Monarch said:

IMDb says the entire movie has yet to be released. Mayte Said in her book there is unreleased outtakes from the 7 video. We didn’t get anything for the album’s 25th anniversary. Ya know next year is the 30th for Diamonds & Pearls. I’d pay good $ for a hologram super deluxe.

Nope - only on VHS. After reading Neal Karlen's biography and reading Ready Player Two, I would LOVE to re-watch this in high quality. I doubt we'll see a Bluray release, though... Maybe YouTube?

Not officially, but it's circulating digitally.

FunkyMan said:

I would LOVE to re-watch this in high quality. I doubt we'll see a Bluray release, though... Maybe YouTube?

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Was it recorded on film? Or video tape?

In case of the latter you can forget HD video.

udo said:

Monarch said:

udo said:

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Was it recorded on film? Or video tape?

In case of the latter you can forget HD video.

It was direct to video in 1994.

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That sums it up then.

udo said:

Monarch said:

udo said: It was direct to video in 1994.

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That sums it up then.

3 Chain's of Gold was released on laserdisc in Japan back in 1994 and is the source for the digital rips that have been cirulation for nearly 20 years.

akira7 said:

udo said:

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That sums it up then.

3 Chain's of Gold was released on laserdisc in Japan back in 1994 and is the source for the digital rips that have been cirulation for nearly 20 years.

Isn't the japanese version censored?

FunkyMan said:

Monarch said:

IMDb says the entire movie has yet to be released. Mayte Said in her book there is unreleased outtakes from the 7 video. We didn’t get anything for the album’s 25th anniversary. Ya know next year is the 30th for Diamonds & Pearls. I’d pay good $ for a hologram super deluxe.

Nope - only on VHS. After reading Neal Karlen's biography and reading Ready Player Two, I would LOVE to re-watch this in high quality. I doubt we'll see a Bluray release, though... Maybe YouTube?

I have it on laserdisc (official release) which is much better quality than VHS, but not as good as DVD.

akira7 said:

udo said:

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That sums it up then.

3 Chain's of Gold was released on laserdisc in Japan back in 1994 and is the source for the digital rips that have been cirulation for nearly 20 years.

Laserdisc uses analogue video.

It's a good movie

akira7 said:

udo said:

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That sums it up then.

3 Chain's of Gold was released on laserdisc in Japan back in 1994 and is the source for the digital rips that have been cirulation for nearly 20 years.

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So? That's still SD, i.e. at most DVD quality.

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Even if these were filmed on film, and not analog tape, they weren't edited on film. So even if the actual film footage (all of it) has been kept and stored properly, they'd need to digitize it and then re-edit it (and apply similar-looking SFX) to obtain a HD result of that video. Which ain't gonna happen because it is stupidly expensive (go read about the ST:TNG HD remake and how it cost a fuckton of money and never made that money back). And also: chances are minimal that raw footage was kept and stored properly.

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This should have been done decades ago. I bet there would have been boutaque labels who would have released all that video in his vault on DVD. But instead he teased us with things like the Montreux footage and didn't even follow through on that even though Eagle Rock has released tons of such releases with great success and would have gladly handled that for him (but I bet they didn't want to pay him the stupid money he asked).

BartVanHemelen said:

(go read about the ST:TNG HD remake and how it cost a fuckton of money and never made that money back).

God, those were glorious releases. I paid $85 CDN for each season as they came out, which I absolutely could NOT afford, but what the hell... that kind of work needs to be applauded and supported.

BartVanHemelen said:

akira7 said:

3 Chain's of Gold was released on laserdisc in Japan back in 1994 and is the source for the digital rips that have been cirulation for nearly 20 years.

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So? That's still SD, i.e. at most DVD quality.

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Even if these were filmed on film, and not analog tape, they weren't edited on film. So even if the actual film footage (all of it) has been kept and stored properly, they'd need to digitize it and then re-edit it (and apply similar-looking SFX) to obtain a HD result of that video. Which ain't gonna happen because it is stupidly expensive (go read about the ST:TNG HD remake and how it cost a fuckton of money and never made that money back). And also: chances are minimal that raw footage was kept and stored properly.

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This should have been done decades ago. I bet there would have been boutaque labels who would have released all that video in his vault on DVD. But instead he teased us with things like the Montreux footage and didn't even follow through on that even though Eagle Rock has released tons of such releases with great success and would have gladly handled that for him (but I bet they didn't want to pay him the stupid money he asked).

they won't do it, if this ever comes out maybe a blu ray done inexpensive from what they have, they are not going to do a whole project for this, as much as some fans may want it, it's not worth the work and effort to do, I mean we will be lucky if we ever get better quality music video collections from them.

TheEnglishGent said:

akira7 said:

3 Chain's of Gold was released on laserdisc in Japan back in 1994 and is the source for the digital rips that have been cirulation for nearly 20 years.

Laserdisc uses analogue video.

Not sure what you believe, but yes, it uses an analog video track that is twice the resolution of VHS.

ufoclub said:

TheEnglishGent said:

Laserdisc uses analogue video.

Not sure what you believe, but yes, it uses an analog video track that is twice the resolution of VHS.

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Is it HD?

udo said:

ufoclub said:

Not sure what you believe, but yes, it uses an analog video track that is twice the resolution of VHS.

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Is it HD?

No, it's considered SD, and not as good as DVD (which is also just SD standard definition).

Dalia11 said:

It better be released in DVD and Blueray for Fans to Buy in America!!! And in All Foreign Countries!

And who would buy this? Straight to cut-out sales dustbin...

Krid said:

ufoclub said:

TheEnglishGent said:

Laserdisc uses analogue video.

Not sure what you believe, but yes, it uses an analog video track that is twice the resolution of VHS.

I believe what I wrote and you agreed with, that it uses analogue video.

TheEnglishGent said:

ufoclub said:

Not sure what you believe, but yes, it uses an analog video track that is twice the resolution of VHS.

I believe what I wrote and you agreed with, that it uses analogue video.

But what was the point of that detail?

Let´s forget about the technical details for a second....who would really want to buy this? I understand the desire to preserve or re-release it for prosperity in some manner but I don´t really see a market for this. The die-hard fans already have it and the new fans have probably downloaded it already. The storyline didn´t make much sense on the album and the "film" didn´t really make it any better. It was cringey then and is even more cringey now.

But they even re-released the Rave into the Year 2000 video so what do I know?

ufoclub said:

TheEnglishGent said:

I believe what I wrote and you agreed with, that it uses analogue video.

But what was the point of that detail?

That a digital rip isn't 1:1 because the source isn't digital.

KoolEaze said:

But they even re-released the Rave into the Year 2000 video so what do I know?

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Which already existed as a DVD master so there was zero cost. Hell, even if they didn't have a master they simply could rip an existing DVD bit for bit and then create a new master from that.

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Digitizing an analog source and then preparing it for a DVD release is a costly matter.

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"Ah, but they did that for the 1987 NYE concert!" Sure, but that is an important historical document, plus it was part of the effort for a deluxe box set and they even sourced alternate footage to improve on the existing recording.

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Will 3COG or TSOV ever be released on DVD? Possibly, likely as part of the album they accompany. Then again, Sony/Legacy didn't even spend a dime on a DVD release for Beautiful Strange and only put lo-fi clips on YouTube, so don't get your hopes up.

Wow outakes as well!!!!!!!!! I hope this comes out on Blu-Ray as well as ABC's in Concert the Ryde Dyvince concert