Live Aid DVD Boxset (4 discs) 5.1/DTS €23.90

A Dub in Glasgo

Excellent bargain price at CD WOW Norway

At the payments page choose your currency as Euro and it will come up as €23.90

ElNino

Great bargain but I can't figure out how to switch the currency to Euro. Is is after you put in your credit card details?

A Dub in Glasgo

On the page where tou put your credit card details in, you will see the following

Choose Currency
The transaction must be carried out in one of the following currencies: with a pull down list of currencies. Select Euro and away you go.

A$42.38 (Australian Dollar)
HK$231.12 (Hong Kong Dollar)
NZ$45.14 (New Zealand Dollar)
Dkr184.27 (Danish Krone)
Ikr2,162.92 (Iceland Krona)
NKr202.99 (Norwegian Krone)
Sk224.65 (Swedish Krona)
US$29.52 (US Dollar)
£16.50 (Pounds Sterling)
EUR23.90 (Euro)
S$49.94 (Singapore Dollar)

savemejebus

thanks for that, great bargain and a couple of xmas presents made easier

Lump

Ah I was sitting in the room when they finished editing that.... That isn't too cheap, I think it's going to retail at £20 Sterling.


John

sceptre

UK RRP is £39.99. It's £30.99 on play.com

A Dub in Glasgo

£16.50 sterling is a fantastic price for this boxset delivered to your door. I very much doubt if it is going to retail at £20 considering the RRP is £40 and the following retailers have announced their prices

DVD Source @ £32
Play, DVD Popcorn & HMV (online) @ £31
Amazon & Choices Direct @ £28

I very much doubt you will find it retailing this side of Christmas at less than £30 in the highstreet.

CD-Wow.ie is listing this at €29

corm500

I just ordered it from the Norwegien Cd-wow. Well spotted A Dub in Glasgow.As I am typing this I have of course just remembered that this is for charity. I can only soothe my conscience by hoping that the charity cut is the same and I am just saving on the tax/vat/greedy dublin retailers etc. :eek:

Corm500

A Dub in Glasgo

Warner paid the money to charity up front to get the rights for selling this title. The difference in price is down to the pricing structure for each retailer. Your consecience is clear!

daveg

Excellent find A Dub in Glasgo. I too have picked up a copy.

Sleepy

Nice one, there's the Dad's Birthday present sorted!

cranoo

just got me a copy as well, I was that child then.

Thanks Crano

Raoul Duke

Good find. Remember the day well. Don't know if I want to re-live it though. I used to like bands like Tears for Fears and this would bring home my ex-dodgy taste in music Good for present for someone else though.

ElNino

Did anyone get a confirmation Email yet or have your credit card charged? I haven't heard anything.

Tony

is CD wow .ie still around?

A Dub in Glasgo

www.cdwow.ie is still there

You should have got an email immediately as CD Wow use Worldpay which is an immediate payment system. Did you get the 'Success' page after you put your credit card details in? I have my CD Wow email and my Worldpay email.

Tony

Thanks, url changed since i last bookmarked

A Dub in Glasgo wrote:

www.cdwow.ie is still there

You should have got an email immediately as CD Wow use Worldpay which is an immediate payment system. Did you get the 'Success' page after you put your credit card details in? I have my CD Wow email and my Worldpay email.

corm500

Yeah I got a confirmation email.

Corm500

Paddy20

Just ordered it from CD WOW Norway. Only €23.90c delivered. Just had to buy that.

I was living in London then, and on that memorable day my local pub was allowed to stay open all day and until well after midnight. They got in special [Large screen] Tv's, about six of them spread throughout the different bar's, they were on LIVE AID at [full volume] all day and well into the night. You could hear and see the live uninterrupted performances being broadcast all over the world from Wembley football stadium. The atmosphere in the pub and outside on that wonderful day was pure magic and everyone looked so happy.

A never to be forgotten day in my life, and I have always been grateful to Bob Geldof [A fellow Paddy in London] for what he achieved. It was magical.

Thanks for the "tip off"- A great price for something I will treasure until I die.

P. N.B. and yes I and my buddies were all pissed legless, but I can still remember the trouble free packed pub, as if it was yesterday .

daveg

ElNino wrote:

Did anyone get a confirmation Email yet or have your credit card charged? I haven't heard anything.

