NOTE: There are no links for these DVD's, they are just recommendations and for information only.
Sometime ago, 12 June 2013 to be precise. I posted part one. That title is now something of an anachronism with the rapid advance of technology. I imagine that most of us now use streaming sources to view video footage. In fact, the majority of these titles should be accessible via Youtube.
Sometime ago, 12 June 2013 to be precise. I posted part one. That title is now something of an anachronism with the rapid advance of technology. I imagine that most of us now use streaming sources to view video footage. In fact, the majority of these titles should be accessible via Youtube.
Recently during a bout of dreadful winter weather I was basically house bound and to stop cabin fever breaking out, decided to plow through much of the video footage in my collection, downloaded over the last fifteen plus years.
Below are the ten titles selected that are very worthy additions to the listing. A few included in the part one list have now seen official release and there are also one or two titles, that seven years down the line I may not have chosen.
JIMI HENDRIX - Royal Albert Hall 24 February 1969 (K. Max version)
Room Full Of Hendrix by 4Reel Productions was the first video footage of Hendrix at the RAH I downloaded, way back in 2008. Six years later an upgrade was posted and began circulating around the NET. Superior to the previous version, it sparked much interest and renewed claims for the show to be officially released on CD and DVD.
Indeed at the time
of preparing the first part of this DVD list, it was strongly rumoured that an
agreement was on the verge of being struck by the various factions involved. I
decided to omit 'Room Full Of Hendrix' from the first listing post because of this. I should have
known better because here seven years down the road, the Royal Albert Hall still hasn’t received
an official release.
The upgrade, the K. Max version listed here, began circulating in 2014 and had the following changes made to the original raw film:
The upgrade, the K. Max version listed here, began circulating in 2014 and had the following changes made to the original raw film:
The mono audio was replaced with full stereo
sound, and in the correct set list order. Colour correction, was applied to the
new 2014 source, out of sync shots were also corrected, the shortened songs
were extended to their full length with still photos, screen captures and
pyschedelic effects to replace the missing scenes. Certain effects added to the
raw footage could not be removed such as the ocean waves on ‘Little Wing’ and
the sparkler effects on ‘Voodoo Chile’.
The
previous ‘Rising Sun’ version is compared on the extras menu. The upgrade has
superior colour tones and contrast and the picture quality is much sharper. The old version is more washed out
with a blurred image and orange tone.
01.
Intro 02. Lover Man 03. Getting My Heart Back Together
Again 04. I Don't Live Today 05. Foxy Lady 06. Bleeding Heart 07.
Fire 08. Little Wing 09. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 10. Room Full Of Mirrors 11. Purple Haze 12. Wild Thing
DVD Extras - Hound Dog Acoustic / Interview / Technical Notes including A/B comparisons to old and new source that was "unearthed" in 2014 exclusively for this project.
DVD Extras - Hound Dog Acoustic / Interview / Technical Notes including A/B comparisons to old and new source that was "unearthed" in 2014 exclusively for this project.
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RADIOHEAD - Bonnaroo Festival, Manchester, TN – June 8th, 2012
Radiohead’s appearance at the Bonnaroo festival in 2006 is one of their all-time legendary shows, they performed a set full of older hits and a handful of newer tunes. (see #80 Radiohead) Their return to Bonnaroo in 2012 was subject to much anticipation, could they deliver another legendary show? The video footage shows a band playing at the top of their game and includes the build up and the complete two and a half hour set.
01. Bloom
02. 15 Step 03. Kid A 04. Weird
Fishes/Arpeggi 05. Staircase 06. The Daily Mail 07. I Might Be Wrong
08. The Gloaming 09. Separator 10. Nude 11. Magpie 12. Identikit
13. Lotus Flower 14. There There 15. Karma Police 16. Feral 17. Idioteque 18. You and
Whose Army? 19. House Of Cards 20. Supercollider 21. Bodysnatchers 22. True Love Waits /
Everything In Its Right Place 23. Give Up The Ghost 24. Reckoner 25. Paranoid Android.
