Live at the Marquee is Dream Theater’s first official live album, recorded at London’s Marquee Club. The cover image is inspired by the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It features the exclusive release of “Bombay Vindaloo,” an improvisation-based composition performed live only six times and never recorded in a studio. “The Killing Hand” is preceded by an instrumental titled “Another Hand”, written on tour specifically to bridge from the ending of “Another Day” (which always preceded it in the setlist). Most of James LaBrie’s vocals were actually re-recorded in a studio.
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About "Live at the Marquee"
Live at the Marquee, Dream Theater’s first live album, was released in 1993 and recorded at the Marquee Club in London. The album captures the band during their early years, not long after the release of Images and Words.
The setlist mostly pulls from Images and Words, featuring “Pull Me Under” and “Metropolis—Part I,” alongside “A Fortune in Lies,” from When Dream and Day Unite.
Live at the Marquee is a document of Dream Theater still finding its footing, performing in a small venue with a relatively modest sound. The album doesn’t have the polish of the later live releases, but it captures the urgency and enthusiasm of their early shows.
