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Queen - The DVD Collection: Live At Wembley Stadium (Two Disc Set) [1986] starring: Queen

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Rating: - The best live music video ever

Quite simply the best live music video ever. Their version of "A Kind of Magic" is arguably the best four or five minutes ever recorded of a live band. They were the best band in the world at that time, with unquestionably the best frontman ever, and if anyone can point to a better video of a rock band in action - I would like to know about it!

Rating: - Total Magic!

I got this as a birthday present from my brother and I nearly died when I did! I am a self-confessed obsessive and spend most of my time in Queen-related activities! The concert is utterly amazing! It blew me away from the moment it began. Freddie's performance was stunning as ever, from pole-dancing to giving the crowd singing lessons! And of course the rest of the band didn't disappoint! The performance was tight and played with incredible ease- I'm always amazed by the talent of bands like Queen. Freddie's little quips just add to the whole experience, as he quashes rumors of Queen breaking up and just does what Freddie did! Disc 2 includes footage of Friday's concert and rehersals, as well as interviews with the band. Watchable over and over again. This is an absolutely essential part of any fan's collection, and nice even if you're not! Buy it now!!!

Rating: - Some Kind of Magic!!!!

I knew from the minute I bought it that it would be brilliant! And boy was I right! From the miute you will press play it will feel that you are actually part of this outstanding show in Wembley. You will bound to be singing and tapping your feet before the fisrt song finishes!! Brilliant camera angles,brilliant sound quality and a brilliant light show topped of by one of the best Queen performance ever captured. You'd be a fool not to buy this!!
D.V.D 2 has many feature too....interviews and rare footage of the gig from the night before (which was recorded to test out camer angles etc) along with recent interviews with Brian and Roger reminicing about the good old days.
Well worth 5 stars!!!!

Rating: - The Best

The best Queen concert of them all. Disc 1 is the Saturday night performance playing all their hits. Disc 2 are interviews with Brian, Roger and DVD director. A 20 min clip of the Friday night concert and other unseen footage is also on it. As i never got to see one of their concerts live this DVD is the next best thing. If you have not got it, go and buy it.

Rating: - What DVD was invented for

QUEEN LIVE AT WEMBLEY STADIUM

1986 was without doubt Queen's year. Appearing at a sold-out Wembley Stadium, Queen are shown here at their most successful point in what was already an illustrious career. The band had stolen the day at Live Aid the previous year at the same venue, and these dates were the most anticipated of 1986.

Typically of Queen, the show was put on in the grandest manner. The largest stage set (160 feet wide!) an immense bank of coloured lights, and state-of-the art sound and vision system to cater for the 72,000 fans who had made the pilgrimage. The cameras seemed to be everywhere; stage side, in front, above, even helicopter shots looking over the stadium. It was as though they KNEW one day there would be a suitable medium to release this footage on.

But what of the band themselves - by this point the group were one of the very few great British rock bands of the 70s still playing, remarkably with not one change in personnel from their debut album. They had survived glam, punk, disco and New Romantic to emerge as the UK's biggest rock act. The set they played on the Magic tour was carefully considered, with old material sitting comfortably alongside more recent.

You see the approach to Wembley Stadium as the intro plays to 'One Vision' before the camera pans across an empty stadium, and time-lapse footage of the stage being constructed and the fans pouring in. The camera then switches to the stage, and first to emerge is the great Freddie Mercury, arm aloft, bestriding this huge setting. Flanked, as ever, by the reassuring sight of Brian May, complete with curly mop of hair and trusty Red Special in hand, and 'quiet man' John Deacon on the other side, and backed by the blonde powerhouse Roger Taylor, they launch into the main body of the song, the lead-off single from their then current album 'A Kind of Magic'. A succession of oldies follow; they are even confident enough to resurrect their old 70s set-closer 'In The Lap of The Gods...Revisited' (owners of 'Sheer Heart Attack' will know that is the correct title) three songs in - you see clearly the huge crowd swaying along to the 'whoa, whoa' chorus and already they are in the thrall of the majestic Mercury.

The many cameras cut often from Freddie to Roger, Brian to John, but this is far from distracting; it seems to add to the 'feel' of almost being there in the stadium with the crowd, and serves to illustrate that they really were a BAND, and not just the Freddie Mercury show, with great shots of the whole group putting their all into the show. There is even a 'multi angle' feature' on the second disc, with a camera trained (mainly) on each individual band member for four songs, and it is possible to see just how hard the guys rocked out behind Freddie.

With a long set that covered many bases, they even played a light-hearted medley of rock 'n' roll standards before bringing back the heavy artillery towards the end of the set, the band illustrated perfectly why they were so enduringly popular.

This DVD features the complete set for the first time (previously available was a 75 minute edited version) along with the second disc packed with goodies. There is a documentary, the aforementioned 'multi angle' feature, new interviews with Brian and Roger, plus tour manager Gerry Stickells and video director Gavin Taylor. If the whole of the Saturday set was not enough, then there is even some footage included from the Friday concert, when the director used the show to rehearse his filming, plus home video footage of the band rehearsing, previously held by a private collector.

Although the best equipment then available, and plenty of it was used to cover this show, inevitably the footage shows its age when compared to modern digital video - nevertheless the quality still stacks up well and as an added bonus on this release, the soundtrack is available in DTS as well as regular stereo.

If you are a Queen devotee doubtless you are already in possession of this DVD, the more casual fan can buy with confidence. If you are new to Queen and perhaps not familiar with what they were about, watch this disc just once and you will understand. It is painfully clear from watching just ten minutes of this concert just what we lost when Freddie left us; his voice, charisma, showmanship and stage presence were beyond compare, and his ability to enrapture the largest audiences is sorely missed in these days of anonymous arena acts.

Remember Freddie this way: treat yourself to this DVD. You deserve it.

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