http://www.echoes.com/rememberaday/liveaid.html

The two biggest reunions, the Who and Led Zeppelin, went off very well, except that because of a transmission failure, most of the Who's set was not seen in the United States. Considering all of the bickering between band members before the concert, they performed as if they were in their prime. Pete Townshend started writing a new song, "After The Fire," to debut at Live Aid but it was not ready in time. Roger Daltrey did record it later in the year. The Led Zeppelin set could have been the most anticipated set of the entire day. It had been exactly five years and one week since their last live performance. With Phil Collins on drums they performed three classics, including "Stairway To Heaven," during which it seemed like the entire Philadelphia audience sang with Robert Plant.

http://www.dvdfile.com/software/dvd-...004/07_21.html

The most legendary rock spectacle of all time, Live Aid defined a decade, raised millions for famine relief and turned Bob Geldolf into saint. Now, on November 1st, almost twenty years after the historic live event in 1985, Warner Home Video has announced that they will release the entire concert on November 2nd.

The unforgettable global event, staged in London and Philadelphia on Saturday, 13 July 1985, was watched on television by over 1.5 billion people around the world. Featuring performances by U2, Sting, David Bowie, Madonna, Queen, Duran Duran, Neil Young, Sade, The Cars, Bryan Ferry, Simple Minds, The Pretenders, Elvis Costello and more, Warner has scoured the vaults and will remaster the event in its original 4:3 full screen and Dolby Digital 5.1 from the best-quality materials available. Also to be included on this four-disc set are additional performances from other parts of the globe, as well as the documentary "Food, Trucks & Rock 'n' Roll."

Retail price has not yet been announced, but stay tuned for further details.


Actually the entire concert ran from approx 12 am PST Friday night / Saturday morn until around 8 pm Saturday night. So that would make it about 20 hours, then minus all of the fillers. 10 hours does not sound right. A dual layer DVD can fit around 4 hours (???), so it could possible be around 15 hours long on 4 DVDz. This is all speculation on my part, though.

This still is the greatest moment I have spent watching a concert in my life. I watched it when it started at midnight, but then had to go to bed and then woke up around 6 am and then watched it till the end. I videotaped all of it, but my video heads got dirty during the Led Zeppelin reunion, so only the audio recorded and all I could see was a whole bunch of snow. :mad: Thank God for recordable DVDz!

Chris

Well, i'm not holding my breath for this collection to include Prince's "4 the Tears In Your Eyes" video.

It was the only time it was ever shown...

You're both right!! Collins and Thompson played together during the 'Zep' set.

Fyi,

Prince was asked to perform but he was afraid of getting shot in an open stadium like JFK (how ironic) so he made the video instead

I also remember sitting on my couch watching this all day.

Can't rememebr all of the performances except for a few especially Duran Duran doing a great version of "A View To A Kill" and Bryan Adams calling Bob Geldof a saint :up:

Some bad news from DavisDVD:

That's pretty greedy on Page/Plant's part considering that proceeds are going to a worthy charity. I'd guess that many people will skip the set just because of their exclusion. I may just give this one a rent, myself.

Damn it, that was the one part of the show, where my video heads crapped out because of dirt and didn't record the video, only the audio.

Hopefully they will be scorned and ridiculed because of their decision. They probably believe that their best work was because they were high on drugs and drunk off their asses! :mad:

Chris

No. They thought that Phil was awful and didn't know their songs at all. I've heard them talk about it on occasions. It's a shame and I was kinda looking forward to that to see how bad he actually was, but I'm not suprised they didn't want it included under the circumstances.

Well you can't blame Phil for that, he probably had very little time to practice with them, plus wasn't the Led Zeppelin concert in Philadelphia, so he had to travel on the Concorde from England after he played there? Or am I getting it backwards?

Anyways, Phil Collins is one of the best rock & roll drummers in the last 40 years, top 10! Remember early Genesis, the 70's? There were few drummers that were as good as him.

