Mirage VHS?
 

http://product.half.ebay.com/Fleetwo...46QQprZ3076310
Anyone interested in Mirage on VHS? Half.com just notified me this was available.

did you see recently how someone was selling both the mirage & bella donna/white wing dove concert vhs, still sealed, the got over 250.00 a piece for ea of them:shrug: ~

I saw that. I couldn't figure out why.

Because the 1981 HBO special has never been re-released, and the original Mirage VHS is the *full* concert, with comments/thank-yous from band members between songs.

They only just recently released the Mirage dvd here in Australia selling for 9.95.....

Did we ever decide though, is that an OFFICIAL DVD, or the Brazilian bootleg? Or is it that one that has Stevie videos, too?:shrug:

Um...yes it was.

Yeah good question. Did somebody just rip it from a VHS copy? Remember there were two VHS releases: one standard stereo (in a black case) & one hi-fi stereo (in a silver case).

Attn Bootleggers: At least use the hi-fi silver case VHS to make your rips!

all i know is the SOTM floating around is of horrible quality...does anyone have a better one?

Multi region DVD players are God's gift to the world.

And as for your sig ... maybe that's what Lindsey's doing! With the whole 14-year wait for a solo album thing...?

I have the Australian version with the Stevie videos, and a European version that comes without any extras. On both dvd's the sound quality SUCKS, but I have a partial mpeg file on my computer, and the sound quality is 10 times better than what ended up on the dvd's. So, it is definitely possible to get a better sound quality, I just wished they released it.

The tape sounds interesting, if it is indeed the full concert. If only I still had a decent VCR. :laugh:

Well I found this version of the DVD in the UK a few weeks ago that I have never seen before. It's not the Brazilian version so I've no idea where it's from. It's by Stax International Ltd.. ?!?

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y10...ac/mirage1.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y10...ac/mirage2.jpg


I have a UK PAL video tape of the concert released by Channel 5 in the UK. It's from 1986 and this is the edited version I think. I've also got a US NTSC original from 1983 in it's original cardboard slip case that I got on ebay a few years back. The quality is very good for it's age as I recall (it's been a long time since I played any VCR cassette)

:: points up ::

That's the European version I have. Don't bother getting it, even though it promises DTS sound, I can assure you it will only hurt your ears. :wavey:

The original Mirage VHS was not the full concert -- eight songs from the set were never broadcast on cable TV or released in any version of the official tape (Second Hand News, Don't Stop, Dreams, Oh Well, Hold Me, Sara, Never Going, Landslide).

Is that what you meant? or did you just mean the "full" original broadcast?

I have the Australian version. The sound quality is really dreadful for a DVD. But I can put up with it - it's not unbearable but with DVD releases I guess we expect better.