Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4024 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-11-08
• Rating: Exempt
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Compilation, Live, PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: German, English, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French
• Number of discs: 4
• Running time: 560 minutes

DVD Description
Disc One
Prequel:
BBC Television News Report
Band Aid - Do They know It's Christmas?
USA for Africa - We Are The World

Coldstream Guards - Royal Salute
Status Quo - Rockin' All Over The World
Status Quo – Caroline
The Style Council – Internationalists
The Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down
The Boomtown Rats - I Don’t Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats - Drag Me Down
Adam Ant - Vive Le Rock
Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
Ultravox – Vienna
Spandau Ballet - Only When You Leave
Spandau Ballet – True
Elvis Costello - All You Need Is Love
Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good
Sade - Your Love Is King
Sting – Roxanne
Phil Collins - Against All Odds
Sting & Phil Collins - Every Breath You Take
Howard Jones - Hide And Seek
Bryan Ferry - Slave To Love
Bryan Ferry - Jealous Guy
Paul Young - Do They know It's Christmas?
Paul Young - Come Back And Stay
Paul Young - Every Time You Go Away
Paul Young & Alison Moyet - That's The Way Love Is
Bryan Adams - Kids Wanna Rock
Bryan Adams - Summer of '69
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
U2 – Bad

Disc Two
Beach Boys -Wouldn't It Be Nice
Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
Beach Boys - Surfin' USA
Dire Straits & Sting - Money For Nothing
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
George Thorogood & The Destroyers - Madison Blues
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen - Radio Gaga
Queen - Hammer To Fall
Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen - We Will Rock You
Queen - We Are The Champions
Simple Minds - Ghost Dancing
Simple Minds - (Don't You) Forget About Me
David Bowie - TVC15
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
David Bowie - Modern Love
David Bowie – Heroes
Ethiopian Famine Film
Joan Baez - Amazing Grace
Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing
Pretenders - Chain Gang
Pretenders - Middle Of The Road
The Who - Love Reign O'er Me
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
Kenny Loggins - Footloose
Elton John - Bennie And The Jets
Elton John - Rocket Man
Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Elton John & George Michael - Don’t Let The Sun Go Down on Me

Disc Three
Madonna – Holiday
Madonna - Get Into The Groove
Freddie Mercury & Brian May - Is This The World We Created?
Paul McCartney - Let It Be
Band Aid Finale - Do They know It's Christmas?
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - American Girl
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Refugee
Black Sabbath featuring Ozzy Osbourne – Paranoid
REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling
REO Speedwagon - Roll With The Changes
Crosby Stills & Nash - Teach Your Children
Judas Priest - Living After Midnight
Judas Priest - Green Manalishi
The Cars - Just What I Needed
The Cars - Heartbreak City
Neil Young - The Needle And The Damage Done
Neil Young - Nothing Is Perfect (In God's Perfect Plan)
Thompson Twins, Steve Stevens, Nile Rodgers & Madonna – Revolution
Eric Clapton - White Room
Eric Clapton - She's Waiting
Eric Clapton – Layla
Phil Collins (in Philadelphia) - In The Air Tonight
Duran Duran - Union Of The Snake
Duran Duran - Save A Prayer
Duran Duran - The Reflex
Patti Labelle – Imagine
Patti Labelle - Forever Young

Disc Four
Hall & Oates – Maneater
Hall & Oates with Eddie Kendricks - Get Ready (Cos Here I Come)
Hall & Oates with Eddie Kendricks & David Ruffin - Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Hall & Oates with Eddie Kendricks & David Ruffin - My Girl
Mick Jagger - Just Another Night
Mick Jagger - Miss You
Mick Jagger & Tina Turner - State Of Shock
Mick Jagger & Tina Turner - It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
Bob Dylan with Keith Richards & Ron Wood - Blowing In The Wind
USA for Africa Finale - We Are The World

Disc Four Extras
INXS - What You Need INXS - Don’t Change B.B. King - Why I Sing The Blues B.B. King - Don't Answer The Door B.B. King - Rock Me Baby Ashford & Simpson with Teddy Pendergrass - Reach Out And Touch Run DMC -King Of Rock Cliff Richard - A World Of Difference Overseas contributors - Various David Bowie & Mick Jagger - Dancing In The Streets Documentary: Food & Trucks & Rock 'n' Roll

Synopsis
Featuring Live Aid, a UK concert recorded live from Wembley Stadium in London and in America live from the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia on July 13th 1985. Both concerts raised money for the victims of famine in Ethiopia.

Customer Reviews

Superb - Met with Expectations
How anyone can call this poor quality sound and picture is beyond me. It was screened on BBC1 in 1985 so what you have is as good as it was watching it live, you can't expect any more.

It was 1985 and even existing technology now could not remove some of the occasional picture interference, for me though it adds to the authenticity and is fairly un noticeable. Back in 1985 homes didn't have super surround, all whistles and bells televisions so I wasn't expecting this to be an attack of the senses.

That said mostly the picture and sound are excellent anyway and this was viewed on a surround sound widescreen TV. Way better than what I had expected. I first watched Live Aid as an 11 year old and was already a big fan of a lot of the musicians playing, and its great to relive those moments and also scarey realising I actually remembered it better than I thought.

Quite simply if you want to enjoy LIVE AID again go buy this DVD and remember you'll be giving to charity by buying it.

The Greatest Show on Earth
First, lets clear up why there are songs missing - The footage simply no longer exists. Its already been well explained but here goes:

Prior to 13 July 1985 Bob Geldof had said he did not want the concert recorded as it was to be a one off never to be repeated event. The BBC ignored him and recorded it anyway, minus most of The Who set as a power failure within the BBC trucks meant their set was only seen within Wembly. Alas along the way the Beeb deleted some of the tapes in the same way they deleted programmes like Dad's Army, Swap Shop etc.

ABC in America deleted the entire concert. The only footage from America is that recorded by MTV which is littered with commercial breaks and VJ inserts hence the reason some of the songs are missing, but at least its there.

The DVD at 10+ hours is excellent value for money and I found myself getting caught in the emotion of the day even now.

A true defining moment in our history finally available for us to relive.

BRILLIANT!!!
I have waited sooo long for this. I never saw any of it as I lived in South Africa at the time. I am not disapointed in any way. I am now on the second of the 4 DVDS' and am blown away by the quality of the sound (thru my Denon music system)as well as the picture quality. It looks as though it was yesterday except all the artists are now a leeetle beet older. You have to buy it, if only to see Phil Collins hit a flat note on the piano and grin at himself. Even my 17 yr old daughter is loving it and she wasn't born then. To whoever put this DVD together - WELL DONE. So very WELL DONE