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Since Queen's first official live album was 1979's LIVE KILLERS, many early Queen tours had gone by undocumented. Released in 1995, AT THE BBC collects eight tracks recorded live in 1973 for England's influential BBC Radio, while the band was touring behind their self-titled debut. Their sound was still in its formative stages--a cross between heavy metal and pop-rock. The band was still a few years away from composing such sprawling classics as "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Somebody To Love." And since AT THE BBC was recorded by the BBC staff and not by a producer of Queen's choosing, the sound is not as consistently strong as that of their official albums. Still, AT THE BBC is a very interesting artifact for fans curious to hear the sound of early live Queen.
Although not a true live album (guitar and vocal overdubs are evident), AT THE BBC contains killer versions of Queen's early rock classics "Keep Yourself Alive," "Great King Rat," "Son And Daughter," "Liar" and "Modern Times Rock N' Roll." A track which would later turn up on QUEEN II--"Ogre Battle"--is included here, as are a pair of early ballads, "Doin' Alright" and "My Fairy King."
Recorded live on February 5, 1973 and December 3, 1973. Includes liner notes by Malcolm Dome.
Personnel: Freddie Mercury (vocals, piano); Brian May (guitar); Roger Taylor (drums).
Recording information: BBC Studios, London, England.
Queen: Freddie Mercury (vocals, piano); Brian May (guitar); John Deacon (bass); Roger Taylor (drums).
At The BBC Music Review Average Rating: (4.2 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Really a treat, glad I got it.
This disc was a nice suprise. Given the
reservation concerning sound quality on
this site and the AMG to Rock. For what it
is I think the engineering work is actually
pretty good. The best part about this disc
is you get more of Brian May's guitar work
than you are likely to find elsewhere in
the Queen discography. All the songs are good
so I don't mind the 36 min. length.I never
understood why Queen took the direction they did when they had such a great guitarist in May, this and Sheer Heart Attack are my favorites by them. Actually the last song on this disc has parts of the "Brighton Rock" guitar break on Sheer Heart Attack. Reccommended strongly for fans of May in Particular, but Mercury also delivers fine performances throughout.Reviewed by Chris Henrici.
Submitted by a reviewer (Washington DC)
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A great glimpse of early Queen! It covers many genres of music within it and keeps you listening! I love it and any Queen fan will too!
Submitted by reviewer (Charleston, SC, USA)
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Great
By far for REAL Queen fans.Freddie
delivers as expected.
Submitted by mikenmike1 (Lincoln Rhode Island USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No A real pleasure to listen to................
over and over and over and over again!!!! At first (admittedly) I had misgivings about buying it, but once I popped it into my car stereo, all those apprehensions went flying out the window. It REALLY depicted the essence of Queen, in their formitive years. As a staunch Queen fan, who literaly owns EVERY Queen album, of course, all these songs were dupes, but they were great interpretations of those songs and a stunning and rare glimpse into early Queen, live. I would DEFINATELY reccomend it. It's Art Rock at it's Finest!
Submitted by FRANK (SAN PEDRO, CA, USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Excellent for me!!!!!!!!!!!
just for really queen's fans!!!!
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