HAMMERSMITH ODEON 1979  2022 TRANSFER

2 CD
Label: Wardour 531
Country: Japan.
Released: September 2022.
Recorded: Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England  December 26th. 1979.
Sound: Excellent audience recording.
Comments:  A new release, or re-release of the Hammersmith Odeon concert in London on >December 26th. 1979. This was a concert was for 'The People of Kampuchea'.
This has the same time on cd1 & cd2 as the previously 2020 'Wardour 405' 2cd release with the same concert. So this seams to be an upgrade done by  “GRAF ZEPPELIN”. I don't know details about what has been done. See below for more information.
This release has also enclosed separate a DVDR with pro-video recording which has been shown on television, and fan club conventions.
Roots: Audience recorded tape.
Time: 44:46 / 69:12

Front cover
 CD 1
1. Intro: Thunder & Lighting  (tape)
2. Jailhouse Rock
3. We Will Rock You  (fast)
4. Let Me Entertain You
5. Somebody To Love
6. If You Can’t Beat Them
7. Mustapha
8. Death On Two Legs
9. Killer Queen
10. I’m In Love With My Car
11. Get Down, Make Love
12. You’re My Best Friend
13. Save Me




  CD 2
 1. Now I'm Here
 2. Don't Stop Me Now
 3. Spread Your Wings
 4. Love of My Life
 5. '39
 6. Keep Yourself Alive
 7. Drum solo ~ Guitar Solo
 8. Guitar Solo ~
     Silent Night  (acoustic)
 9. Brighton Rock  (ending)
 10. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
 11. Bohemian Rhapsody
 12. Tie Your Mother Down
 13. Sheer Heart Attack
 14. We Will Rock You
 15. We Are the Champions
 16. God Save the Queen
 DVDR with the sticker packing only. (109:13)
 1. Jailhouse Rock
 2. We Will Rock You (fast)
 3. Let Me Entertain You
 4. Somebody To Love
 5. Death On Two Legs
 6. Killer Queen
 7. I'm In Love With My Car
 8. Get Down, Make Love
 9. You're My Best Friend
 10. Save Me
 11. Now I'm Here
 12. Love Of My Life
 13. '39
 14. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
 15. Tie Your Mother Down
 16. Sheer Heart Attack
 17. We Will Rock You
 18. We Are The Champions
 19. God Save The Queen

 THE QUEEN SPECIAL: Japanese Broadcast Version
 Broadcast Date: 19th August 1981

 20. Now I'm Here
 21. Another One Bites The Dust  (promo video)
 22. You're Are My Best Friend
 23. Flash's Theme  (promo video)
 24. Let Me Entertain You
 25. Don't Stop Me Now
 26. Killer Queen
 27. I'm In Love With My Car
 28. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
 29. Sheer Heart Attack
 30. Save Me
 31. We Will Rock You
 32. We Are The Champions
 33. God Save The Queen

 PRO-SHOT COLOUR NTSC Approx.109min
 Special Bonus DVDR for limited numbered stickered edition of "HAMMERSMITH ODEON 1979  2022 edition (Wardour 531)


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Back cover
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Separate enclosed DVDR with some of the 2CD.
From internet page.

The legendary recording that was praised as “a miracle that surpasses” LIVE AID “” and “the best masterpiece in the history of QUEEN” has been upgraded! “GRAF ZEPPELIN” has decided to permanently preserve the latest and highest peak version that maximizes the potential of the original master cassette!!
“December 26, 1979 Hammersmith Odeon performance” is engraved on this work. It is a super-superb audience recording that completely records the stage at the charity concert “THE CONCERTS FOR THE PEOPLE OF KAMPUCHEA”. This show is popular as a standard sound board album “DEFINITIVE HAMMERSMITH ODEON 1979 (Wardour-519)” and professional shot work “THE QUEEN SPECIAL: JAPANESE BROADCAST VERSION (Uxbridge 935)”, but this work A full audience recording that is different from either. Moreover, the best record of the day, apart from the sound board and pro shots … No, the top live album that reigns as the masterpiece of QUEEN’s entire history. It is the highest peak update board !!!