Chris

Actually it was Led Zep's performance that was awful. They could have had Neil Peart from Rush and it wouldn't have covered up that untuned sloppy guitar and Plant's cracking voice. Phil Collins was still in practice, so he made them look even worse probably.

Neil Peart :thumbsup:

They really should have invited Rush to play the concert! THAT would have been the highlight of the whole concert.


Chris

Well, its unfortunate that Zep won't be included, but that aside this looks almost perfect. A lot of people have been waiting a long time for this. :)

I've been waiting since 1985! I heard a couple of months after the concert, that MTV didn't have tapes of all of the original performances, but happily that was incorrect.

Chris

I also wonder if Bob Dylan's set will be included, since he is not mentioned in the original press release either.

The only thing that would make this worth getting for me was Queens performance, which in my opinion was the best of the event.

That's not true. They also reunited and played at the 1988 Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary show at MSG, with Jason Bonham on drums. I was there.

Now there's one I'd like released on DVD. I've got an old, but failing VHS of it.

The Zeppelin news is fine by me. Saves me from having to hit the "Next Chapter"button on the remote. :D

I recorded the entire show on VHS..i cannot wait for this to finally make its way to DVD.....hopefully with a few extra features like promos and commentary. I'd also love to see the video for "Do They Know It's Christmas" be included in this set.

No matter how bad it was and I don't remember, since the video heads on my recorder crapped out and ruined the video of their concert, but it is always nice to have the whole concert, so that you can have the option of 'Next Chapter'! :)

Chris

Shame on you Zep members. You have the nerve to release 'the atrocious The Song Remains The Same', which was the ONLY live Zep we had for years and years.......but you won't release this performace which was a far bigger, fonder memory in the hearts of so many fans? I remember Collins drumming being just fine that night. Sounds like a greed issue to me.

Actually, most fans I know thought their performance also stunk and wasn't worth listening to again. Why would you want to hear them butcher those classics over and over again??

which page admitted was released because of money, and that he wouldn't have released it today if he had the chance.

ZEPPELIN DEFEND LIVE AID DVD REFUSAL



Legendary rockers LED ZEPPELIN have defended their decision to refuse permission for their LIVE AID performance to be included on an upcoming DVD of the charity event.

ROBERT PLANT, JIMMY PAGE and JOHN PAUL JONES claim they gave a "sub-standard" performance at the giant 1985 concert, and have refused to allow the footage to be used.

But, as Live Aid organiser SIR BOB GELDOF is hoping the DVD - due out at the end of this year (04) - will raise up to $576 million (GBP320 million) for Sudan, the WHOLE LOTTA LOVE musicians have promised to donate future earnings to the cause.

A statement reads: "Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones are in absolute full support of the fundraising project for the people of Sudan.

"However, Jimmy, Robert and John Paul found that both the sound and general reproduction of their performance at Live Aid was sub-standard.

"To show their ongoing support Jimmy and Robert have therefore pledged proceeds from their forthcoming PAGE AND PLANT DVD release to the campaign.

"John Paul Jones will be donating the proceeds of his current US tour with MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY to the project."

Live Aid marked the only time Led Zeppelin have played in public since the death of drummer JOHN BONHAM in 1980 following a marathon drinking session. PHIL COLLINS filled in on drums.

What a crock!

Very few people are going to buy the Page & Plant DVD and I doubt that Jones' tour is bringing in many people, so the money from those projects will not equal the amount that will be lost due to their selfishness.

Why can't they just admit they sucked that day and move on?

Idiots!

Chris

Here is some info from http://www.xfm.co.uk

Live Aid DVD Details Confirmed


After months of rumours and speculation, Warner Vision International have finally confirmed the release date and contents details of the forthcoming Live Aid DVD set.


The 4-disc set, originally put together after Sir Bob Geldof caught a bootlegger selling pirate versions on the web, is currently set for a pre-Christmas release making it the must have present for music lovers world-wide.

