seven seas

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Hello, everyone and today is something short and simple, this show is great Freddies voce is superb, the songs are great version, its complete, it can be distorted at time but you'll get over it haha ;) Queen perform this show for radio in front of a small studio audience. DJ Alan Black adds some commentary between songs. This radio broadcast (in quadraphonic sound) would lead to dozens of bootlegs. It was first broadcast on October 20, 1973. Brian May put together a version of Procession to be used as the opening music leading into the band's entrance. It was probably a hasty job, as it sounds a bit primitive compared to the version that would be heard on Queen II. This is most likely the first performance of Father To Son. Many of the lyrics are different to what would end up on Queen II. The rocker would never be performed in its entirety, as the band would always leave out the repeating vocals at the end. Brian inserts a guitar solo into Son And Daughter, where he is heard with an analog delay in stereo (using an Echoplex, as it was in those days). The delay is heard three quarters of a second later than what he initially plays, allowing him to create harmonies on the fly. This style of guitar solo would be heard in Brighton Rock on the Sheer Heart Attack album the following year. When touring to support that album, he would add a second tape delay to create three-part harmony, something that has been a showcase for Brian live ever since. The embryo of Brian's solo dates back to Blag, a Smile track from 1969. It's unknown precisely when he began to play it on stage with Queen. He remarked in a 1982 interview that its life on stage began during the band's first tour supporting Mott The Hoople, in November 1973. But it is possible that he played the solo live even earlier than this radio show, as he inserted it into Son And Daughter at the band's second BBC session on July 25, 1973. The band play See What A Fool I've Been at this show, a song they would occasionally perform until 1977. The bluesy song would never be released on an album - only as the B-side to Seven Seas Of Rhye the following year. Freddie gives it a more rock-oriented treatment on stage, a stark contrast to his campiness on the recorded version. Before Liar, Black introduces John Deacon as "Deacon John" as he's credited on Queen's debut album, and in the background Freddie is heard saying, "No, it's not." The band do a one-two punch of Stupid Cupid and Be Bop A Lula during Jailhouse Rock, something they would often do through 1977. Freddie throws a few lyrics of Tutti Frutti into Bama Lama Bama Loo (both by Little Richard), something which he'd often do during this period. The former would be given the full Queen treatment in 1986. Some sources state that Keep Yourself Alive, Hangman and Stone Cold Crazy were also performed at this show, and that See What A Fool I've Been was actually part of the encore, after Liar.