Queen Jewels CD and DVD

"It plays the Japanese "beginning" from A Day At The Races and really fits the tome of the DVD"

How does the Japanese intro differ from all other versions?

I think whoever said that meant the regular intro has a "Japanese sound".

Yeah, that would make more sense.

"The Jewels Karaoke may not happen since they've now got a new version of Greatest Karaoke Hits plus Karaoke Flix DVD coming out in July.. that's probably what the rumors were referring to."

Whoa -- this sounds exciting! Where did you hear about this?

HMV has listings for them:

http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail.asp?sku=1865192 is Greatest Karaoke Hits - remastered with the bonus track 'I Was Born To Love You'

And http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail.asp?sku=1856904 is the DVD companion, also with 'I Was Born To Love You' added.

I would imagine that (except for the bonus track) the releases will still follow the pattern of the original 'Flix' sets as seen on the 1996 laserdisc version. In other words, I don't think they'll use cropped or re-edited versions as they did with GVH and Jewels.

And if they do it properly, the lyrics will be optional (they were burnt-in on the laserdisc), and the original soundtrack will be included as well as the karaoke.. that's how the laserdisc audio was.

Lisa, I have a 'copy' of the Jewels DVD. I shall check Don't Stop Me Now again but I remember on first impression that WWRY looked WORSE on this DVD! But like I say, I shall check again.

Jeffrey, thanks so much for that!! I've had the Japanese laserdiscs for several years and they still play great but I'd like to see the DVD transfer as well and compare them.

Darren, I still like the fadeout on Jewels!
BTW -- do you know if there are any "Easter eggs" on this? I'm wondering...maybe an alternate version of IWBTLY 2004?? Woohoo!!

Darren, I went on a website called DVDEastereggs.com and posted a query to see if anyone knows. I'll pass on the info when it becomes available!!

My girlfriend bought me the Jewels DVD today on a market.
The picturequality is very good indeed, but it's recorded in PCM-stereo. My amplifier makes it dolby surround, but it should have been in DTS.
Anyway it's a nice DVD for my collection.

BTW, she paid 35 euro for it; sealed and with jap. sleeve.

Isn't it fab? :-)
Two of my Queen friends (here in the US) bought region-free DVD players so they could buy Jewels and enjoy it too. I'm very happy with it and can't wait for the next one to arrive (the one just released). Next month: Greatest Karaoke Flix 1 and 2!!
Brian and Roger are keeping Queen fans SO happy!