City:	Tokyo, Japan
Venue:	Nichidai Kodo
Date:	April 4, 1976

Setlist:	Bohemian Rhapsody (tape & rock part), Ogre Battle, Sweet Lady, White Queen, Flick Of The Wrist, Bohemian Rhapsody (verses), Killer Queen, The March Of The Black Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (reprise), Bring Back That Leroy Brown, Brighton Rock, Son And Daughter, The Prophet's Song, Stone Cold Crazy, Doing All Right, Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, Keep Yourself Alive, Liar, In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited, Now I'm Here, Big Spender, Jailhouse Rock, God Save The Queen
This is the final show of Queen's second tour of Japan. The Sendai show was intended to be the last night, but this show in Tokyo was added due to ticket demand. The Budokan presumably wasn't available, so another venue was found. In Ogre Battle, the scream sample lifted from the album is played near the end of the instrumental section for the last time. Freddie does a few interesting improvs at the end of Sweet Lady: "I'm gonna leave you baby; I'm gonna take you home; you're beautiful; just too much." He's clearly enjoying himself on the final night. After the song he says, "What a rowdy bunch." Later, Mercury does some wonderful things with the echo in The Prophet's Song. Roger Taylor's drum solo in Keep Yourself Alive is two minutes long - one of his longest ever.

Recording length:	53 minutes (1 LP, incomplete)
Quality:	B+
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	"Lazing On A Sunday Evening" LP
Track listing:	Bohemian Rhapsody (tape & rock part), Ogre Battle, Sweet Lady, White Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (verses), Killer Queen, The March Of The Black Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (reprise), Bring Back That Leroy Brown, The Prophet's Song, Stone Cold Crazy, Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, Liar, In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited
This bootleg was released in 1976. The recording is great quality, although a bit distant.

Recording length:	53 minutes (1 LP, incomplete)
Quality:	B+
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	"Crowning Glory" LP
Track listing:	Bohemian Rhapsody (tape & rock part), Ogre Battle, Sweet Lady, White Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (verses), Killer Queen, The March Of The Black Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (reprise), Bring Back That Leroy Brown, The Prophet's Song, Stone Cold Crazy, Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, Liar, In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited
Not to be confused with the later Mannheim '86 bootleg CD of the same name, the Crowning Glory LP was released in 1978, using the same material in a bit worse quality.

Recording length:	53 minutes (1 LP, incomplete)
Quality:	B+
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	"Geisha Boys" LP
Track listing:	Bohemian Rhapsody (tape & rock part), Ogre Battle, Sweet Lady, White Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (verses), Killer Queen, The March Of The Black Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (reprise), Bring Back That Leroy Brown, The Prophet's Song, Stone Cold Crazy, Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, Liar, In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited
The "Geisha Boys" LP also has a bit worse sound. The story on the 1979 US (green) artwork is very tongue-in-cheek. The brown one is the 1981 UK re-release.

Recording length:	1 LP, incomplete
Quality:	?
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	"Cardiac Arrest" LP
Track listing:	Ogre Battle, Sweet Lady, White Queen, The March Of The Black Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (reprise)
This 1982 LP contained a few songs from this Tokyo show as well as common Rainbow Theatre material. Now I'm Here from Live Killers was added to side B for good measure.

Recording length:	53 minutes (1 CD, incomplete)
Quality:	B+
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	"Lazing On A Sunday Evening" silver
Track listing:	Bohemian Rhapsody (tape & rock part), Ogre Battle, Sweet Lady, White Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (verses), Killer Queen, The March Of The Black Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (reprise), Bring Back That Leroy Brown, The Prophet's Song, Stone Cold Crazy, Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, Liar, In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited
This bootleg from the late 90s is a straight copy of its LP namesake.

Recording length:	101 minutes (2 CD, complete)
Quality:	B+
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	"Geisha Boys - The Complete Tokyo Tapes" (EVSD) silvers
Track listing:	Bohemian Rhapsody (tape & rock part), Ogre Battle, Sweet Lady, White Queen, Flick Of The Wrist, Bohemian Rhapsody (verses), Killer Queen, The March Of The Black Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (reprise), Bring Back That Leroy Brown, Brighton Rock, Son And Daughter, The Prophet's Song, Stone Cold Crazy, Doing All Right, Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, Keep Yourself Alive, Liar, In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited, Now I'm Here, Big Spender, Jailhouse Rock, God Save The Queen
In 2019 Empress Valley released their first Queen bootleg, a fabulous box set comprising of nine discs of all four nights in Tokyo on this tour. The last night is the pre-LP master tape of source 1 in its entirety, with a light bit of compression added. There is some tape missing after Son And Daughter for a tape flip, which is missing on source 2 as well. The ninth disc is a transfer of the original Geisha Boys LP. Empress Valley simultaneously released a box set called A Night In The Metropolis containing eight of these nine discs (minus the LP transfer disc).

Recording length:	62 minutes (1 CD, incomplete)
Quality:	C+
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	AUD > Cassette (x) > ? > CDR (0) > WAV > FLAC level 8
Track listing:	Bohemian Rhapsody (tape & rock part), Ogre Battle, Sweet Lady, White Queen, Flick Of The Wrist, Bohemian Rhapsody (verses), Killer Queen, The March Of The Black Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody (reprise), Bring Back That Leroy Brown, Brighton Rock [cut], The Prophet's Song [cut], Stone Cold Crazy [cut], Doing All Right, Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon, Keep Yourself Alive, Liar, In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited, Now I'm Here [cut]
This second audience source emerged in 2016. Far from great sound quality and with plenty of cuts, it has a few songs missing on the LPs and thus was briefly valuable until the Empress Valley bootlegs were released. A third audience source from this show reportedly exists, but it has been said the taper will continue to keep it under wraps.

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