Queen Bundle - Rock Montreal & Days Of Our Lives
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Product Type:Blu-ray Video
2.0 LPCM Stereo
5.1 DTS-HD MA

This refers to the Blu-ray audio channels only

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Recorded live over two nights in November 1981 at Montreal’s 18,000-capacity Forum, Queen Rock Montreal is a masterstroke by Queen at the height of their record-breaking success in the 1980s. It is also a historic recording of Queen’s very last concerts “raw”.

At the time, Queen reached the top of the US singles and album charts for the first time, became the first band to top the UK singles, album and video charts simultaneously, and broke the attendance record for a single paid concert on their historic tour of Latin America when 131,000 Brazilians saw the band at Sao Paulo’s Morumbi Stadium. 1981 was, according to John Deacon, “a year in which we discovered a new audience that we didn’t know existed”.

Queen ended this year of extraordinary events at the Montreal Forum. The dates – 24 and 25 November 1981 – were specifically scheduled to make a full-length film of their live show. As you would expect from Queen, they took the concert film form to a new level and were the first group to shoot a complete show in 35mm cinema format.

After almost two years of continuous touring, and buoyed by their triumphant experience in Latin America, Queen arrived in Montreal in top form.

For this edition, the 35mm negative was scanned to ensure the highest possible resolution. It was then examined frame by frame, with all splices, dirt and damage removed to improve the sharpness and quality of the image. The sound has been remixed and remastered for DTS Surround Sound and PCM Stereo from the original multi-track tapes.

As a bonus, this Blu-ray contains what is considered the best live performance of all time: Queen’s legendary performance at the Live Aid concert at London’s Wembley Stadium on 13 July 1985. Also included are recordings of the rehearsals and interviews.

The bundle is complemented by the documentary film “Queen – Days Of Our Lives”. In this film, the band itself tells its story for the first time. Featuring brand new interviews with the band and unseen archive footage (including their first TV appearance), this is a compelling story told with intelligence, wit, plenty of humour and painful honesty.

Weight: 0.3 kg
2023
LABEL: Universal Music
Rock, Rock
+ Blu-ray Video

Interviews, unpublished recordings

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