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Post by django on Jan 20, 2013 16:06:52 GMT
I've got the German CD and DVD sometime before Christmas. To cut a long story short, the DVD quality is pretty crappy, far below what I was hoping for and probably a little worse than my old bootleg copy.
If this is a genuinely official release -which I am very doubtful of - it's definately sub-standard; a bit like the Madstock 92 DVD, it may look alright on standard resolution TVs but HD shows up all of it's short-comings.
I'd avoid the DVD if you already have a decent bootleg. I don't recall any problems with the sound on the CD version, although it's nothing to get too excited about.
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Post by jonsmad on Jan 20, 2013 22:05:07 GMT
So not remastered then? it's from analouge tv recordings of course which is one reason why madstock 92 is equally hard / costly to improve.
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Post by django on Jan 28, 2013 14:28:26 GMT
This is just from an inferior multi-generation source. Obviously not from any archival master which is why it screams bootleg  Chris posted a message saying he was unaware of it's release too. BTW I checked it on my old standard TV and DVD, it still looks crap and plays in widescreen ratio by default so the picture is stretched. Explains why I couldn't get the right ratio through HDMI. Avoid. |
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Post by MadIrishman on Jan 28, 2013 23:19:38 GMT
I have a video I got about 10 or 11 years ago, from a place in Dublin that was a recording of a German TV broadcast, from 1981. It's been ages since I watched it, but I think it was a gig done in Hamburg, possibly at a venue called Market Hall, or Markthalle, something like that. Does the DVD/CD mention the venue or date? I think the one I have was recorded at the end of October or November 1981.
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Post by django on Jan 29, 2013 10:34:14 GMT
Yes that's the one - November 29 1981
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Post by MadIrishman on Jan 30, 2013 1:08:40 GMT
The video I got was a bootleg, even though it was pretty good quality, and as far as I remember the one I have has the tv station logo in one corner, though I can't remember if it is for the full length or just the beginning and end of it.
And November 29 1981 does ring a bell, I think thats more than likely the same one I have. I have no idea if it was ever given an official release in Germany or not though.
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Post by django on Jan 30, 2013 12:46:21 GMT
The logo would be WDR. On this release it's just been clumsily overdubbed with their own logo.
Rockpalast is a very well known German show - Bob Marley, The Beat and Elvis Costello also appeared (and circulate as bootlegs). A couple of the shows have popped up on Sky Arts in pristine quality but not the Madness one.
It hasn't been officially issued - I thought this was the first official release but it obviously isn't.
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Post by MadIrishman on Jan 31, 2013 0:16:23 GMT
It's a pity it was never given an official release. As for those programmes turning up on Sky Arts, I think I noticed something listed today for some Rockpalast, but I have no idea what it was, and only now that you mention it, I wish I had checked what it was
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