Live at the Rainbow '74

Live at the Rainbow '74 is a live album by the British rock band Queen released on 8 September 2014.

Live at the Rainbow '74
Live album by Queen
Released	8 September 2014 (2014-09-08)
Recorded	31 March; 19–20 November 1974 2014 (pitch corrections)
Venue	Rainbow Theatre, London, UK
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	79:55 (1CD) 144:10 (2CD)
Label	Virgin EMI Hollywood
Producer	Justin Shirley-Smith Josh Macrae Kris Fredriksson
Queen chronology
Icon (2013) Live at the Rainbow '74 (2014) Queen Forever (2014)

Release and content

The album was released in single CD, double CD, DVD, SD Blu-ray and quadruple vinyl formats, as well as a deluxe box set including reproduction tour memorabilia. The single disc and video editions contain a concert from the band's Sheer Heart Attack Tour, recorded live at the Rainbow Theatre in London on 19 & 20 November 1974, while the double CD and vinyl releases include this material plus a concert recorded at the Rainbow earlier in the year, on 31 March, as part of the Queen II Tour. The DVD and Blu-ray also include four bonus tracks from the earlier Queen II concert.

The video footage was previously released as Live at the Rainbow, a half-hour film containing footage from both November shows. It was shown in cinemas in the 1970s and 1980s as an opener to films, including longer concert films by Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, as well as the release of Jaws 2 in British cinemas.^[1] More footage from the November shows was later released on VHS as part of the Box of Tricks box set on 26 May 1992,^[2] though this footage was heavily overdubbed. The 2014 release removes most of the overdubs, however it employs the use of pitch correction in some areas. This extends to the March concert as well.

One song from the album was previously available as audio. "Stone Cold Crazy" was released as a b-side to "The Miracle" single in 1989.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Classic Rock	8/10[3]
Mojo	[4]
PopMatters	9/10[5]

Track listing

Single CD/DVD/SD Blu-ray (November concerts)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Procession"	May	1:18
2.	"Now I'm Here"	May	5:00
3.	"Ogre Battle"	Mercury	5:31
4.	"Father to Son"	May	5:55
5.	"White Queen (As It Began)"	May	5:34
6.	"Flick of the Wrist"	Mercury	4:07
7.	"In the Lap of the Gods"	Mercury	3:20
8.	"Killer Queen"	Mercury	1:26
9.	"The March of the Black Queen"	Mercury	1:36
10.	"Bring Back That Leroy Brown"	Mercury	1:41
11.	"Son and Daughter"	May	3:45
12.	"Guitar Solo"	May	4:41
13.	"Son and Daughter" (Reprise)	May	2:14
14.	"Keep Yourself Alive"	May	2:23
15.	"Drum Solo"	Taylor	0:51
16.	"Keep Yourself Alive" (Reprise)	May	1:23
17.	"Seven Seas of Rhye"	Mercury	3:30
18.	"Stone Cold Crazy"	Mercury, May, Taylor, Deacon	2:40
19.	"Liar"	Mercury	8:39
20.	"In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"	Mercury	4:10
21.	"Big Spender"	Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields	1:31
22.	"Modern Times Rock 'N' Roll"	Taylor	3:12
23.	"Jailhouse Rock"	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	4:10
24.	"God Save the Queen"	Traditional, arr. May	1:18

DVD/SD Blu-ray Bonus (March concert)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Son and Daughter"	3:31
2.	"Guitar Solo"	2:25
3.	"Son and Daughter" (Reprise)	2:02
4.	"Modern Times Rock 'N' Roll"	2:41

Double CD/Quadruple vinyl

Disc one (Queen II tour)

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Procession"	May	1:15
2.	"Father to Son"	May	6:08
3.	"Ogre Battle"	Mercury	5:27
4.	"Son and Daughter"	May	3:31
5.	"Guitar Solo"	May	2:25
6.	"Son and Daughter" (Reprise)	May	2:02

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"White Queen (As It Began)"	May	5:49
8.	"Great King Rat"	Mercury	7:05
9.	"The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke"	Mercury	2:52

