antiden 06.02.2015 09:27 |
Hi there, I'm not sure about the necessity of sharing my version of Hyde Park '76 video. It's up to you to decide judging on its quality. I've uploaded the first two minutes of my VHS transfer. I thought that screenshots won't tell you as much, as the sample of the actual video ;) link |
DepeX 06.02.2015 10:34 |
It looks good, at least this is an original no-timecoder version, without any artifact. In my opinion this would be a good video to watch. So if you don't share it here, please will you upload it anyway and send me the link privately? Thanks |
antiden 06.02.2015 10:41 |
DepeX wrote: at least this is an original no-timecoder versionBut there IS a timecode... ) |
DepeX 06.02.2015 10:44 |
Sorry, I meant QTV :-) |
moonie 06.02.2015 10:47 |
Hi antiden, cheers for posting that clip. This looks very much like a copy I had on vhs about 20 years ago. If I remember rightly, its brighter than the QTV version, albeit a couple of generations higher.. And it's also missing the QTV logo obviously.. Most digital copies I've come across of this source have been sourced from mpeg 1 or AVI, this looks like a proper dvd. So I personally would be very pleased to see it again & would be grateful if you shared the whole thing when you get the time. Cheers mate. |
Thistle 06.02.2015 11:57 |
I've been loving your shares of late, although don't see much of a huge difference on this one. That said, the QTV logo hasn't been stamped on it, so it's perhaps worth uploading. Thanks!! |
peckery 06.02.2015 15:08 |
Well done for being generous and sharing! I must say, that this concert is my absolute "holy grail" for known filmed Queen concerts. All the versions of this broadcast that I've seen are about the same video and audio quality (fair-good, B-). A big distraction for me is the audio which seems to have periodic frequency fluctuations, like wow-and-flutter, especially noticed with Freddy's singing and Brian's solos. Sadly, the audience/broadcast merge job is still pretty poor quality. I wonder whether Queen's management have a decent version of this gig, and whether they will release it before I die (or Roger and Brian die) if they are vetoing the release for "artistic" reasons. I think Queen were truly at their artistic peak in Sept 76... |
antiden 06.02.2015 15:30 |
OK, here's my full 'raw' vhs transfer of this legendary concert without QTV logo. Enjoy! link |
Barry Durex 06.02.2015 15:42 |
Thanks for another great share antiden. |
moonie 06.02.2015 15:46 |
Thank you very much antiden. I'm looking forward to checking it out. Like Peckery says, a broadcast quality or near mastercopy of Hyde Park has been my holy grail too. For about 30 years.. I'm told that there is one out there which is a couple of generations lower than the commonly shared QTV version which came from a later convention broadcast.. But trading its a no no apparently.. |
Ozz 06.02.2015 22:03 |
thank you |
DJGreg 07.02.2015 00:56 |
Thank you very much, Denis! |
pittrek 07.02.2015 03:06 |
Thanks - I have 2 questions 1) why is the video 5:4 and not 4:3? Is it like that on the original VHS or did you do some "post-production" work? 2) Is there a chance you have more of the pre-concert footage? I'm searching for it for many years |
DJGreg 07.02.2015 03:16 |
pittrek wrote: why is the video 5:4 and not 4:3? Is it like that on the original VHS or did you do some "post-production" work? Video: MPEG2 Video 720x576 (4:3) 25fps 9282kbps [Video - MPEG2, Main Profile, Main Level, 720x576, 25.000 fps, 9282.0 kbit/s |
antiden 07.02.2015 03:28 |
pittrek wrote: 1) why is the video 5:4 and not 4:3? Is it like that on the original VHS or did you do some "post-production" work? 2) Is there a chance you have more of the pre-concert footage? I'm searching for it for many years1) This is a direct transfer from VHS, no "post-production" work has been done. 2) No more pre-concert footage :( |
pittrek 07.02.2015 03:31 |
DJGreg wrote:Yes, it's encoded as 4:3 but the actual footage is stretched, setting the display to 5:4 fixes itpittrek wrote: why is the video 5:4 and not 4:3? Is it like that on the original VHS or did you do some "post-production" work?Video: MPEG2 Video 720x576 (4:3) 25fps 9282kbps [Video - MPEG2, Main Profile, Main Level, 720x576, 25.000 fps, 9282.0 kbit/s |