[The latest transfer that achieved an unexpected upgrade] “Something has gotten messy, so let’s start over from scratch.” The reason why it is a masterpiece spans both sides of “quality / show content”, but first of all, the sound. This show is also famous for the fact that the audience’s name recording has been left for a long time, but this is a work by the prestigious Japanese “Kinney”. In the 70’s / 80’s, staff were often sent to England to record, and in terms of QUEEN, the super-famous recording of “LIVE AID” is famous, but QUEEN was recorded in 1979. . And this work is the ultimate gene product that was directly digitized from the original cassette.

If you’re an avid collector here, you’ll probably think, “Wouldn’t there have been an original cassette?” Yes, it is the blockbuster “HAMMERSMITH ODEON 1979 LEGENDARY MASTER TAPES”. This work is the remaster. . . . . is not. It was re-digitized by “GRAF ZEPPELIN”, returning to the actual Kinney cassette. And the sound is definitely beyond. First of all, it is important to improve the transfer accuracy by introducing the latest equipment. As expected, please excuse the name / model number of the new equipment, but this accuracy is completely different from before. While remaining supernatural, it achieves a vividness that is comparable to modern official remastered CDs.

If you have the previous work “LEGENDARY MASTER TAPES”, please listen and compare. Originally, it was a famous recording without a feeling of sparseness, but the rich sound density is wonderful, and the ensemble’s three-dimensional effect is overwhelmingly improved. Moreover, surprisingly, it does not earn sound pressure at all. I can’t prove this without looking at the waveform, but it’s super natural, but it’s dynamic to the Digilima level. It is realized by extracting the subtleties of the sound sealed in the original cassette precisely.
Listening as a whole, the vividness is one shot, but if you want to feel it more, you should pay attention to the left channel. When I think about it now, the left channel wasn’t fully picked up on the previous edition, and the right is strong overall. Until now, it was thought that it was such a recording position, but in the latest transfer, the left channel has also been greatly improved in detail, and the resolution and omission are also improved. Combined with the fact that the phase shift is also precisely compensated, the core ensemble is revived.

[Detailed mastering for repairing paintings and cultural properties] Although the transfer accuracy alone has taken a long time, this work also has the ultimate in finishing accuracy. I have repeated the methodology of “GRAF ZEPPELIN” in various places, so I will omit it, but what is important in this work is the shaking caused by the (momentary) sound break of one channel. In terms of time, it is less than 0.02 seconds, so it is a trivial thing that the human ear perceives as a “shake” rather than a “cut”. Although it is much less due to re-transfer, the remaining “shaking” is also corrected by mastering, realizing a crisp and glossy sound.

Moreover, the processing method is extremely meticulous. Since it is so short that the human ear cannot distinguish it, it is common to use a “knob” that connects the front and back by cutting off the “cut” part. However, “GRAF ZEPPELIN” is not pinched at all. The specific work is too technical and difficult to put into words, but the point is to restore the “sound” that is cut off and lost. To be honest, it is the amount of obsessive work that even makes me wonder if it is necessary to do that much, and it is exactly the mastering that leads to overseas restoration.

[Ultimate live album where you can fully experience the ultimate show] Now, another reason why it’s a masterpiece is the content of the show. For those of you who know the previous version, no explanation is necessary. It is a great performance with tremendous tension. After all, this show … or rather, the tour “CRAZY TOUR” itself at this time is regarded as “the top of QUEEN” by maniacs. Normally, even on a good tour, a great performance and an ordinary show are mixed. However, there is no bad show in “CRAZY TOUR”. It was always a “tour with only super-famous performances” where Freddie, who has a strong wave, makes a tremendous throat in all performances. Check out the tour overview here.

