Name: Live Magic
Brand: MSI Music (import)
SKU: 331453
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Live Magic

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Album: Live Magic
#	Song Title	Time
1)	One Vision
2)	Tie Your Mother Down
3)	Seven Seas of Rhye
4)	Another One Bites the Dust
5)	I Want to Break Free
6)	Is This the World We Created...?
7)	Bohemian Rhapsody
8)	Hammer to Fall
9)	Radio Ga Ga
10)	We Will Rock You
11)	Friends Will Be Friends
12)	We Are the Champions
13)	God Save the Queen
14)	Kind of Magic
15)	Under Pressure

Performer Notes

Queen: Freddie Mercury (vocals); Brian May (guitar); John Deacon (bass); Roger Taylor (percussion).
Additional personnel: Spike "The Duke" Edney (guitar, keyboards, background vocals).
Recorded live in Nepstadion, Budapest, Hungary; Knebworth Park and Wembley Stadium, England between July and August 1986.
Personnel: Spike Edney (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Freddie Mercury (vocals); Brian May (electric guitar); Roger Taylor (drums).
Recording information: Knebworth Park, England; Nepstadion, Budapest, Hungary; Wembley Stadium; Wembley Stadium And Knebworth Park, England And Nepstad.
Photographers: Denis "Scoop" ORegan; Neal Preston; Torleif Svensson.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Charlie "High Steel Drifter" Boxhall; John Deacon .
Arranger: Brian May.
If you're searching for a concise and compact sample of Queen in concert, the single disc LIVE MAGIC is the only logical choice. Originally issued as a European-only release in late 1986, it was finally released stateside 10 years later. Recorded at stops in Budapest, Knebworth Park, and Wembley Stadium during Queen's A KIND OF MAGIC tour, LIVE MAGIC compiles live renditions of Queen's greatest hits from 1974 up to 1986. And although it's not an actual full-length set from the tour (the double-disc LIVE AT WEMBLEY '86 is a complete show), LIVE MAGIC is highly recommended to newcomers curious about the unique Queen concert experience.
The lead-off track from 1986's A KIND OF MAGIC, "One Vision," turns out to be a superb concert opener, as you can actually hear the audience's cheers grow louder while the song's introduction leads to the band's grand entrance. Queen soon follows it up with an onslaught of hits--"Seven Seas Of Rhye," "Radio GaGa," "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Hammer To Fall," "Under Pressure" and many others. The track "Friends Will Be Friends" is inserted in the expected closing medley "We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions," adding a pleasant surprise for old-time fans.