So here, John Naylor of Beatniks, Andrew Worsdale of Holt Vinyl Vault and Eric White of Out of Time,reveal those hidden nuggets that may be lurking among your collection.ġ) Sex Pistols: God Save The Queen - £10,000 Some are old records that collectors want to find in unplayed or near perfect condition, others are more recent releases from a time when people preferred to buy music on CD and generally left the vinyl version of that release sitting on the shelves.
What we have here is a list of records that, in good condition, have seen their values shoot up dramatically since the day they were originally released. One man’s unplayed copy of Black Lace’s Agadoo may have more value than a scratched-to-death copy of The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine. Early copies of single Teenage Kicks are worth at least £100 Picture: Mirrorpix - Credit: Getty Images And both are good starting points for rock fans that want to know more about Queen and to understand why they were one of the most heralded acts of their era.The Undertones pictured in 1980. Queen fans will love both the documentary and the concert film. This is particularly true when the concert lights hit the TV cameras. Since the concert portion of the film, which runs 65 minutes, is from a 40-year-old live TV broadcast, it is grainy in spots. And Mercury was one of rock’s best lead vocalists and, quite arguably, its finest showman. May, Deacon, and Taylor are all great musicians. Queen’s strengths far outweigh their weaknesses. But the band was really good during the medley, May and Mercury in particular. Queen does straight-ahead rock quite well, and this was shown in the encore that featured a medley of 1950s songs-“Jailhouse Rock,” “Stupid Cupid,” and “Be Bop A Lula.” The medley was an excessive, 1970s style ode to those early rock and roll songs. And “Bohemian Rhapsody,” which was performed in two parts as sections of a medley, was terrific. This was evident in “Killler Queen” and particularly in “Keep Yourself Alive,” which was outstanding, the highlight of the show, and a real showcase for Mercury. Queen was at their best when all four members of the band were fully engaged in the songs.
From there, the concert film has very high highs as well as some lows.
The concert film opens with a terrific, hard-charging version of “Now I’m Here” that features heavy-duty guitar from May and terrific vocals from Mercury. I’m probably not the only audience member that wished it had been longer so that it could have covered more of Queen’s career. The documentary was very entertaining and quite interesting. The live Christmas Eve 1975 broadcast by BBC-TV of Queen’s show at the Hammersmith Odeon came about after “Bohemian Rhapsody” went to number one in the UK charts and the broadcaster approached the band about adding an extra show to their run at the London venue that would be broadcast to the nation.
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