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Queen fans will absolutely want to get their hands on this release (video versions are available as well, which the die-hards may want to spring for).

Eagle Rock has also released the show on DVD and SD-Blu-ray Disc. Surprises come in the form of the standard “Big Spender,” and a “Jailhouse Rock” medley.Ī Night at the Odeon is a live CD release from Queen, capturing the band in December of 1975, in the wake of the release of their now classic A Night at the Operarecord.

The only track from A Night at the Opera to appear here (unless the “God Save the Queen" outro is counted) is “Bohemian Rhapsody,” which is actually missing its opera section and is performed as a medley of sorts with some of the other older cuts. The setlist is almost exclusively comprised of cuts from the group’s first three records: Queen, Queen II, and Sheer Heart Attack. As with many of the live Queen performances that Eagle Rock has been bringing us audio and video releases of, this one has circulated as a bootleg for years.Īs this is a live recording from relatively early in Queen’s long and illustrious career, it does not ignore the earlier albums the way later releases would, and of course, came long before the group heavily incorporated keyboards and synthesizers into their music. The band’s fourth and arguably most famous record had only come out a few weeks prior, and had beautifully demonstrated the band’s music diversity and evolution. Who amongst us has not heard “Bohemian Rhapsody” at some point in their life?Ī Night at the Odeon is a 2015 release of a show that Queen recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon (Now the Hammersmith Apollo) on Christmas Eve 1975 it was the final date of a UK tour supporting A Night at the Opera, and is noteworthy for being the first time the band's future hit "Bohemian Rhapsody" was recorded live in concert. With a budget far more massive than its predecessors (at its time of release it held the record for most expensive album ever made) this ended up being the album that truly brought the band mainstream success. Leave it to Eagle Rock to keep the vintage live Queen stuff coming.ġ975 saw the release of A Night at the Opera, arguably Queen’s best known record, and certainly their most ambitious to the time. Note that this review is strictly for the CD edition of this release.