nr1980
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Post by nr1980 on Oct 4, 2022 7:56:47 GMT
Like the recent Fukuoka 82, this information came from a Japanese fan club magazine.
The other day it was discussed that there was an undiscovered title on the bootleg list, "Bicycle Race Tour '79", and now I have found the cover art for that bootleg! The images are too rough to decipher detailed information, but all the photos used on the cover are from the Japan tour, and there is no doubt that the album was released by a Japanese bootlegger (=Japan tour recording)
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pg
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Post by pg on Oct 4, 2022 18:29:12 GMT
Is it established that bootleggers attach location-correct photos to their covers?
Because that would conflict with just about every bootleg I've ever seen....
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Post by deathtoming on Oct 5, 2022 1:04:08 GMT
Like the recent Fukuoka 82, this information came from a Japanese fan club magazine. The other day it was discussed that there was an undiscovered title on the bootleg list, "Bicycle Race Tour '79", and now I have found the cover art for that bootleg! The images are too rough to decipher detailed information, but all the photos used on the cover are from the Japan tour, and there is no doubt that the album was released by a Japanese bootlegger (=Japan tour recording)
Nice! A while back I posted this from a fan club magazine:  And then The Real Wizard noticed #23 from the list, "Bicycle Race Tour '79," and created a thread about it, but it didn't lead to much here... until your post! The text is obviously hard to read, but I think I was able to figure out this part, which isn't very helpful:  THE BAND: FREDDIE MERCURY - vocals? BRIAN MAY - Guitar JOHN DEACON - Bass ROGER TAYLOR - Drums And then right below it:  I think it says "RECORDED LIVE AT THE BUDOKAN HALL" but I'm not so sure about the BUDOKAN part. Easier to see on mobile than on a larger screen. I can't make out the tracklist, although #1 and #3 both appear to say We Will Rock You, and #4 looks like Let Me Entertain You. |
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Post by greatsoundingmaracas on Oct 5, 2022 5:37:14 GMT
I can't make out the tracklist, although #1 and #3 both appear to say We Will Rock You, and #4 looks like Let Me Entertain You. Well, based on what you said, I would guess that track #2 says "Overture", track #5 could be "Somebody To Love". The first word of the sixth track looks like 'Fat', so track #6 seems to be "Fat Bottomed Girls". I can't make out more (maybe if I took more time). The quality is just horrible, I mean these are all guessed based on the length of the individual words, because it's impossible to read them in any way. Hopefully there's a higher quality scan out there! |
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nr1980
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Post by nr1980 on Oct 5, 2022 7:46:05 GMT
Is it established that bootleggers attach location-correct photos to their covers? Because that would conflict with just about every bootleg I've ever seen.... That's not what I meant, I meant that Bootlegger is Japanese, since these photos of the Japan show were published in a magazine published only in Japan At that time, photos of Japan tours were rarely shared in other countries
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Post by The Real Wizard on Oct 6, 2022 4:01:58 GMT
Jackpot ! So it DOES exist !! Or at least, it once did. It's one of very few Queen bootleg LPs that have never made their way out into the open.
Question is - how many copies are still out there, and is this a different audience source from the dozen or so that are out there from the five Budokan gigs ?
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Post by littlequeenie97 on Oct 6, 2022 14:35:28 GMT
Judging by how it mentions We Will Rock You twice, i'd guess it's from a show with the slow/fast openers, but neither 4/24 or 4/25 has Fat Bottomed Girls, so it could probably come from somewhere else.