The
set list was vastly different from their performance six years earlier. The
band played a twenty-five song set that focused heavily on their newer
material. In their review of the show ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine said that:
"While Thom Yorke and Co. weeded out a few thousand hit chasers in the crowd by eschewing well-known favorites like ‘Fake Plastic Trees’ and ‘No Surprises,’ they held tens of thousands more spellbound with a textured tableau of intertwining rhythmic arrangements — augmented by the addition of auxiliary drummer Clive Deamer – and nuanced sonics, with some latter-day catalog cuts emerging as concert anthems. When Yorke howled out the chorus of In Rainbows standout ‘Weird Fishes/Arpeggi,’ he cued an en masse singalong that sounded like a tidal wave ripping across a human sea of 80,000.”
Jon Pareles writing for the ‘New York Times’ was also impressed and wrote,
“Friday night at Bonnaroo was the follow-through: Radiohead the rhythm band, hitting groove after groove and riding them to darkly kinetic places…. But it was the music itself that made the best patterns: drumbeats and tangles of guitars, live and looped, bending funk into odd meters or twisting and untwisting, starting out transparent before some massive distorted keyboard texture plunged the whole assembly into ominous shadows. The rhythmic sinew of each song was exposed and vital, whether the music was moving through Beatles-like harmonies or bearing down on a handful of repeating chords.”
The review titled ‘Bonnaroo: Radiohead’s Festival Evolution’ continued saying that,
“It was a challenging show, filled with the sort of cerebral, experimental music that requires more of its audience than most Bonnaroo headlining sets. Even when a group of amped-up fans near the soundbooth began setting off their own fireworks during “Reckoning,” though, it was hard to take your eyes off the action up front. For a minute there, we all lost ourselves.”
"While Thom Yorke and Co. weeded out a few thousand hit chasers in the crowd by eschewing well-known favorites like ‘Fake Plastic Trees’ and ‘No Surprises,’ they held tens of thousands more spellbound with a textured tableau of intertwining rhythmic arrangements — augmented by the addition of auxiliary drummer Clive Deamer – and nuanced sonics, with some latter-day catalog cuts emerging as concert anthems. When Yorke howled out the chorus of In Rainbows standout ‘Weird Fishes/Arpeggi,’ he cued an en masse singalong that sounded like a tidal wave ripping across a human sea of 80,000.”
Jon Pareles writing for the ‘New York Times’ was also impressed and wrote,
“Friday night at Bonnaroo was the follow-through: Radiohead the rhythm band, hitting groove after groove and riding them to darkly kinetic places…. But it was the music itself that made the best patterns: drumbeats and tangles of guitars, live and looped, bending funk into odd meters or twisting and untwisting, starting out transparent before some massive distorted keyboard texture plunged the whole assembly into ominous shadows. The rhythmic sinew of each song was exposed and vital, whether the music was moving through Beatles-like harmonies or bearing down on a handful of repeating chords.”
The review titled ‘Bonnaroo: Radiohead’s Festival Evolution’ continued saying that,
“It was a challenging show, filled with the sort of cerebral, experimental music that requires more of its audience than most Bonnaroo headlining sets. Even when a group of amped-up fans near the soundbooth began setting off their own fireworks during “Reckoning,” though, it was hard to take your eyes off the action up front. For a minute there, we all lost ourselves.”
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THE ROLLING STONES – Cocksucker Blues
Directed
by Robert Frank, Danny Seymour
United States • 1972 • 93 mins. • In English
United States • 1972 • 93 mins. • In English
The year was 1972. The Stones were rolling again after surviving the drug busts, Brian Jones exit and death, Altamont, and the 1960’s. The ’72 tour of America introduced the band with a fully reconstituted repertory. ‘Exile On Main Street’ was new and the group never played better! They’d also achieved new status by then as celebrities whether by sheer muscle of the money they made or growing respectability, the Stones were off the news pages and onto the gossip pages, members of the ‘beautiful-people’ in whose company it was a coup to be seen. Not that they didn’t still know how to rock out!
The Rolling Stones were upset by the film’s portrayal of them. The film is under court order that only allows it to be shown when director Robert Frank is present. It stars Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman & Mick Taylor. Also making an appearance are, Danny Seymour, Bianca Jagger, Tina Turner, Truman Capote, Stevie Wonder, Andy Warhol, Dick Cavett, Terry Southern, Princess Radziwell, Cynthia Jones and various groupies, roadies and scalpers.