● 1978
“JAZZ TOUR”
・October 28-December 20: North America (35 performances)
● 1979
・ January 17-March 1: Europe (28 performances)
・ April 13-May 6: Japan (15 performances)
《Production of “THE GAME” started in June》
・ August 18: Appearance at SAARBRUCKEN OPEN AIR
《October 5th single “Crazy Little Thing…” released》
“CRAZY TOUR”
・ November 22nd-December 26th: UK (20 performances) ← Coco


This is the whole picture of the miraculous “CRAZY TOUR”. The closest album was “JAZZ”, but in fact “JAZZ TOUR” did not have a home country performance in England. Therefore, along with the single “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”, a special tour was organized only for the home country. That was “CRAZY TOUR”. If it was only this, it was a normal thing, but the contents were amazing. After all, Freddie is doing great every day and night. It wasn’t just about having a good throat, but it was a burst of explosive tension just like “LIVE AID”. Of course, “LIVE AID” is also a miracle among miracles, but it was also because it was concentrated in a short time of about 25 minutes. However, this “JAZZ TOUR” did not lose momentum even with a full show of 110 minutes or more, and ran through the entire performance. And the highest peak live album of such a miraculous tour … that is this work.
“DEFINITIVE HAMMERSMITH ODEON 1979”, which spelled out the same show on a soundboard, was also a masterpiece, but it was a maniac’s dream of “I want to collect the SBD of a miracle show”. Many kinds of sound sources were spliced ​​together, and Kinney’s audience recording was also used for the last claw part where there was no sound board. On the other hand, this work is a complete recording from beginning to end, and the quality is not inferior to the sound board. Both the quality and perfection as a record transcend the sound board.
This work is the highest peak update board in which such “Queen’s top” has been raised to a master quality that no one has ever heard. To be honest, I never imagined I would upgrade so far until I actually worked on it. Cultural heritage, God board, masterpiece… the ultimate absolute board that you want to pour all the finest rhymes into. Please experience it with a press 2CD that will never lose its brilliance.

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TRANSFERED AND REMASTERED BY GRAF ZEPPELIN

(remastered memo)

★The latest transfer from the master Cassette. Most of the EQ processing is applied, and the rich sound respects the texture of the original master data.

★ Phase correction and volume balance are moderately adjusted.

★Sound fluctuation caused by the master has been reduced, making it easier to hear.

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★ A transcendent audience recording of “December 26, 1979 Hammersmith Odeon Performance”. Re-digitized from the original cassette of the prestigious Kinney, which was said to be “the best masterpiece in the entire history of QUEEN”. By improving the transfer accuracy with the latest equipment, the sound board barefoot ultra-superb sound is realized. You can fully experience the highlight performance of the miraculous “CRAZY TOUR” where it is said that “all performances are like LIVE AID” with a degree of perfection and unity that exceeds the actual soundboard board “DEFINITIVE HAMMERSMITH ODEON 1979”. It is the ultimate masterpiece that the best masterpiece has renewed its height.

The main press 2CD is the ultimate live album that digitizes the original cassette of the prestigious Kinney with the highest accuracy ever. QUEEN is the ultimate masterpiece that has renewed the highest peak in the entire history of QUEEN. As I mentioned in the commentary, this show is famous for being left with the best professional shots above all. Therefore, we have specially prepared the highest peak version so that you can also enjoy the scene of the scene.
That’s why this work contains the same “December 26, 1979 Hammersmith Odeon performance” as the main press 2CD. It is the leaked multi-camera pro shot. This show was also broadcast on TV at that time, and the pro shot has been known as a big standard. This work is a coupling of the highest peak version of such two types of professional shots.

