A DAY AT THE THEATRE
10 Inch vinyl
| Label: | Not on label. |
| Country: | Netherlands. |
| Released: | March 2026. |
| Recorded: | Rotterdam, Netherlands May 17th 1977. |
| Sound: | Audience recording. Not the best, but listenable for Queen bootleg collectors. |
| Cover: | Color cover 250 copies. B/W 50 copies. |
| Comments: |
This is a release, which was given out to those with VIP tickets at
the Dutch Queen fan club gathering in Maassluis, which was held in
the "Theater Koningshof". 250 copies with colored cover. 50 copies with b/w cover were given to the 'team' crew and some guests. More information can be found in the review below. Decent release, but maybe with the exception of the order of the songs. 'Tie Your Mother Down' should have been the first track on side one. The songs are also faded in at the beginning, and out at the end of the songs. |
| Roots: | Audience recorded tape. |
Front cover.
Back cover.
Vinyl A & B side
Photo
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SIDE 1
Death On Two Legs
Your My Best Friend '39 Sweet Lady |
SIDE 2
Tie Your Mother Down
You Take My Breath AwaySomebody To Love |
Front of the 'Team' edition
Back cover of the 'Team' edition
Vinyl of the 'Team' edition
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Here's something that first saw the light of day earlier this month, three weeks ago, at the Dutch Fan Club convention in Maassluis, which was held at the "Theater Koningshof".
A 10" record aptly named "A Day At The Theatre", containing excerpts of Queen's show in Rotterdam, May 17th 1977, from the A Day At The Races tour.
This comes in two variations:
- 250 copies "VIP" edition, given out to VIP ticket holders. White-yellow-orange splatter vinyl with color cover, comes with an additional b/w photograph, 8" in size.
- 50 copies "Team" edition, given out to the crew and guests, and the copy shown here auctioned in the evening. Black and white cover, black and white splatter vinyl, no additional photo for this one.
This sounds ok for a recording nearly fifty years old. Not brilliant quality, but definitely "listenable".
I've heard a few comments complaining online about this, some say the photo is the wrong era. True, but I don't really mind that.
Some others say the sleeve is AI generated. I have no opinion on that, it may be, it may not, but if it is, it's definitely not the worst one I've seen.
There's only one issue I have with this ... each of the songs fades in at the beginning and out at the end. If setlist.fm is to be believed, this contains tracks no. 10,8,13 and 11 of the show on Side A, and tracks 1,14 and 4 on side B. I do not like cutting a live recording into pieces, and releasing them out of sequence even less so. Especially having 10+11 and 13+14 not following each other continuously seems very odd. Still, it's a nice collector's item, so I'm happy with both editions. Anybody got one of these out there?
ME
References:
https://www.discogs.com/.../4157131-Queen-A-Day-At-The...
https://www.setlist.fm/.../ahoy-Rotterdam-netherlands...