PROCESSION
1 CD
| Label: | Gypsy Eye 178 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Released: | May 2001 |
| Recorded: | Colston Hall, Bristol England, November 29th. 1973. |
| Sound: | Good/ very good audience recording. |
| Comments: |
Nice cd with
an early concert. Some rare tracks on it. I have only come across
one tape source of this concert, as long as I have collected. Well,
there are 2 'versions' around, but one sounds like a '4th.
generation' copy. 'Gypsy Eye' label has used the lowest generation on this bootleg cd. Which make this bootleg well worth to search for. As far as I know, this is a complete concert.. |
| Roots: | From audience recorded tape. |
| Time: |
Front cover
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Intro:
Procession
(tape) Father To Son Son & Daughter Ogre Battle Hangman Keep Yourself Alive Liar Medley: Jailhouse Rock Shake Rattle & Roll Stupid Cupid Jailhouse Rock (ending) Big Spender Bama Lama Bama Lou |
Back cover
Review
by Collectors
music reviews
Queen’s first organized tour lasted
for five weeks, starting on November 12th 1973 in Leeds, in support of
Mott The Hoople. Hoople were experiencing some popularity with
their David Bowie penned hit “All The Young Dudes” and Queen’s
strategy to dovetail onto the same glam rock audience just about paid off.
The reviews were mixed and the existing aural documents, while do show
them gaining in confidence and winning over the audience, also reveal a
fair amount of scepticism.
Only a handful of tapes exist from this tour and even few are complete like Bristol. This is also the latest show from the tour that exists on tour. Procession has good to very good sound quality utilizing a low generation copy. It cuts in during the taped introduction “Procession” and proceeds into “Father To Son.”
“We’re called
Queen…we’d like to carry on with a number called ‘Son &
Daughter’.” Freddie doesn’t sound as nervous as he did in Birmingham
two nights before, and May is confident enough to push the guitar solo a
bit further.
“Ogre Battle” has a very strange and subdued sounding guitar
break in the middle. May must have been in a quiet and lyrical mood
that night because all of this soloing tends to be on the quiet side.
“Hangman” serves as a slow, ponderous rocker in the middle of the set
and an early tour-de-force, the source for dramatic contrasts.
During the fast latter half other song Freddie gets into some ”you
can come along…” pleas from “Ogre Battle” with May and the rest of
the band playing along.
“Jailhouse Rock,” which pleases a female fan by the tape recorder, references “Stupid Cupid” and Shake Rattle & Roll” but without going into “Be Bop A Lula.” The final song of the set is “Bama Lama Bama Loo” with references to “Tutti Frutti,” Freddie doing his best Little Richard interpretation.
Overall Procession
is a strong release and the only silver edition of this tape. With
so few tapes from Queen’s tour in circulation and with fewer pressed,
this is a great Queen title to have and one of the essential ones for the
collection.