Mares nest dvd out now!!

[frostbyte]

I'm holding a copy in my hands as we speak.

[Bubby]

I had a feeling this might happen what with the shop re-opening and all that and not before time too my copied vhs is looking a bit blurry and overly generated.

[North Sea Radio SOS]

<panic attack ensues> uh uh uh where can i buy it from !?!?! please

[frostbyte]

I should think it will be in the shop soon.

[BARRY-KNIGHT]

Wow, I have been waiting to hear that news for years. My poor old vhs is still going strong but the DVD will be a much welcomed addition to the collection. I hope this DVD is the first of many!

[andyb71]

Yeah, I read there was lots of bumming shed footage shown in Salisbury, need to know more about that and that should get released.

Any extras on the Mares nest DVD ?????

[brosephine]

OOOOOH More infooooo

[Sterbus]

OOOOOH More infooooo

Got one, wonderful!

Just checked it out, only to see the church from the outside in the beginning and thinking "I've beeen exactly in there yesterday!"

[ryan]

apparently it's re-edited...?

[MisterLettuce]

The one thing that I really want to know: How is the video quality? Is it a proper anamorphic widescreen? Does it look to be from the masters, or just a dub off a VHS?

[brother abnego]

I'm watching it now (yes, this early in the morning, still in a slightly altered headspace after Salisbury). eight songs in, and these are my impressions...

Video quality - very good indeed. Likely from a master or very well looked after first generation copy. Occasional tiny staticky flickers* consistent with 23 year old source tape but nowhere near as gritty/wobbly/artifacty as previous digitisations. screen ratio of the concert footage appears to be 14:9 (although the menu screen looks better at 4:3 or 16:9). Zoomed up full screen on a big tellybox its doing the business right now though.

Sound quality - again, much improved. Close-to-or-identical-to the sound quality on the Mare's Nest CD as far as I can tell. You can hear detail that was muddy and indistinct on previous digitisations, and it's well synced to the video. (note - I'm listening on the slightly underwhelming built-in speakers on a newish Panasonic Viera; on external speakers/soundbar or routed through your stereo I'm guessing it'll sound a lot better)

Overall - Like a familiar old painting that's had a layer of muck scraped off it by archivists before being returned to exhibition.



No extras, no frills, no booklet, but you are all going to want to buy a copy ASAP.





*the "look" of these occasional flickers (tiny, momentary and dartlike rather than larger bands/strips) make me think the source video is more likely a (U-matic?) master tape.

[Fugazi]

It's a lovely thing to have. I was in the Five Bells on Saturday when The Consultant waved a copy in the air and announced it was being released that day. Huge cheer erupted!

Watched it last night - I was only going to watch a couple of songs but kind of couldn't turn it off, y'know?

cheers

Steve

[Sterbus]

I'm watching it now (yes, this early in the morning, still in a slightly altered headspace after Salisbury). eight songs in, and these are my impressions...

Video quality - very good indeed. Likely from a master or very well looked after first generation copy. Occasional tiny staticky flickers* consistent with 23 year old source tape but nowhere near as gritty/wobbly/artifacty as previous digitisations. screen ratio of the concert footage appears to be 14:9 (although the menu screen looks better at 4:3 or 16:9). Zoomed up full screen on a big tellybox its doing the business right now though.

Sound quality - again, much improved. Close-to-or-identical-to the sound quality on the Mare's Nest CD as far as I can tell. You can hear detail that was muddy and indistinct on previous digitisations, and it's well synced to the video. (note - I'm listening on the slightly underwhelming built-in speakers on a newish Panasonic Viera; on external speakers/soundbar or routed through your stereo I'm guessing it'll sound a lot better)

Overall - Like a familiar old painting that's had a layer of muck scraped off it by archivists before being returned to exhibition.



No extras, no frills, no booklet, but you are all going to want to buy a copy ASAP.



*the "look" of these occasional flickers (tiny, momentary and dartlike rather than larger bands/strips) make me think the source video is more likely a (U-matic?) master tape.

For me the extra is Cardiacs chimes full trumpets at the start!!!
I got a 5.1 system (thanks my brother...) and it's been splitted across all of the 5 channels!

[Lord of the Badgers]

Aye. In chatting with those involved, the tape, though pretty good, was showing its age - so I assume cleaning up was done. It looks damn good
I believe it was indeed a master copy.
Sound should be musically identical to MN CD since Tim had to overdub it owing to the constant breaking down of his guitar on the day. I noticed that I'd forgotten about the shot showing him being handed another guitar. Oh & Sarah's sax pickup did disintegrate when she was spinning around if I recall.
I was chatting to Sarah about Mares Nest on Saturday at the Benefit. I said "to think I was here back then..." to which that rather quick wit pointed out; "So was I!". Well it made me smile ... guess you had to be there.. LOL

[Lord of the Badgers]

For me the extra is Cardiacs chimes full trumpets at the start!!!
I got a 5.1 system (thanks my brother...) and it's been splitted across all of the 5 channels!

show off! that's nice to know