury2:08
6."The March of the Black Queen"Mercury1:29
7."Bohemian Rhapsody" (Reprise)Mercury1:02
8."Bring Back That Leroy Brown"Mercury1:27
9."Brighton Rock"May2:27
10."Guitar Solo"May6:37
11."Son and Daughter"May1:42
12."Keep Yourself Alive"May4:28
13."Liar"Mercury8:50
14."In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"Mercury5:20
15."Big Spender"Coleman, Fields1:25
16."Jailhouse Rock / Stupid Cupid / Be-Bop-A-Lula / Jailhouse Rock" (Reprise)Various Artist6:14
17."God Save the Queen"Traditional, Arrangement by May1:25
Total length:1:02:33

DVD/SD Blu-ray extras

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Live in Japan '75

  1. "Now I'm Here" (Live at theBudokan, Tokyo, Japan, 1 May 1975)
  2. "Killer Queen" (Live at the Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, 1 May 1975)
  3. "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited" (Live at the Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, 1 May 1975)

Looking Back at the Odeon
A previously unreleased 22 minute documentary featuring interviews fromBrian May,Roger Taylor andBob Harris.

Vinyl

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Now I'm Here"May4:43
2."Ogre Battle"Mercury5:19
3."White Queen (As It Began)"May5:31
Total length:15:33
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bohemian Rhapsody"Mercury2:28
2."Killer Queen"Mercury2:08
3."The March of the Black Queen"Mercury1:30
4."Bohemian Rhapsody" (Reprise)Mercury1:02
5."Bring Back That Leroy Brown"Mercury1:32
6."Brighton Rock"May2:24
7."Guitar Solo"May6:37
8."Son and Daughter"May1:44
Total length:19:25
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Keep Yourself Alive"May4:33
2."Liar"Mercury8:45
3."In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"Mercury5:24
Total length:18:42
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Big Spender"Coleman, Fields1:24
2."Jailhouse Rock / Stupid Cupid / Be-Bop-A-Lula / Jailhouse Rock" (Reprise)Various Artist9:21
3."Seven Seas of Rhye"Mercury3:11
4."See What a Fool I've Been"May4:22
5."God Save the Queen"Trad., arr. by May1:23
Total length:19:41

Personnel

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  • Freddie Mercury – lead vocals, piano, tambourine on "Liar"
  • Brian May – guitar, backing vocals, ukulele on "Bring Back That Leroy Brown"
  • Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "The March of the Black Queen"
  • John Deacon – bass guitar, backing vocals, triangle on "Killer Queen"

Charts

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Chart (2015)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11]57
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12]60
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13]42
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14]28
French Albums (SNEP)[15]118
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16]34
Italian Albums (FIMI)[17]55
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[18]41
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19]31
UK Albums (OCC)[20]40
USTop Rock Albums (Billboard)[21]46

References

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  3. ^abcd"'A Night At The Odeon' Released TODAY!". Queen (official website). 20 November 2015. Retrieved2 December 2015.
  4. ^abcGarratt, John (16 November 2015)."Queen: A Night at the Odeon". PopMatters. Retrieved2 December 2015.
  5. ^"Old Grey Whistle Test 40". BBC Radio 6 Music. Retrieved2 December 2015.
  6. ^"Queen to release 'A Night At The Odeon – Hammersmith 1975' concert film".NME. Retrieved1 December 2015.
  7. ^ab"The most bootlegged gig of Queen's career is being released as a film".GigWise. 12 October 2015. Retrieved1 December 2015.
  8. ^"Hammersmith 75 on BBC". Queen (official website). Retrieved2 December 2015.
  9. ^Purvis, Georg (2012).Queen: Complete Works. Titan Books. p. 73.ISBN 978-1-781-16287-3.
  10. ^Sutherland, Mark (12 October 2015)."Brian May Talks Queen's 1975 Concert Film, Performing 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Live".Rolling Stone. Retrieved2 December 2015.
  11. ^"Austriancharts.at – Queen – A Night at the Odeon" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  12. ^"Ultratop.be – Queen – A Night at the Odeon" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  13. ^"Ultratop.be – Queen – A Night at the Odeon" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  14. ^"Dutchcharts.nl – Queen – A Night at the Odeon" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  15. ^"Lescharts.com – Queen – A Night at the Odeon". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  16. ^"Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de.Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  17. ^"Italiancharts.com – Queen – A Night at the Odeon". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  18. ^"Spanishcharts.com – Queen – A Night at the Odeon". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
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  20. ^"Official Albums Chart Top 100".Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  21. ^"Queen Chart History (Top Rock Albums)".Billboard. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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