Live at the Rainbow ’74 by Queen, album cover
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Live at the Rainbow ’74

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Also cited5 September 2014

Live at the Rainbow '74 is a live album by Queen, released in September 2014 on Virgin EMI Records. As the title suggests, it looks back four decades to 1974, the year the band put out both Queen II and Sheer Heart Attack. It makes a good companion to those early studio records for anyone curious how the band sounded on stage.

Live at the Rainbow ’74: tracklist, credits and charts

41 tracks · 2:24:11

Tracklist

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1ProcessionBrian May1:14
  3. 2Father to SonBrian May6:07
  4. 3Ogre BattleFreddie Mercury5:27
  5. 4Son and DaughterBrian May3:30
  6. 5Guitar Solo2:25
  7. 6Son and Daughter (reprise)Brian May2:02
  8. 7White Queen (As It Began)Brian May5:48
  9. 8Great King RatFreddie Mercury7:04
  10. 9The Fairy Feller’s Master‐StrokeFreddie Mercury2:52
  11. 10Keep Yourself AliveBrian May2:22
  12. 11Drum Solo0:27
  13. 12Keep Yourself Alive (reprise)Brian May1:23
  14. 13Seven Seas of RhyeFreddie Mercury3:10
  15. 14Modern Times Rock ’n’ RollRoger Taylor2:41
  16. 15Jailhouse Rock / Stupid Cupid / Be Bop A LulaDavis, Vincent, Stoller, Leiber, Sedaka, Greenfield4:32
  17. 16LiarFreddie Mercury8:28
  18. 17See What a Fool I’ve BeenBrian May4:58
  19. Disc 2
  20. 1ProcessionBrian May1:18
  21. 2Now I’m HereBrian May4:57
  22. 3Ogre BattleFreddie Mercury5:30
  23. 4Father to SonBrian May5:54
  24. 5White Queen (As It Began)Brian May5:34
  25. 6Flick of the WristFreddie Mercury4:06
  26. 7In the Lap of the GodsFreddie Mercury3:17
  27. 8Killer QueenFreddie Mercury1:25
  28. 9The March of the Black QueenFreddie Mercury1:35
  29. 10Bring Back That Leroy BrownFreddie Mercury1:40
  30. 11Son and DaughterBrian May3:45
  31. 12Guitar Solo4:41
  32. 13Son and Daughter (reprise)Brian May2:14
  33. 14Keep Yourself AliveBrian May2:22
  34. 15Drum Solo0:51
  35. 16Keep Yourself Alive (reprise)Brian May1:24
  36. 17Seven Seas of RhyeFreddie Mercury3:28
  37. 18Stone Cold CrazyDeacon, May, Mercury, Taylor2:40
  38. 19LiarFreddie Mercury8:39
  39. 20In the Lap of the Gods… RevisitedFreddie Mercury4:10
  40. 21Big SpenderCy Coleman and Dorothy Fields1:31
  41. 22Modern Times Rock ’n’ RollRoger Taylor3:12
  42. 23Jailhouse RockMike Stoller and Jerry Leiber4:08
  43. 24God Save the Queen[unknown]1:18
Produced by
Kris Fredriksson, Josh Macrae, Justin Shirley‐Smith
Executive producer
Brian May, Roger Taylor
Recorded at
Rainbow Theatre
Recorded
31 March; 19–20 November 1974 1975 (overdubs) 2014 (pitch corrections)
Engineered by
Roy Thomas Baker, Mike Stone
Mastered by
Mazen Murad, Tim Young
Artwork
Richard Gray
Photography
Ian Dickson, Jill Furmanovsky, Richard Gray, Johnny Dewe Mathews, Douglas Puddifoot, Michael Putland
Labels
Virgin EMI Records, Virgin EMI, Hollywood
Length
2:24:11

Line-up

  • John Deacon · bass guitar, background vocals
  • Brian May · guitar, background vocals
  • Freddie Mercury · piano, lead vocals, vocals
  • Roger Taylor · drums (drum set), background vocals

Peak chart positions

ChartPeak
UK Albums Chart · 201411
US Billboard 200 · 201466
US Billboard Music Video Sales · 20142
US Hard Rock · 20145
Dutch Albums · 20147
German Albums · 20149
Austrian Albums · 201412
Scottish Albums · 201412
Belgian Albums (Wallonia) · 201413
Italian Albums (FIMI) · 201415
All 20 charts
Spanish Albums · 201417
Swiss Albums · 201419
Belgian Albums (Flanders) · 201422
Portuguese Albums · 201422
US Top Rock Albums · 201424
Polish Albums · 201431
Hungarian Albums · 201434
Finnish Albums · 201440
Ireland 2 · 201454
French Albums · 201455

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Releases and pressings

How we know the release date wikipedia 2014-09-08 vs 2014-09-05 (musicbrainz), 2014-11-08 (wikidata)
SourceDateNote
MusicBrainz5 September 2014
Wikipedia infobox8 September 2014
Wikidata8 November 2014
US release9 September 2014earliest US date
UK / Europe release5 September 2014earliest UK or European date
11 editions
DateCountryLabelBarcodeKind
2014XEVirgin EMI Records602537910687deluxe
2014XEVirgin EMI Records602537936090other
5 September 2014CAHollywood Records00050087314262original
5 September 2014XEVirgin EMI Records0602537910670original
8 September 2014XWVirgin EMI Recordsother
8 September 2014AUVirgin EMI Records0602537910687other
8 September 2014XWEMI602537910878deluxe
9 September 2014USHollywood Records050087309879other
9 September 2014USHollywood Records050087313746other
10 September 2014JPVirgin EMI Records4988005845047other
31 January 2024JPUniversal Music4988031614181other
Cover art sources

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coverartarchive299×262rejected