To clarify, it's online sales only from the Ward Records website starting December 20th (no international shipping), and then physical stores in Japan will sell it March 2017. The press release says it's exclusive to Japan. But, if a major retailer starts selling it in March and they ship internationally, I suppose non-Japanese residents can get it that way. That or ebay.
The CD, DVD, and Blu-Ray all have a 20-track setlist from Procession to God Save the Queen, so no cuts to the CD. Radio Gaga is the only track that has an asterisk next to the song title, but it's not clear why. It's also the only song title written in English, so maybe someone flagged it to see if it was supposed to be written in Japanese and accidentally left it on.
The after tax prices in Japan are 8,100 yen for bluray or DVD, 9,720 yen for bluray or dvd plus CD, 14,040 yen for bluray/dvd+cd+shirt, and 27,000 yen for the Super Deluxe (everything plus 2 LPs and a different t-shirt).
There's some confusion in the promotional material.
On one hand, it says it will be available at physical stores March 2017. On the other hand, it says something along the lines of: "this video product is sold strictly through Ward Records Direct (online), and there are no plans to sell it in physical stores."
A twitter user pointed this out and asked if that meant only CD sales were planned in physical stores (no DVD or Blu-ray) in March 2017, but so far no response from Ward Records. A question about whether the video discs would be region free has also gone unanswered.
Well, the Kiwis show does include "39" and "Dragon Attack", but on the other hand it doesn't have "Teo Torriate" or "Born to Love You". The atmosphere might have been better during the festival too. I don't mind a shorter setlist either, might be easier to digest in one go. They just play the same songs over and over again, anyway. Certainly not buying it for this price though.
Doga wrote:
What a dissapointment. The show was already available, i think, and also is heavily shortened
Compare this setlist in the Island of the Kiwis in the same year
The NZ show has "Somebody to Love", "A Kind of Magic" and "Dragon Attack" while the Tokyo one has "Teo Torriate", "These are the Days of Our Lives" and "Born to Love You". Which ones you prefer is up to everyone. (i actually prefer the songs played in Japan)
But the songs missings are the guitar and drum solos, "39", "Last Horizon" and "Who Wants to Live Forever". Pity because Who Wants to Live Forever was amazing that tour and Last Horizon is getting better and better each year.
I picked the NZ gig by chance, there are other great setlist in the tour. They also did interesting experiments like "Ghost Town" in a few shows, letting Adam shine.
But the songs missings are the guitar and drum solos, "39", "Last Horizon" and "Who Wants to Live Forever". Pity because Who Wants to Live Forever was amazing that tour and Last Horizon is getting better and better each year.
Indeed - surprised they aren't releasing a show with Who Wants To Live Forever, as that's easily Lambert's best song in this collaboration.
They coudl easily add the 'missing' tracks as bonus extras, thus giving us (well, the Japanese fans) all tracks played across the tour. I'm sure they won't though.
Vocal harmony wrote: Don't for forget this was a Headline gig at a festival. The time slot allocated may have been shorter than their usual set
I know that, of course. But they could have used a full show instead of a festival performance.
Yes of course you're right. They have filmed more shows than this one. I wonder if there will be a release early next year, world wide, of another show.
They did the same with Paul Rodgers although the "Japan only" release came after Return Of The Champions
