City:	Vienna, Austria
Venue:	Stadthalle
Date:	May 2, 1978

Setlist:	We Will Rock You (slow/fast), Brighton Rock, Somebody To Love, Death On Two Legs, Killer Queen, Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy, I'm In Love With My Car, Get Down Make Love, The Millionaire Waltz, You're My Best Friend, Spread Your Wings, It's Late, Now I'm Here, Love Of My Life, '39, My Melancholy Blues, White Man, The Prophet's Song, Guitar Solo, The Prophet's Song (reprise), Stone Cold Crazy, Bohemian Rhapsody, Keep Yourself Alive, Tie Your Mother Down, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Sheer Heart Attack, Jailhouse Rock, God Save The Queen
Queen's first show in Austria is a hot one, with everyone sounding strong. Freddie replies to an audience member after Somebody To Love: "How am I doing? I feel goooood!" Tonight they play a stellar version of Spread Your Wings (Freddie sings a very unique "free man" during the first chorus), and also an excellent version of '39 with spotless vocal harmonies, as always on this tour. This is the last known performance of Stone Cold Crazy in the '70s, as it would be replaced by Liar for the last few shows of the tour. The speed rocker from Sheer Heart Attack would return to the setlist in 1984 as an abridged version merging into a snippet of Great King Rat. In April the Daily Mirror had a contest for a lucky fan to be flown from the UK to Vienna to see the show and meet the band afterward.

Recording length:	119 minutes (2 CD, incomplete)
Quality:	B
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	AUD > 2nd Gen Tape > CDR > FLAC Level 8
Track listing:	We Will Rock You (slow/fast), Brighton Rock, Somebody To Love, Death On Two Legs, Killer Queen, Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy, I'm In Love With My Car, Get Down Make Love, The Millionaire Waltz, You're My Best Friend, Spread Your Wings, It's Late, Now I'm Here, Love Of My Life, '39, My Melancholy Blues, White Man, The Prophet's Song, Guitar Solo, The Prophet's Song (reprise), Stone Cold Crazy, Bohemian Rhapsody, Tie Your Mother Down, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Sheer Heart Attack, Jailhouse Rock, God Save The Queen
This copy of the audience tape is missing Keep Yourself Alive. Tie Your Mother Down is spliced in from a second audience source, and there's a cross-fade back into the main source partly into the cheering for the encore. The tape runs a tad too slow.

Recording length:	114 minutes (2 CD, incomplete)
Quality:	B
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	"Last European News" (Gypsy Eye) silvers
Track listing:	We Will Rock You (slow/fast), Brighton Rock, Somebody To Love, Death On Two Legs, Killer Queen, Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy, I'm In Love With My Car, Get Down Make Love, The Millionaire Waltz, You're My Best Friend, Spread Your Wings, It's Late, Now I'm Here, Love Of My Life, '39, My Melancholy Blues, White Man, The Prophet's Song, Guitar Solo, The Prophet's Song (reprise), Stone Cold Crazy, Bohemian Rhapsody, Tie Your Mother Down, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Sheer Heart Attack, Jailhouse Rock, God Save The Queen
The copy above was bootlegged by Gypsy Eye. They adjusted the tape speed, but now it runs too fast.

Recording length:	117 minutes (2 CD, complete)
Quality:	B+
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	AUD > Master Cassette > 2nd Gen Cassette > CDR (x)
Track listing:	We Will Rock You (slow/fast), Brighton Rock, Somebody To Love, Death On Two Legs, Killer Queen, Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy, I'm In Love With My Car, Get Down Make Love, The Millionaire Waltz, You're My Best Friend, Spread Your Wings, It's Late, Now I'm Here, Love Of My Life, '39, My Melancholy Blues, White Man, The Prophet's Song, Guitar Solo, The Prophet's Song (reprise), Stone Cold Crazy, Bohemian Rhapsody, Keep Yourself Alive, Tie Your Mother Down, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Sheer Heart Attack, Jailhouse Rock, God Save The Queen
This is a better copy, also labelled as a second gen tape. The cheering between encores is missing. The master tape was allegedly destroyed in a flood and the owner of the first gen backup insisted on copying his tape to another.

Recording length:	2 CD, complete
Quality:	?
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	"Vienna Waltz" (Wardour) silvers
Track listing:	We Will Rock You (slow/fast), Brighton Rock, Somebody To Love, Death On Two Legs, Killer Queen, Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy, I'm In Love With My Car, Get Down Make Love, The Millionaire Waltz, You're My Best Friend, Spread Your Wings, It's Late, Now I'm Here, Love Of My Life, '39, My Melancholy Blues, White Man, The Prophet's Song, Guitar Solo, The Prophet's Song (reprise), Stone Cold Crazy, Bohemian Rhapsody, Keep Yourself Alive, Tie Your Mother Down, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Sheer Heart Attack, Jailhouse Rock, God Save The Queen
This one is sourced from the superior copy, and they have used the Gypsy Eye bootleg to fill in the gaps between encores. Here's a link to the always-reliable GS review: http://www.collectorsmusicreviews.com

Recording length:	9 minutes (incomplete)
Quality:	B+
Source:	Audience
Lineage:	AUD > Cassette (x) > WAV > FLAC level 8
Track listing:	Keep Yourself Alive, Tie Your Mother Down
These two songs were tagged onto the end of first copy listed above, and it's a better tape transfer than both copies above.

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