Japan 1985 official release?

Queen has been posting videos from the japan gig on its youtube channel recently so it is likely they will release this concert in full this year?
I rather have gigs from 1975 though.

I think that may be a possibility. But to ThomasWhoopee, ANATO tour had a very similar setlist to SHA tour (but with less earlier stuff), which we just got 4 months ago. Sooooo... I would much rather get a '77 or '79 show. As many know, Hammersmith '79 was fucking awesome, and they recorded it (correct me if I'm wrong). Also possibly Live Killers video edition (maybe more "LIVE") using footage from the Jazz tour. I believe all of this is possible. What's also possible is 1985 Japan. Oh well.

Well Japan 1985 WAS officially released, and as usually more than once.

If they do release either Japan 85 or Rio again, it had better be with remastered picture and a new audio mix; both are horrendous in their current forms (though Japan has better picture than Rio).

Agreed though that Hammy 79 is the perfect candidate for a next release.

Over the years I saw different versions of this gig, but all incomplete. Anyone know if a full complete one is in the vaults op QP

It may exist. But Freddie's performance is not so good, so I dont believe it will be released.

I was already released on DVD in 2004, but only in Japan. But it was the same edit as the previous LaserDisc and VHS issues.
I wonder if they still have the rushes of that concert....

Here in Brazil, it was released as bootleg in 2012, good show, but not the best

They haven't recently put this many videos up of any of the shows before releasing them properly. The youtube uploads themselves may be QP's way of 'releasing' them, at least for now.

Laserdisc has the best quality. Near blu ray imagery. All the Dvd's have actually been taken from the laserdisc, it's worth investing into laserdisc just for the queen films. Even Budapest is near blu ray quality.......

So an analog picture with 425 (NTSC) or 440 (PAL) lines resolution is comparable with a digital image with 1080 lines of resolution?

I don't really like Fredd's Vocals on Japan Vídeos of Youtube's Queen Channel, and it is public knowed that Freddie's Vocals on LIVE KILLERS were overdubed on extreme cause he was in a horrible vocal condition

Yep, neither has Freddie in very good shape.

Outside of 1980-82, Freddie often wasn't in good vocal shape.

But the show is a complete experience with so many aspects. Very few people in an audience are analyzing which notes the guys are playing and singing, if any at all.

Even people who saw Zeppelin in January 73 when Plant had a horrible flu said they didn't notice anything was wrong. It's only now when we hear the tapes independent from the spectacle of the show that we can zero in on that side of things.

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[b]The Real Wizard wrote: [/b] Outside of 1980-82, Freddie often wasn't in good vocal shape.

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That's a bit harsh - I think he was rather consistently in good vocal shape 1973 - 1975, on the NOTW tour and on the majority of their shows except on the Jazz/Works tour. Depends what you consider good, I suppose.