Midge did actually touch on the live Album and DVD yesterday during the Birmingham gig, stating that "the release had actually charted thanks to you guys" So its down to all Ultravox Fans, but The Greatest Praise of all must go to Cerise, Rob and Paul, Quality Band, Quality Fans and Quality Website, Run by Quality People

Hear hear to the above posts!

I ordered mine from musicnonstop.co.uk tonight after a bit of a search.
Almost got it from amazon.ca but decided to buy from someone who takes PayPal.
These guys cost me $10 LESS (incl. shipping) than any of the others I looked at.
I'll buy from them again!
And now I'm EXCITED to see the DVD!

My copy (special edition) arrived a couple of hours ago. Mr Delivery Guy did the courtesy of leaving the package at the front door and not cram it through the letter box so my A4 print is unharmed.

Now I wanna do some drumming to the tune of the 'Return To Eden' album.

My copy from Townsend arrived yesterday, WOW!!! Watched the documentary (...partly with tears in my eyes)and what can I say: My sister and I are in the documentary, standing near the building at the voxgate chatting with the nice couple from Belgium (...Hello to you both!!!) The concert is great quality, the sound through my Bose soundsystem just blew me away! The print is ok, it arrived without any damages. This package is great value for money!

just returned from vacation & a great welcome home to find the DVD in the mailbox! Can't wait to watch!

You can hear Monument belting out 'The Thin Wall' when Lavaocean is being interviewed!

Enjoy the DVD

I got mine from Townsend yesterday.
I was so happy since I wasn't able to attend the concert last year.
The A4 print was in perfect shape. At first glance, I'm very impressed with the overall artwork & packaging. I watched the documentary first, really happy when seeing Warren & Midge hugged each other the 1st time they met in 23 years.

On to the concert content, I was blown away the moment the background LED screen lit up and Billy started his synth solo after the midsong break in Astradyne. I used to wonder why some people care so much about Mr.X. After watching this live version, now I understand why.

Last night, I haven't finished watching the whole show yet, so will probably be extremely happy again tonight, especially during the drums jamming part in The Voice.

Anyway, are there any plan for the filming of RTE II? Please......

Agree with you on that Piman. Someone else had commented that the screens weren't so good, but they certainly had an effect on me, especially during Astradyne. Seeing the screens again on the video reiterated that.

My copies of the CD and 2CD/DVD sets arrived today ... the ultimate souvenirs! Just awesome! Yeah, Astradyne is the one, I just had to watch that again straight away ... Building Eden: The Reformation Documentary is quite special, too. It's nice to see the guys behind-the-scenes as 'normal' people, instead of the larger-than-life idols we tend to see them as (from our youth).

I wonder how long the shipping time is to Sweden? I can´t stand waiting anymore. I ordered from Townsend.

//Björn

Hi everyone,

my set from Townsend arrived today and I am absolutely stunned!

The package is amazing - the CD/DVD combo is beautifully designed, the embossing looks great, the booklet is very nice and I love the appearance of the CD/DVD print. Very elegant IMO.

As for the DVD, I could only watch part of the documentary so far and like everyone else already mentioned, it´s overwhelming. So much fun to watch (although for non-native speakers sometimes a bit hard to follow ;-)

Everyone did an amazing job here and I sincerely hope that the chart positions will be even higher soon. Ultravox definitely deserve it!

Thanks again
Tom

P.S.: Forgot to mention the print - sure it would have been nice from EMI to use better graphics, but it does look nowhere as bad as I thought from some comments here. It´ll be great once it´s up on the wall :-)

No package today either ...and tomorrow morning we´re leaving for London (Voxgate/Hammersmith on sunday!!)

Well, I guess I´ll be seeing RTE2 before recapturing RTE1 again next week...

Ahhhh......got it today!

Amazing stuff!!

I'll see if I can get the A4 print and the CD cover signed by the Band in Oxford!

Got my DVD today and playing it now... LOUDLY! Currently singing along to a stunning version of We Stand Alone but had to post as just seen Mr Harris loitering to the left of Midge's arm at the 15mins 33secs point Hopefully my contribution at the Hammy Voxgate is NOT on the documentary

Received my copy from Townsend last Wednesday and have been playing it for several times now. This morning alone at the office and very loud. I am very pleased with the great, clear and wel balanced sound.

Haven't had a change to see the DVD yet. But being at the concert last year I know that will be great as well. Just counting down to the Amsterdam gig on the 26th.

Cerise,
is this vector file available for download anywhere?
or converted into a high resolution JPEG?

Alas no Seb, as it's copyrighted and had to be licensed...

I understand. Thank you, Cerise.

Just watched the DVD in its entirety, its brilliant. All the more reason to see them live, man I wish I lived in the UK right now.

Watched it once, but because it's NTSC can't watch it on my DVD video-recorder whilst PAL TV-timer running. So now watching it back on my Sony Blu-Ray player.

All I can say is OMG!! Upscaled to 1080P/60hz, quality still seems pin sharp. I've always thought the Sony put out a better sound, and on DTS it's not far short of being there IMHO.

