Queen - Rock Montreal + Live Aid 4K UHD

[J999]

There was a DVD released of the whole thing. No idea how hard that is to get now.

[boffy]

Originally Posted by r44a

When entire Live Aid 1985 on blu-ray?

Originally Posted by J999

There was a DVD released of the whole thing. No idea how hard that is to get now.

It isn't complete, as a number of songs were omitted for various reasons. At 4 DVDs totalling over 10 hours, it's nevertheless pretty substantial.

From a quick glance at eBay, it's still readily available at reasonable prices, at least where I am.

[joenostalgia23]

Saw this in 1.43 IMAX and had a great time but the video master wasn’t great. They were definitely going for a Beatles Get Back feel, with a lot of grain reduction so it could have a crystal clear digital look to it. At times it did look incredibly clear and detailed, but it also looked smeary and had moments of weirdness with the grain they could not eliminate.I personally would love for these things to just look like film scans.

The audio mix sounded terrific though.

Now I’m on the fence between the Blu-ray and the 4K. Atmos will be the same on either version, but I’m wondering if I should pay more for HDR.

Not a fan of the DNR in general, but maybe the HDR will make it more palatable to me like Peter Jackson’s 4K “remasters” of King Kong and Lord of the Rings. Or maybe, like The Beatles Get Back, I’m really more in it for the audio, and the 1080p SDR presentation will be good enough (I also saw the Rooftop Concert film in IMAX and it looks indistinguishable from the Blu-ray)

[samdaman94]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIFvx09w4I0

[r44a]

Originally Posted by samdaman94

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIFvx09w4I0

Live Aid got here DTS-HD MA and Atmos

[Nitroboy]

Originally Posted by r44a

Live Aid got here DTS-HD MA and Atmos

As per the press release.

[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by r44a

When entire Live Aid 1985 on blu-ray?

Some bands refuse to give their permission on releasing their footage.

For example, the Led Zeppelin performance was so botched they view it the same as Lucas views the Star Wars Holiday Special; they want to burn all forms of existence of it.

[navydavey]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

Some bands refuse to give their permission on releasing their footage.

For example, the Led Zeppelin performance was so botched they view it the same as Lucas views the Star Wars Holiday Special; they want to burn all forms of existence of it.

Understandable if entire acts were omitted by their own request (like Led Zeplin) but I still don't get why some artists were on old the DVD boxset but not the entire set they played (as an Ultravox fan it's annoying only 2 tracks made it to the DVD boxset when they played 4 tracks on the day).

[rroeder]

I wish the 1983 US Festival would get restored, bluray would be fine by me

[RevolverOcelScott]

I'm grabbing this for my wife as a surprise. She's a huge Queen fan and I don't think she knows this is coming out.

[Weirded Wonder]

After watching that unboxing clip, I guess we should worry about loose discs during shipment.

[RevolverOcelScott]

JFC what is with these cheapo packaging jobs. The thing is 40+ bucks, package is so it doesn't look like a greeting card.

[boffy]

Yeah, and sliding the discs in and out line that is just asking to scratch them.

Could the packaging in the video be fake? It seems like a very small channel to have a review copy this far ahead of release.

[Ruined]

Originally Posted by boffy

Yeah, and sliding the discs in and out line that is just asking to scratch them.

Could the packaging in the video be fake? It seems like a very small channel to have a review copy this far ahead of release.

Probably not a ton of recent music blu-rays have been just like this

[dtyndall]

I read that this is coming to Disney + five days after the physical release. I'll probably just wait to check it out there. These 4K's are getting pretty expensive and I need all my variants of The Crow lol

[Marv Inc.]

Hope we get Hungarian Rhapsody at some pint too.

[boffy]

Yeah, that’s the only other one which could be remastered in legitimate 4k. That said, IIRC the best element they have for it is an interpositive, so it might not be as sharp or clear as QRM where they used the original negative.

Regardless, it’s in the same boat where the only HD version so far has been cropped down to widescreen, so it’d definitely benefit from an open-matte OAR version like this is getting on the new release.

Aside from those two, I wish they’d release more SD Blu-rays of their various 70s concerts which were shot on video.

They did a couple almost 10 years ago, but they’ve still (arguably) released more concert videos from July of 1986 than the entire decade of the 1970s.

[sa5150]

How come Amazon says this under the 4K uhd (Playback Region B/2) , Think this will drop below $32 ?

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by sa5150

How come Amazon says this under the 4K uhd (Playback Region B/2) , Think this will drop below $32 ?

I noted that too ... Region B/2 Huh ??? I hope that's a mistake
this AND 'Stop Making Sense' dropping next week - like "oh... my...GOD !!"

[Marv Inc.]

Expecting the reviews to drop for this anytime.