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Watch Michael Jackson performing his number one hit "Billie Jean" live at the Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, Japan during the Asian First Leg on September 27, 1987 as part of the Bad World Tour to a sold-out attendance of approximately 48,000. AI Remastered and Upscaled with Color Corrections.
I haven't done any much remasters or enhancements from the concerts that took place during the Bad World Tour so I thought to myself to why not give it a shot? I decided to work on Yokohama 1987 which is arguably one of the few concerts from the Bad World Tour that we have in really high quality. I decided to pick it since it doesn't really have any copyright issues that will block it in some countries, and its in pretty decent quality so I picked to work on it. For now I simply just did a comparison between my enhanced version of an HQ Quality version and the original rip straight off from the "Michael Jackson Live in Japan" VHS. I may upload my enhanced version soon alone in fullscreen 16:9 ratio so don't worry.
I was able to easily get a source of the original VHS rip from KZfaq and for a 1987 recording its quality isn't that bad, especially when compared to the qualities of the concert recordings from Osaka, and Tokyo. I found it quite easy to work on Yokohama considering it already has numerous HQ sources available on the internet. I just had to fix minor issues in the video footage, most notably contrast, brightness and saturation adjustments. I also tried my best to remove most of the noise in the footage since they were pretty annoying to have them there. The tint has also been adjusted, and I aimed to remove the odd pink/purple like tint that was present in most parts of the footage, similar to what the Bremen '92 and Copenhagen '92 footages had. I also adjusted the hue to give his skin color a more natural look, also fixed the pixel disruption at most parts, and denoised the entire footage in hopes to get a clearer and sharper look.
The audio however did not really need much enhancements in my opinion. I just slightly fiddled with the bass and treble of the audio and EQ compressed it using Dolby, making the loud and quiet parts closer together in volume. I also gave it a very slight crystallization increase to expand the audios dynamic range. A slight touch of reverb has also been added using Audacity. I also slightly increased the audios volume from 1.00 to 1.50 just to give it a more lively and impactful feel. Overall I simply just adjusted it slightly to meet my personal preferences, and none much changes were done.
• Bad World Tour
The Bad World Tour was the third solo concert tour by American recording artist Michael Jackson, launched in support of his seventh studio album Bad (1987). Sponsored by Pepsi and spanning 16 months, the tour included 123 concerts to 4.4 million fans across 15 countries making it the second highest grossing tour of 1988. When the tour concluded it grossed a total of $125 million, adding two new entries in the Guinness World Records for the largest grossing tour in history and the tour with the largest attended audience. In April 1989, the tour was nominated for "Tour of the Year 1988" at the inaugural International Rock Awards.
In 16 months, Jackson performed 123 concerts in 15 countries to an audience of 4.4 million for a total gross of $125 million. Guinness World Records recognized the tour as the largest grossing in history and the tour to play to the most people ever.
A live album and DVD of the July 16, 1988 concert in London titled Live at Wembley July 16, 1988 was released along with the special edition reissue of the Bad album titled Bad 25 on September 18, 2012, as well as a stand-alone DVD. Video of the September 26, 1987 Concert in Yokohama, Japan was broadcast in Nippon Television and is available in KZfaq . A number of amateur concerts were leaked on KZfaq a few years later.
Learn more about it here:
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_(tour)
- michael-jackson.fandom.com/wi...
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