CBS - Wham! In China: Foreign Skies (1986)
DVDRip | 838x542 | .MKV/AVC @ 2500 Kbps | 1 h 1 min | 1.19 GiB
Audio: English AC3 256 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary
On June 28, 1986, in front of 80,000 fans at London's Wembley Stadium, Wham! put an end to their four-year run. Without a trace of tears, George and Andrew took the first step that day to go their separate ways.
Though their four-year run was short, the two actually met back in 1975. Of the 11 years since they first met, only four years were the Wham! that everyone knew, while the remaining seven were the Wham! that only George and Andrew knew. We tend to say it was only four years, but for the two of them, Wham! was a youth they shared not only with music, but also friendship, frustration, glory, and romance, from their mischievous youth to the present day. So, George and Andrew must have had mixed feelings as they left Wham! to stand on their own two feet. Torn between a sense of duty to set off on a journey and the loneliness of not wanting to leave their warm nest…
Through Wham!, George and Andrew accomplished everything a pop group should. They were considered the glorious pop stars of the '60s (the Beatles), the '70s (BCR), and the '80s (Wham!), producing countless pop hits hummed by people of all ages around the world. Sales of Wham! merchandise, including records, cassettes, Wham! dolls, and T-shirts, have set music history records. In addition to their business success, Wham! toured China in April 1985 as a musical mission, generating significant social buzz. Of course, their concerts in Beijing and Guangdong were a huge success. Wham! inspired big dreams for Chinese people, who rarely had the chance to hear live pop music. One of the catalysts for this China tour was the arrival of "Careless Whisper" through imports, which reached the ears of Chinese music professionals and became a huge hit when a Chinese singer sang it. Five versions of "Careless Whisper"—four in Cantonese and one in Mandarin—were simultaneously huge hits. This naturally led to a desire to learn more about Wham!, the band's original song.
As a result, Wham!'s sound reached mainland China for the first time, albeit on cassette. The Wham! fans who sought out the cassettes were reportedly young people between the ages of 12 and 25. This alone created a huge social phenomenon, but George and Andrew went on to successfully tour China. The video you're seeing now is a recording of that event. It not only captures the concert, but also their travelogue-style documentary of China. You'll also enjoy a glimpse into the real lives of George and Andrew. This video, "Foreign Skies," was first shown on the day of the band's final concert. Now, it can be seen by Wham! fans all over the world.
The China performance was a huge challenge for George and Andrew, so please cherish this video, which captures everything, along with your memories of Wham!, as a treasured memory.
General
Unique ID : 44323046759705705026635571520313688044 (0x21584EEC9FCDDA800FB2A088F96EFFEC)
Complete name : Wham.In.China.Foreign.Skies.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 1.19 GiB
Duration : 1 h 1 min
Overall bit rate : 2 758 kb/s
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4
Format settings : CABAC / 5 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, Reference frames : 5 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1 h 1 min
Bit rate : 2 500 kb/s
Width : 838 pixels
Height : 542 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 3:2
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 29.970 (30000/1001) FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.184
Stream size : 1.08 GiB (91%)
Writing library : x264 core 165 r3222 b35605ac
Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x133 / me=umh / subme=10 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.00 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=24 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=2 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=12 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=5 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=300 / keyint_min=30 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=60 / rc=2pass / mbtree=1 / bitrate=2500 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / cplxblur=20.0 / qblur=0.5 / vbv_maxrate=25000 / vbv_bufsize=31250 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.601 NTSC
Transfer characteristics : BT.601
Matrix coefficients : BT.601
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Commercial name : Dolby Digital
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 1 h 1 min
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 256 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 25 ms
Stream size : 113 MiB (9%)
Language : English
Service kind : Complete Main
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Dialog Normalization : -31 dB
compr : -11.02 dB
dialnorm_Average : -31 dB
dialnorm_Minimum : -31 dB
dialnorm_Maximum : -31 dB
Screenshots: