{"id":7981,"date":"2012-06-01T22:20:37","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T22:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/?p=7981"},"modified":"2012-06-01T22:44:13","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T22:44:13","slug":"statement-from-the-estate-wembley-concert-reassurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/06\/statement-from-the-estate-wembley-concert-reassurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement From The Estate: Wembley Concert Reassurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following statement comes from the Estate of Michael Jackson, who wanted to share this with Michael&#8217;s fans:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>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\u2019t the place for background details, here is more information:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 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\u2019s crew and we have confirmed with Patrick Kelly (who headed Michael\u2019s film crew for the European tour) that everything from Europe was sent to LA to be put in Michael\u2019s storage facilities. The same procedures were followed for the US shows.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 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\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 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\u2019t know which concerts existed on VHS. We ultimately did find Michael\u2019s 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!<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 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 \u201cfront of house\u201d 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 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 \u2013 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 We also could have chosen to release the Japanese concert from the first 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 \u2013 \u201cBad\u201d and \u201cI Just Can\u2019t Stop Loving You\u201d \u2013 added at the end. It isn\u2019t what we believe the fans would want.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 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.<\/p>\n<p>John Branca and John McClain,<br \/>\nCo-Executors of the Estate of Michael Jackson<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following statement comes from the Estate of Michael Jackson, who wanted to share this with Michael&#8217;s fans: 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. 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