A NEW OPETH DVD IN LONDON..??.....MIKES WORDS...!!!

[soundave]

I specifically remember Peter Lindgren saying that the band would release this DVD themselves since they coulnd't play old material if Roadrunner were to release it. The setlist they played at the Roundhouse in London further implies that this might very well be the case. On ALL other shows, except for at the Roundhouse, they opened with Ghost of Perdition and also played The Grand Conjuration. At the Roundhouse, they chose to open with When followed by Ghost of Perdition and dropped Conjuration from the set, making Perdition the only Ghost Reveries song in the set.

Why would they have changed the setlist in this way if they were not to release it themselves? I don't think Roadrunner would be happy with a DVD that contains only one song off the latest and only album released on Roadrunner... Also... as When was chosen as the opening song it makes it easier to cut Ghost of Perdition from the final tracklisting of the DVD. I think it is too bad that they chose to play a song at that concert that were not going to be on the final DVD...

I must add that I REALLY hope for Roadrunner to release the DVD and for Ghost of Perdition to be on it, but the facts above strongly suggests that this won't be the case....

Okay, you definitely are better informed on this than I am. My question is how have things changed, rights-wise, since Lamentations? How could Opeth afford to get the rights, but not RR (or Koch for Lamentations)? I'm not saying I don't believe you, I'm saying that I don't understand the mechanics of this. Can you elaborate or point me in a direction (like the source of the comment from Peter)?

 

[Lothlorien]

Okay, you definitely are better informed on this than I am. My question is how have things changed, rights-wise, since Lamentations? How could Opeth afford to get the rights, but not RR (or Koch for Lamentations)? I'm not saying I don't believe you, I'm saying that I don't understand the mechanics of this. Can you elaborate or point me in a direction (like the source of the comment from Peter)?

I too would like to know how Opeth got the rights to their music.

 

[Towedwart]

Opeth already has the right to their own music. The thing is, they have to publish by themselves, do the distributing themselves, etc. Roadrunner cannot do that until it buys the rights which is currently held by Koch or whoever else.

That, or I don't understand anythign about copyright.

 

[Lothlorien]

Opeth already has the right to their own music. The thing is, they have to publish by themselves, do the distributing themselves, etc. Roadrunner cannot do that until it buys the rights which is currently held by Koch or whoever else.

That, or I don't understand anythign about copyright.

I was under the impression that Koch still had ther rights to their music. I read in the summer that the rights were perhaps on the market, which means Opeth could have maybe bought them. That seems a bit odd though.

 

[Kirkfjell]

Okay, you definitely are better informed on this than I am. My question is how have things changed, rights-wise, since Lamentations? How could Opeth afford to get the rights, but not RR (or Koch for Lamentations)? I'm not saying I don't believe you, I'm saying that I don't understand the mechanics of this. Can you elaborate or point me in a direction (like the source of the comment from Peter)?

I'm sorry to say that I don't have any more information about the rights issue... the comment from Peter was actually posted by someone here at the forum who spoke to him after one of the shows and if I'm not mistaken I think I read it in an interview aswell, although I don't have any link that could refresh my memory or prove this. All I know for sure is that when I add the supposed comment from Peter with the change of setlist for that specific date, it seems rather certain that they are going to release the DVD themselves without the support of Roadrunner...

 

[biggsy]

so as long as its not another label releasing the material its fine? i mean, if opeth havent bought the rights can they release it if they do it solo?

 

[Kirkfjell]

Taken from Fascination Street Studios homepage...

"2006-11-23
Busy next couple of lives..

Soon Hammerfall will enter, and straight after that Jens will mix Collarbone´s debut album on Spinefarm (Universal). Then there will be 5.1 mixes for Katatonia, possibly Opeth live DVD (Jens recently mixed the 5.1 version of "Ghost Reveries"), as well as productions with Mandylon and Bleecker, freshly signed to Vulture & Sons. And a lot of other stuff, that i can´t reveal at this moment.."

Go to:
...:::[[[ Fascination Street ]]]:::...

 

[biggsy]

tasty.

 

[Korlich]

This whole thing doesnt make sense. If Opeth has rights to all their own material that would include GoP. About the setlist change opeth does that all the time.

 

[Frosties]

This whole thing doesnt make sense. If Opeth has rights to all their own material that would include GoP.

I'm guessing thats the thing - because Opeth have the rights to all their songs, THEY are gonna release it. However, the record company (whichever one) doesn't have the rights to all their songs.

So, since only Opeth has the rights to ALL their songs (and not just a few albums), they are releasing it independintely.

At least, this is what I understand from this thread.

 

[biggsy]

but as korlich said wouldnt that mean they could put GoP on there too? whats this talk of cutting it?

 

[Kirkfjell]

This whole thing doesnt make sense. If Opeth has rights to all their own material that would include GoP. About the setlist change opeth does that all the time.

yeah, sure. They change songs every now and then... but bear in mind that on the whole tour at which the concert was filmed, they opened with GoP and also played Conjuration at every date EXCEPT for the date of the dvd-shoot.

Anyway, all of this is just speculation and perhaps we'd better just await the release of the DVD and see for ourselves...

 

[pyr0rrzzz]

http://www.dashproductions.co.uk/html/recent_work.htm

Filmed in Full HD, ftw.

greetz

 

[Bierbommetje]

cool

btw ur av owns

 

[Ruun]

sick man ...
i hope they will release it very very soon!

 

[pyr0rrzzz]

yeah, it's about time :/

 

[Slayer101]

ah sweet can't wait, any idea when it will be released?
btw pyr0rrzzz nice avatar it made me lol

 

[schlabayzell]

This has probably been addressed already, but honestly I don't feel like reading this entire thread . Does anyone have an idea about when this dvd will be released? Thanks!

 

[dcat]

^ Last bit of info I read was Opeth at the Roundhouse DVD release due sometime in the fall. 2007

It will be great for me cos I'll be able to see the show from a different aspect, although I did enjoy the show where I stood.

 

[Mr Samsara]

Update: A little birdie told me that the DVD is due in September... FYI.

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