Rainbow DVD will be released in spring 2013?!

There is still no definite release date for this product. How could there be: it isn't finished yet.

The Press release that sparked this, was merely something put together by Eagle Rock for promo which was put out, mistakenly, a good deal too early.

Rainbow WILL happen, but not this Spring. I couldn't tell you when because I don't know. Nobody knows. But we have to finish it first, and obviously we will.

It is not unprecedented for a Press Release to go out early, at the wrong time, accidentally, and/or for it to contain misinformation... such as that the Rainbow concerts were "filmed". They were NOT filmed, they were shot on 2" video tape.

Hope that helps.

GB

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[b]GB: Queen Archivist wrote: [/b] There is still no definite release date for this product. How could there be: it isn't finished yet.

The Press release that sparked this, was merely something put together by Eagle Rock for promo which was put out, mistakenly, a good deal too early.

Rainbow WILL happen, but not this Spring. I couldn't tell you when because I don't know. Nobody knows. But we have to finish it first, and obviously we will.

It is not unprecedented for a Press Release to go out early, at the wrong time, accidentally, and/or for it to contain misinformation... such as that the Rainbow concerts were "filmed". They were NOT filmed, they were shot on 2" video tape.

Hope that helps.

GB[/QUOTE]

Thanks for reply.

Thjat's right, as Greg points out, it's not unprecedented for Queen press releases (or bios, or cd booklet write ups, or books, etc...etc....) to go out containing incorrect information.

In fact it would be far nearer the mark to say it's unprecedented for Queen releases to go out WITHOUT incorrect info, eh Greg?!! ;-)

[QUOTE] [b]Khizzy wrote:[/b]

60 minutes could be an accurate timing because Queen were hardly renowned for playing two hour sets at that stage of their career. How long was the original Rainbow VHS? I used to have it on tape years ago but had to sell off most of my more valuable collectables a few years back :S [/QUOTE]

Their concerts in late 1974 were between 70 and 80 minutes long. The 1992 VHS tape was cca 52 minutes long

[QUOTE] [b]GB: Queen Archivist wrote:[/b]

There is still no definite release date for this product. How could there be: it isn't finished yet.

The Press release that sparked this, was merely something put together by Eagle Rock for promo which was put out, mistakenly, a good deal too early.

Rainbow WILL happen, but not this Spring. I couldn't tell you when because I don't know. Nobody knows. But we have to finish it first, and obviously we will.

It is not unprecedented for a Press Release to go out early, at the wrong time, accidentally, and/or for it to contain misinformation... such as that the Rainbow concerts were "filmed". They were NOT filmed, they were shot on 2" video tape.

Hope that helps.

GB[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the info, man. Unfortunately it was Brian who was source of the film vs. video confusion, but it's understandable, since the concert was shot in 1974

[QUOTE] [b]GB: Queen Archivist wrote:[/b]

There is still no definite release date for this product. How could there be: it isn't finished yet.

The Press release that sparked this, was merely something put together by Eagle Rock for promo which was put out, mistakenly, a good deal too early.

Rainbow WILL happen, but not this Spring. I couldn't tell you when because I don't know. Nobody knows. But we have to finish it first, and obviously we will.

It is not unprecedented for a Press Release to go out early, at the wrong time, accidentally, and/or for it to contain misinformation... such as that the Rainbow concerts were "filmed". They were NOT filmed, they were shot on 2" video tape.

Hope that helps.

GB[/QUOTE]

Thanks for letting us know Greg. We all hope we'll see it soon.

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[b]Lostman wrote: [/b] [QUOTE] [b]GB: Queen Archivist wrote:[/b]

There is still no definite release date for this product. How could there be: it isn't finished yet.

The Press release that sparked this, was merely something put together by Eagle Rock for promo which was put out, mistakenly, a good deal too early.

Rainbow WILL happen, but not this Spring. I couldn't tell you when because I don't know. Nobody knows. But we have to finish it first, and obviously we will.

It is not unprecedented for a Press Release to go out early, at the wrong time, accidentally, and/or for it to contain misinformation... such as that the Rainbow concerts were "filmed". They were NOT filmed, they were shot on 2" video tape.

Hope that helps.

GB[/QUOTE]

Thanks for letting us know Greg. We all hope we'll see it soon.[/QUOTE]

The time will come one day we`ll see

I think the term 'filmed is always going to be miscontrued when referring to 'capturing' concerts on visual media; most people will use the term 'filmed' simply to mean 'recorded', without any intended insinuation or confirmation as to the media that it was recorded on. Equally, in cases like the Rainbow, although it is confirmed as being recorded on video tape, no-one will refer to the concert as having been 'videoed'.

Heck, I record TV shows onto my Sky HD digibox all the time, and still tell my wife 'I've taped it', so until we get some concrete official word like Greg's above (eg 'Rainbow gig, recorded on 2" video tape') for any concerts existing in visual format, there will still be some ambiguity as to the medium it was recorded on.

[QUOTE] [b]cmsdrums wrote:[/b]

Heck, I record TV shows onto my Sky HD digibox all the time, and still tell my wife 'I've taped it', so until we get some concrete official word like Greg's above (eg 'Rainbow gig, recorded on 2" video tape') for any concerts existing in visual format, there will still be some ambiguity as to the medium it was recorded on.



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It's quite easy to tell whether something is on film or video, as they both have characteristic looks. It's only with nth generation copies that it starts getting uncertain. :)

Well, think we will only hace to wait until the TV broadcast meanwhile..

We're already in the middle of April, and there's still no news about the TV broadcast...

[QUOTE] [b]Lostman wrote:[/b]

We're already in the middle of April, and there's still no news about the TV broadcast...[/QUOTE]


Because TV broadcast isn`t planned

Why ? Because they lost their condoms ? :-)

[QUOTE] [b]pittrek wrote:[/b]

Why ? Because they lost their condoms ? :-)[/QUOTE]

Why does a condom is the topic of discussion?

Good heavens! I'd accidentally forgotten it!