PLAY BRUSSELS ROCK YOU 

2 CD

Label: Gypsy Eye 258/259     
Country: Japan
Released: December 2005
Recorded: Forest National, Brussels, Belgium  December 13th. 1980.          
Sound: Very good & excellent audience recording.
Comments:  Complete show. From 'The Game' European tour. Cover say's Dec. 12th., but it's from the 13th. 
Roots: Original bootleg.
Time: 50:08 / 48:55


Front cover

 Jailhouse Rock 
 We Will Rock You
 Let Me Entertain You
 Play The Game
 Medley: Mustapha
              Death On Two Legs  
              Killer Queen
              I'm In Love With My Car
             Get Down Make 
 Save Me
 Now I'm Here
 Dragon Attack
 Now I'm Here  (reprise)
 Fat Bottomed Girls
 Love Of My Life
 Keep Yourself Alive 
 Instrumental Inferno
 Battle Theme
 Flash Gordon Theme
 The Hero 
 Crazy Little Thing Called Love
 Bohemian Rhapsody
 We Will Rock You
 We Are The Champions
 Another One Bites The Dust
 Sheer Heart Attack
 Tie Your Mother Down
 God Save The Queen....
    
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Review by Collectors music reviews
 
The Gypsy Eye label used to be quite prolific releasing many titles covering different artists.  Their output in the past couple of years has been sporadic which is a shame since they are one of only three label issuing silver Queen titles.  Plays Brussels Rock You is their latest and the first since their excellent version of the Milwaukee 1975 tape.  There is a bit of a problem however.  The date listed on the cover says this is the first Brussels show on December 12th but there are some issues around the Brussels 1980 tapes. 

 

The extant source for the 12th is a poor to fair audience source missing "Dragon Attack", "Now I'm Here (reprise)", "Fat Bottomed Girls", and "Tie Your Mother Down".  The tape for the second show on the 13th sometimes circulates as the 12th and that is the case here.  The first night's tape can be identified by the huge cut and Freddie shouting  "See you tomorrow!" during "God Save The Queen".  Play Brussels Rock You is from the second show in Brussels on December 13th and is not the first show from the 12th.  The tape is a good to very good complete mono audience recording.  The very beginning sounds muffled like the taper had the mic under his coat, but clear up two minutes into "We Will Rock You (fast)" and becomes enjoyable.  There are minor imperfections like a tape crinkle in the guitar solo of "Dragon Attack" and at the end of "Fat Bottomed Girls" but nothing too distracting.

 

This show occurs several days both after the release of Flash Gordon and the assassination of John Lennon.  They played Lennon's "Imagine" on some of the dates during this tour although they didn't play it here.  The "We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions" diptych is played as the first encore rather than being the final one which was normal for this tour.  Some people claim that "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is from another tape source but it doesn't sound it.  It is remarkable how vocal audiences became after the release of Live Killers.  May introduces "Love Of My Life" as where they must sing and they oblige very loudly.  "Keep Yourself Alive" includes the tympani solo and May's long guitar solo which includes riffs that would be used for "Put Out The Fire", and segues into "The Battle".  Overall this is a great concert and this release is definitely worth having. (GS)