QUEEN - WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS - FINAL LIVE IN JAPAN DVD

I bought this one online from a Brazilian company through Ebay for 15 pounds approx.
That is a good price for a great DVD like this one. Picture quality is near
DVD because of its laserdisc source.
And the sound is ok too. Ofcourse 5.1 surround is fake, but I knew that before
I bought the disc and did not mind it :-)
Since it's a bootleg, more than 15 pounds (about 23 euro's) would be overpriced. So don't pay more :-)

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Yeah, I suppose the word "realistic" really doesn't suffice what could be on DVD, because we don't know what's in the archives. :P

Apparently all three nights at Wembley Arena in 1978 were filmed. It'd be incredible if a compilation of those shows was put out on DVD. I have the incomplete audience recording of the third night, and the performance was incredible!

"Apparently all three nights at Wembley Arena in 1978 were filmed. It'd be incredible if a compilation of those shows was put out on DVD."

That would indeed be incredible, as Queen didn't perform at Wembley Arena in 1978 :-)

both this showe and the 1982 one were official releases in Japan (both on vhs and laser disc) . Queen don't have much control on their Japan releases I think, the 1982 performance in particular it's not brilliant. About the 1985 show, the sound is not perfect but it's still a must-have document.
About Rio, well, it's butchered down to 60 minutes, camera work is not great, etc.etc.

"the sound is not perfect but it's still a must-have document."

Pray tell, why? If a bootleg radio mix sounds better, why buy the tarnished Japan version?

Peace,
Adam.

You just get the video and plaster the good audio over it. Come on... lol

Peace,
Adam.

"That would indeed be incredible, as Queen didn't perform at Wembley Arena in 1978 :-)"

I meant, Empire Pool.

SHAME ON ME!!! :D

"That would indeed be incredible, as Queen didn't perform at Wembley Arena in 1978 :-)"

I meant, Empire Pool.

SHAME ON ME!!! :D



Shame, SHAME!

I bought the two Japan concerts on tape and they both suck! Bad performances, bad recordings, annoying audience. Avoid Japanese concerts. Earl's Court, Rainbow, Wembley, Montreal, Budapest, Hammersmith Odeon are all great concerts worth buying. The Japanese stuff sucks ass!

I bought the two Japan concerts on tape and they both suck! Bad performances, bad recordings, annoying audience. Avoid Japanese concerts. Earl's Court, Rainbow, Wembley, Montreal, Budapest, Hammersmith Odeon are all great concerts worth buying. The Japanese stuff sucks ass!

You should listen to stuff like Osaka 79 & Osaka 85, Ogre_Battle :)

Well, if I based Japanese performances on the Tokyo 5-11-85 show, I'd think they all sucked too! :P

You should definitely go for these shows, and I assure you, they will change your opinion:

Kobe 4-23-75
Osaka 3-29-76 afternoon
Tokyo 4-14-79
Osaka 4-20-79
Tokyo 2-13-81
Osaka 10-24-82
Tokyo 5-9-85

They're all easy to find in excellent sound quality, with the exception of Kobe, which is only very good sound.

I got the vcd version of this laserdisc some time back, and even that quality is quite good... so, even though its a bootleg, it will probably be a high-quality one.

Where would you be without me Daniel :-)