pittrek 07.02.2015 03:31 |
antiden wrote:Thanks againpittrek wrote: 1) why is the video 5:4 and not 4:3? Is it like that on the original VHS or did you do some "post-production" work? 2) Is there a chance you have more of the pre-concert footage? I'm searching for it for many years1) This is a direct transfer from VHS, no "post-production" work has been done. 2) No more pre-concert footage :( |
vivaqueen 07.02.2015 05:22 |
MERCI BEAUCOUP |
DepeX 07.02.2015 06:35 |
Thanks a lot again Antiden |
Chief Mouse 07.02.2015 06:50 |
Thanks for this! |
The Real Wizard 07.02.2015 06:54 |
antiden wrote: 2) No more pre-concert footage :(How can you be sure? There can always be more footage than what we know exists. That's the very beauty of music history - there can always be more. No single person or collection of videos has a monopoly on what exists in totality. |
moonie 07.02.2015 07:08 |
I thought he meant that he had no more pre concert footage. That's the way I read it anyway.. Thanks again for sharing this antiden. A good alternative to the QTV version. Brighter too. |
antiden 07.02.2015 08:30 |
The Real Wizard wrote:I meant no pre-concert footage in my possession )antiden wrote: 2) No more pre-concert footage :(How can you be sure? |
The Real Wizard 07.02.2015 09:17 |
antiden wrote:Gotcha.The Real Wizard wrote:I meant no pre-concert footage in my possession )antiden wrote: 2) No more pre-concert footage :(How can you be sure? |
Barry Durex 07.02.2015 14:45 |
pittrek wrote: why is the video 5:4 and not 4:3? Is it like that on the original VHS or did you do some "post-production" work?It's 4:3 on both VLC and Power DVD on my PC. antiden, was the VHS machine used to record linear or HI FI? |
antiden 07.02.2015 15:06 |
Barry Durex wrote: antiden, was the VHS machine used to record linear or HI FI?I'm using VHS/DVD combo player/recorder Panasonic DMR-ES35V. On vhs section it is written: SQPB Hi-Fi. |
Barry Durex 07.02.2015 15:09 |
antiden wrote:Thanks antiden, was that used to make the original recording? Did you record this at a convention and if so do you remember what year?Barry Durex wrote: antiden, was the VHS machine used to record linear or HI FI?I'm using VHS/DVD combo player/recorder Panasonic DMR-ES35V. On vhs section it is written: SQPB Hi-Fi. |
Raffy 08.02.2015 07:02 |
Thank you so much for this ;) |
moonie 09.02.2015 12:56 |
Watched this on the big screen today. It looks really good in my opinion. I think it has more detail than the QTV version and it's brighter. Great share. Thanks again. |
Mr.QueenFan 09.02.2015 15:44 |
Thanks a lot for sharing this antiden. I think this is a great version of the concert. I never cared too much to watch the other versions because of the quality of both sound and image so i'm not able to compare it. I'm just having one problem: I'm playing the video with VLC and it keeps skiping some frames every 30 seconds or so. Is anyone having this problem? And is there a way to fix it? Thanks. |
moonie 09.02.2015 17:09 |
It did that for me with vlc. Media player was fine. And it played fine on my tv on a usb stick too. |
Mr.QueenFan 09.02.2015 18:33 |
moonie wrote: It did that for me with vlc. Media player was fine. And it played fine on my tv on a usb stick too.After i read your coment i opened it up with Asus Power DVD and it worked fine. Thanks for the tip. I think this concert has my favorite BohRhap/Killer Queen performance. Freddie's voice was beautiful! This was a great performance, let's hope this is in the works for a future release. In the meantime, thanks to antiden i will enjoy this great video. |
antiden 10.02.2015 07:23 |
Thank you for your feedback, buddies! I'm glad that you have liked my share of this legendary concert :) |
Barry Durex 10.02.2015 10:15 |
I asked in an earlier post if you recorded this at a convention and if so can you remember what year? If you did record it at a convention was a HIFI recorder used?Thanks again for the share. |
antiden 10.02.2015 10:32 |
Barry Durex wrote: I asked in an earlier post if you recorded this at a convention and if so can you remember what year?Barry, it's one of those tapes which I obtained through trading many years ago. |
