Maiden - Live After Death...on DVD!!!

[sixxswine]

Live After Death will be great because,
-no Janick
-no editing by Harris.

RIGHT! \,,/

 

[SickBoy]

Placed an order for a friend and myself, can't wait!
I'm really interested in that 5.1 mix though...

 

[Corrupted Innocence]

I pray the sound quality is somewhat alright... you know, for being older than two of mes.

 

[sixxswine]

I recived notification by the PR folks that a review copy is in the mail... Isn't this out on 2.5.08?! I guess they were really dragging ass if that's the case?!

 

[Corrupted Innocence]

Or it could mean that you're a lucky bastard.

 

[SoundMaster]

The local record chain, FYE, inadvertantly had copies for sale today (Sunday) so I picked mine up. I've not watched much, but I am surprised that the picture is as grainy as it is. I assume it would have been cleaned/restored.

Oh well, it IS still nice to see this again.

 

[Trans-Siberian Outcast]

Amazon also shipped mine yesterday, so it should be here on Tues or Wed. I'm not surprised it's a little grainy. It is very expensive to clean up video, and I doubt they spent the money to do so. The audio is the important part. Plus I think us DVD watchers are getting spoiled by all these new high quality video concerts.

 

[SickBoy]

I think it was grainy even back then, but nobody saw it because of VHS' low resolution, so it kinda smoothened itself

 

[sixxswine]

I received the review copy in the mail this evening, can't wait to see it...

 

[Trans-Siberian Outcast]

Oh Boy! I had fun with this concert! Not only memories from days gone by (we played the hell out of the Live After Death on cassette and LP), but to see it performed BEFORE MY EYES was thrilling to say the least.

You can call it grainy if you want, but we're spoiled these days with such awesome video clarity and HD tvs. This concert is 1985, full 4:3 screen video, and a bit rough around the edges, but it still kicks ass. I'm impressed with the sound too. I don't have 5.1 on my tv, just old school stereo speakers and a sub-woofer, but it sounds great on my system.

 

[zeppelin]

This made my year .... I shall wait patiently til it reaches our god-forsaken shores.

Amen

 

[Platinum Maze]

Got mine today as well! (Good week!) Can't crank up the 5.1 right now, but the video looks great. I didn't expect it to get much better. It fills a widescreen tv, which is great.

I do believe this was recorded on a different night than the cd. Some differences in the little nuances I'm noticing are the only things I'm basing that on. Then again, I'm sure they used stuff from all 4 nights for both.

 

[sixxswine]

You can call it grainy if you want, but we're spoiled these days with such awesome video clarity and HD tvs. This concert is 1985, full 4:3 screen video, and a bit rough around the edges, but it still kicks ass. I'm impressed with the sound too. I don't have 5.1 on my tv, just old school stereo speakers and a sub-woofer, but it sounds great on my system.

\,,/

 

[TENTH DREAMER DECEIVER]

I keep on forgetting this is out. Tomorrow.

 

[sixxswine]

I keep on forgetting this is out. Tomorrow.

This will be the best $18.00 you'll spend this year...

 

[Trans-Siberian Outcast]

This will be the best $18.00 you'll spend this year...

AMEN. I've already watched 3 times and only had it since Wed afternoon. Also got it queued up to play again tonight. It's addictive!

 

[TENTH DREAMER DECEIVER]

Found the last copy in an HMV. Will watch tonight along with The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [Blu-ray]

 

[ElectricWiz]

I picked this up this weekend. It's everything I expected. I liked part II of the documentary, but would have liked if it covered a little more ground like the first one did. It's fun to see the, "Behind the Iron Curtain," doc, as I don't think I ever saw that all the way through in the day. It was funny to hear Bruce tell someone, "you can't play heavy metal with synthesizers!"

Anyway, an all around good addition to the DVD pile.

 

[J-Dubya 777]

It's grainy because it was shot on film, not direct to video, kinda like that first Van Halen live vid with Sammy. Sounds great, performance was as I remembered it, with Bruce being somewhat cashed vocally. Second disc makes it worth it for me...

 

[Corrupted Innocence]

I got it in yesterday. Watched it last night.
I thought the thing was awesome. The sound was pretty good for '85. The stage setup was brutal. The big Mummy Eddie thing made me dumbstruck.
Overall, 8/10.