As previously suggested by Xfm Online, the four-disc set will contain all the performances from the extravaganza, except Led Zeppelin's set which the band were unhappy to include. The DVD will also feature bonus footage from Sydney and Holland, Michael Buerk's historic report from Ethiopia and the videos for Band Aid's 'Do They Know It's Christmas?', USA For Africa's 'We Are The World' and David Bowie and Mick Jagger's 'Dancing In The Streets'.

The remaining Led Zep members Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones have agreed instead to contribute proceeds from their own upcoming DVD package to the cause.

The 4-disc set will retail at around the £40 mark and is currently set to hit shops on November 8.


DISC 1:

1. BBC News report including Michael Buerk’s report from Ethiopia
2. Band Aid ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ (video)
3. USA for Africa ‘We Are The World’ (video)
4. Status Quo ‘Rockin’ All Over the World’, ‘Caroline’
5. Style Council ‘Internationalists’, ‘Walls Come Tumbling Down’
6. Boomtown Rats ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’, ‘Drag Me Down’
7. Adam Ant ‘Vive Le Rock’
8. Ultravox ‘Dancing With Tears In My Eyes’, ‘Vienna’
9. Spandau Ballet ‘Only When you Leave’, ‘True’
10. Elvis Costello ‘All You Need Is Love’
11. Nik Kershaw ‘Wouldn’t It Be Good’
12. Sade ‘Your Love Is King’
13. Sting ‘Roxanne’
14. Phil Collins ‘Against All Odds’
15. Sting & Phil Collins ‘Every Breath You Take’
16. Howard Jones ‘Hide and Seek’
17. Bryan Ferry ‘Slave to Love’, ‘Jealous Guy’
18. Paul Young ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ (acappella version), ‘Come Back and Stay’
19. Paul Young & Alison Moyet ‘That’s the Way Love Is’
20. Paul Young ‘Every Time You Go Away’
21. Bryan Adams ‘Kids Wanna Rock’, ‘Summer of 69’
22. U2 ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’, ‘Bad’

DISC 2

1. Beach Boys ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’, ‘Good Vibrations’, ‘Surfin’ USA’
2. Dire Straits & Sting ‘Money For Nothing’
3. Dire Straits ‘Sultans of Swing’
4. George Thorogood & The Destroyers ‘Madison Blues’
5. Queen ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, ‘Radio Gaga’, ‘Hammer To Fall’, ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’, ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘We Are The Champions’
6. Simple Minds ‘Ghost Dancing’, ‘Don’t You Forget About Me’
7. David Bowie ‘TVC15’, ‘Rebel Rebel’, ‘Modern Love’, ‘Heroes’
8. CBC Footage (video) ‘Drive’ by the Cars
9. Joan Baez ‘Amazing Grace’
10. Pretenders ‘Stop Your Sobbing’, ‘Chain Gang’, ‘Middle Of The Road’
11. The Who ‘Love Reign O’er Me’, ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’
12. Kenny Loggins ‘Footloose’
13. Elton John ‘Bennie & The Jets’, ‘Rocket Man’
14. Elton John & Kiki Dee ‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’
15. Elton John & George Michael ‘Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’

DISC 3

1. Madonna ‘Holiday’, ‘Get Into The Groove’
2. Freddie Mercury & Brian May ‘Is This The World We Created?’
3. Paul McCartney ‘Let It Be’
4. Band Aid UK Finale ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’
5. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers ‘American Girl’, ‘Refugee’
6. Black Sabbath feat. Ozzy Osbourne ‘Paranoid’
7. REO Speedwagon ‘Can’t Fight This Feeling’, ‘Roll With The Changes’
8. Crosby Stills and Nash ‘Teach Your Children’,
9. Judas Priest ‘Living After Midnight’, ‘Green Manalishi’
10. The Cars ‘Just What I Needed’, ‘Heartbreak City’
11. Neil Young ‘The Needle &The Damage Done’, ‘Nothing is Perfect (in God’s Perfect Plan)’
12. Thompson Twins, Steve Stevens, Nile Rodgers and Madonna ‘Revolution’
13. Eric Clapton ‘White Room’, ‘She’s Waiting’, ‘Layla’
14. Phil Collins (in Philadelphia) ‘In The Air Tonight’
15. Duran Duran ‘Union Of The Snake’, ‘Save A Prayer’, ‘The Reflex’
16. Patti Labelle ‘Imagine’, ‘Forever Young’