Barry Durex 10.02.2015 10:34 |
Ok, thanks. |
Ghostwithasmile is BACK! 11.02.2015 11:56 |
Here is my version of HP : Stil 1 |
Ghostwithasmile is BACK! 11.02.2015 11:56 |
Stil 2 |
Ghostwithasmile is BACK! 11.02.2015 11:56 |
Stil 3 |
Chief Mouse 11.02.2015 12:00 |
^ the best version hands down :P |
Ghostwithasmile is BACK! 11.02.2015 12:09 |
Here final still of these 2 together the left one is mine. Captured about the same time. I do have this concert partly on 16mm film as well. Yeah I can hear you wine: " it was filmed on video" Indeed it was but when promo material was sent out to other coutries it was often done on 16mm film. This because it was really cheap to do (2inch video tapes were extreme costly) in 1976 (even til 1980) not every TV station already adapted the 1inch format ! And another positive thing : you wouldn;t have any problem with PAL, NTSC or SECAM on film do you ... So left clip is mine. |
moonie 11.02.2015 12:15 |
That looks excellent.. Any chance of maybe sharing your version? I think you'd be a hero if you did. |
peckery 12.02.2015 04:18 |
Wow, a great improvement, Mr Ghost ! I would also love to have this version (please). This could/would be the biggest Queen discovery of the year (or even the decade).... |
Barry Durex 12.02.2015 08:17 |
Ghostwithasmile is BACK! wrote: I do have this concert partly on 16mm film as well.How much 16mm footage do you have exactly? |
Nitroboy 12.02.2015 09:40 |
Those stills look quite good yeah. Have you tried contacting Queen Productions about it? To hear/see what they have themselves? Even today, film is the safest and cheapest way of storing stuff. |
BETA215 12.02.2015 10:31 |
Nitroboy wrote: Those stills look quite good yeah. Have you tried contacting Queen Productions about it? To hear/see what they have themselves? Even today, film is the safest and cheapest way of storing stuff. It reaaaally depends in where you live. |
Nitroboy 12.02.2015 10:38 |
BETA215 wrote:Nitroboy wrote: Those stills look quite good yeah. Have you tried contacting Queen Productions about it? To hear/see what they have themselves? Even today, film is the safest and cheapest way of storing stuff.It reaaaally depends in where you live. Of course, but I'm talking about USA, France, the UK, etc. :) |
Ghostwithasmile is BACK! 12.02.2015 10:51 |
Barry Durex wrote:Ghostwithasmile is BACK! wrote: I do have this concert partly on 16mm film as well.How much 16mm footage do you have exactly? Well these are all independant film cans with 1 track : at least : Best Friend , SL, 39, Liar and 2 more have to check. My Video version does not have the cut at KYA. O I do own a 8mm amateur as well. Not the one recently put on sale. Here are some stills from my 8mm. |
Ghostwithasmile is BACK! 12.02.2015 10:51 |
8mm still II |
Ghostwithasmile is BACK! 12.02.2015 10:52 |
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Ghostwithasmile is BACK! 12.02.2015 10:53 |
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Oscar J 12.02.2015 11:19 |
Wow, the stage looks so huge from there. |
alberbal12 12.02.2015 13:04 |
This could be magic, seriously!!! |
peckery 13.02.2015 09:56 |
The 8mm stills do not look as crisp/clear as the first (dvd) stills/snapshots that you uploaded, but it is hard to tell, because Frederick the Great is so far away... Anyway, thanks for the info etc., it is good to know there is a much better version of this legendary gig out there, with maybe better sound/audio than the multiple-generation/copied versions in general circulation eg the QTV version ! |
MackMantilla 13.02.2015 11:02 |
Great stuff, Ghost! |
DepeX 13.02.2015 12:03 |
Please Sikke, share your stuff |
Mr.QueenFan 14.02.2015 14:38 |
Ghostwithasmile is BACK! wrote: Here is my version of HP : Stil 1The qualiy of your video is amazing! It's good to know that it exists in this quality. Thanks for sharing this information with us. |
moonie 24.02.2015 18:15 |
