Queen - Live Aid 1985 + D-Lane Studio Wembley Demos - Colored Vinyl

AN INTERESTING JUXTAPOSITION OF QUEEN'S LEGENDARY LIVE POWER AND THEIR RAW EARLY STUDIO ENERGY. WE'RE COMING UP TO 40 YEARS SINCE THIS PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTED A LEGENDARY EFFORT TO HELP AID FAMINE IN ETHIOPIA AND THIS ICONIC ROCK PERFORMANCE NOW COMES IN FULL TO VINYL, UNCUT AND ORIGINAL.

LED BY FREDDIE MERCURY'S AMAZING CHARISMA AND A BEST OF QUEEN'S SETLIST, IT NOT ONLY REJUVENATED THE BAND CAREER BUT ALSO CEMENTED THEM AS OF THE BEST LIVE BANDS OF ALL TIME. THE A-SIDE FEATURES THEIR UNFORGETTABLE LIVE AID PERFORMANCE AT WEMBLEY STADIUM ON JULY 13, 1985. 'BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY' SEGUES SEAMLESSLY INTO THE ANTHEMIC 'RADIO GA GA' AND THE MUSCULAR 'HAMMER TO FALL'. 'CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE' BRINGS SWAGGER, WHILE THE TIMELESS CLOSERS 'WE WILL ROCK YOU' AND 'WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS' UNITE AUDIENCE AND BAND IN TRIUMPHANT HARMONY. THE ACOUSTIC 'IS THIS THE WORLD WE CREATED?' LENDS TO AN EMOTIONAL CONCLUSION.

SIDE-B TAKES LISTENERS BACK TO DECEMBER 16, 1971, AT SOHO'S DE LANE LEA STUDIOS, WITH FORMATIVE RECORDINGS REVEALING A VERY DIFFERENT QUEEN - GRITTY, AMBITIOUS AND EXPERIMENTAL. 'KEEP YOURSELF ALIVE' BURSTS WITH YOUTHFUL ENERGY, WHILE 'THE NIGHT COMES DOWN' HINTS AT THEIR MELODIC POTENTIAL. TWO SIDES THAT OFFER AN ARC FROM HUNGRY STUDIO INNOVATORS TO LIVE STADIUM LEGENDS IN ONE PACKAGE THAT'S BOUND TO TO BE LAPPED UP BY A LEGION OF HARDCORE FANS.

TRACKS:

SIDE 1

1.

"BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY" (WEMBLEY STADIUM STAGE ON JULY 13, 1985)

2:28

2.

"RADIO GA GA"

3:56

3.

"HAMMER TO FALL"

4:08

4.

"CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE"

3:52

5.

"WE WILL ROCK YOU"

1:22

6.

"WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS"

3:38

7.

"IS THIS THE WORLD WE CREATED?"

2:59

SIDE 2

1.

"KEEP YOURSELF ALIVE" (DE LANE LEA STUDIOS, WEMBLEY ON DECEMBER 16, 1971)

3:44

2.

"THE NIGHT COMES DOWN"

4:25

3.

"GREAT KING RAT"

6:08

4.

"JESUS"

5:06

5.

"LIAR"

7:54