A Night At The Odeon

A Night At The Odeon, is a live album from the legendary band Queen. The record was recorded at end of their 1975 UK tour. The show ended with a blistering energetic set at the Hammersmith Odeon and was the first on stage performance of the band featured on live television.Released in 2015 as a standard live album, bluray concert video and vinyl box-set, A Night At The Odeon is an album that a lot of old time Queen fans had been seeking for many years. This performance from Christmas Eve '75 was often considered one of the most, if not the most regularly bootlegged show through out the band's career. What makes this show so special for most is the fact that it quite literally captures the band at their peak. The group is clearly thirsty for success and are hellbent on achieving their goal no matter what.This leads to some of the bands most impressive work ever put down to tape. Brian May especially sounds fantastic as he tears his way through every song with heavy riffs and beautiful soaring licks, utilising that unique guitar tone in every imaginable manner he could conjure. The rhythm section featuring Roger Taylor and John Deacon is absolutely thunderous. The low end from both musicians stellar performance is right in your face providing the band with a solid rhythm. Of course, you have to mention the one and only Freddie Mercury. The vocal performance on A Night At The Odeon, is hands sound the smoothest performance I have heard from Mercury. There isn't so much as a strain on his beautifully powerful voice and he doesn't over utilise vibrato, unlike his later performances.This live set is very similar to Live at the Rainbow '74, there was barely a year between both performances after all. But A Night At The Odeon is easily the most consistent performance from the band and the sound in general. Everything comes across suitably powerful and is a must have for fans of Queen who love to listen to the group before they softened their sound for mass exposure.Published by Steven Lornie of Demonszone

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.

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.

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.