Libera Dreams

Hello, I am Ludwig from Japan! I am living here for three years. Here I hear Libera for the first time! Now I got nearly all japanese issues of their CDs and DVDs. But the Leiden-Concert-DVD is sold out or costs up to 150 Dollar... My first track of Libera was "Time" and this was my "recreation-day"! I never heart such a beautiful music - and the solo-singer (Mini-) Ben impressed me so much. Here in Japan Libera is very popular!! Now I am waiting for the japanese Version of "libera in America"... If anybody want to know more about Japan, please answer me!

Hello Ludwig, welcome to the forum.

Yes, I often think that Libera has more fans in Japan than anywhere else in the world. I think it is about time for another tour over there - Libera haven't announced their summer plans yet....

Regarding the Leiden DVD - have you considered buying from Amazon UK? The DVD is region free so will work in Japan.

Which leaves me with my usual welcome of:

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Thank you for the warm welcome! And thanks for the hint with "Amazon uk". But I don`t know, if they deliver to Japan, I am not a customer yet...

I owned the japanese Version of the leiden-concert a few month ago, but the Quality was not good. The Picture was not sharp. Somebody thinks now, that is because of NTSC, but I own the jap. Special Edition of "peace" with the DVD, and this is NTSC too. The Quality here is outstanding, I don`t know, why the jap. DVD is not... This is the cause of not buying this DVD now...

Welcome Ludwig! Yes, Time is a great song, especially alternating between the two soloists.

And yes, I had two or three Leiden DVDs on order with Amazon for almost the entire 2014 year, and then finally gave up and told them to cancel them. I wasn't sure whether Libera was waiting for a certain amount of demand in order to go back and have more produced. It is on YouTube, but it's not the same as having a separate DVD.

Thanks for your reply! I hope the Leiden-DVD will be produced next time...

Hey, Ludwig. Nice to have you here. I have seen how popular they are in Japan. The fans are very enthusiastic there. Libera would never get such a reaction in the US or UK. I think it must be a cultural difference in behavior norms, would you say that's right? Anyway, welcome to the forum. I snatched up the Leiden DVD on super sale somewhere from someone foolish enough to want to unload it for cheap so I got very lucky but you can easily find it online at Youtube at pretty much the same DVD quality.

You could try looking for used copies of the Leiden DVD on e-bay.
Oh, and welcome to Libera Dreams.

Now I am living in china, Shenyang. Here you can buy some special CDs of libera. The hong kong release of peace in a hardcover was the most interesting CD, which I have bought. And a collection of libera videos on three dvds.... My most expressing CD was the peace, japan limited edition, as a promotional cd with the mark " sample on the inner ring of the cd and dvd. I could buy this ultra rare set two times! The seller did not know, what he was selling... I can post some photos, if you want....