ROCKS NEW YORK  

4 CDR
Label:  TRAIL 220 
Country:  Japan 
Released:  July 2007 
Recorded:  Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, USA 1st & 2nd December 1977
Sound:  Very good audience recording.
Comments:  Both this dates has been around on 'home made' cdr for a while. Both shows are now released on PRO-cdr bootleg in ones, by Japanese label TRAIL.  
Both this New York, USA concerts comes from their "News Of The World" American Tour.
Not sure if 'God Save The Queen' at the end is included. I'll checks later. See review below.

NOTE: Most of the TRAIL cdr released bootlegs, has been re-released in later years with identical cover & number, but produced on WHITE label cdr. This 4 cdr was re-released on white cdr in September 2021.
Roots: Original bootleg. Recording comes from fan tapes.
Time:   


Front cover
 Disc 1
 Intro: We Will Rock You  (slow, tape)
 We Will Rock You  (fast)
 Brighton Rock
 Somebody To Love
 It's Late
 Medley: Death On Two Legs
              Killer Queen
              Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy
              I'm In Love With My Car
              Get Down, Make Love
              The Millionaire Waltz
              You're My Best Friend
 Spread Your Wings
 Liar
 Love Of My Life
 ' 39
 My Melancholy Blues
  Disc 2
 White Man
 Guitar Solo
 The Prophet's Song  (part II)
 Now I'm Here
 Stone Cold Crazy
 Bohemian Rhapsody
 Keep Yourself Alive
 Tie Your Mother Down
 We Will Rock You  (slow)
 We Are The Champions
 - - - - - - encore - - - - - - -
 Sheer Heart Attack
 Jailhouse Rock

 New York, USA 1st December 1977
 Disc 3
 Intro: We Will Rock You  (slow, tape)
 We Will Rock You  (fast)
 Brighton Rock
 Somebody To Love
 Medley: Death On Two Legs
              Killer Queen
              Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy
              I'm In Love With My Car
              Get Down, Make Love
              The Millionaire Waltz
              You're My Best Friend
 Doing All Right
 Liar
 Love Of My Life
 ' 39



  Disc 4
 White Man
 The Prophet's Song  (part II)
 Now I'm Here
 Stone Cold Crazy
 Bohemian Rhapsody
 Keep Yourself Alive
 Tie Your Mother Down
 We Will Rock You  (slow)
 We Are The Champions
 - - - - - - - encore - - - - - - - - 
 Sheer Heart Attack
 Medley: Jailhouse Rock
              Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
              Stupid Cupid
              Be Bop A Lula
              Jailhouse Rock  (reprise)

 New York, USA 2nd December 1977


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Back cover

Inside front sleeve, and scan of CDR 2

Inside back sleeve, and scan of CDR 3.
Review from Internet.

From the US tour accompanying "News of the World" in 1977, Queen's first performance in New York on December 1st and 2nd is a complete recording of two consecutive performances of Madison Square Garden with high-quality audience recording. The first day performance is a wonderful sound quality that can convince the master quality, and the Love Of My Life that is circulating among traders and We Will Rock You in the latter half of the show are recorded with a good sound that can not be compared with the unpaid version. increase. (However, Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy 1: 29-1: 45) has a defect, which is connected by another source on the same day. It's a pity that the encore last Jailhouse Rock finishes in 48 seconds, but overall it's recorded in great quality, making it a must-have for fans of the '70s queen.

The second day performance also uses the completely first appearance sound source. Three types of recordings have been confirmed on this day, but this is the best take among European hard collectors. Of course, it is completely different from the version that is widely available among traders. On the second day, I play Doing All Right instead of Spread Your Wings on the first day. There is a slight sense of distance in the sound, but the freshness is sufficiently felt, and the sounds of the piano and drums are recorded very clearly with a good sense of separation, so you can listen to them without stress. Introducing a high-quality 4-disc set that enthusiasts will appreciate.

★ This is a review summary of beatleg magazine vol.86 (September 2007 issue). For your reference.

The biggest of the 1977 North American tours, with the effect that each US radio station aired "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions" in quick succession, resulting in Queen achieving national domination. It contains two performances at MSG that would have been a match. First of all, on the first day, seven songs from "NEWS OF THE WORLD" are being performed according to the pattern of this period, which shows confidence in the new work. Also, "Liar" is still playing at this time, and you can see the band who never forgot the hard rock soul at the time of their debut. It is recorded from a high-quality audience recording that is quite powerful. It seems that "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy" had some defects, and it was carefully supplemented with another sound source on the same day. However, because Jailhouse Rock is out of tape, God Save The Queen has not been recorded halfway. On the second day, which is very rare for this time of year, it features Doing All Right and the encore rock'n'roll medley that was not recorded the day before.

However, it is strange that the three songs "NEWS OF THE WORLD", "Spread Your Wings", "It's Late", and "My Melancholy Blues" have not been played, and it may have been badly received the day before. .. There is a spread in the sound.
This is also an audience recording with good sound quality. Actually, as a bootleg that appears in the Nishi-Shinjuku area, as a bootleg that captured the tour that coincided with the release of this "NEWS OF THE WORLD", all the European performances have been recorded so far, so finally the North American performance will appear. It's been reached, but since it's an important MSG performance, I think this will be an indispensable sound source for learning about Queen's live history.