Michael Jackson Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 [DVD] [2012] [NTSC]

To start off i am a huge fan, so I have seen most Michael footage out there already.This is an absolute must for any fan, i believe from the hundreds of concerts this man has done only the Dangerous one in Bucharest was out on dvd. Now I love all of his music, however what i desperately wanted to have was a great quality BAD concert, i've seen most live's from Japan and so on but i wanted something well put together in great quality.When i heard this was getting released i was ecstatic so jumped at buying it and i am not disappointed. Do not expect HD quality, as those were different days and even if the technology might have been there, he has done over one hundred of these during BAD. What you should expect is a good quality dvd (it has been made to look a full length concert but some songs are taken from different days) complete with the ingenuity, fire, and perfection level this incredible man was at during BAD world tour.Also as a note as far as i am aware, he has never performed ALL of these in one concert, and if you've seen a fair bit of footage from this tour you know he has dropped a few songs and added new ones about half a year in the tour. However, this includes the following:Wanna be Startin' Somethin'This Place Hotel/ Heartbreak HotelAnother Part of MeI Just Can't Stop Loving YouShe's Out Of My LifeI Want You Back/The Love You SaveI'll Be ThereRock With YouHuman NatureSmooth CriminalDirty DianaThrillerBand JamWorking Day And NightBeat ItBillie JeanBadMan In The MirrorBonus:The Way You Make Me FeelI Just Can't Stop Loving YouThis also includes a little booklet with all the concert dates for the entire BAD tour along with locations and pictures, very nice touch.If you're an MJ fan and especially love the BAD Era, this is an absolute must.

AWESOME,AWESOME,AWESOME.There was a point during Jackson performing Billie Jean i literally thought the man was going to set fire to the stage.This guy was the DON,the King.This transcends performing,the man seems to be controlling time and space.I had endorphines pouring into my brain watching this dvd as Jackson beats his audience into submission with excellence.Its hit after hit.style after style....no way on earth am i going to see a better artist then this ever,it blew my mind.The concert felt like a journey.....i am most of the time a cynic who sees his glass as half empty but boy do i forget all of that whilst watching Jackson.The man was entertainment on legs.Pure talent.There has been a lot of conjecture about the quality of picture,its FINE....obviously sourced from vhs tapes but i couldn't give a fig.I thought the filming was great,at times inches away from the King.I loved all the songs,all the performances...this for me as a performance is bigger then five stars.Say what you want about Jackson,put him on a stage,in front of a mike,a camera....ya finished.I watched Jackson in an interview from around the Thriller days and he said he wants his work to be magic,he achieved that.A visionary,an artist,a magician......the king.

Like many others, I was there in July 1988, up at the front barrier, with my mate Barry, having waited hours to see Michael Jackson at the peak of his career. Our expectations were incredibly high, and the show exceeded them all. Having noticed all the cameras at the show, I have waited 24 years to see a film release of this piece of magic.This DVD comes in a digipack which is somewhere between CD and standard DVd casing in size. It contains a nice little booklet with the 1988 tour dates. The video quality is better than some have suggested - it is clear enough, and not as rough as a VHS tape would be on my modern LCD screen. But it's not brilliant either. The colours bleed and the whole thing is a lacks the sharpness we are accustomed to these days. Nevertheless, it is easily watchable. Don't expect 5.1 dolby surround either - the sound is rather poor, but again, quite acceptible.My biggest disappointment is in the detail that is lost in the lighting and atmosphere. The show was so bright and colourful and explosive. For example, the opening of the show was a long rumble of smoke and bass and blinding lights which set my rib cage rattling and sent the hot, swaying crowd mad with anticipation. None of that is captured here. I remember the amazing laser/lighting effects during "Human Naure" and at the end of Billie Jean. Such effects might have been dated by today's standards, but I will never know, for they are lost entirely here (The lighting was captured a little better on the Bucharest DVD, taken from a different tour, and with its own faults, but at least you get the idea).I am so glad this footage exists, although I wonder if Michael himself did not want us seeing these recordings because he was such a perfectionist. He would have preferred the magic of the event to live on in our hearts and memories after the live show, rather than be exposed to the scrutiny and limitations of film. Perhaps this release could never match expectations.Maybe one day we will see a restored Blu-ray (or even cinema) release of these shows in all their glory. Even then, perhaps that magic could never be re-created. Whatever the case, this is the best we will get for now.