Shot in black and white and colour, through the murk, you will see one of the most direct and honest documentaries ever filmed about the music business and the lifestyle of its participants. The level of personal contact and intrusion into the lives of such a major rock band, is only something that today’s filmmakers can dream about. It has undoubtedly contributed to the legendary appeal of ‘Cocksucker Blues’ and is not just down to the controversial depiction of nudity and drug usage (for its time).
Reviewer’s
comments:
“It is the least seen movie about the Rolling Stones and ranks as one of the most revealing ever made.”
“It’s a movie as much about late 20th century America as about the Rolling Stones, “a far truer picture of the USA than anything else Frank ever did.”
“Gritty, tedious, funny, nauseating, thrilling and merciless: Cocksucker Blues, Robert Frank‘s film about the Rolling Stones‘ 1972 tour of North America, may be the most complete rock & roll documentary ever made.”
“The Stones in 1972 were magnificently raw and feral, at the peak of their era with (Mick) Taylor, and the music comes like a rush of blood to the head.”
The copy I have is: 4 Reel Productions proudly presents:
“It is the least seen movie about the Rolling Stones and ranks as one of the most revealing ever made.”
“It’s a movie as much about late 20th century America as about the Rolling Stones, “a far truer picture of the USA than anything else Frank ever did.”
“Gritty, tedious, funny, nauseating, thrilling and merciless: Cocksucker Blues, Robert Frank‘s film about the Rolling Stones‘ 1972 tour of North America, may be the most complete rock & roll documentary ever made.”
“The Stones in 1972 were magnificently raw and feral, at the peak of their era with (Mick) Taylor, and the music comes like a rush of blood to the head.”
The copy I have is: 4 Reel Productions proudly presents:
Big Cocksucker Blues
(2004)
At
the time of downloading, this was said to be the best version circulating. The
comment on the cover says:
“With all the versions of this floating around out there, we decided to put out the best possible version we could find and here it is! It comprises two discs with the second including footage from"
Saville Theatre 1969 / Australian Tour Documentary 1973 / Promos / Brown Sugar Clip 1973 / David Frost Show 1969 / Interviews With Mick Jagger & Mick And Biancas Wedding
"The video and the audio were re-mastered entirely along with all the bonus material making this THE definitive version.”
A reviewer of this version asked the question:
“What exactly makes Big Cocksucker Blues different than plain old Cocksucker Blues, the legendary rarely-seen film of the Rolling Stones' 1972 tour? Well, while the original Cocksucker Blues has frequently been bootlegged since the pre-DVD era, this Big Cocksucker Blues has that 95-minute film and well over an hour of extras.”
I was going to recommend where you could see it but the video was removed, for apparently violating YouTube's terms of service!
A print of the film was put up for sale for £25,000 in 2013, copies made from that, are likely to be in private hands, an upgrade as has not circulated freely since the 4 Reel Productions version.
“With all the versions of this floating around out there, we decided to put out the best possible version we could find and here it is! It comprises two discs with the second including footage from"
Saville Theatre 1969 / Australian Tour Documentary 1973 / Promos / Brown Sugar Clip 1973 / David Frost Show 1969 / Interviews With Mick Jagger & Mick And Biancas Wedding
"The video and the audio were re-mastered entirely along with all the bonus material making this THE definitive version.”
A reviewer of this version asked the question:
“What exactly makes Big Cocksucker Blues different than plain old Cocksucker Blues, the legendary rarely-seen film of the Rolling Stones' 1972 tour? Well, while the original Cocksucker Blues has frequently been bootlegged since the pre-DVD era, this Big Cocksucker Blues has that 95-minute film and well over an hour of extras.”
I was going to recommend where you could see it but the video was removed, for apparently violating YouTube's terms of service!
A print of the film was put up for sale for £25,000 in 2013, copies made from that, are likely to be in private hands, an upgrade as has not circulated freely since the 4 Reel Productions version.