My copy arrived this morning and i couldn't unwrap it quick enough!!. I got the 2cd/dvd set and what can i say? the packaging is lovely, Rage in Eden always was my favourite cover. I played the dvd first, the picture and sound quality are brilliant, as someone else said, use the 5.1 DTS, crank it up and you could be there!!.
I watched it from beginning to end and it brought back great memories of last years gig, and took the sting out of the fact that i can't make one this year.
The documentary is just what i was hoping for, and more. The look on Warren's face as he hugged Midge and Chris made me well up a bit too!!
The sound quality of the cd's is also superb and it's a more than welcome addition to my Ultravox collection. Once again, a HUGE thank you to everyone involved in this.

I recommended the Townsend site to a friend but all they are showing for sale at Townsend now is the 13-track "highlight" CD. are they sold out of the DVD? Do you know if that offer is over or whether they will have more again? If not, where should my friend shop? Thanks!

My DVD package arrived on Thursday here in Germany. Watched the documentary first and after that some parts of the concert.
For 23 years have been dreaming of the reunion and for the last 13 years I never thought it would happen. Last year the dream came true when I attended the Roundhouse concert. Now I am able to relive my dream every day with this fantastic DVD!
Thanks to Midge, Billy, Warren and Chris again for this, thanks to the EV team of course and thanks to everyone involved in the DVD/CD production.
The fact that the album charted in the UK shows the amount of interest in the band that is still there. So guys, there's absolutely no reason to stop here. I hope for many more RETURNS TO EDEN in the future. What about a tour where you just play two complete albums in a row (QUARTET and LAMENT would be fab).

See you in Hannover,

Mike

Got my townsend DVD/Print package on thursday but had no time to watch the DVD. The concert on the 2 cd´s is great. Can´t wait for the offenbach gig

Oh, I guess we need a 2nd version of the Return To Eden Live CD :-)

White China and the other new tracks sound SO great live, that I really wished they´d been included already.

White China was always one of my favourite songs, but the previous live reditions never came close. But what the guys made of it on their Part 2 Tour is just blowing my mind. Brilliantly fantastic!

sorry, double post

How about a live EP with the three new tracks ??

EMI missed an opportunity imho they could have recorded the first show and released Vienna as a single with the three new tracks on it !

Cool. Just watched the DVD here in Toronto and loved it. I hope everyone out there are enjoying part 2 of the tour and tonight's Voxgate.
As an added bonus, on the DVD documentary, I can briefly see myself backstage at the Hammersmith when Midge is talking to the Japanese group. What a great thrill it was to see the show and meet the guys.

Lynne, Amazon are selling the 2cd/dvd set for £12.99

Also HMV.com are selling the 2CD/DVD set for £12.99 with free P+P

Lynne, I'd totally recommend www.musicnonstop.co.uk

Their shipping is ultra-reasonable to this side of the water. Mine cost $29 including delivery.

made #75 in the album charts at the weekend.

Just ordered my copy. and im a little scared to see my interview in the documentary....hope i dont sound like a blathering idiot! LOL

Got it today! WOW! AWESOME!!!
I really really enjoyed the
documentation a lot!!!
And I must confess, that I got
VERY moved watching the scenes
of their first meeting - I didn`t
ecpect to get THAT moved...but I did...

Thanks a lot...

You're very noble, young David.

yes, you´re right. I was also quite moved by that scene. I think Warren had two tiny tears in his eyes, didn´t he?

Finally!! Yes, got the package today and the DVD is running now...great memories and fun to watch with RTE2 at Hammersmith in fresh mind...

This is just the perfect present to myself...

Have to admit that,as a grown man, i cried,the film and sound is stunning.Oh the emotion...sob,sob,sob....(sound of grown man sobbing into hankerchief).

What a sight if we (AlexO, MickF and I) had been there in the same room watching the DVD haha...
3 grown up men moved to tears...

...but then again, it IS a very moving scene, and
there might have been a little tear in the eye
there too...

I'm sure I was on Townsend's notification list from previous purchases, and I still have my login details. Hmm... strange. Oh well, time to remedy that.

Thanks!

I too had a, errrr, small piece of grit in my eye.

yes, it doesn´t need a Hollywood Blockbuster to make grown up men cry.
I´m looking forward seeing the boys next week (finally! after 25+1 years waiting for that moment) - perhaps I´ll have tears in my eyes again...

Me too...

Does anyone know how limited this is?. I ordered what I thought was the Special Edition set from HMV only to find out it was just the CD. Phoned HMV and they said there were 2 special Editions. The CD and the DVD/2CD set. Think HMV mis advertised the CD Really annoyed because now I cant find the DVD/2CD set for less than £25.00.

Just found still available at Sendit £13.89.

I think the 2CD+DVD was limited to 5,000 copies, and is now sold out / deleted at EMI.

There are still a few available at Amazon Marketplace...

Impressive! Does that mean there's no chance of more copies being released?

Glad I got in quick with my order.

For those still looking, Townsend doesn't say 'out of stock' on their site (but maybe it will at the checkout stage...?)

TBH, what I want is the full CD but without the DVD, which isn't actually available (I can't watch music DVDs). I didn't realise the CD+DVD was limited though and so have messed up a bit. I can probably find it somewhere though. I was in London last week and HMV down there had the single CD quite prominently displayed which is good.

Sean - as far as I'm aware, there are no plans to produce further copies.

I think what Townsend have is the remaining single CD 'highlights' version only. We need to change the graphic on our home page...

Bloomin' glad I bought mine when I did then!