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Post by beyondthemoon on Oct 6, 2022 14:50:51 GMT
Judging by how it mentions We Will Rock You twice, i'd guess it's from a show with the slow/fast openers, but neither 4/24 or 4/25 has Fat Bottomed Girls, so it could probably come from somewhere else. It seems like it would be a mix of at least two nights at the Budokan. 4/13 and 23 have Fat Bottomed Girls, and 4/24 and 25 have the slow/fast opener, so it seems those would be contenders. |
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Post by dysan on Oct 6, 2022 15:03:26 GMT
The final track is clearly (or not so clearly tbh) 'It's Late'
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Post by deathtoming on Oct 7, 2022 1:31:23 GMT
Judging by how it mentions We Will Rock You twice, i'd guess it's from a show with the slow/fast openers, but neither 4/24 or 4/25 has Fat Bottomed Girls, so it could probably come from somewhere else. It seems like it would be a mix of at least two nights at the Budokan. 4/13 and 23 have Fat Bottomed Girls, and 4/24 and 25 have the slow/fast opener, so it seems those would be contenders. Although I agree that the start of track #6 looks like the word "Fat" I can't rule out that the word is "Get" and the length of the words "Get Down, Make Love" is pretty similar to "Fat Bottomed Girls." Also, I originally wrote that I wasn't so sure it was the Budokan, but looking at the list of venues from the Jazz tour in 1979, I am now much more certain that it says, "Recorded live at the Budokan Hall." |
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Post by dysan on Oct 7, 2022 6:11:04 GMT
This is like a Magic Eye thing. If you zoom in on the smaller picture which seems to be clearer, I'm pretty sure the line below the recorded at.. bit says April 25 1979
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Post by The Real Wizard on Nov 7, 2022 17:01:05 GMT
This is like a Magic Eye thing. If you zoom in on the smaller picture which seems to be clearer, I'm pretty sure the line below the recorded at.. bit says April 25 1979 And now I'm sitting here thinking it could just simply be the soundtrack to the TV broadcast of that gig. |
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Post by beyondthemoon on Nov 7, 2022 17:32:17 GMT
This is like a Magic Eye thing. If you zoom in on the smaller picture which seems to be clearer, I'm pretty sure the line below the recorded at.. bit says April 25 1979 And now I'm sitting here thinking it could just simply be the soundtrack to the TV broadcast of that gig. I doubt this is the case, as it lists songs that we’ve never seen any footage of from 4/25, such as WWRY slow and It’s Late. Also since Fat Bottomed Girls is in the track listing, it clearly can’t all be the 25th. |
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Post by The Real Wizard on Nov 8, 2022 6:39:21 GMT
And now I'm sitting here thinking it could just simply be the soundtrack to the TV broadcast of that gig. I doubt this is the case, as it lists songs that we’ve never seen any footage of from 4/25, such as WWRY slow and It’s Late. Also since Fat Bottomed Girls is in the track listing, it clearly can’t all be the 25th. That writing is so fuzzy. I'll be seriously impressed one day if you guys are proven right. |
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Post by foetus on Nov 9, 2022 1:38:00 GMT
My guess for the setlist:
Side A
We will rock you
Overture ?
We will rock you
Let me entertain you
Somebody to love
Fat bottomed girls
Death on two legs ? Very very unsure
Side B
Possibly Teo toriatte? Very very unsure
Don’t stop me now
Dreamers ball or Brighton rock (most likely, see next song)
No idea very long title. If the previous title is brighton rock, it might instrumental inferno or something like that and why there are much less songs on side b
It’s late
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Post by deathtoming on Feb 27, 2024 3:25:02 GMT
Not sure if this will amount to much, but it's possible I've figured out the label for this mysterious bootleg. A couple of other bootlegs went up for auction in Japan, and I noticed an image (right) that was similar to what was on the cover art for "Bicycle Race Tour '79" (left):  The obvious difference is the lack of wings and crown -- the very things that make this figure a "flyer queen" I suppose. And even though the quality of the image on the left is poor, it's hard to imagine that it says "FLYER QUEEN" in the exact same way. But the image of the woman is definitely the same, so there's likely a connection. As for where this logo came from, I'll create a new thread about that. |
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Post by The Real Wizard on Feb 29, 2024 15:48:43 GMT
Not sure if this will amount to much, but it's possible I've figured out the label for this mysterious bootleg. A couple of other bootlegs went up for auction in Japan, and I noticed an image (right) that was similar to what was on the cover art for "Bicycle Race Tour '79" (left): The obvious difference is the lack of wings and crown -- the very things that make this figure a "flyer queen" I suppose. And even though the quality of the image on the left is poor, it's hard to imagine that it says "FLYER QUEEN" in the exact same way. But the image of the woman is definitely the same, so there's likely a connection. As for where this logo came from, I'll create a new thread about that. Nicely done. It's definitely similar enough to be worth investigating. |
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