I just did a back to back comparison on my big LCD TV between the QTV version and this one that Antiden shared..Hey, the missus had gone to bed & I'm full of wine with nothing better to do.. This pisses all over the QTV version & the 'picnic by the serpentine' version which uses the QTV version as it's source.. I'm not knocking that one, as it was a very well put together labour of love.. But this is better..Much more detail, much sharper image and it's brighter.. So if you missed it last time round, make sure you get it now.. It's the best version available to us at the moment. Just don't tell the Japanese bootleg companies.. Cheers again Antiden. You've made me very happy by sharing this.. Any chance of doing a higher quality transfer of your tape? Hey, if you don't ask, you dont get eh? |
moonie 24.02.2015 19:00 |
Seriously though. . This was a very low key share without fanfare that some might have missed.. So I thought I'd bump it up there. It's an upgrade.. Make sure you don't make miss it.. |
antiden 26.02.2015 13:42 |
The much better share of 'Hyde Park 1976' will be only in that case if Ghostwithasmile is BACK! uploads his version ;) |
moonie 26.02.2015 14:20 |
Aye. We can but dream eh? |
MackMantilla 26.02.2015 14:44 |
antiden wrote: The much better share of 'Hyde Park 1976' will be only in that case if Ghostwithasmile is BACK! uploads his version ;)Such an interesting deal ;) |
DepeX 26.02.2015 15:47 |
Let's hope. |
Oscar J 27.02.2015 09:07 |
Most of all I'd like to hear better audio from this show. |
Nitroboy 27.02.2015 09:46 |
Oscar J wrote: Most of all I'd like to hear better audio from this show. Tell that to QP :D |
BETA215 06.03.2015 23:59 |
BUMP |
peckery 07.03.2015 03:34 |
I can understand Ghost withholding his (best-yet, extremely rare) version of this broadcast, as he may want to trade a copy for other very rare Queen items. However, I hope he has planned for it to be shared etc in his will, otherwise the human race may never have the pleasure of experiencing Queen at the height of their art ! |
moonie 07.03.2015 10:50 |
This one Antiden shared will do in the meantime mind. Especially if watched after a few beers in glorious 'Alchovision'.. |
hobbit in Rhye 07.03.2015 17:19 |
Thank you antiden. I've always wanted to watch a nice quality of the legendary Hyde Park^^ |
Barry Durex 07.03.2015 17:32 |
moonie wrote: This one Antiden shared will do in the meantime mind. Especially if watched after a few beers in glorious 'Alchovision'..I must try that! |
hobbit in Rhye 07.03.2015 17:39 |
I can't seem to play the videos more than half a minute, though I have finished downloading them (1023 MB each). KMP keeps playing the audio but the images stop. Media Player doesn't even play them more than 20s. Any idea how to fix it? Thank you. Edit: Nevermind, I can play them in Media Subtitler now. Finally I can watch them *screaming in excitedment!* Thank you for this great sharing. The Queen boys seemed on fire that day! Definitely much better than the version I watched before. |
Rick 08.03.2015 05:45 |
Seems like a real upgrade, Sikke! Nice :-) Good to know that a better quality version is out there. |
antiden 08.03.2015 06:40 |
moonie wrote: Especially if watched after a few beers in glorious 'Alchovision'..This is my favourite format :)) |
Barry Durex 08.03.2015 07:20 |
antiden wrote:Processed by Stella!moonie wrote: Especially if watched after a few beers in glorious 'Alchovision'..This is my favourite format :)) |
Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon 25.03.2015 04:14 |
Thank you very much for sharing this antiden!! |
Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon 25.03.2015 04:24 |
Ghostwithasmile is BACK! wrote: Here is my version of HP : Stil 1Thanks for the screenshots, the quality is really amazing! |
alberbal12 31.03.2015 09:54 |
Any news of a complete transfer? |
Chief Mouse 04.07.2015 08:13 |
Let me bump this. Do you people think it's worth doing? Check the video below. Thanks :) . |
Barry Durex 04.07.2015 08:16 |
Yes please |
Raffy 04.07.2015 08:47 |
Yes please, very good! |
moonie 04.07.2015 09:03 |
I'd love to see this if you can find the time mate. |
Raffy 04.07.2015 10:14 |
I'm currently uploading on mega my audio remastered version (original audio taken from Antiden's source). Just to make a comparison between original/remastered version I've posted a little sample. Chief do you think my audio remaster combined with your video version could be possible? |
Chief Mouse 04.07.2015 10:27 |
