Music legends Queen continue their special 50 week long video series The Greatest this week with the eight episode entitled "A Night At The Odeon".
We were sent the following details: To celebrate the most successful year in their career to date, Queen returned to play an extra show at London's Hammersmith Odeon on Christmas Eve 1975.
The Hammersmith Odeon was a prestigious venue the band had been eager to claim as their own having experienced it as the support act for Mott The Hoople in 1973 and the band had already played four shows at the venue late November/early December as part of a sold out 25-date UK tour.
At the same time, "Bohemian Rhapsody" was on a record nine-week run at the top of the singles chart. This milestone A Night At The Odeon show would provide Queen with its biggest audience to date. To be televised live on the UK's BBC TV's Old Grey Whistle Test and broadcast simultaneously on the national Radio 1, the show would take the band into millions of homes across the nation, crowning Queen as the biggest rock band in the UK.But despite all the preparations, there were some things beyond their control that meant the band weren't taking it for granted that it was something they'd be able to pull off.
Roger Taylor: "It was quite difficult. You're just starting to wind down and then actually, you've got to go back and do this one, all-important show. It was a big deal in the fact that it was going out live on Christmas Eve... I remember thinking 'ah, will we have lost our momentum and that sort of kick-ass stuff that you've developed on a tour, and I do remember being quite, sort of, worried about it."
But as rare audio from the sound check proves, the band was in top form, and worked hard to make sure this wouldn't be a night to forget for their audience.
Despite their reservations the show was flawless, and A Night At The Odeon continues to be regarded as one of Queen's best performances - treasured because it also represents the first filmed live performance of "Bohemian Rhapsody."
And as can be seen from a Brian May moment in the concert - being able to end such an eventful and significant year on such a high, meant the world to the band.
Brian May: "You know we've taken our show around the world, but we've never got to so many people all at once, and this felt really good. Thanks a lot for giving us a good year, we'd like to leave you in the Lap of The Gods." Watch the episode below:
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