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PJ HARVEY - EVOLution 1992-2004
This collection was put together and released into circulation by PJ fan ‘Newrose’ in 2007. It comprises two DVD discs worth of pro-shot footage and looks at the EVOlution of Polly's career from 1992 to 2004. The quality ranges from watchable (mainly the early 1992-96 performances) to excellent. It's unlikely a better video accompaniment (apart from an update including post 2004) to PJ Harvey's career will appear unless it's an official release.
It's a fascinating look at Polly Harvey's ever changing dress style as well as the changes in the band's musical direction.
DVD
1 1992 – 1998 (PAL 4:3) 01:25:11
1992-93: 01 Dress – The
Late Show 31 March 92 02
Naked Cousin – Jools Holland 7 May 1993
03 Dress 04
Sheela-Na-Gig – t3-4 Festival 28
August 1992 05 Highway
61 06 Yuri G 07 Stella 08 Dress – t5-8 Cabaret Metro Chicago 1 July 1993
1995-96: 01 Working for the
Man 02 Goodnight – t1-2 The
White Room 15 April 1995 03
Send His Love to Me – Jools Holland 12 May 1995 04 The Dancer 05 Meet Ze Monsta – t4-5 BBC
Studio 16 August 1995 06
C’mon Billy - Tonight Show 14 May 1995
07 Send His Love to Me – Late Show 11 September 1995 08 That Was My Veil 09 Taut – t8-9 Jools Holland 26 November
1996
1998:
01 A Perfect
Day Elise 02 Hook 03 Meet Ze Monsta – t1-3 V98
Festival Chelmsford 23 August 1998 04 Catherine 05 Civil War Correspondent 06 Is This Desire – t4-6 Sessions
At West 54th, New York, NY,
U.S.A 5 November 1998 07 The
Sky Lit Up – Jools Holland 20 November 1998
DVD 2 2000 – 2004 (PAL 4:3) 01:24:37
DVD 2 2000 – 2004 (PAL 4:3) 01:24:37
2000-01:
01 Good
Fortune – TFI Friday 17 November 2000
02 Whores Hustle & The Hustlers Whore 03 Somebody’s Down Somebody’s Name –
t2-3 Werchter Festival 1 July 2001 04
Down By The Water 05 Losing
Ground 06 Horses In My
Dreams 07 Big Exit –
t4-7 Gurten Festival 15 July 2001 08
This Is Love – Jools Holland 12 October 2001
2003:
01 A Place
Called Home 02 Missed 03 To Bring You My Love 04 50ft Queenie – t1-4 Big Day Out
Australia Jan 2003 05 50ft
Queenie 06 A Place Called
Home 07 Man-Size – t5-7
Pukkelpop Hassalt 30 August 2003
2004:
01 Uh Huh
Her 02 Meet Ze Monsta 03 Who The Fuck? 04 Evol 05 Victory – t1-5 Hurricane Festival Germany 26 June
2004 06 The Dancer 07 Uh Huh Her 08 Taut – t6-8 Vilar De Mouros
Portugal 18 July 2004
Sources: Master VHS > DVD & All DVD Trade
Sources: Master VHS > DVD & All DVD Trade
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Video footage of Neil Young & Crazy Horse performing live in 1976. Recorded in March and April in Japan and the United Kingdom, the never-released concert documentary ‘Yesteryear Of The Horse’ begins with Young performing solo, followed by a set with his rocking backing band.
The video begins with Young’s solo offerings of “Mellow My Mind,” “Too Far Gone” and “No One Seems To Know” from performances in Budokan, Tokyo. Full band versions of “Country Home,” “Don’t Cry No Tears,” “Drive Back,” “Cowgirl In The Sand,” “Lotta Love” and “The Losing End” also come from the Budokan shows. Next comes footage from London’s Hammersmith Odeon in which Young goes from solo acoustic guitar on “Tell Me Why,” to piano on “Stringman,” to banjo on “Human Highway.” Crazy Horse then comes aboard for “Down By The River” and “Cortez The Killer.” The end of the video is of Young busking on the streets of Glasgow, Scotland while playing “The Old Laughing Laughing Lady” on banjo.
The footage was filmed for a documentary and recorded for a live album release called Odeon / Budokan, which obviously never happened. Jim Jarmusch used a quantity of the backstage material in his film ‘Year Of The Horse’ but only a relatively small part of the performance footage - a segment of Like A Hurricane appeared.