DISC 4

1. Hall &Oates ‘Maneater’
2. Hall &Oates with Eddie Kendricks ‘Get Ready (Cos Here I Come)’
3. Hall &Oates with Eddie Kendricks & David Ruffin ‘Ain’t Too Proud To Beg’, ‘My Girl’
4. Mick Jagger ‘Just Another Night’, ‘Miss You’
5. Mick Jagger and Tina Turner ‘State Of Shock’, ‘It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll’
6. Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Ron Wood ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’
7. USA For Africa Finale ‘We Are The World’

Extras

1. INXS – from Australia ‘What You Need’, ‘Don’t Change’
2. B.B. King from North Sea Jazz Festival ‘Why I Sing The Blues’, ‘Don’t Answer The Door’, ‘Rock Me Baby’
3. Ashford & Simpson with Teddy Pendergrass ‘Reach Out And Touch’
4. Cliff Richard from London ‘A World Of Difference’
5. Bowie & Jagger ‘Dancing In The Street’ (video)
6. Documentary: ‘Food and Trucks and Rock ‘n’ Roll’

Whole thing here http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=37464

All the performances? Off the top of my head, that list is missing two of the Dylan/Richards/Wood songs - The Ballad of Hollis Brown and When The Ship Comes In (I believe...).

It's also missing Duran Duran opening their set with the theme from "A View To A Kill" and the ENTIRE set from Powerstation. We get Nik Kershaw, but no Powerstation?

Once again we are only getting a 'best' of. Well I guess I will have to pull out the old VHS tapes and dust them off and record them to DVD and then sell them on EBay....

BECAUSE THESE IDIOTS HAVE THEIR HEADS UP THEIR ASSES!

It's interesting how the all mighty dollar takes precedence over the starving people in Africa.:(

Just put out the whole 'Live Aid' as it was, no edits, no cutting, just the whole damn concert! :mad:

Chris

No Zep will mean no sale which will mean less food for Sudan.
At least Led Zepplin won't be shamed.
And the bootleggers will continue to collect money that could have gone to the people of Sudan.
Merry Christmas Led Zepplin!

As much as the music fans would adore this I don't think it's all that reasonable but I don't like half the music on this box set and I'm still gonna buy it:-)If you want full sets look for traders and such most was on TV.Plenty of the audio from it is circulating I'm pretty sure but I don't think all.

I'm pretty sure The Thompson Twins did "Hold Me Now" (unless my addled brain is thinking of something else).

I am ALMOST as upset about this day-long concert being edited and just showing select performances as i was with the news that George Lucas was tweaking his masterpiece Star Wars Trilogy for DVD release.

Why are these IDIOTS doing this? It's a flat-out disgrace!!!!!

If Plant, Page & Jones are really concerned about both Sudan and their artistic integrity, why don't they go into a studio with some state-of-the-art video & audio equipment and record a special "Led Zeppelin" performance especially for this DVD set.

Here's an article explaining a bit of why some songs are missing:

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/h...ic/3604680.stm

This is really sad, sad news to me. The classic New Wave artists I really love have severely truncated sets here. Ultravox are missing two tracks, Nik Kershaw is missing three songs, Spandau missing two, etc., etc. (I assume Duran has asked that "A View To A Kill" be excluded due to the infamous voice-cracking incident).

I'll still buy it, but it's a half-assed attempt. The whole point of Geldof doing this was to thwart eBayers. Looks like you'll still have to go that route for the whole show.

No one should ever have to go to eBay to get "unreleased" stuff. Many fans trade these things freely, and can be gotten for the cost of blank dvd/cd's. I will be buying this, but have the whole thing on DVD-R too (very crappy quality).

This truly sucks the big one.

However, I wholeheartedly applaud Ms. Sinclair's efforts :up:.

