You're absolutely right MB :))
Thanks again to Jen and Sue !!

And thank you for posting those beautiful pics ... now I really can't wait to see it !
Vicki

You took the words right out of my mouth :bunny:
Great news AND pictures!

xxx

Mariella

Yep .. I Couldn't Have Said It Better Myself Mariella :))

Sorry --- I just couldn't resist :lmao:
Vicki

Lossless DVD ...
 

Hi, everybody !

Best source for trees are DVD's, cause you're able to make lossless copies for everyone. It's possible for me to make DVD from good videotapes, incl. chapters & menues. So if someone will send me a tape from the Mexico-City-Gig, he'll get back the tape and the DVD-copy.

And if there are people in community with DVD-bruners, we shall start a DVD-tree for it ... .


Bye from Kai

Thanx MB for the link, Meat sounds great. :D

But this is still in limited run. Meat needs promo for the everyone, not just a few. Where is he on the talk shows, news programs, print media, etc???

The album is released just in time for Meat Loaf to leave the country. I know the timing was bad with the release, but maybe someone should have thought about the delayed release a little harder in regards to his promo appearances elsewhere???

ROCK ON FIRE BALL!!!

I agree David that the timing of the release is bad but I think they're making the best of a bad set of circumstances.

From what I remember the original idea was that CHSIB was to be released back in June in US to coincide with the tour, plus they had weeks off during the tour for promo work and things like GMA were already booked.

For whatever reason (and there must have been a good reason) Meat decided not to go with that record company and has now signed with Sanctuary so the album wasn't released until 23rd September which was right at the end of the tour. That meant that they haven't done any mainstream TV but they did play 3 kind of promo concerts for radio stations in NYC, Boston and Cleveland (all key market areas) which even resulted in one normal concert being cancelled (and I made my feelings perfectly clear elsewhere about that fact!!!).

From what Meat Loaf posted on this board a while back, this Australia trip was booked months ago (and does coincide there with the release in that country), plus he did mention back then that they would be returning to US to play either Letterman or Leno - does anyone know if that is still going ahead?

Given all those above circumstances, this DirectTV / cable showing of the concert is not in any way ideal but is better than nothing. Maybe at the end of this month it may be shown on stations like VH-1 too? Also considering another thread is mentioning a 6 month turn around for the MSO DVD, to get this out in just over a month is a big achievement (a lot thanks to Kasim too!).

Meat Loaf's last studio album WTTN was released in October '95 and from what I remember there was just a weeks difference between the release date in US and UK so Meat could do promotion in both countries okay. Now that we have the Internet it changes things totally as people aren't prepared to wait for the album when they can import it which affects sales in individual countries and they can't release it worldwide on one day unless they make several clones of Meat Loaf for all the promotion.

Hopefully before BOOH3 is released all the record deals will be set in place and a good working schedule for promo everywhere will be established beforehand.

Sue
http://www.KasimInfo.com

I absolutely agree with both of you .. but what also bothers me is the lack of communication. Meat's already done at least 2 appearances ... on FOX Network News I think ... that I found out strictly by accident after it was too late to see them. When he's on tv in either Europe or Australia, people on the forum do a great job keeping everyone informed about what's going on. Sometimes we just don't get that same level of communication for the shows in the US .... which is very frustrating :(
So maybe he's already done other appearances that we don't know about :?

Getting back to what Sue said ... yes the release date of the cd was very unfortunate. I'm hoping Meat's still going to be on Leno (or Letterman) and maybe they'll be making other appearances after he gets back from Australia ..... but at least we have the Mexican concert. Hopefully it will be on VH1 too :)

Vicki

I finally saw the show from directtv and all I can say is some lighting sure would have been nice. The show I saw in the uS was very well-lighted, so I am thinking the venue lighting was poor. Half the time you can barely see what is going on.

loaferman61 said:
Very true, Loaferman. I just watched the entire concert for the first time today, and I just kept wishing that I could see Meat better- I suppose the reddish dark lighting was for dramatic effect, but hey, we want to see Meat! Apart from that, I really, really enjoyed the concert; particularly the versions of Testify and CHSIB. It really makes me hope even more for a concert in my state (heck, my quarter of the US- I'll travel for this!) on the 4th leg of the tour.

Sherrie

Well I just watched the entire concert, and didn't have any problem with the lighting at all :) I'm sure it was done for dramatic effect .. and thought it was fine. I commend the people who filmed it ... they did a fantastic job !! And Kasim did a great job with the sound mixing :) My only complaint (if you can call it that) was that it was too short .. and left me wanting more :)) I would just love for them to release the entire concert on DVD some time !!

Vicki

Cable TV Version
 

I just want to let you all know that I got to see the Meat Loaf concert last night. It was on Cable on the Comcast channel CN8 from 9-10 PM last night. It was on for the full hour but unfortunately there were commercials. The show it self was great and Meat and the Band were in fine form. But it seems there is 2 different versions of this show. I hope that we can get dvd of all the songs from the different versions or even better get a dvd of the whole show.

Jack

Songs Seen
Took The Words
Lemon
I'd Lie for You
Bat
Testify
CHSIB

Didnt See
Paradise
Anything For Love
Tear Me Down
Do It

I had a friend record this directtv show for me on his digital recorder, and recorded it to DVD straight from the box, so I'll have a lossless (quality-wise). I'm excited about all the positive reviews, can't wait to see it myself !!

A COPY TO GERMANY ???
 

Hey everybody!

I'm from Germany, so I wasn't able to watch the concert in american TV, neither I have a tape-record.
BUT, there were some guys, who made a DVD out of it (or even a video-CD). SO my question:

Is it somehow possible to send a copy to me (Adress and contact: kossmann.m@gmx.de ) ?? I don't know how to pay the costs back best, but if you have any ideas, I would fulfill all the wishes.

Thank u for now,
Martin

Jack/Suslack -- what you saw on CN8 the other night was actually two different concerts. The majority of it consisted of the VH-1 Welcome to the Neighborhood concert, you'll notice Meat still had his pony tail for it, it was done awhile ago. The only parts CN8 showed of the latest concert were Testify and Couldnt Have Said It Better! Believe me, i was bummed too (was watching CN8 as well)!

Jen S.

Thanks Jen, For the clarification, well no wonder the band members changed during the show, it seemed also there were different people on the band during the hour. Now it makes sense to me. Now can anyone help me out and send me a dvd or video of the entire mexico special ie what was on Direct Tv. Its gonna be on CN8 again, so ill look closer to see the differences between the shows.

Jack

Hi! I don't have DTV but I believe my tv company did play the same Mexico City concert. I think the only reason they had it on was so people would buy this channel called Music Choice. My mom noticed it was on about 10 min. into it and half of the time they played the same commericals. I did get to tape Tear Me Down, CHSIB, Bat, Paradise, and possibly another one also. It was very nice to see part of the concert again {I went to the Cleve.,OH one}, but they could of played more on TV. Now I don't know if this is the exact same concert on DTV but it might be.