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This list contains the most common Queen and related fake live recordings in circulation. You must be careful when offered recordings with these dates - this list might help you to identify false material. If you can report others, I'll add here with credits to you (blank credits are mine).

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09/01/1971, Technical College, Ewell, UK CDR RnR medley from Golders Green Hippodrome 13/09/1973 on wrong pitch and worse quality
20/12/1972 Marquee Club The Concrest Data Series CDR Edit of 20/11/73 Oxford (KYA, for example, is from the Oxford soundcheck)
20/10/1973 Paris Theatre The Concrest Data Series CDR Either 20/11/73 Oxford or 27/11/73 Birmingham (saw both with 20/10 date). A genuine audio recording of 20/10/1973 exists on the BBC archives.
22/11/1973 Newcastle A Cry Of Screaming Pain That's Born From Sorrow LP 20/11/73 Oxford (concert only)
Ogre Battle Rehearsal "Queen Rules The World" CD Ogre Battle from Rainbow Theatre 20/11/1974 Thijs Arends
19/3/1974 Live At Winter Gardens and White Queen CDRs Rainbow 31/3/74, Golders Green Hippodrome 13/9/73, Hammersmith Oden 24/12/75, Tokyo 1/4/76 , Osaka 29/3/76 (Afternoon) , Bradford 74 Giorgio and me
21/4/1974 London The Royal Countdown CD 24/12/75 London, incomplete Giorgio
19/11/1974 London Tape/CDR 20/11/74 London Giorgio
7/5/1974 New York Supporting Mott The Hoople CD 20/11/73 Oxford (Full soundcheck + concert).The CDR of the same title has right info.
Chicago 1974 or 1975 Tape/CDR 31/03/74 Rainbow Theatre (Sheetkickers LP) Mr. Scully
08/02/1975 Cleveland Tape/CDR 31/03/74 Rainbow Theatre (Sheetkickers LP) Giorgio
10/02/1975 Detroit Modern Times In Detroit CDR 29/03/75 Santa Monica (Royal American Tour LP) Shigeki
12/03/1974 Atlanta CDR 06/11/1974 Bradford
14/06/1974 Cleveland, Arena Mercury Is Rising CD 31/03/74 Rainbow Theatre (Sheetkickers LP)
15/12/1975 Apollo, Glasgow A Toast To Glasgow 2CDR 15 or 16/12/75 Apollo, Glasgow.Only one of the shows are circulating, sometimes listed as 15 others as 16, but nobody seems to be sure which one is on the tape!
16/12/1975 Apollo, Glasgow Tape/CDR 15 or 16/12/75 Apollo, Glasgow.Only one of the shows are circulating, sometimes listed as 15 others as 16, but nobody seems to be sure which one is on the tape!
26/03/1976 "full version" C90 or 2CDR 26/03/76 till the fade out of KYA plus end of 29/03/76 Mr. Scully
Europe 1976 Year of The Opera CD Tokyo 31/3/76 + 1/4/76 + 4/4/76, all incomplete Giorgio
Appolo Stadium, Adelaide, Australia,14/4/1976 Trident Reel Tape (original source) , The Ultimate Collection III CD 2 , and The Concrest Data Series CDR Rainbow Theatre 20/11/74 (includes parts of songs not on the 'Live At The Rainbow' video) Mr. Scully
05/03/1977 San Diego B-side of 'No News Is Good News' LP 13/3/77 Seattle Arena (same as B-side of P.N.W. and Mania LPs)
14/03/1977 P.N.W. or Mania LPs

(there was no concert that night!)

13/03/77 Seattle Arena (complement to Duck Soup LP)
'1977, San Diego No More Heroes CD Seattle 13/3/77 + London 31/3/74, incomplete Giorgio
31/05/1977 Glasgow Cheers Glasgow 2CDR Glasgow 30/05/77 Shigeki
6/6/1977 Earls Court

(Rock'n'Roll Medley)

