Everything Live - still no DVD?

[TheFall2007]

Is there any reason there has never been a DVD release of the Manics seminal 1997 gig at the MEN on DVD?

I have an old VHS copy (complete with the nice postcard photos). And an old recorded of Radio 1 (back in the day Radio 1 was a credible radio station) cassette tape of the gig (sadly couldn't make it).

Its such a big part of Manics history that its a shame that its never been given a dvd release.

[tzb]

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SIBP-143

[TheFall2007]

Interesting - thanks for posting! Why no domestic release though?

[nocultureicons]

Should've been packaged with the EMG reissue, strange that it's never had a proper DVD release.

[starstruck]

Originally Posted by nocultureicons

Should've been packaged with the EMG reissue, strange that it's never had a proper DVD release.

this was to be my reply, i think an general DVD release of Everything Live would have found a natural home on the EMG set, but not to be.

going on tzb's link, it was even a Region 2 DVD for release in Japan? that's very peculiar, as i am sure they are on a different zone and not on the PAL standard anyway?

i suppose there's a presumption of "limited interest" and a feeling they have enough Live DVDs out as it is (although who wouldn't swap Cuba for this or a JFPL DVD?), or maybe they are keeping it in the bank for a later release / re-issue campaign.

[tzb]

Japan use Region 2 as well, as do Lesotho and French Guiana weirdly.

[UEF]

What you have to remember is that a bands inclination will always be that their newer stuff is better; same as anyone in any job. Would you want people constantly harping on about a days work you did in 1996?

[Abstract Unknown Girl]

Originally Posted by UEF

Would you want people constantly harping on about a days work you did in 1996?

But the band do nothing but wallow in their own past to be fair

[mafiamonroe]

Originally Posted by Abstract Unknown Girl

But the band do nothing but wallow in their own past to be fair

Damn right!

[Porco]

Yeah, Japan is Region 2 for DVD (though annoyingly for me, region A for Blu-ray) but uses NTSC video.

I have the DVD and really it's not the most amazing thing ever, though nice to have, it's about the bare minimum improvement one would expect an NTSC DVD could be over a PAL VHS tape.

[UEF]

James does a very odd skippy dance thing throughout

[starstruck]

Originally Posted by UEF

James does a very odd skippy dance thing throughout

in a recent Viz there's a Drunken Bakers where one of them brings a tramp back to the bakery as he has a backpack full of bottles. he keeps doing dances at random in it, and that's what i am imagining here.

let me see if i can find it and upload it, unless someone beats me to it.

[starstruck]

found it, posted on my blog

i have not seen Everything Live in years, did James' dancing look like this?





that looks like it might be all 3 of the band in that picture, now that i think.

[TheFall2007]

Originally Posted by Abstract Unknown Girl

But the band do nothing but wallow in their own past to be fair

Haha you have a point there. I just think its a shame as its such a great live release!

[A Design For Manic]

Originally Posted by tzb

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SIBP-143

Why is so expensive?!