LEIDEN 1986  1ST NIGHT

  2 CDR
Label: Uxbridge 1108
Country: Japan 
Released: September 2019.
Recorded: Live at Groenoordhallen, Leiden, Netherlands 11th June 1986
Sound: Excellent audience recording.
Comments:  From the first of two concert in Leiden Holland, on the 'Magic' tour in 1986. I'm not sure of sound quality, but guess excellent, since there has circulated excellent recordings on the net over the years.
I guess the Football Song which is listed, is just a band & audience jamming since World Cup was going at the same time in Mexico. But Holland was not with, so I'm unsure why they was jamming this 'song'.
Roots: Excellent audience recording.
Time: 57:19 / 48:22

Front cover
 CDR ONE
 1. One Vision
 2. Tie Your Mother Down
 3. Football Song
 4. In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited
 5. Seven Seas Of Rhye
 6. Tear It Up
 7. A Kind Of Magic
 8. Day-O
 9. Under Pressure
 10. Another One Bites The Dust
 11. Who Wants To Live Forever
 12. I Want To Break Free
 13. Impromptu
 14. Guitar Solo
 15. Now I'm Here
 CD TWO
 1. Love Of My Life
 2. Is This The World We Created?
 3. (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care
 4. Hello Mary Lou
 5. Tutti Frutti
 6. Bohemian Rhapsody
 7. Hammer To Fall
 8. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
 9. Radio Ga Ga
 10. We Will Rock You
 11. Friends Will Be Friends
 12. We Are The Champions
 13. God Save The Queen




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Back cover
Review from Internet.

The glorious “THE MAGIC TOUR” brings the greatest success to the end. The new masterpiece is here.
Included in this work is “June 11, 1986 Leiden Performance (Netherlands)”. A masterpiece audience recording that captures the whole picture. “THE MAGIC TOUR” is known not only for QUEEN's own success but also for producing a great number of famous recordings. In our shop, we have archived such a tour with many masterpieces. This is a good opportunity, so let's organize the collection by date and check the position of this work.

・ June 7 “DEFINITIVE STOCKHOLM 1986”
・ June 11: Leiden performance ← ★ This work ★
・ June 12: Leiden performance
・ June 14 “SPECTACULAR: PARIS 1986”
・ June 17 “MAGIC IN BELGIUM”
・ June 19: Leiden performance
・ June 21 “DEFINITIVE MANNHEIM”
・ June 26 “BERLIN 1986”
・ June 28 + 29: Munich (2 performances)
July 1st + 2nd: Zurich (2 performances)
・ July 5 “IRISH MAGIC CASTLE”
・ July 9 “ONE SWEET MOMENT: NEWCASTLE 1986”
・ July 11 + 12: Official “LIVE AT WEMBLEY STADIUM”
・ 16th July "MANCHESTER MAGIC"
・ July 19 “KOLN OPEN AIR 86”
・ July 21 + 22 “VIENNA MAGIC”
・ July 27: Official “HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY”
・ July 30 “FREJUS MAGIC”
・ August 1 “BARCELONA 1986”
・ August 3 “MADRID 1986”
・ August 5: Marbella performance
・ August 9 “DEFINITIVE KNEBWORTH 1986” (Last Show)
* Note: Only representative works on each day (including titles out of print).

More than 26 performances. As you can see, most of the shows have recorded their name recordings, and we have been collecting the best masters in one day. Under such circumstances, the Leiden performance of this work is the second performance in the early and early stages. Three concerts were held at the same venue, which was the first day of the concert.

This work that recorded such a show is a clear and realistic audience recording. Above all, the full show experience is amazing. Some recordings are known on this day, and “Tie Your Mother Down” is missing or there are things that encores are not recorded, but this work is a complete recording and the sound is “ What is known as the "best". It is undeniable that there is some distance, but the air is clear whether the master freshness is good, the stability without distortion and twisting is wonderful, and the performance and singing voice jump straight. The largest scale tour in QUEEN history has just begun, and Freddie is on fire.
Furthermore, the point of this work is the heat of the audience. Although it is not a type that suffers from upcoming screams, it has picked up the enthusiasm of the field widely and its excitement is amazing. Needless to mention Wembley Stadium, Freddie of “THE MAGIC TOUR” had a charismatic nature, but the way to manipulate the large audience freely was overwhelmed. The whole story is wonderful, but the most symbolic is after “Tie Your Mother Down”. The song is just exciting, but it is beaten by a MC that can be followed, and a soccer hymn “Ore! Ooore !!” appears in the hall. That's what makes “THE MAGIC TOUR” one of the most famous scenes of “Tavaszi Szel Vizet Araszt” in Budapest.

Of course, it doesn't end just in the beginning. The show that burned at a stroke was beaten by a great Freddie and excited, and ran to the highlight. And the end point is also a big point. In this tour, the new song “Friends Will Be Friends” is sandwiched between “We Will Rock You” and “We Are The Champions”. Moreover, unlike the later show, it is played in the full version for about 4 minutes. Although the short version is tightened from the fact that it is changed shortly, this long performance is only Leiden 2 performance. You can experience such a valuable version in the field with great sound. And a huge spectacle of “We Are The Champions” and “God Save The Queen” welcomed to the place where everyone was excited about “Friends Will Be Friends”. What a touching thing ...

Not only the largest scale, but also the glory “THE MAGIC TOUR”, which has been performing more than usual in various places. It is a live album that allows you to experience the start dash in the beginning of the field. This is a masterpiece that stands in the midst of not only soccer hymns and extremely rare “Friends Will Be Friends”, but also a performance where both Freddy and the venue burn from the beginning to the ending. 1 performance 1 performance is different, and “THE MAGIC TOUR” is the only place of glory to enjoy. That's why audience recording is irresistible ... one that doesn't stop with such a feeling. Please enjoy it carefully.