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softcalavera2

Bohemian: 263 posts
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I read this on facebook, Colleting Queen fanpage. Next Queen DVD/Blu-ray? "We Are The Champions - Final Live In Japan" from Tokyo on May 11 1985 at the National Yoyogi Stadium.
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Unniendo

Bohemian: 243 posts
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softcalavera2

Bohemian: 263 posts
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Anton3283

Bohemian: 142 posts
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softcalavera2 wrote: But...is official? Of course NO because setlist the same and it’s short
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Freddie rey

Bohemian: 345 posts
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IT IS OFFICIAL. If Queen Productions didn't own the rights, that doesn't mean that is not official. This concert always been released by WOWOW, on VHS, DVD and now on Bluray, but they seems to lost the rest of the footage, like David Swimmer did with the Montreal material, he recorded the two Montreal shows, and mount the video with bits of the two, and the material that he didn't used, he throw it away
Queen is the best
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Queenman!!

Royalty: 1334 posts
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Freddie rey wrote: IT IS OFFICIAL. If Queen Productions didn't own the rights, that doesn't mean that is not official. This concert always been released by WOWOW, on VHS, DVD and now on Bluray, but they seems to lost the rest of the footage, like David Swimmer did with the Montreal material, he recorded the two Montreal shows, and mount the video with bits of the two, and the material that he didn't used, he throw it away ---------------------- Saul Swimmer.. You have too many FRIENDS... :)
You made us laugh, you made us cry, you made us feel like we could fly!
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Freddie rey

Bohemian: 345 posts
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hahahaa, that's right
Queen is the best
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guild93

Melbourne, Australia
Bohemian: 342 posts
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Some Japan 85 songs were uploaded to the official YouTube account a while back in HD, I don't recall the quality looking any better than the official DVD that was previously released. I guess that's just life with a SD upgrade
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Kacio

Bohemian: 853 posts
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Really interesting thing is quality of sound and of course video...
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cmsdrums

Deity: 3743 posts
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If this is an official QPL release and has been rush released like they did before with no audio remix and just an upscale of the original video, then it’s a real waste and a money grab.
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Nitroboy

Royalty: 1602 posts
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It's official in the sense that Sony owns the rights to this, and they are the ones releasing it in Japan only.
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Negative Creep

Bohemian: 800 posts
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"they seems to lost the rest of the footage, like David Swimmer did with the Montreal material, he recorded the two Montreal shows, and mount the video with bits of the two, and the material that he didn't used, he throw it away " Just because David Swimmer or his estate didn't surrender all the raw footage to QPL, doesn't mean it was thrown away or doesn't exist. Considering the attitute Brian had towards him, I can't imagine Swimmer would have wanted to help QPL/him in any way. And also in this case, there are all sorts of reasons why they don't utilise the masters or work tapes - cost of transferring and then remastering and editing them, or someone else owns those tapes. Even a band as big as Queen, a DVD or blu ray is ony going to shift a certain number of units without good publicity and distribution. The company that now owns the rights might not even be the company that originally filmed the gig, hence not having the work tapes. It's common for individuals to withhold tapes of all types - waiting for the big payout that won't happen, or even just having the knowledge they own something no one else has.
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Fireplace

Royalty: 1040 posts
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Who's this David Swimmer guy anyway? Is he related to Saul Swimmer?
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AOCQ

Bohemian: 132 posts
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Torrent link in Mega https://mega.nz/#!0QcDHI5Q!6En_QNwPMUFSRLN9X-6AYiCs5JO21Qhl0OGwnq5ePB8
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dysan

Deity: 5694 posts
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NickiP

Rocker: 28 posts
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My daughter happened to be in Japan when this was released and picked up a copy for me. I am old and struggle with torrents and stuff and also I have been a poor single parent for many years and had no money to buy (many) bootlegs. so I hadn’t heard it before. The sound mix is awful. The guitar is buried under the bass and keys, and I’m not sure the mix of their voices does them justice. But It’s always nice to see or hear a new concert - I love Queen. But I love Queen live more.
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fddr153

Be Gentle, I'm a newbie: 10 posts
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as far as i was able to look this up, this release is just the upscale bootleg we all have already, with no audio or video upgrade whatsoever, a total money grab...
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Chopin1995

Bohemian: 969 posts
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fddr153 wrote: as far as i was able to look this up, this release is just the upscale bootleg we all have already, with no audio or video upgrade whatsoever, a total money grab... Are you sure? According to Gary Taylor the video quality is better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOS7tU45a18
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fddr153

Be Gentle, I'm a newbie: 10 posts
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Gary Taylor did comment about this, but its not showin' footage, this spanish speakin' video did showed some footage and looks the about the same as the dvd release I own by the same publisher, but up-scaled https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFGXxaP_0Zk
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rhapsody8

Bohemian: 810 posts
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Screenshots looks better than previous versions. It can be excellent with some magical touches, imho :)
Get your head down baby - we're gonna ride tonight...
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