杰克逊遗产管理委员会就温布利演唱会DVD质量的声明

badthriller · 发表于 2012-6-2 14:44:19

很高兴看到歌迷们对即将发行的《飙25周年》（BAD 25）项目排山倒海的支持和兴奋。有一些关于温布利（Wembley）演唱会DVD的问题，尽管新闻稿不适合说幕后细节，但可以给出更多的信息：

1、我们知道“夜曲”公司（Nocturne）在Umatic录像带上记录了包括温布利那场在内的好些场演唱会超大屏幕上的镜头。这些录像带交给了迈克尔的团队，我们向帕特里克•凯利（Patrick Kelly，是他带的迈克尔欧洲巡演的摄影团队）确认了欧洲的所有东西被送到了洛杉矶，放在迈克尔的储存设备里。美国的演唱会也是按照同样的流程处理。

2、不幸的是，储存设备里的纪录写得断断续续，我们不知道被送来的带子怎么了。大多数时候，只要一卷袋子从盒子里抽出来，它就不会再放回原来的盒子里，究竟放到哪里就不一定说得清了。所以25年后，尽管我们全面检查了所有的储存设备，但不是所有演出的Umatic录像带都能找得到。所以我们虽然相信温布利的Umatic录像带本来是送到仓库的，但我们找不到。至于其它演唱会的Umatic录像带，音质大有问题，所以这些演唱会不能使用。

3、我们知道当迈克尔想看某场演唱会，他会弄一份Umatic录像带的VHS拷贝，但由于缺少纪录，我们还是不知道VHS录像带上有哪些演唱会。我们最终找到了有戴安娜王妃（Princess Diana）和查尔斯王子（Prince Charles）参加的温布利演唱会的迈克尔私人VHS拷贝，而不是Umatic录像带。能找到这份VHS拷贝已经是奇迹了！

4、当我们继续寻找温布利的Umatic母带时，我们还找了包括温布利在内的所有演唱会的录音。幸运的是，温布利的录音是用一辆广播车录制的，似乎是巡演中唯一的多轨录音。其它现存的影音记录，无论是Umatic录像还是VHS录像，都是“剧场观众席”的混音效果，因此没有隔离的录音能用来制造一场高质量的听觉体验。鉴于此因，温布利的音频是唯一适合制作一张现场专辑的。

5、如果我们要在《飙25周年》套装中加入一张演唱会DVD的话，我们只有一个选择：温布利。画质只有两个选择：另一场演唱会的Umatic录像带或者温布利的VHS录像带。遗产管理委员会用Umatic录像制作一张DVD肯定比花时间金钱心血来修复/加强VHS录像要便宜得多，但那就无法传递一场真正的体验，我们相信看这场高音质的演唱会将给所有歌迷制造一场不可思议的体验，正如我们感受到的。我们最终选择了一家拥有相关专利技术的工作室（修复过美国国家航空航天局的VHS录像），保证画质达到最佳。

我们本来可以选择发行巡演第一轮期间的日本演唱会，因为有那场演出的母带，但那场演唱会基本上就是“胜利”巡演（Victory Tour）的翻版，只在最后加了《飙》（Bad）和《止不住的爱恋》（I Just Can’t Stop Loving You）两首歌。我们相信，这不是歌迷想要的。

我们本来可以选择不把DVD作为《飙25周年》庆典的一部分（你们可以希望我们某一天找到温布利演唱会的Umatic录像），或者用原始音频跟歌迷分享那段美妙的夜晚，我们决定了后者，提供给歌迷最真实的视觉体验。我们相信当套装在9月份发行时，歌迷会同意这是个正确的选择。

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（编译：Badthriller 来源：MJJCN.com / 迈克尔•杰克逊遗产管理委员会）

枫炀 · 发表于 2012-6-2 14:55:40

哇唔，好吧，官方终于给申明了么？

AGNES · 发表于 2012-6-2 15:02:19

好啊! 這方面得到保證了, 不過用上多音軌, 不知現在制作時會否把現場的觀眾音隔掉呢? 希望能用戶選擇就最好了!
不過日本站也發吧, 不要留著啊....

