Earls Court release pending?

[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]

[QUOTE] [b]Lord Fickle wrote:[/b]

Unless I'm mistaken, they haven't yet released a complete concert from the archives, which wasn't previously available in one form or another, albeit only in part.[/QUOTE]

Well, that's a pretty high bar to set, since a ton of shows were bootlegged. The chance that any complete pro-shot show from any band is just collecting dust without having come out on bootleg or shown in a documentary is pretty remote.

But of all the releases, five shows are complete - Hammersmith (audio), Milton Keynes, Wembley (both), and Budapest (audio).

Official releases will continue, but I doubt this particular list will be added to. Maybe Hyde Park or Hammersmith 79? Maybe.
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Somehow my reply didn't appear in the previous post, but I wasn't referring to bootlegs. All I was saying was that most of what we have had so far, has been rehashed (in a good way) from previous releases or broadcasts, and that Earls Court and Hyde Park would be totally 'new' as they've never been released or broadcast in any form, other than a few odd clips here and there.

Thinking about it... why they don't have that much footage of the second night of Earl's Court?

If they have the first night they SHOULD have the second night, as both were recorded the at the same time. Even more, if they fixed the multitrack problems for the second night between shows they may aswell taped it on video.

Maybe they left the masters untouched all this time (except some bits) using only the first night for comercial reasons, like making compilations and collage videos (like the ANATO DVD)

Still, too many maybies...

This is all the available footage from the first night: And this is all the available footage from the second night: Just in case somebody wants to watch them, or for comparison purposes.

Yes, i want Earl´s Court too, but please, Queen Productions... Hyde Park first!!!

Intresting... it´s indeed too much work for only one minute on a tv documentary. But maybe it´s not for a standalone release but a kind of box set release in a near future.
Anyway i`d prefer a standalone release on 2017 (why they`d release it in 2016? O.o) even if it´s a mix of both nights! I´d prefer a thousand times a release with both nights ala rainbow 74 and not only the full first night. Second night has intresting bits.

All the archive footage in the documentary will be released if all goes well.

[QUOTE] [b]Kevinrm15 wrote:[/b]

All the archive footage in the documentary will be released if all goes well.[/QUOTE]

Nice to read it, so. Hyde Park is a gig that i´m expecting for so long :D
And the quality it`s not so bad after all

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[b]Kevinrm15 wrote: [/b] All the archive footage in the documentary will be released if all goes well.[/QUOTE]

Great!!!

Now the bad thing is the time, but it's OK. At least we're gonna watch it in some time, I guess.

[QUOTE] [b]Lord Fickle wrote:[/b]

Somehow my reply didn't appear in the previous post[/QUOTE]

http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1408549/to-richard-re-posts-not-coming-through-at-all.aspx

^ it's an ongoing problem, but there's a workaround.

Positive deduction Bob, the clips of both Hyde Park and Earls Court, both audio and video shown in the Rags to Rhapsody documentary are very brief, but obviously better than anything we have previously seen.

This would most likely indicate future release, something to really look forward to.

During the publicity last year for Queen Forever, Brian did talk about ongoing live releases.

My thoughts are that Queen have gotten over the anticipation of huge sales, Rainbow and Odeon have undoubtedly changed their expectations in sales. In short after almost 40 years we might get what we want, the negative do we have to wait 40 year anniversary for Hyde Park, Earls Court and Kampuchea concerts!

I want every live concert release we can get. But I am actually a bit surprised how often we get new releaes at the moment. Do they actually make a lot of money on dvd's/blurays these days? Hopefully they do, but I can't see it.

I really hope they are doing a lot of money with the sales of these 70s shows, but yeah, i can't see high sales either. Now with internet, sales around the world are less and less.

Call me naive but aside from the few extra bucks i think they are releasing these gigs for the art. Queen were at the piannacle of their creativity in the 70s, and they want to show the world the things they did on stage.

Do you think that they will give John deacons voice some auto tune or overdubs on in the lap of the gods or somebody to love. .? Or keep it original. .?

I don't think these releases are a purely comercial exercise, but I also don't think they would be putting for the money into something tat was losing money.

I think Universal have been more active in getting things released than EMI were.

I'm sure Earls Court and Hyde Park will be released in some form. From a purely "comercial" point if they were to release Hammersmith 79 and the short set from the Champions video shoot (which I believe was filmed for the Bob Harris documentary) along with this years Hammersmith and the Rainbow there would be the potential for a Live In London DVD box set.