Note that the quality of the footage leaves a lot to be desired but is nonetheless a fascinating look at the past. It’s in 2nd or 3rd generation VHS type quality. I’m sure that this will be included in some form, either audio/video, or both on the long awaited second volume of Neil’s ‘Archives’ series.
Budokan, Tokyo 1976
0:00 Mellow My Mind
3:25 Too Far Gone
6:38 No One Seems To Know
9:14 Country Home
15:47 Don't Cry No Tears
18:35 Drive Back
24:06 Cowgirl In The Sand
30:00 Lotta Love
33:00 The Losing End (When You're On)
Hammersmith Odeon, London 1976
37:25 Tell Me Why
40:02 Stringman
43:43 Human Highway
46:52 Down By The River
59:00 Cortez The Killer
Central Station, Glasgow 1976
1:07:16 The Old Laughing Lady
DON’T BE DENIED (2008)
22:00 Tracing the musical journey of the legendary singer/songwriter through interviews and unseen performance footage.
Both of these shows were recorded and circulated together, quickly on torrent sites. At the time it was stated that “The programme would be shown just a few days prior to the expected release date of the first set of Young's much-delayed 'Archives' project." Neil Young fans were not surprised that ‘Archives’ didn’t appear until June 2, 2009.
BBC IN CONCERT FEBRUARY 23, 1971
01. Out On The Weekend 02. Old Man 03. Journey Through the Past 04. Heart Of Gold 05. Don’t Let It Bring You Down 06. A Man Needs A Maid 07. Love In Mind 08. Dance, Dance, Dance
Neil Young played a wonderful set in 1971, that was taped and broadcast by the BBC. He arrived in England right after the release of Harvest and this was filmed as part of a promotional tour for the album. It’s just Neil solo with his acoustic guitar and a set of songs that have become familiar favourites that appear on his best-of collections. At this concert they were fresh and new, he also performed some unreleased songs. The filming and the sound quality is excellent, and Young’s stories about his life and surroundings are easy to follow. This is a true gem, and one of the best captures of Neil Young in his early seventies heyday.
DON’T BE DENIED (2008)
Neil Young traces his musical journey in his own words. This documentary film was made from three hours of interview shot in New York and California, and utilises previously unseen performance from the star’s own extensive archives.
“I only do it for the music. If the music is saying to do one thing, the people are secondary; you just have to do what you have to do and if you’re always like that, people begin to trust that. They realise it’s not a personal thing.”
Young later explained his anti-star status, “I didn’t spend 10 years in the 60s and 70s creating something so I could be a prisoner of it … You know if you’re trying to stay in the favor of the public, you’re a loser – you’ll never get there.”
A resolutely private artist who seldom looks back, Neil Young has never before unfolded his career on camera. With unprecedented access to one of the world’s renowned music legends, the film explores how Young’s unbending dedication to the muse has created an awe-inspiring body of work and bruised a few egos along the way.
Told in Young’s own words, the film weaves hours of exclusive interview, shot in New York and California, with previously unseen performance footage from the star’s own extensive collection. The documentary also features long-time collaborators Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Nils Lofgren and James Taylor.
The film ends with Young still refusing to be denied, playing an anti-Bush anthem to a Republican audience in the South.
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - BBC SESSIONS (2008)
On Friday 4 July 2008, BBC Four Television presented an evening of programmes dedicated to Nick Cave. It comprised of three shows, firstly an hour-long live special, recorded 30 June in London at LSO St. Luke’s church. The second titled ‘Songwriters Circle, was an acoustic concert from the Subterrania club in West London, featuring Chrissie Hynde, John Cale & Nick Cave.
The night ended with a selection of performances drawn from his eight appearances on the long running Later…with Jools Holland show (Nov 12 1992 - s01e06 / May 14 1994 - s03e02 / May 8, 1998 - s11e04 / May 11 2001 - s17e05 / June 20 2003 - s21e06 / October 29 2004 - s24 e04 / May 11, 2007 - S29e02 & May 13, 2008 - S32e07)
Although not advertised at the time, the show also included four performances, selected from other BBC shows. The first and last programmes quickly began circulating on torrent sites and made an essential two-hour disc of highlights from Nick Cave’s career, that included his collaboration with Shane McGowan of the Pogues, side project Grinderman, and the Bad Seeds. A post 2008 version compiles the whole evenings shows, including the four acoustic performances by Cave.