Yep.

BrianD3

23.90 is a great price however the tracklisting for the DVD is very disapppointing. It isn't even close to being a complete recording of Live Aid. Everyone knows that Page + Plant are not on there but there are *many* other performances that haven't made it onto the DVD either.

BrianD3

Cork

BrianD3 wrote:

23.90 is a great price however the tracklisting for the DVD is very disapppointing. BrianD3

I would agree. This is a 4 dvd set - but why such a slim number of songs from Howard Jones, Thompson Twins, Nik Kershaw?

€23.90 is good value but I was expecting a little better regarding the selection.

A Dub in Glasgo

You get 109 songs live during the Live Aid event with some backround material in Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS over 4 DVDs for €23.90 delivered to your house.

That is a fantastic bargain :eek:

Edit: Now down to €23.79!

Paddy20

There is no pleasing some people, who would not know a Real Bargain even if it got up and punched them in the mouth.

This is a genuine bargain, and for a wonderful cause as well.

God, save me from the greedy spoiled immature idiots in this world

DMC

Live Aid did run for 16 hours on the day, but all we are getting is under 10 hours.
While I will buy it and support the cause, there is a part of me that wants the full day, as broadcast on BBC TV again.

A Dub in Glasgo

You will have to make do then because the full event will never see the light of day on DVD

BrianD3

Paddy20 wrote:

There is no pleasing some people, who would not no a Real Bargain even if it got up and punched them in the mouth.

This is a genuine bargain, and for a wonderful cause as well.

God, save me from the greedy spoiled immature idiots in this world

:rolleyes: Nobody's denying that 24 quid is a cheap price however the DVD *is* disappointing in terms of stuff that has been left out. Personally I would prefer to pay 100+ quid for a complete recording of Live Aid than pay 24 quid for one with a couple of hours of footage left out. People have been waiting years for this DVD to be released and the final product is not what it could have been.

I'm hoping that some of the missing stuff will be shown on TV next year for the 20th anniversary. In 1995 for the 10th anniversary, both RTE and BBC devoted several hours to showing footage from Live Aid, including some performances that are not on this DVD.

BrianD3

shabbyroad

was a brilliant show (I was in wembley that day)
looking forward to seeing this and thanks for the tip-off on the price
if you really really want to get the full version then do some searching online as there are people with the full concert on tape, VCD and DVD-R who will trade with you

Paddy20

BrianD3,

Then write a personal letter, requesting same, to Sir Bob Geldof, Chelsea, London SW, England.

I feel sure he would receive it, and reply, because he "Gives a damn" and if what you want can be made available. He is the one who could make your wish come true ?... as it would also mean more money going to the charity.

A Dub in Glasgo

BrianD3 - Unless all the artists agree to co-operate with the issue of a full event DVD, you will never see the full event on DVD. The highlights (& some lowlights) for me are there on the DVD, what is missing and speculate some reasons for their omission. Nobody will ever be satisfied with a product that does not show their personal favourites. For €23.79, the DVD (warts and all) from CDWOW is fantastic value for money and an excellent bargain.

BrianD3

Unless all the artists agree to co-operate with the issue of a full event DVD, you will never see the full event on DVD.

If certain artists (eg Page, Plant and Jones) don't want to be on the DVD then there's not much that can be done about that. However I don't believe that artist non co-operation is the reason for all the omissions. A lot of the missing footage is probably due to time constraints

For instance: The performances of "Heartbeat City" and "Just What I Needed" by The Cars are on the DVD. But where is the performance of "Drive"? It was one of the songs that defined Live Aid for a lot of people. It was also the band's most famous song and was a great performance on the day. Plus it would have been a nice tribute to the late Ben Orr who sang it.

There are many, many more omissions too. I'm still going to buy the DVD and will enjoy it but am disappointed that it isn't more complete.

BrianD3

gonker

For instance: The performances of "Heartbeat City" and "Just What I Needed" by The Cars are on the DVD. But where is the performance of "Drive"? It was one of the songs that defined Live Aid for a lot of peopl

I didnt realise that drive isnt on it Still brilliant price looking forward to listening and reliving the day

BrianD3

Sorry to keep harping on about this but I've done some more research on this topic and it appears the DVD is even less complete than I first suspected. According to one reviewer on amazon.com there are EIGHTY FIVE songs missing from the DVD. The reviewer lists them out too. So there are 109 songs on the DVD but 85 missing. Is it any wonder that people are complaining.