"A Night At The Court" CD From 'Lucille' to the end of the show it is taken from 7/6/77.There is a cut just before Roger says "Eat Your Neighbour, Rock'n'Roll!" before Lucille.On the video and on "The Prophet's Queen" there is no cut and Roger says simply "Everybody, Rock'n'Roll!". Note also that "A Night At The Court" includes Stone Cold Crazy, which is not on the video.I have made a tape (code 770606) with all this audio stuff.  Mr. Scully & me
24/11/1977 Philadelphia A Day In The USA 2CDR 23/11/1977, The Spectrum, Philadelphia, USA Shigeki
11/05/1978 Empire Pool
(76 min version)
Tape/CDR 13/05/78, Empire Pool."White Queen" was played only on the third consecutive night on this venue, which is on the incomplete (76 min) Empire Pool tape.There is, however, a true full recording of the first night (11/05), 120 min long. Nino, Mr. Scully and Giorgio
02/12/1978 Madison Square Gardens, NY Queen, Best Friend Tape An unindentified concert from the "News Of The World Tour". On 02/12/1978 Queen were in Canada on the Jazz Tour. Robert Moon
17/01/1979 Ernst Merck Halle, Hamburg Tape/CDR Edit of 1.2.79, Cologne Giorgio
30/01/1979 Rotterdam (24 min) Tape/CDR 29/01/1979 Rotterdam 24 min video (Please note that there is a complete true recording of 30/01/1979 listed elsewhere on this website) Leo'82 B.R.
03/02/1979 Dusseldorf Don't Stop Us Live or By Appointment Only LPs Part of 01/02/79, Cologne, extracted from the "Save Me" 2LP.
15/2/1979, Saalandhalle, Saarbrucken, Germany 60 min Tape Part of 18/8/79, Ludwigparkstadion, Saarbruken, Germany (90 min)
19 or 21/02/1979, Barcelona 2CDR 20/02/79, Barcelona, Spain Mr. Scully
27/02/1979 Paris Beautiful Noise 2CDR 28/02/79 Paris. The real 27/02 (partial) recording can be found at the beginning of the first CDR of Bonsoir Paris 2CDR set (The pressed Bonsoir Paris 2CD set includes only the full 28/2 show) Shigeki
13/04/1979, Budokan, Tokyo Live Killers Onsatge 2CDR 25/04/1979 Budokan, Tokyo Shigeki
30/11/1979 Appolo Theatre, Newcastle Crazy Tour Of Glasgow 2CDR 01/12/79 Apollo Theatre, Newcastle.This 1/12 show can be recognized by listening to 'I'm In Love With My Car': Roger forgot the lyrics! Mr. Scully and Shigeki
19/12/1979, London Tape/CDR Barcelona 19 or 21/2/79 (both have been distributed as 19/12) Mr. Scully and Kevin
Europe 1979 You're My Best Friend CD London 24/12/75, incomplete, + some Live Killers tracks Giorgio
11/07/1980, Los Angeles Forum Tape/CDR 12/07/1980, Los Angeles Forum (at the end of LMEY Freddie says "this is the last show at the Forum") Leo'82 B.R.
13/07/1980 Coliseum, Oakland The Bigger The Tits, The Better! 2CDR 13 or 14/07/80 Coliseum, Oakland.Only one of the shows are circulating, sometimes listed as 13, others as 14, but nobody seems to be sure which one is on the tape!
14/07/1980 Coliseum, Oakland Tape/CDR 13 or 14/07/80 Coliseum, Oakland.Only one of the shows are circulating, sometimes listed as 13, others as 14, but nobody seems to be sure which one is on the tape!
23/08/1980 Civic Centre, Baltimore Tape/CDR 26/08/80 Civic Centre, Providence.Just before "Love Of My Life", listen Brian greeting the people of Providence!
01/10/1980, Madison Square Gardens, New York Rocking Over America 2CDR 30/09/80, Madison Square Gardens, New York.There was no concert on 01/10/80. Frank and Shigeki
28/02/1981 Velez Sarfield including '39, Dreammers Ball, etc Tape/CDR 28/02/81 Velez Sarfield plus some tracks from Live Killers!
Argentina 1981 Cry Argentina 2CD