9-30 - 10-30pm: BBC Four Sessions - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
01. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (4:42) 02. Red Right Hand (5:45) 03. Midnight Man (5:31) 04. Deanna (4:49) 05. God Is In The House (4:45) 06. Today's Lesson (4:41) 07. Get Ready For Love (3:47) 08. The Lyre Of Orpheus (4:22) 09. The Ship Song (4:17) 10. The Mercy Seat (4:07) 11. We Call Upon The Author (4:29) 12. Stagger Lee (5:16)
11-20 - 12-20pm: Nick Cave on Later ...with Jools Holland (plus other BBC Appearances)
01. Introduction 02. Today's Lesson (May 08, Later) 03. The Weeping Song (Jun 90, The Late Show) 04. Cindy Cindy (Dec 90, New West) 05. And The Ass Saw The Angel (Oct 89, The Late Show) 06. Rainy Night In Soho (Nov 92, Later) 07. Wonderful World (with Shane McGowan) (Nov 92, Later) 08. Thirsty Dog (May 94, Later) 09. When The Wild Roses Grow (with Kylie Minogue) (Oct 95, TOTP) 10. Do You Love Me (May 98, Later) 11. Nobody's Baby Now (May 98, Later) 12. Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow (May 01, Later) 13. He Wants You (Jun 03, Later) 14. Abattoir Blues (Oct 04, Later) 15. Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) (May 07, Later) 16. Jesus Of The Moon (May 08, Later) 17. Midnight Man (May 08, Later)
Tom Waits - ‘A Broken Heart: Live In Germany 1977’ (Rockpalast)
This completes the listing, the two parts add up
to thirty of the best bootleg dvd’s available. If you are unable to watch any of
them on YouTube the torrent sites listed in the Best Bootlegs 2015-19 document should help in locating them.
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE - YESTERYEAR OF THE HORSE 1976
Video footage of Neil Young & Crazy Horse performing live in 1976. Recorded in March and April in Japan and the United Kingdom, the never-released concert documentary ‘Yesteryear Of The Horse’ begins with Young performing solo, followed by a set with his rocking backing band.
The video begins with Young’s solo offerings of “Mellow My Mind,” “Too Far Gone” and “No One Seems To Know” from performances in Budokan, Tokyo. Full band versions of “Country Home,” “Don’t Cry No Tears,” “Drive Back,” “Cowgirl In The Sand,” “Lotta Love” and “The Losing End” also come from the Budokan shows. Next comes footage from London’s Hammersmith Odeon in which Young goes from solo acoustic guitar on “Tell Me Why,” to piano on “Stringman,” to banjo on “Human Highway.” Crazy Horse then comes aboard for “Down By The River” and “Cortez The Killer.” The end of the video is of Young busking on the streets of Glasgow, Scotland while playing “The Old Laughing Laughing Lady” on banjo.
The footage was filmed for a documentary and recorded for a live album release called Odeon / Budokan, which obviously never happened. Jim Jarmusch used a quantity of the backstage material in his film ‘Year Of The Horse’ but only a relatively small part of the performance footage - a segment of Like A Hurricane appeared.
Note that the quality of the footage leaves a lot to be desired but is nonetheless a fascinating look at the past. It’s in 2nd or 3rd generation VHS type quality. I’m sure that this will be included in some form, either audio/video, or both on the long awaited second volume of Neil’s ‘Archives’ series.
