From Bob Geldof's site. Here' some of the info. For the complete info. go to the link.
http://www.bobgeldof.info/Charity/liveaid.html
Official Live Aid DVD
An official 4-DVD set of the Live Aid concerts was released on November 8, 2004. It contains 10-hour partial footage of the 16-hour length concert. The DVD was produced by Geldof's company, Woodcharm Ltd., and distributed by Warner Music Group.
The decision to finally release it was taken by Bob Geldof nearly 20 years after the original concerts, after he found a number of pirate copies of the concert on the Internet (see full story here). There has been controversy over the DVD release because a decision had been taken for a substantial number of tracks not to be included in this edited version.
The most complete footage that exists is from the BBC, and it was the main source of the DVD. During production on the official DVD, MTV lent Woodcharm Ltd. their B-roll and alternate camera footage; this was an additional source of the U.S. footage that appears on the official DVD.
Working from the original BBC and MTV footage, judicious decisions were made on which acts would be included and which ones would not (for example, Rick Springfield, The Four Tops, The Hooters, and Power Station are among those acts that were left off the DVD). Many of the artists' songs that were performed were also omitted. For example Madonna performed 3 solo songs in the concert, but only 2 were included on DVD - "Love Makes the World Go 'Round" was omitted.
Two performers were left off at their own request - Led Zeppelin and Santana. The rock band Led Zeppelin defended their decision not to be included on the grounds that their performance was "sub-standard," but to lend their support Jimmy Page and Robert Plant have pledged to donate proceeds from an upcoming Led Zeppelin DVD release to the campaign, and John Paul Jones has pledged proceeds from his current American tour with Mutual Admiration Society.
The British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown decided the VAT collected on the DVD will be given back to the charity, which will raise an extra £5 for every DVD sold.
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And as it says in the booklet, two of the Who's four tunes - I think it was "Pinball Wizard" and "My Generation" - weren't broadcast because the generator blew.
BTW, since the Queen Hub doesn't list Live Aid on its official list, why doesn't QueenZone let me upload it?
BTW, since the Queen Hub doesn't list Live Aid on its official list, why doesn't QueenZone let me upload it?
BTW, since the Queen Hub doesn't list Live Aid on its official list, why doesn't QueenZone let me upload it?
It doesn't say 'Don't punch your boss in the face' at my work but if I did, I don't think I'd be popular.
Does it say 'Don't stick metal objects directly in to the electricity supply' in your house ? No ? Well are you going to do that ?
I think you are just trying to wind people up because no one can be as pathetic as you try and make out - it isn't possible :-)
Can't blame a guy for trying. ;)
Just kidding.
To be honest, I think you guys will just buy the DVD box set if you want it that badly.
Otherwise, make do with the many bootlegs out there.
Just kidding.
To be honest, I think you guys will just buy the DVD box set if you want it that badly.
Otherwise, make do with the many bootlegs out there.
Went to buy it today, fucking best buy was sold out, fuckers.
BTW, since the Queen Hub doesn't list Live Aid on its official list, why doesn't QueenZone let me upload it?
QZ and the QueenHub are run by differnet administrators and have a completely differnet audience and set of rules. QZ is much more public and needs to be more careful than a hub with a few hundred members at most.
And to be honest, I'm not sure anyone in the Hub is sharing the DVD rip. If anything, it's the old bootleg version that's been in circulation for years.
Well, if I can stankin' log in on the Hub, then I'll be sharing it.
Or failing that, check the 2 GB-or-less hub.
Or failing that, check the 2 GB-or-less hub.
To be honest, I think you guys will just buy the DVD box set if you want it that badly.
It might surprise you to know that some people have already bought it - you are not the only one to buy what has been one of the best selling music dvds this year.
I've had the Live Aid dvd since it was released - I have a vhs recording of the original tv broadcast and I have the memory of being in the crowd at Wembley for the gig itself - therefore I doubt that anything you post on here about Live Aid would be an improvement on what I personally have.
Others who have not been able to buy the dvd as yet may appreciate having the Queen performance uploaded on to here but would they appreciate the site being closed down because of it ?
The Live Aid dvd box set can be bought fairly cheaply and is worth it just for the Queen section alone - I paid £18 for it, you paid $CDN44 for it and it is onsale at DeepDiscountDVD in the US for $27 - these are just some easy to find prices, I'm sure there are better ones available if you look around.
the cheapest you can find it in any store in this country as far as iv see is around £35-40, ebay might have it cheapr but i bet it would end up near that price! if you want JUST radio ga ga you can buy the live aid HIGHLIGHTS DVD which is only £8 at Woolworths! £10 at HMV, features a highlight of most of the acts from the show, some which arent on the DVD and all off Radio Ga Ga, the rest are snippets! Great buy!
If your in the UK go to ASDA £29.97- I think thats the cheapest retail price ??
WHAT?! dammit! ah well there you go!
the cheapest you can find it in any store in this country as far as iv see is around £35-40
I don't know what country you are in but if it is the UK then I don't want you to do my shopping !!! ;-) There are links on the top of this page (on my screen at least) that advertise it for £27.99 inc delivery.
I bought mine from CD Wow for £17.99 (inc delivery) when it first came out but I think they mispriced it as went up to £27.99 after a day or two.
Currently Amazon & Play.com have it for under £30 and if you import it from the US you can get it possibly cheaper if you don't get hit for duty & tax.
For example, Deep Discount DVD in the US have it on sale for $26.60 (approx £15.10) plus $8.95 (approx £5.10) postage to the UK so that is a total of approx $35.55 (approx £20.20) : however, anything with a value of £18 or more is subject to tax & duty in the UK (plus an admin fee of about £5 in some cases) so it depends if the company say the value is the item value or the total value inc postage - it should just be the item value in which case it would be duty free ... but isn't always. If you do get hit for tax & duty then it may cost more than the UK version.
And as Flashalive points out, it is under £30 in Asda too - I guess the other supermarkets will have it at a similar price too.
the performance is part of the public domain now.
it was shown free,and on live tv,therefore it's open game to be copied and used as long as ya do'nt sell it is'nt it?
it was shown free,and on live tv,therefore it's open game to be copied and used as long as ya do'nt sell it is'nt it?