Raffy wrote: I'm currently uploading on mega my audio remastered version (original audio taken from Antiden's source). Just to make a comparison between original/remastered version I've posted a little sample. Chief do you think my audio remaster combined with your video version could be possible? Depends on whether people want it :) |
Raffy 04.07.2015 10:29 |
Chief Mouse wrote: Depends on whether people want it :)Perfect ;) file will be ready in no less than 2 1/2 hours (upload is really slow... sorry). |
Chief Mouse 04.07.2015 10:50 |
Raffy wrote:Chief Mouse wrote: Depends on whether people want it :)Perfect ;) file will be ready in no less than 2 1/2 hours (upload is really slow... sorry). Did you first extract the direct AC3 file and then work on that? I hope so because otherwise there might be some sync issues which I'd have to deal with. And don't worry. It's days before I finish this video anyway. |
Raffy 04.07.2015 10:59 |
Chief Mouse wrote: Did you first extract the direct AC3 file and then work on that? I hope so because otherwise there might be some sync issues which I'd have to deal with. And don't worry. It's days before I finish this video anyway.No, I've extracted the original audio with Pazera Free Audio Extractor 1.4 and saved in .wav (bitrate: 320 kbit/s, sampling freq: 44100 Hz, channels: 2 -Stereo). Unfortunately my Cubase software (the one I used to remaster the whole thing) doesn't support AC3 format... |
Chief Mouse 04.07.2015 11:05 |
Raffy wrote:Chief Mouse wrote: Did you first extract the direct AC3 file and then work on that? I hope so because otherwise there might be some sync issues which I'd have to deal with. And don't worry. It's days before I finish this video anyway.No, I've extracted the original audio with Pazera Free Audio Extractor 1.4 and saved in .wav (bitrate: 320 kbit/s, sampling freq: 44100 Hz, channels: 2 -Stereo). Unfortunately my Cubase software (the one I used to remaster the whole thing) doesn't support AC3 format... Well, it's okay either way, as long as it's in sync with the original video. |
Raffy 04.07.2015 13:05 |
As promised here is my Hyde Park remastered audio version. Please people enjoy and let me know what you think about it ;) I think that this combined with Chief video restoration could make a "good Hyde Park '76" :) link |
Chief Mouse 04.07.2015 13:12 |
Raffy wrote: As promised here is my Hyde Park remastered audio version. Please people enjoy and let me know what you think about it ;) I think that this combined with Chief video restoration could make a "good Hyde Park '76" :) link I hope you don't mind if I convert it to something like AAC 448 kbps. I mean, this thing is huge and could really affect the overall file size. The original audio is 384 kbps AC3, so it's lossy to begin with. At the end it's down to whether it sounds good. And conversion shouldn't be a huge loss in this case. I think. If anyone disagrees, let me know ;-) |
Raffy 04.07.2015 13:17 |
Chief Mouse wrote: I hope you don't mind if I convert it to something like AAC 448 kbps. I mean, this thing is huge and could really affect the overall file size. The original audio is 384 kbps AC3, so it's lossy to begin with. At the end it's down to whether it sounds good. And conversion shouldn't be a huge loss in this case. I think. If anyone disagrees, let me know ;-)Feel free to do what you want for the good of the project Chief ;) |
antiden 05.07.2015 14:46 |
Chief Mouse wrote: Let me bump this. Do you people think it's worth doing? Check the video below. Thanks :)Rudolf, OF COURSE, it's worth doing !!! |
antiden 05.07.2015 14:48 |
Raffy wrote: As promised here is my Hyde Park remastered audio version. I think that this combined with Chief video restoration could make a "good Hyde Park '76" :)Waiting impatiently to see the final product ;) |
zepster1979 14.10.2017 16:52 |
Hello, does anybody is able to reseed this lovely video? |
Chinwonder2 14.10.2017 18:00 |
zepster1979 wrote: Hello, does anybody is able to reseed this lovely video?This link still works: link -Chin :) |
QueenAllTheWay 20.03.2018 23:07 |
Thank you so much for this treasure, Antiden! I know it's already been years, but Chief Mouse, amazing job on the restoration! |
Bob Harley 21.03.2018 17:17 |
@QueenAllTheWayfromTexas The best copy I've seen belongs to Kurgan |