Budokan, Tokyo 1976
0:00 Mellow My Mind
3:25 Too Far Gone
6:38 No One Seems To Know
9:14 Country Home
15:47 Don't Cry No Tears
18:35 Drive Back
24:06 Cowgirl In The Sand
30:00 Lotta Love
33:00 The Losing End (When You're On)
Hammersmith Odeon, London 1976
37:25 Tell Me Why
40:02 Stringman
43:43 Human Highway
46:52 Down By The River
59:00 Cortez The Killer
Central Station, Glasgow 1976
1:07:16 The Old Laughing Lady
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BBC
Four Television - Friday 31 October 2008
NEIL
YOUNG - BBC SPECIAL FEATURING:
BBC IN CONCERT FEBRUARY 23, 1971
21:30 Kicking off Neil Young Night, a 1971 gig by the singer/songwriter, showcasing songs from Harvest.
DON’T BE DENIED (2008)
22:00 Tracing the musical journey of the legendary singer/songwriter through interviews and unseen performance footage.
Both of these shows were recorded and circulated together, quickly on torrent sites. At the time it was stated that “The programme would be shown just a few days prior to the expected release date of the first set of Young's much-delayed 'Archives' project." Neil Young fans were not surprised that ‘Archives’ didn’t appear until June 2, 2009.
BBC IN CONCERT FEBRUARY 23, 1971
01. Out On The Weekend 02. Old Man 03. Journey Through the Past 04. Heart Of Gold 05. Don’t Let It Bring You Down 06. A Man Needs A Maid 07. Love In Mind 08. Dance, Dance, Dance
Neil Young played a wonderful set in 1971, that was taped and broadcast by the BBC. He arrived in England right after the release of Harvest and this was filmed as part of a promotional tour for the album. It’s just Neil solo with his acoustic guitar and a set of songs that have become familiar favourites that appear on his best-of collections. At this concert they were fresh and new, he also performed some unreleased songs. The filming and the sound quality is excellent, and Young’s stories about his life and surroundings are easy to follow. This is a true gem, and one of the best captures of Neil Young in his early seventies heyday.
DON’T BE DENIED (2008)
Neil Young traces his musical journey in his own words. This documentary film was made from three hours of interview shot in New York and California, and utilises previously unseen performance from the star’s own extensive archives.
“I only do it for the music. If the music is saying to do one thing, the people are secondary; you just have to do what you have to do and if you’re always like that, people begin to trust that. They realise it’s not a personal thing.”
Young later explained his anti-star status, “I didn’t spend 10 years in the 60s and 70s creating something so I could be a prisoner of it … You know if you’re trying to stay in the favor of the public, you’re a loser – you’ll never get there.”
A resolutely private artist who seldom looks back, Neil Young has never before unfolded his career on camera. With unprecedented access to one of the world’s renowned music legends, the film explores how Young’s unbending dedication to the muse has created an awe-inspiring body of work and bruised a few egos along the way.
Told in Young’s own words, the film weaves hours of exclusive interview, shot in New York and California, with previously unseen performance footage from the star’s own extensive collection. The documentary also features long-time collaborators Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Nils Lofgren and James Taylor.
The film ends with Young still refusing to be denied, playing an anti-Bush anthem to a Republican audience in the South.
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NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS - BBC SESSIONS (2008)
On Friday 4 July 2008, BBC Four Television presented an evening of programmes dedicated to Nick Cave. It comprised of three shows, firstly an hour-long live special, recorded 30 June in London at LSO St. Luke’s church. The second titled ‘Songwriters Circle, was an acoustic concert from the Subterrania club in West London, featuring Chrissie Hynde, John Cale & Nick Cave.
The night ended with a selection of performances drawn from his eight appearances on the long running Later…with Jools Holland show (Nov 12 1992 - s01e06 / May 14 1994 - s03e02 / May 8, 1998 - s11e04 / May 11 2001 - s17e05 / June 20 2003 - s21e06 / October 29 2004 - s24 e04 / May 11, 2007 - S29e02 & May 13, 2008 - S32e07)
Although not advertised at the time, the show also included four performances, selected from other BBC shows. The first and last programmes quickly began circulating on torrent sites and made an essential two-hour disc of highlights from Nick Cave’s career, that included his collaboration with Shane McGowan of the Pogues, side project Grinderman, and the Bad Seeds. A post 2008 version compiles the whole evenings shows, including the four acoustic performances by Cave.