[First half: long outflow professional shot] As mentioned above, such a show has become a major standard for television broadcasting, but it is a little different in the first half of this work. Unearthed in 2012, it is a pre-editing stakeholder outflow master. This was a shock. The most intense thing is that there are 8 numbers that could not be seen on TV. “Jailhouse Rock (part)” “We Will Rock You (fast)” “Somebody To Love” “Death On Two Legs” “Get Down, Make Love” “Love Of My Life” “’39” “Tie Your Mother Down” ” has increased significantly. Still, it is not as good as the full set of the day, and there are edit cuts between songs, but the appearance of a multi-camera pro shot that lasts about 74 minutes was too shocking.
What’s more, the quality far surpassed that of the TV broadcast version. Occasionally fine white line noise and voice distortion are not zero, so strictly speaking, they cannot be said to be “official class!”, but they are only momentary. It is not amusing to call the basic image quality and sound quality that covers the whole story the official grade. This work is the highest peak even in such an outflow pro shot. More than 10 years have passed since its appearance, and several types of masters have been circulated, but the best ones are carefully selected and recorded.
And the show drawn with such quality is also amazing. I touched on the performance for the first time in the main commentary, but the ambition is vivid because it is a spectacle. Dynamic and sharp action, facial expression that seems to be squeezing the best singing voice, rampage to the point of semi-violence … Not only Freddie but also Roger is very enthusiastic, and you can enjoy it from the close angle of the multi-camera is.

[Second half: Nippon Broadcasting Pro Shot] And what is recorded in the second half is the TV broadcast version of the same show “THE QUEEN SPECIAL”. It was produced by the British BBC and broadcast in various countries, but this work contains the Japanese version that was broadcast on the “Young Music Show”. In fact, Japan is about 10 minutes shorter than the British broadcast, but the above leaked version is longer anyway. “Don’t Stop Me Now”, which is not in the outflow master, can be seen firmly on Japanese broadcasting.
“Of course, the quality is top notch.” It is a master handed over from domestic recording enthusiasts, and its visual beauty is excellent. Although deterioration is seen for about 15 seconds at the opening, it is not as good as the outflow master, but after that it is thin. No dubbing marks are found, and you can fully enjoy the exquisite visual beauty until the end of the program.
And the program drawn with that quality is not only “Don’t Stop Me Now”, which is not found in the leaked master, but also the sense of the times that oozes out is delicious. At the beginning of the program, the narration yelled, “They took Japan by storm,” “Sold 50 million albums,” and “Depraved outlaws!” spin. Fans talk seriously, but some of them ask Queen Elizabeth (impersonator), “Your Majesty, are you a Queen fan?” Stop it immediately!” he yells. That cheesy skit really smells like England. These productions are produced in the UK, but this work includes subtitles only for Japanese broadcasting, so you can enjoy the strange production vividly.
Also, the two songs “Another One Bites The Dust” and “Flash’s Theme” that were not played on the day are clips, but it’s also delicious that they are different versions. Both are familiar performance scenes, but the cuts used are different. Moreover, “Another One Bites The Dust” cuts and pastes with a blue sky (why?) scene to cut down the length. It’s a great edit that doesn’t match the tempo at all. “Flash’s Theme” is not only a performance scene, but also a completely different movie scene, and at the end of the song, even the movie General Clytas appears. This is also a program original, and it is not the planet Mongo, but London, and it is frightening that “Queen is the devil. It is an evil existence.”
“Of course, the show is the favorite.” While imagining “LIVE KILLERS”, the new songs “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” and “Save Me” at the time are also included, and the lyrics are translated with subtitles. Freddie’s singing voice can also enjoy the impressive early live version (It may be early that Brian loses the sound in the solo of “Save Me” and gets messed up).

QUEEN in 1979 was about to reach its peak, sending “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” to No. 1 in the US. It is the highest peak video that you can witness the big performance of the highlight with two kinds of professional shots. The main press 2CD, which shines at the top of the QUEEN live album, and this work, which is its video version. A very luxurious set that will be a cultural heritage. Please enjoy it together.