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<blockquote data-quote="dankargo" data-source="post: 1148322" data-attributes="member: 402329"><p>I'm a 90s kid so unfortunetly I wasn't around when this took place, although it will forever be the event that I longed to experience given the incredible list of performers. I just recently discovered the BBC broadcast and spent this whole weekend watching it in parts. As it occurred five years before my birth year, I'm keen to read other people's recollections of the event and how you followed it, given it was such a worldwide spectacle.</p><p></p><p>Secondly, the satellite enthusiast in me is interested in learning more about how it was all uplinked, especially given it was the mid-80s when the infrastructure was nowhere near as it is today. Does anyone know what satellites were used? I'm guessing it was all carried in the clear. It's almost impossible to find any kind of information online, if any public info exists. It's pretty astounding that Geldof requested the broadcasters to destroy their off air recordings to avoid any future legal fees that would have occurred with repeats. Thank goodness MTV and BBC ignored that request <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>For anyone interested, you can watch the entire BBC output on Archive.org. Much prefer the continuous TX to the DVD they put out a few decades ago. (May need a VPN switched to San Francisco for it to play smoothly). </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://archive.org/details/live-aid-1985-full-bbc-broadcast[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dankargo, post: 1148322, member: 402329"] I'm a 90s kid so unfortunetly I wasn't around when this took place, although it will forever be the event that I longed to experience given the incredible list of performers. I just recently discovered the BBC broadcast and spent this whole weekend watching it in parts. As it occurred five years before my birth year, I'm keen to read other people's recollections of the event and how you followed it, given it was such a worldwide spectacle. Secondly, the satellite enthusiast in me is interested in learning more about how it was all uplinked, especially given it was the mid-80s when the infrastructure was nowhere near as it is today. Does anyone know what satellites were used? I'm guessing it was all carried in the clear. It's almost impossible to find any kind of information online, if any public info exists. It's pretty astounding that Geldof requested the broadcasters to destroy their off air recordings to avoid any future legal fees that would have occurred with repeats. Thank goodness MTV and BBC ignored that request :D For anyone interested, you can watch the entire BBC output on Archive.org. Much prefer the continuous TX to the DVD they put out a few decades ago. (May need a VPN switched to San Francisco for it to play smoothly). [URL unfurl="true"]https://archive.org/details/live-aid-1985-full-bbc-broadcast[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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