Side three

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Keep Yourself Alive"	May	2:10
11.	"Drum Solo"	Taylor	0:28
12.	"Keep Yourself Alive" (Reprise)	May	1:24
13.	"Seven Seas of Rhye"	Mercury	3:10
14.	"Modern Times Rock 'N' Roll"	Taylor	2:41
15.	"Jailhouse Rock / Stupid Cupid / Be-Bop-A-Lula / Jailhouse Rock" (Reprise)	Leiber, Stoller/Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka/Gene Vincent, Donald Graves, Bill "Sheriff Tex" Davis	4:32

Side four

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
16.	"Liar"	Mercury	8:28
17.	"See What a Fool I've Been"	May	4:59

Disc two (Sheer Heart Attack tour)

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Procession"	May	1:17
2.	"Now I'm Here"	May	4:57
3.	"Ogre Battle"	Mercury	5:30
4.	"Father to Son"	May	5:54

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"White Queen (As It Began)"	May	5:33
6.	"Flick of the Wrist"	Mercury	4:05
7.	"In the Lap of the Gods"	Mercury	3:17
8.	"Killer Queen"	Mercury	1:25
9.	"The March of the Black Queen"	Mercury	1:35
10.	"Bring Back That Leroy Brown"	Mercury	1:39

Side three

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Son and Daughter"	May	3:44
12.	"Guitar Solo"	May	4:41
13.	"Son and Daughter" (Reprise)	May	2:14
14.	"Keep Yourself Alive"	May	2:22
15.	"Drum Solo"	Taylor	0:51
16.	"Keep Yourself Alive" (Reprise)	May	1:24
17.	"Seven Seas of Rhye"	Mercury	3:28
18.	"Stone Cold Crazy"	Mercury, May, Taylor, Deacon	2:39

Side four

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
19.	"Liar"	Mercury	8:39
20.	"In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"	Mercury	4:09
21.	"Big Spender"	Coleman, Fields	1:31
22.	"Modern Times Rock 'N' Roll"	Taylor	3:11
23.	"Jailhouse Rock"	Leiber, Stoller	4:07
24.	"God Save the Queen"	Trad., arr. May	1:16

2-LP Vinyl Edition

LP 1 (Queen II tour)

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Procession"	May	1:15
2.	"Father to Son"	May	6:08
3.	"Ogre Battle"	Mercury	5:27
4.	"Son and Daughter"	May	3:30
5.	"Guitar Solo"	May	2:25
6.	"Son and Daughter" (Reprise)	May	2:02
7.	"Keep Yourself Alive"	May	2:10
8.	"Drum Solo"	Taylor	0:28
9.	"Keep Yourself Alive" (Reprise)	May	1:24

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Seven Seas of Rhye"	Mercury	3:10
11.	"Modern Times Rock 'N' Roll"	Taylor	2:41
12.	"Liar"	Mercury	8:28

LP 2 (Sheer Heart Attack tour)

Side three

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Procession"	May	1:18
14.	"Now I'm Here"	May	4:47
15.	"White Queen (As It Began)"	May	5:34
16.	"Flick of the Wrist"	Mercury	4:06

Side four

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
17.	"In the Lap of the Gods"	Mercury	3:17
18.	"Killer Queen"	Mercury	1:25
19.	"The March of the Black Queen"	Mercury	1:35
20.	"Bring Back That Leroy Brown"	Mercury	1:40
21.	"Stone Cold Crazy"	Mercury, May, Taylor, Deacon	2:40
22.	"In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited"	Mercury	4:10

Personnel

• Freddie Mercury – lead vocals, piano, tambourine on "Liar" and "Keep Yourself Alive"
• Brian May – guitar, backing vocals, ukulele on "Bring Back That Leroy Brown"
• Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on 9
• John Deacon – bass guitar, backing vocals on 8, 12, 14, 19, 20, triangle on "Killer Queen"

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6]	12
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7]	22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8]	13
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9]	7
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[10]	40
French Albums (SNEP)[11]	55
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12]	9
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[13]	34
Irish Albums (IRMA)[14]	54
Italian Albums (FIMI)[15]	15
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[16]	31
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[17]	22
Scottish Albums (OCC)[18]	12
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[19]	17
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20]	19
UK Albums (OCC)[21]	11
US Billboard 200[22]	66
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[23]	5
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[24]	24
US Billboard Music Video Sales	2

Release history

Region	Date	Label
United Kingdom	8 September 2014	Virgin EMI
Canada	9 September 2014	Hollywood
United States