Live Aid DVD set due for November release

Apologies if this has been mentioned already;

http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000578499

"The historic 1985 Live Aid concert will finally be released on DVD in the fall.

Earlier this year, the Band Aid Trust agreed to auction the global rights for the concerts for the first time, after pirated copies were found for sale on the Internet.
Warner Vision International won the bidding and has set a Nov. 10 release date for a four-disc DVD package. The iconic Live Aid, held at London's Wembley and Philadelphia's JFK Stadium, raised more than $70 million for famine relief in Africa.

Among the acts that performed were a reunited Led Zeppelin, U2, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Madonna, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Neil Young and Queen. The DVDs will feature a documentary, "Food, Trucks & Rock'n'Roll," plus performances from related Live Aid events around the world.
"Twenty years ago they not only played 'real good for free,' they took an issue that was nowhere on the agenda of the political world and placed it at the very top," says concert organizer Bob Geldof.

"By buying the Live Aid DVD, that day continues far off into some distant but hopefully better future for all those people in whose name those great artists played."

Thanks for the info! hmm... a 4 disc package? I assumed it would be more than 4 discs?

They might do double-sided discs. Warner does that with TV series sets like 'ER' and gets a whole season plus extras on 4 discs.

BTW, thanks for the info and link :)

Geldof looks horrible in that pic!

Geldof has had a reputation for being scruffy in the UK.

Maybe scruffy, but that pic is the worst I've ever seen of him. He doesn't go around looking like that all the time! He looks ill in that photo.

Peace,
Adam.

I'm beyond excited... I've been waiting for this for so long. Is there a set price yet? OOOH early Chanukah present!! :-)

Yay, yay, YAY!!
Christmas is looking SO bright this year!!

Great! I can't wait.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Angel of the Morning wrote: [/QUOTENAME]They might do double-sided discs.[/QUOTE]

Not just double-sided, but I think also dual-layered on each side, which gives us 18GB per disc for a total of approximately 72GB worth of video material, or approximately 2-4 hours per side, so about 16-36 hours worth of concert and bonus material.
(*GB = G Bytes, not Gigabytes)

That's just what I'm guessing, but I can only hope I'm right.

Has anybody noticed how four hour long movies can easily fit into one dual-layered, single sided DVD?

If the 16 hour-long concert has DD surround sound instead of DTS, it will fit into four single sided discs quite easily.

I have a very strong feeling that the release won't have DTS sound simply because the original master tapes aren't THAT good.

I don't believe the concert will be released in its full length, there will sure be edits - for example "The World We Created" will most likely be edited out because of the sound problems.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]YourValentine wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I don't believe the concert will be released in its full length, there will sure be edits - for example "The World We Created" will most likely be edited out because of the sound problems. [/QUOTE]

but that's one of my fav parts of the show...does that mean Sir Paul's performance of Let it be be edited also?

Alex, that had *better* be included, it was FAB!

According to Queenonline:

"THE ENTIRE 1985 LIVE AID CONCERT IS TO GET A RELEASE ON DVD THIS AUTUMN."

I think they're assuming the concert won't be hacked to pieces.... we'll have to wait for some sort of official announcement.