显示全部楼层 · 发表于 2012-6-2 15:02:22

画质“稍”差。。

maikuraki · 发表于 2012-6-2 15:03:06

本帖最后由 maikuraki 于 2012-6-2 22:55 编辑

用U-matic带子重新制作演唱会，比用VHS修复高出的成本根本不是一个级别的，特别是U-matic无序状态的时候，还要投入大量的人力成本。。。

BVU还是当年$ony做的，他们比谁都清楚。。。

所谓的无序状态，也存疑，那个音频来的解释更过于蹊跷，怎么可能就一场这个方式，有可能有有序的作好了，就是不发，还是骗。。。

等于，现在是东西都在，就是不给你剪，之前是想骗大家说没这东西。。。

因为Nocturne在欧洲，都知道有这东西，现在又说，带子有问题，编号不对，带子送过去，怎么都是他们说了算，随便吧。。。

认为我偏激的，就继续认为，认为这事他们在撒谎的不对的也请坚持。。。

我能说他们在撒谎、亵渎BAD所有场次的演唱会，亵渎了BAD史上最成功的一场演唱会么？！

如果不能，我没什么好说的了。。。！！

贴个他们回信的原文，存档，等大家看到DVD回来再看这事就都明白了[如果上次的假歌，你听不出来，那么这次的演唱会你一定看的出来。看清他们的真面目。。。]：

FROM: JOHN BRANCA and JOHN McCLAIN
DATE: MAY 31, 2012
FILENUMBER: 1019.1.5.3
RE: BAD 25 RELEASE
Thanks for your update last week. It is great to see the overwhelming support and excitement in the fan community for the upcoming BAD 25 release. A few questions have arisen regarding the Wembley concert DVD. Although the press release wasn’t the place for background details, here is more information:
• We know that Nocturne captured on Umatic tapes the footage projected onto the JumboTrons at the various concerts including Wembley. These tapes were turned over to Michael’s crew and we have confirmed with Patrick Kelly (who headed Michael’s film crew for the European tour) that everything from Europe was sent to LA to be put in Michael’s storage facilities. The same procedures were followed for the US shows.
• Unfortunately, record-keeping in the storage facilities was sporadic, at best, so we do not know what happened to a tape once it was sent for storage. In most cases, once a tape was pulled from the box it arrived in, it was not put back in the original box and where it wound up doesn’t always make sense. As a result, 25 years later not all of the Umatic tapes from the various shows can be located, notwithstanding that we have conducted an extensive survey of all of the storage facilities. So while we believe that the Umatic tape for Wembley was initially sent for storage, we have not been able to locate it. And with regard to the Umatic footage of other concerts, the audio is extremely problematic and therefore these concerts are unusable.
• We know that VHS copies of the Umatics were made when Michael wanted to view a particular concert, but because of the lack of record-keeping, we also didn’t know which concerts existed on VHS. We ultimately did find Michael’s personal VHS viewing copy of the Wembley show attended by Princess Diana and Prince Charles, but not the Umatic. Even finding this VHS felt like a miracle to us!
• So while we continued the search for the Wembley Umatic master, we also researched the audio recordings that existed from all of the concerts including Wembley. Fortunately, the Wembley audio recordings were made using a sound truck, and appear to be the only multi-track recordings from the tour. The other audio/visual recordings that exist, whether Umatic or VHS, are “front of house” mixes, and therefore there are no separate audio recordings that can be used to create a high quality listening experience. It is for this reason that the Wembley audio is the only one suitable to create a live album.
• If we were going to include a live concert DVD in the BAD 25 release package, we had only one choice, Wembley. And there were only two options for visual – the Umatics for a different show or the VHS for Wembley. It would certainly be less expensive for the Estate to be able to create a DVD from a Umatic tape than to spend the time and money to painstakingly restore/enhance the VHS footage, but then we would not be delivering a truly authentic experience and we truly believe that watching this concert with the high quality audio will create a magical experience for all the fans as it has for us. We ultimately chose a lab that has developed its own proprietary technology for doing this kind of work (including restoration for NASA of VHS footage) in order to make the visual experience the best it can be under the circumstances. We also could have chosen to release the Japanese concert from the fi! rst leg of the tour as there is a master of that show; but that concert was essentially a reincarnation of the Victory Tour with only two songs – “Bad” and “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” – added at the end. It isn’t what we believe the fans would want.
We could have elected not to release a DVD as part of the BAD 25 celebration (and hold out hope that someday we might find the Umatic of the Wembley concert) or we could share with the fans the chance to relive that magical night with pristine audio. We made the decision to go with the latter and provide the fans with the most authentic viewing experience. We believe that the fans will agree it was the right choice when the package is released in September.