Don't Cry For Me 2CD

Sound of We Will Rock You video (Montreal 24/25 november 1981, incomplete) + London 13/9/73,incomplete (Cry Argentina) and some tracks from some Works Tour/ Magic Tour concerts Giorgio & me
25/09/1981 Caracas Tape/CDR/video 27/09/1981 Poliedro Stadium, Caracas, Venezuela Shigeki and Mariano
Staying Power and Liar from 25/04/1982 Tape/CDR Staying Power and Liar from 24/04/1982. Only these two songs are fake on this recording, the rest of the show is really from 25/04/1982. Giorgio
15/09/1982 Los Angeles Forum Hot Space Tour'82 3LP/3CD or the LIVE USA series of CD's 19/10/82 Kyuden Auditorium, Fukuoka (Yes, it's Japan not USA!)
25/10/1982 Rocking Osaka in 82 CD Tokyo 3/11/82 (incomplete)
Miami, FL, USA, 01/12/1982 Under Pressure CD Manhein, Germany, 21/06/1986 (incomplete and wrong running order) [Same contents as the 'Greatest Hits Live In Concert' CD]
7/9/1984, Wembley Arena Nice To Be Back 2CDR 8/9/84, Wembley Arena. Please note that there is a true recording of 7/9/84 (listed elsewhere on this website, recognizable easily by the lullaby in the middle of LOML). Mariano , Leo'82 B.R. and me
14/9/1984, Milan, from the beginning of the show until CLTCL We Will Love You 2CD These tracks (most of the show) are from 15/9/84, only the remaoning tracks are from 14/9/84.The correct full show of 15.9.84 can be found on the 'We Will Hate You' 2CDR. Mr. Scully
14/9/1984, Milan Elizabeth II LP 15/9/84, Milan
15/9/1984, Milan The Jewels 2CD This is not a fake technically, as the sleeve does not say any date for the show.But as the sleeve of 'We Will Love You' has a wrong date, and 'The Jewels' contains the other italian night, is was supposed to be 15/9, but it's not.'The Jewels'contains the first night, sept. 14, 1984.The following facts were confirmed by people who actually were at both concerts: On the first night (contained on 'Jewels'), Brian introduced LOML in english, and learned some italian words for the introduction of the same song the following night. Mr. Scully
17/04/1985 Sports and Entertainment Centre, Melbourne Back To The Music 2CDR 19/04/1985 Sports and Entertainment Centre, Melbourne, Australia Shigeki
25 or 28/04/1985 Entertainment Centre, Sydney Tape/CDR 26/04/85 Entertainment Centre, Sydney.Please note that the true 28/04 recording also exists. Mr. Scully
1985 Japan Made In Japan CD, Japan 1985 Highlights CD, Radio Ga Ga CD, Who Wants To Live Forever (LL15467) CD London 12/7/86, incomplete Giorgio & me
Summer 1985, London A Day At The Stadium CD 12/7/86 Wembley Stadium (incomplete) Giorgio & me
07/05/1985 Budokan Hall, Tokyo Live At Budokan'85 2CDR 07 or 08/05/85 Budokan Hall, Tokyo.Only one of the shows are circulating, sometimes listed as 7, others as 8, but nobody seems to be sure which one is on the tape!
08/05/1985 Budokan Hall, Tokyo Tape/CDR 07 or 08/05/85 Budokan Hall, Tokyo.Only one of the shows are circulating, sometimes listed as 7, others as 8, but nobody seems to be sure which one is on the tape!
15/05/1985 Osaka Rock In Japan 2CD/2LP 11/05/85 Yoyogi Swimming Pool, Tokyo.The 15/5/85 show is on the 'Last Stand' 2LP/2CD Giorgio
Canada Greatest Hits Live In Concert CD Manhein, Germany, 21/06/1986 (incomplete and wrong running order) [Same contents as the 'Under Pressure' CD]  
14/06/1986 Hipodromme de Vicennes, Paris Who Wants To Live Forever [live sleeve] CD 12/07/86 Wembley Stadium, London.The right Paris recording comes from an audience video source.
London 5/7/1986 Flash Freddie 2CD Wembley Stadium, London 12/7/86 + BBC 28/10/77, incomplete Giorgio
Vienna 21/07/1986 Live In Vienna, Austria, July 21, 1986 2CD Vienna, Austria, July 22, 1986  
St. Paul 1986 The Carriage of Mystery CD Wembley Stadium, London 12/7/86
1986, Europe God Save The Queen CD London 12/7/86 + Manheim 21/6/86 + Budapest 27/7/86, all incomplete Giorgio
Knebworth Park 9.8.1986 Knebworth Park'86 CD Mannhein 21/6/86, incomplete (Yes, there is a brazilian CD titled 'Knebworth'86 with the Manhein show!)
Magic Tour recordings, no info on disc On Fire CD London 12/7/86 + Manheim 21/6/86 (slow pitch), both incomplete Giorgio
28/02/1988, Newcastle Live at Newcastle 28.2.1988 2CDR 21/02/1988, Leicester (Caution: The real Newcastle recording do exist - see below) Giorgio & me
01/03/1988, "Newcastle" Tape/CDR 28/02/1988, Newcastle.The 01/03/1988 was in Southampton (beware: some concertographies are wrong) and Roger greets Newcastle on this recording. Giorgio & me
10/04/1988, Osnabruck Live at Osnabruck 2CDR edit of 19/04/1988, Stuttgart, Esslingen Giorgio & me
some fake Roger Taylor live tapes from the Happiness Tour Tape/CDR 04/12/94 Wolverhampton Civic Centrel (taken from It's Not Easy To Define It 2CD).Some people are copying this CD and distributing as it was other shows.