A Night At The Odeon (CD+DVD+Bluray+Vinile 12”+Libro)

Queen were at the peak of their musical prowess in 1974-1976. All Queen enthusiasts appreciate this and many long for the days of their lives when Queen were a heavy, heady, world-beating mix of Led Zeppelin, Sweet and several of the best progressive rock bands. The concerts at The Rainbow and the Hammersmith Odeon are the epitome of virtuoso musical performance and spellbinding showmanship. Audio only or visuals too, these are my desert island discs. The two concerts are similar sounding with similar set lists but they are distinctive enough to make them both worth owning for the hard core Queen fans whose spines become chilled when Brian launches into the guitar solo on White Queen. Wow, just wow.

If you’re a casual fan, forget it. If you want the live concert just buy the basic CD/DVD.I won’t review the actual concert here - there are plenty of better reviews elsewhere.I’m considering this from the perspective of a Queen collector, which is of course the target market for this box set.I paid just under £80. To be honest, that’s a little on the steep side in my opinion; around £60 would be a better price. Having shelled out, as a collector I’m pretty happy with it. It’s a substantial set, and there are various odds & ends thrown in alongside the main concert items. I liked the tour itinerary, it was interesting to see the venues at that time and the details of the various hotels. The hardback book is quite nice too. For the money I’d have liked a vinyl copy of the concert but the 12” of BoRhap is a nice item, and unique to this boxset.I did hold off on buying this one for quite some time, as I did (and still do) feel it’s a bit over-priced. I’m glad I eventually picked it up but I would say it’s in the “on the cusp” category of purchases. Not as good as the NOTW boxset, for example. I don’t think you’re missing much if you opt not to add this one to your Queen collection.

A fan of Queens since 1972, and i remember watching this live on bbc2 old grey whistle test, havinggot most of the Queen liveCD's and DVD's this is the one i have waited 40 years for.It to me is the best show they did at that time and have bought all formats except the Vinyl which i am looking doing. To me this was the Concert that put Queen on the map, I have had the CD playing no stop since it was delivered decided to keep the DVD until December 24th and will watch like i did the old grey Whistle Test that night. I will recommend this to anyone as a good buy Queen have done a number of outstanding live shows over the years that have been released for me this is number one.so anyone that liked the first few albums Queen released you have to add this to your collection, Queen stole Live Aid with the performance they stole the 70's live with this perfromance.

Reasonable quality viewing ( bear in mind age of recording!) sound pretty good - that particular bottom end sound we used to get at Hammersmith treat (before the H&S got silly!) comes through a treat. Bought for my wife as Xmas pressy - good one!

I was at that concert Christmas Eve 1975 so I bought the Blu-ray Disc it brought back memories of that night I have a surround sound system it sounds brilliant really heavy bass fantastic