I've got a similar but more complete listing than the one above. I don't know if anyone cares, but here's what I found from Underground Media:


The complete concert (minus a performance by Led Zeppelin who refused to allow their footage to be used on this charity DVD) will be released by Warner Vision on November 8.

The complete tracklisting (with just a Run-DMC track still to be cleared is:

DISC ONE
Prequel
BBC News report Including Michael Buerk's report from Korem in Ethiopia
Band Aid 'Do They know It's Christmas?' Video
USA for Africa 'We Are the World' Video


Intro by Richard Skinner Voice Over only UK
Coldstream Guards Fanfare UK
Coldstream Guards National Anthem UK
Tommy Vance intro to Status Quo Voice Over only UK
Status Quo 'Rockin' All Over the World' UK
Status Quo 'Caroline' UK
Tommy Vance intro to Style Council Voice Over only UK
Style Council 'Internationalists' UK
Style Council 'Walls Come Tumbling Down' UK
Tommy Vance intro to Boomtown Rats Voice Over only UK
Boomtown Rats 'I Don't Like Mondays' UK
Boomtown Rats 'Drag Me Down' UK
Intro (Harvey Goldsmith) Voice Over only UK
Adam Ant 'Vive Le Rock' UK
Ultravox 'Dancing With Tears in My Eyes' UK
Ultravox 'Vienna' UK
Intro by Andy Peebles Voice Over only UK
Spandau Ballet 'Only When You Leave' UK
Spandau Ballet 'True' UK
Intro by Andy Peebles Voice Over only UK
Elvis Costello 'All You Need is Love' UK
Tommy Vance intro Voice Over only UK
Nik Kershaw 'Wouldn't it be Good' UK
Sade 'Your Love is King' UK
Sting 'Roxanne' UK
Phil Collins 'Against All Odds' UK
Sting & Phil Collins 'Every Breath You Take' UK
Andy Peebles intro Voice Over only UK
Howard Jones 'Hide & Seek' UK
Andy Peebles intro Voice Over only UK
Bryan Ferry 'Slave to Love' UK
Bryan Ferry 'Jealous Guy' UK
Paul Young 'Come Back and Stay' UK
Paul Young & Alison Moyet 'That's the Way Love is' UK
Paul Young 'Every Time You Go Away' UK
Bob Geldof welcomes Philadelphia UK
Jack Nicholson back ref & intro US
Bryan Adams 'Kids Wanna Rock' US
Bryan Adams 'Summer of 69' US
Jack Nicholson intro in vision US
U2 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' UK
U2 'Bad' UK
I/v with Phil Collins & Concorde take off

DISC TWO
Beach Boys 'Wouldn't It Be Nice' US
Beach Boys 'Good Vibrations' US
Beach Boys 'Surfin USA' US
Bill Graham intro in vision US
Dire Straits & Sting 'Money For Nothing' UK
Dire Straits 'Sultans of Swing' UK
George Thorogood & The Destroyers 'Madison Blues' US
Queen 'Bohemian Rhapsody' UK
Queen 'Radio Gaga' UK
Queen 'Hammer to Fall' UK
Queen 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' UK
Queen 'We Will Rock You' UK
Queen 'We Are the Champions' UK
Simple Minds 'Ghost Dancing' US
Simple Minds 'Don't You Forget About Me' US
Andy Peebles intro voice over only UK
David Bowie 'TVC15' UK
David Bowie 'Rebel Rebel' UK
David Bowie 'Modern Love 'UK
David Bowie 'Heroes' UK
David Bowie intro
CBC footage 'Drive' by The Cars VIDEO
Jack Nicholson intro Voice over only US
Joan Baez 'Amazing Grace' US
The Pretenders 'Stop Your Sobbing' US
The Pretenders 'Chain Gang 'US
The Pretenders 'Middle of The Road' US
Jack Nicholson re fire dept in vision US
Jack Nicholson intro to The Who in vision US
The Who 'Love Reign O'er Me' UK
The Who 'Won't Get Fooled Again'UK
Chevy Chase intro in vision US
Kenny Loggins 'Footloose' US
Billy Connolly link to Elton in vision UK
Elton John 'Bennie & The Jets' UK
Elton John 'Rocket Man' UK
Elton John & Kiki Dee 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' UK
Elton John & George Michael 'Don't Let The Sun Go Down on Me' UK
Concorde mid-flight conversation with Phil Collins UK

