Brian May
Live at Brixton Academy


Tracks:

1. Back to the Light
2. Driven by You
3. Tie Your Mother Down
4. Love Token
5. Headlong
6. Love of My Life
7. '39 / Let Your Heart Rule Your Head
8. Too Much Love Will Kill You
9. Since You've Been GoneLast Horizon
10. Now I'm Here
11. Guitar Extravagance
12. Resurrection
13. Last Horizon
14. We Will Rock You
15. Hammer to Fall

Line up:

Brian May - Guitar, Vocals
Neil Murray - Bass
Cozy Powell - Drums
Spike Edney - Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Jamie Moses - Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals
Cathy Porter - Backing Vocals
Shelley Preston - Backing Vocals

Record Label / Year of Release:

Parlophone Records 1994

Notes:

Live at the Brixton Academy is a recording of The Brian May Band's first show in London on June 15 1993. The album was released on CD, LP and VHS in 1994, and remains the group's only release as a collective.

The album is an almost complete and unedited version of the concert. Their performance of John Lennon's "God (The Dream Is Over)" was not included on the album due to copyright issues. Keyboard player Spike Edney had to play a second solo (neither are on the CD, the first being on the video) after May had technical problems before playing "Last Horizon".

Also, "Back To The Light", "Tie Your Mother Down", "Love Token", "Headlong", "Let Your Heart Rule Your Head", "Resurrection" (in particular, Cozy Powell's drum solo), "We Will Rock You" and "Hammer to Fall" are all slightly shortened on the CD, but appear in full on the 90-minute video of the same event. The spoken part after "Love Token" has been cut because it contained too many profanities, but it can be heard fully on the unofficial audience recording.

The show includes live renditions of the top ten singles "Driven By You" and "Too Much Love Will Kill You".