Is Rock in Rio & Live in Budapest going to be released onto DVD?

Or do i have to buy the VHS versions from Ebay? Were they ever released on DVD? ty

There are pirate DVDs of these shows taken from VHS.

Better to find DVDs converted from Laser Discs. If the convertion was done by professional people quality will be not much worse then on the officilal DVDs. Good luck!

Budapest they might (Brian mentioned already taht this one would make a great DVD) and the other... I HOPE NOT!

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Fenderek wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Budapest they might (Brian mentioned already taht this one would make a great DVD) and the other... I HOPE NOT![/QUOTE]

Why not? It's not worse than Wembley, especially setlist wise and considering the shape of Freddie's voice.

The way it's shot- I think it is actually worse than Wembley... And it's 1985- WORKS tour era- which IMO was imply terrible. The drum sound- yuck!!

I was talking about the quality of the performance, which is definately not as bad as some people say...

But I agree with you that it was filmed in a quite bad way.

it wasn't THAT bad- I can agree, but let's face it- not their best. far from it. That would be probably the least favourite choice for me for future DVD Collection release...

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]biggest_fan_K wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Or do i have to buy the VHS versions from Ebay? Were they ever released on DVD? ty [/QUOTE]

Much better to get the laserdisc version of both, if you can find a laserdisc player.

Hopefully Live in Budapest will be released with much bonus material.

I have the concert on VHS and the pirate dvd aswell. I really enjoy these bits with each of the band members, but these are too short. I think they have taped more material, most of it should be released.

Rio has its good moments, but overall, the 84-85 performances were pretty stale. The first few 84 shows are good and strong, but they started hating each other quickly again. There are a couple good shows in Japan 85 as well, but these shows still pale in comparison to their 75-78 golden era.

I'd welcome a DVD release of Rio, but it's probably the last thing on my QP want list.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I'd welcome a DVD release of Rio, but it's probably the last thing on my QP want list.
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Which is why it's guaranteed to be released a few decades before the box set(s)...

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]tupincs wrote: [/QUOTENAME]

I have the concert [BUDAPEST] on VHS and the pirate dvd aswell. I really enjoy these bits with each of the band members, but these are too short. I think they have taped more material, most of it should be released.[/QUOTE]

Just don't cut into a song to show it!!!

What I've heard of Budapest is great stuff. Visually it's bound to be better as well because it was actually *filmed* (from what I've seen/heard anyway) as opposed to being shot on videotape.
Didn't Brian May bitch about the people who have the rights to the concert video?

"Didnt brian bitch about the people who hold the rights ........" - no he was talking about Saul swimmer , the guy who holds the rights to the wwry , montreal video footage from 1981. Compared to The much bootlegged Live in Japan , Rio pales into comparison .