BrianD3

A Dub in Glasgo

Well you know what you can do... Do not buy it!! Buy one of the bootleg versions.

If you were going to buy anyway, be thankful that this bargain at CDWOW exists as it will save you a bit Put the difference to a charity of youyr choice

Paddy20

BrianD3,

Well, are you going to be realistically pro-active, and write to Sir Bob Geldof ?..as I suggested a few posts back, or are you just going to sit back and ignore him, as you did my post to you. :rolleyes:

DMC

WRT The Cars and Drive...

I dont think it was performed live by the band on the day itself, but the defining moment of Live Aid was when David Bowie introduced a video clip from Ethopia, accompanied by "Drive"

BrianD3

I dont think it was performed live by the band on the day itself, but the defining moment of Live Aid was when David Bowie introduced a video clip from Ethopia, accompanied by "Drive"

Drive was used as background music for a clip from Ethiopia - but it was also performed live by the band on the day. I have the performance on tape.

As for writing to Geldof, I'm looking into it and will probably do it. I don't know how much influence he will have with the distributors of the DVD but it's worth a try. AFAIK, the whole reason why this DVD is being released is because Geldof was appalled that pirates on ebay etc. were profiting from a charity event by selling recordings of the concert which was unavailable by any legitimate means up until now. Now it is available by legitimate means - but it's so incomplete that people will still turn to pirates to get their hands on the missing footage. I don't think Geldof wil be too pleased about that.

BrianD3

Paddy20

Thats all the more reason for him to be informed that a legitimate market exists for a DVD set of ALL of the LIVE AID event.

He is a man,who is not to be underestimated, by anyone.

Good luck

P.

DMC

I sit typing corrected, Brian It was only from memory

A Dub in Glasgo

CDWOW have updated the page and clarified that this release is the NTSC version. Most DVD players will convert NTSC signals to PAL and most newer TVs will handle NTSC so it should not be a problem for most people. Best to check how your DVD player and TV handle NTSC signals. Still region 0 so there will be no isues about needing a multiregion player.

ruprect

http://www.dvdpacific.com/item.asp?ID=624343

€20.59 from here, but that doesnt include shipping, and thats the proper currency rate, the bank will screw you so unless youre buying a few discs cdwow may be cheaper (and faster)

ElNino

Anyone receive their Live Aid Box Set yet?

cranoo

No :rolleyes:

A Dub in Glasgo

Release date is the 16th November

dcGT

WRT this DVD, I was listening to the radio today and there was some trivia quiz where they asked something like 'Which artist/band refused to allow their Live Aid performance be placed on the DVD?' Does anyone know who this is? Unless there were legal implications, this seems a bit mean spirited to me anyway, considering the good cause....

Great find by the way.

DC.

thegills

Release date is the 16th November

I saw it in Tesco today

Raoul Duke

Any news on whether the Irish government is going to hand back the VAT from the sales of this? Fat chance I suppose Therefore if any of you are buying it because the money will be going to charity (which charity by the way?) then you should get it from a British source as (in case you missed the news) all the VAT is being handed back there.

samo

Raoul Duke wrote:

Any news on whether the Irish government is going to hand back the VAT from the sales of this? Fat chance I suppose Therefore if any of you are buying it because the money will be going to charity (which charity by the way?) then you should get it from a British source as (in case you missed the news) all the VAT is being handed back there.

unless I was imagining things, I'm sure I saw somewhere that Bob geldof has asked all countries selling it not to charge vat and Ireland agreed. I could well be imagining it though as its not like our government to pass up any oppurtunity to rake in the coppers through tax!

sikes

led zepp refused to release their set i think

A Dub in Glasgo

thegills wrote:

I saw it in Tesco today

The release date for this version of the DVD is 16th. This is the NTSC version (most probably the Canadian one)

A Dub in Glasgo

VAT will be charged on this DVD in the high street, some governments will refund the VAT to the charity (not sure if the Irish government have agreed to forsake their take).