WHAM! In China: Foreign Skies 1985 Remaster from LaserDisc to DVD George Michael

Description: WHAM! In China: Foreign Skies DVD (1985)(Remaster from LaserDisc to DVD)This "Remaster from LaserDisc to DVD" is on line at Music Video Resource and the description below along with any photos of the DVD has been used with permission by Music Video Resource. Remasters: LaserDisc to DVDThis special category from MVR displays all the music video collections and live concerts that have been digitally remastered in both picture and sound from the original LaserDiscs with digital audio converted to Dolby Digital 2.0 Sound on DVD. In most cases these titles were offered only on LaserDisc exclusively with some also released in the VHS format. Check individual descriptions for original format history of each title along with track listings and photo of MVR’s exclusive artwork. Each DVD in this series includes beautifully customized artwork that mimics the theme of the original art work that was made exclusively for the LaserDisc release. ALL of these titles offered here have NEVER been released on DVD until now! An entire exclusive selection from your team at MVR.Technical note for ideal listening: If your DVD Player has an optical out and is connected to your amplifier that has a built in decoder in your home entertainment system; you will experience the true dynamic range of the original digital audio recording.WHAM! In China: Foreign Skies DVD (1985)(Remaster from LaserDisc to DVD) Released exclusively on the long since discontinued and deleted formats of VHS, Betamax, VHD and LaserDisc. This particular release has NEVER been available on DVD until NOW! This REMASTERED DVD is sourced directly from the original high quality LaserDisc to DVD for the first time ever! Quality is unmatched as it transferred from the long since deleted LaserDisc from OVER THIRTY SEVEN years ago. Background information: Originally this documentary/Live performance collection was released on LaserDisc in 1986. The LaserDisc format was only available in Japan and America no other countries. The VHS however was more widely available and released also 1986 in the United Kingdom as well as Japan along with Australia and New Zealand. Some audiophiles and sound purists argue that unless the remastering process includes completely “lossless” compression of audio that no matter how it may be converted/processed, it still is compressed audio thus producing some say a more audibly muddled sound. This is due to the lessening of the dynamic range between the loudest and quietest parts of the audio signal thus producing some distortion and a clipping audio effect. The DVD offered here is sourced from the LaserDisc from 1986. Because of the large 12 inch size of the LaserDisc format it can easily support the amount of physical space required to successfully playback large uncompressed sound and in this case even digitally remastered in uncompressed form. This Remastered DVD features the original completely uncompressed digitally remastered audio recording allowing the original true recorded mix to come alive as it was originally intended to be heard in optimum sound quality. This original mix featured with completely uncompressed audio is exclusively preserved here and available in it's original intended state of production for the very first time on DVD.COMPATIBILITY: Region FREE Playable on ALL DVD Players WORLD WIDE Description: An In-Depth look at the band during their first trip to China. George Michael and Andrew Ridgely tour China with their group WHAM! as the first Western band to tour the Communist country, beating out Queen for the privilege. Director Lindsay Anderson was the surprise choice to chronicle Wham!'s tour of Communist China, taking in performances in Hong Kong, Beijing and Canton for a two week period in the month of April, 1985. George Michael gained artistic control over the film, Wham!'s management decided to fire Anderson - a move which saw the editing team quit in protest. In October of that year the film was hastily recut, renamed and released as Wham! In China: Foreign Skies. It received its world premiere at Wembley Stadium ahead of Wham!'s farewell concert The Final on June 28th in front of a record-breaking 72,000 spectators. Several sequences depicting everyday China possess the unmistakable visual eye and compositional skills of Anderson, but in the context of the subject matter overall, they're just travelogue pieces; beautiful evocative ones. The real heart of the film has to be Wham! George Michael often appears to be, with Ridgeley arguably the only one happy to participate and play before the camera, getting them to accompany him buying clothes in the marketplace or showing off his football skills in a friendly with the members of the British Embassy. There's a particularly hilariously pointed needle-drop during the scene in which Wham! are guests at the British Embassy; when the ambassador is heard to say something like "let's go into the garden and have drinks", their hit Club Tropicana arrives on the soundtrack with its opening lyrics "Let me take you to the place, where membership's a smiling face". I'm guessing this was not an original feature of Anderson's edit! But what this film is most emphatically of all is a striking time capsule. The concert footage assembled is remarkably solid, both in its ability to showcase Michael and Ridgeley at the peak of their powers and also the reaction a Western pop group initiated in such a previously sheltered Communist country. TRACK LISTING 1. Bad Boys 2. Club Tropicana 3. Blue 4. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go 5. Ray Of Sunshine 6. Young Guns (Go For It) 7. Careless Whisper 8. Everything She Wants 9. Like A Baby 10. Runaway (cover version of the Del Shannon song) 11. Love Machine The Band Featuring – Andrew Ridgeley Featuring, Producer, Arranged By – George Michael Guitar – Hugh Burns Bass Guitar – Deon Estus Drums – Trevor Murrell Percussion – Danny Cummings Saxophone – Dave Baptiste Trumpet – Paul Spong, Raul D'Oliveira Tour Crew Make-Up – Melanie Panos Presenter – Jazz Summers, Simon Napier-Bell Wardrobe – Yioda Panos Photography – Alvin Allen, Dennis Smith, Lee Kenower, Paula Goldsmith and Peter MacKay Production Crew Directed By – Lindsay Anderson Film Editor – Finn Arden, Len Tremble, Mark Mostyn, Peter Culverwell Edited By – Nigel Galt Cameraman – Bobby Shepherd, George Stephenson, Leslie Otis, Paul Cameron Cameraman [Technician] – Ernest Jew Design [Lightning] – Jonathan Smeeton Production Manager [Concert] – Benny Collins Sound Designer [Documentary] – Paul Rusnak Gaffer – James Sofranko Grip – Bill Moore Management [Assistant] – Siobhan Bailey Management [Location] – Joel Hinman Management [Tour Assistant] – Stella Y Nelson Management [Tour] – Jake Duncan (2) Public Relations – Connie Filippello Advisor [Financial] – Leigh Genis Total Running Time: 1 Hour 2 MinutesCOMPATIBILITY: Region FREE Playable on ALL DVD Players WORLD WIDEDescription above used with permission from the on line site Music Video Resource. 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