9-30 - 10-30pm: BBC Four Sessions - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
01. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (4:42) 02. Red Right Hand (5:45) 03. Midnight Man (5:31) 04. Deanna (4:49) 05. God Is In The House (4:45) 06. Today's Lesson (4:41) 07. Get Ready For Love (3:47) 08. The Lyre Of Orpheus (4:22) 09. The Ship Song (4:17) 10. The Mercy Seat (4:07) 11. We Call Upon The Author (4:29) 12. Stagger Lee (5:16)
11-20 - 12-20pm: Nick Cave on Later ...with Jools Holland (plus other BBC Appearances)
01. Introduction 02. Today's Lesson (May 08, Later) 03. The Weeping Song (Jun 90, The Late Show) 04. Cindy Cindy (Dec 90, New West) 05. And The Ass Saw The Angel (Oct 89, The Late Show) 06. Rainy Night In Soho (Nov 92, Later) 07. Wonderful World (with Shane McGowan) (Nov 92, Later) 08. Thirsty Dog (May 94, Later) 09. When The Wild Roses Grow (with Kylie Minogue) (Oct 95, TOTP) 10. Do You Love Me (May 98, Later) 11. Nobody's Baby Now (May 98, Later) 12. Fifteen Feet Of Pure White Snow (May 01, Later) 13. He Wants You (Jun 03, Later) 14. Abattoir Blues (Oct 04, Later) 15. Honey Bee (Let's Fly To Mars) (May 07, Later) 16. Jesus Of The Moon (May 08, Later) 17. Midnight Man (May 08, Later)
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Live
at WDR Studios, in Koln, Germany on April 18th, 1977. Rockpalast (Rock Palace)
is a music television show that broadcasts live on German television station
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). It began in 1974 and continues to this day.
Hundreds of rock and jazz bands have performed on the show.
For
those who never had a chance to catch him in the early days, this is your entry
point into the dark, jazzy, twisted, literary world of Tom Waits - on film.
Quite surprisingly early Waits footage is not that rare, although most are
short performances, limited by the allocation of small screen time. These are
also excellent and video of the following shows is essential: Austin City
Limits, 1978 (53 minutes), No Visitors After Midnight, compiles the PBS Chicago
show from 1975 (36 minutes) and the BBC Live In Person show from 1979 (45
minutes) and Elephant Beer Blues… a Danish TV special from 1976 (39 minutes).
In a
Pitchfork article just before last Christmas, contributor Tyler Wilcox penned
an article about Tom Waits titled:
‘A Deep Dive Into Tom Waits’ Best Rare and Unreleased Material’
He
discussed some of Tom’s best-unreleased material from each stage of his career.
More pertinently for this post, he wrote about the classic performance by Waits
on the ‘Rockpalast’ German TV show screened in 1977.
His
review is short, succinct and an example to all budding writers that you can
just be as effective with a hundred words as you can with a numerous page
dissertation.
“For
a glimpse of Waits in all his mid-’70s glory, look no further than this
80-minute performance that aired on the Rockpalast TV show. Opening with a
rapid-fire recitation of “Step Right Up,” Waits and his band instantly
transform the sterile German studio into a smoky, seedy nightclub. The entire
show is a tour de force performance, as Waits expertly mixes beat-poet flow
with gravel-voiced laments, jazz noir with jokes. There’s also a hint of the
surrealism that would come to the fore in his later years: With its fragmented
imagery and haunted scenes, closing song “Tom Traubert’s Blues” transports that
smoky nightclub to someplace much stranger.”
01.
Step Right Up (6:50) 02. Invitation To
The Blues / Eggs + Sausage (7:45) 03.
Depot Depot (3:20) 04. Jitterbug Boy
(5:00) 05.
Pasties And The G-String (6:10) 06. I
Wish I Was In New Orleans (4:05) 07. Fumblin’ With The Blues (2:45) 08. Semi Suite (5:45) 09. Emotional Weather Report (4:00) 10. Bad Liver And A Broken Heart (4:40) 11. New Coat Of Paint (2:25) 12.
I Can’t Wait To Get Off Work (3:25) 13.
The One That Got Away / Small Change (10:35)
14. Band Introduction (4:00) 15.
Tom Traubert’s Blues (7:20)
Musicians:
Tom
Waits (vocal and piano) / Frank Vicari (Sax) / Dr. