[2012-01-31] Queen "Days Of Our Lives" DVD/Blu-ray (Eagle)

Mark Kravitz · 20 Nov 2006

This looks great, and I'll buy it when it hits our shores, but the Blu-Ray has 60 addtional minutes. Why don't they keep both versions the same always made no sense to me.

Days Of Our Lives: Packshot and Product Info
Queen - Days Of Our Lives DVD/BLU-RAY - Release Date: November 28th 2011

In 1971, four college students got together to form a rock band. Since then, that certain band called Queen have released 26 albums and sold over 300 million records worldwide. The popularity of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon is stronger than ever 40 years on.

But it was no bed of roses. No pleasure cruise. Queen had their share of kicks in the face, but they came through and this is how they did it, set against a backdrop of brilliant music and stunning live performances from every corner of the globe.

The Critically Acclaimed Documentary on the World’s Greatest Rock Band is now to be available on DVD and Blu Ray!

We will be releasing this amazing documentary with extra unseen content on standard DVD and blu ray! The story is amazing and a must have…In this film, for the first time, it is the band that tells their story. Featuring brand new interviews and unseen archive footage (including their recently unearthed, first ever TV performance), it is a compelling story told with intelligence, with, plenty of humour and painful honesty.

DVD

Standard: NTSC

Region Code: Playable in all Regions

Duration: 164 minutes

Content

Main Feature:

Queen : Days of Our Lives (Part One)

Queen : Days of Our Lives (Part Two)

Bonus Features:

Additional Videos: new promo videos containing unseen rushes, performances and outtakes.

-Seven Seas of Rhye

-Killer Queen

-Somebody to Love

-We Are The Champions

-Crazy Little Thing Called Love

-Under Pressure

-Radio Ga Ga

Additional Sequences: featuring unseen interviews and archive footage, exclusive sequences that dig deeper into the history of Queen, and tell the stories that weren’t covered in the documentary.

-From Magic To The Miracle

-Going Slightly Mad: Making of Innuendo

-Made In Heaven

BLU-RAY

Standard: NTSC

Region Code: Playable in all Regions

Duration: 221 minutes

Content

Main Feature:

Queen : Days of Our Lives (Part One)

Queen : Days of Our Lives (Part Two)

Bonus Features:

Additional Videos: new promo videos containing unseen rushes, performances and outtakes.

-Seven Seas of Rhye

-Killer Queen

-Somebody to Love

-We Are The Champions

-Crazy Little Thing Called Love

-Under Pressure

-Radio Ga Ga

Additional Sequences: featuring unseen interviews and archive footage, exclusive sequences that dig deeper into the history of Queen, and tell the stories that weren’t covered in the documentary.

-Queen: The Beginning

-Queen On Tour 1974-5

-Bohemian Rhapsody

-Working Together

-Leaving John Reid 1978

-Don’t Stop Me Now

-Flash Gordon

-Making Videos

-Scrabble Wars

-From Magic To The Miracle 1986-89

-Going Slightly Mad: Making Innuendo 1990-91

-Made In Heaven – 1995

Bonus Interviews: additional stories, taken from the interviews shot for this documentary with Brian May, Roger Taylor and Jim Beach.

-Return To Imperial College

-Brian’s Health Scare 1974

-Manager Jim Beach Meets The Band 1975

-B-Sides

-Freddie’s Outfits

-Another One Btes The Dust

-Song Writing Balance Changes 1980’s

-Freddie Legless!

-Highlander

-The Show Must Go On

DVD:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006GH6IWU/?tag=imwan-20

Blu-ray:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006GH6IS4/?tag=imwan-20

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

I have a copy that was seen on the BBC. Not having John Deacon participate was a MAJOR omission, I don't know what the reasons were for his non-involvement but to me it left a void.

But with that said I look eagerly to getting the Blu-Ray DVD.

Rick A.

Mark Kravitz · 20 Nov 2006

It would seem that John Deacon was heavily involved with Queen during their time, but once Freddie died, he decided to remove himself completely.

Dr. Chris Evil · 26 Jul 2006

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/queen-bb ... ng-to-dvd/

Queen BBC Documentary ‘Days of Our Lives’ Coming to DVD
by: Jon Wiederhorn

The acclaimed BBC documentary, ‘Queen: Days of Our Lives,’ which aired in the U.K. in May, is coming to DVD and Blu-ray just in time for the holidays. The documentary was produced by Rhys Thomas and Simon Lupton, who have been creating Queen DVDs for the past decade, and directed by Matt Casey.

Queen commissioned Thomas and Lupton to create the documentary to celebrate their 40th anniversary. ‘Queen: Days of Our Lives’ includes new interviews with guitarist Brian May and vocalist Roger Taylor, plus previously unreleased archival footage, including the band’s first-ever TV performance.

‘Queen: Days of our Lives’ is split into two parts, the first covering 1970 to 1980 and the second spanning 1980 to the present. When it aired in the U.K. on the BBC over two nights last May, the documentary was watched by three million viewers.

“We set out to make the definitive Queen documentary,” Thomas says in a press release. “It’s a funny, honest, inspiring and ultimately tragic account, as told by the band themselves. We tell the story of four students who met in West London, slogged hard and conquered the world, ultimately changing rock music forever.”

The standard DVD features an additional 21 minutes of footage; the Blu-ray includes an extra hour. The extra footage provides a companion piece to the main story that elaborates on the band’s formation and the creation of Queen’s last three albums. There are also seven new videos, excepts of which were featured in the original documentary.

Additional videos featured on both the Blu-Ray and Standard DVD (24 mins):
‘Seven Seas of Rhye 2011′
A compilation of all four ‘Top of the Pops’ and ‘Rainbow Live’ performances from 1974, all unseen.

‘Killer Queen 2011′
A compilation of two ‘Top of the Pops’ performances, one the familiar 1974 ‘Christmas Special’ version, the other, discovered in the late British comedian Dick Emery’s private collection, hasn’t been seen since 1974 because the original master tape was wiped from the BBC archives.

‘Somebody To Love 2011′
A new edit of the video using the four takes shot on the day, most of which has never before been seen.

‘We Are The Champions 2011′
In 1977, cameras filmed Queen recording a new version of the song for the promo video. This video shows the band performing and mixing this unreleased version in two live takes. An instrumental version of this closed Part One of ‘Days of our Lives’. Here for the first time the video can be seen in its entirety.

‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love 2011′
A new edit of the video compiled from the rushes including outtakes and unseen angles.

‘Under Pressure 2011′
A new video intercutting Queen’s first live performance of the song in Montreal 81 and Queen + David Bowie at the Freddie Mercury Tribute.

‘Radio Ga Ga 2011′
This new video includes unseen color footage from the 1984 ‘Radio Ga Ga’ video shoot plus rushes and outtakes.

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Dec 03, 2011 2:52 pm

Bump: added pre-order links to the first post.

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

From FMQB.com:

VISUAL RHAPSODY... Bridging heavy metal, opera, vaudeville and R&B into one bright shiny package, Queen revolutionized the music world in the '70s with a sophisticated anthemic sound and an army of global hits and multi-platinum albums. Queen truly had a sound of their own. More than two decades since the death of frontman Freddie Mercury, interest in Queen continues unabated. A terrific new documentary, Days of Our Lives (Eagle Rock Entertainment through Eagle Vision), charts the course of their career, drawing together a treasure trove of rare footage and new and archival interviews with all the members. The film, directed by Matt Casey, provides the definitive word on England's finest. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of their formation, the documentary, divided into two parts, 1970-80 and 1980-present day, reveals the heretofore unknown inner working of a supergroup and shares the fierce creativity, stubborn uncompromising vision and battling egos that powered their mighty musical machine. Particularly poignant and bittersweet is the coverage of the last few years of Mercury's life, which reveal Mercury's drive to continue writing and recording music up until his untimely death.

Both the Blu-ray and DVD versions include a bounty of bonus material:

Blu-Ray

Additional Videos - 24 mins

Seven Seas Of Rhye 2011

Killer Queen 2011

Somebody To Love 2011

We Are The Champions 2011

Crazy Little Thing Called Love 2011

Under Pressure 2011

Radio Ga Ga 2011

Bonus Sequences

Queen: The Beginning

Queen On Tour 1974-75

Bohemian Rhapsody

Working Together

Leaving John Reid

Don't Stop Me Now

Flash Gordon

Making Videos

Scrabble Wars

From Magic to The Miracle

Going Slightly Mad: The Making of Innuendo

Made In Heaven

Return To Imperial

Bonus Interviews

DVD

Additional Videos

Seven Seas Of Rhye 2011

Killer Queen 2011

Somebody To Love 2011

We Are The Champions 2011

Crazy Little Thing Called Love 2011

Under Pressure 2011

Radio Ga Ga 2011

Bonus Sequences

From Magic to The Miracle

Going Slightly Mad: The Making of Innuendo

Made In Heaven

Return To Imperial

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