Queen- Live in Himeji , 3/24/1976

The (in) famous Japan 1976 tour continues. This is a recording of the show at the Kosei Nenkin Hall in Himeji. The quality is EXCELLENT, and could pass for an official release, and it’s complete! The performances are as usual quite good, but Freddie’s voice is NOT! Along with the Fukuoka 3/26 show, these two concerts represent his worst shows on the tour. Pretty much anything above F#4 is strained, cracked, or flat, and many performances can rank among the worst. Despite this, he STILL manages some good vocals (What a man). So now it’s time to go through them. The rock section of “Bohemian Rhapsody“ sounds bad as Freddie cracks several times and does bad phrasing, plus Brian hits a bum note at the beginning, “Ogre Battle“ is one of the worst versions ever as pretty much every G4 or above note is strained, cracked, flat, or dodged, “Sweet Lady“ is poor with Freddie hitting NONE of the A4s, “White Queen“ is decent, despite some rough spo