DISC THREE
Bette Midler intros Madonna US
Madonna 'Holiday' US
Madonna 'Into The Groove''US
Freddie Mercury & Brian May 'Is This The World We Created?'UK
Paul McCartney 'Let It Be' UK
Bob link to Band Aid in vision UK
Band Aid Finale 'Do They know It's Christmas?' UK
From Philadelphia
Don Johnson intros Tom Petty in vision US
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 'American Girl' US
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 'Refugee' US
Chevy Chase intro voice over only US
Black Sabbath featuring Ozzy Osbourne 'Paranoid'US
Chevy Chase intro in vision US
REO Speedwagon 'Can't Fight This Feeling' US
REO Speedwagon 'Roll With The Changes' US
Crosby Stills & Nash 'Teach Your Children' US
Judas Priest 'Living After Midnight' US
Judas Priest 'Green Manalishi' US
Bill Graham back ref & thanks Philly in vision US
The Cars 'Just What I Needed' US
The Cars 'Heartbreak City' US
Neil Young 'The Needle &The Damage Done' US
Neil Young 'God's Perfect Plan' US
Thompson Twins, Steve Stevens, Nile Rodgers & Madonna 'Revolution' US
Bill Graham intros in vision US
Eric Clapton 'White Room' US
Eric Clapton 'She's Waiting' US
Eric Clapton 'Layla' US
Jack Nicholson & Bette Midler intro in vision US
Phil Collins (in Philadelphia) 'In The Air Tonight' US
Chevy Chase intro in vision US
Duran Duran 'Union Of The Snake' US
Duran Duran 'Save A Prayer' US
Duran Duran 'The Reflex' US
Patti Labelle 'Imagine' US
Patti Labelle 'Forever Young' US

DISC FOUR
Hall & Oates 'Maneater' US
Hall & Oates + Eddie Kendricks/David Ruffin 'Get Ready (Cos Here I Come)' US
Hall & Oates + Eddie Kendricks/David Ruffin 'Ain't Too Proud to Beg' US
Hall & Oates + Eddie Kendricks/David Ruffin 'My Girl' US
Bette Midler intro in vision US
Mick Jagger 'Just Another Night' US
Mick Jagger 'Miss You' US
Mick Jagger & Tina Turner 'State of Shock' US
Mick Jagger & Tina Turner 'It's Only Rock n Roll' US
Bill Graham back ref voice over only US
Jack Nicholson intro to Bob Dylan in vision US
Dylan intro to Keith and Ron US
Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood 'Blowing in the Wind' US
Lionel Richie intro in vision US
USA for Africa Finale 'We Are the World' US

DISC FOUR Extras
INXS - from Australia 'What You Need' Oz
INXS - from Australia 'Don't Change' Oz
B.B. King from North Sea Jazz Festival 'Why I Sing the Blues' Holland
B.B. King from North Sea Jazz Festival 'Don't Answer the Door' Holland
B.B. King from North Sea Jazz Festival 'Rock me Baby' Holland
Ashford & Simpson + Teddy Pendergrass 'Reach Out and Touch' US
Cliff Richard from London 'A World of Difference' UK
Overseas contributors: Austria, Germany, Japan, former USSR, former
Yugoslavia, Norway Edited highlights sequence various
Bowie/Jagger Dancing in the Streets VIDEO
Documentary Food & Trucks & Rock 'n' Roll UK

To Be Confirmed
Run DMC King of Rock US

I'm watching the first disc and it's fantastic. While this is on sale at Target ($19.99) everyone should pick one up...not only is it a great value, but the proceeds go toward helping the poor and hungry in Sudan.