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LIVE AT WEMBLEY '86

Queen

 

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Palmer
5 stars O.K., the starting of this album it's very good because they don't introduce themselves when starting the show, you can here a pre-recorded intro and they just start playing One vision.Them there are some hits of their old albums, then a mix of the old hits and new songs.This was an incredible DISK 1. Disc two features "Love of my life" played with 12-string guitar, and it sounds very good. Then, it comes "Is this the world we created?" which is played with 6-string acustic guitar. Later, Queen play some songs from the 50s and the 60s, just for fun, such as:"Hello MaryLou" by Gene Pitney, "Tutti-Frutti", and "Gimme some Lovin'". The next song is "Bohemian Rhapsody" , it's very well played, and it sounds quite different to the original. The "I see a little(...)Mama mía, Mama mía let me go(...)" is pre-recorded.It's a pitty that they didn't play that section live, but it's good track, anyway. "Hammer to fall" sounds really rocking and you can hear additional keyboards and guitar by Spike Edney, a touring guest. "Crazy little thing called love" is quite longer than the original. Freddie plays an electric guitar, here. Brian plays an acustic guitar, then he grabs an electric one for the solo, and, finally the usual elctric guitar for the final section, which is longer than the original. Then they play a song of the 60s, "Big Spender". Radio Ga-Ga is quite similar to the original, with additional keyboards by Spike. We will rock you has an introduction, which can't be heard on the original. The drums sound is different here. It loses all that hand-clap- like sound , but is replaced by reverb on the drums. "Friends will be friends" is much shorter than the original. "We are the Champions" sounds very powerful, and they get crazy in the end with a really stretched ending, making the song last 4 minutes. Finally, you can hear the tape-recording of "God Save the Queen", as usual. This is maybe the best live recording I've ever heard of Queen. If you want to get a good collection of Queen songs, do not get the "Greatest hits", get this one instead. Having this, you'll have an excellent collection of their songs and LIVE! Another option, is to get "Live Killers", another great "live gratest hits".

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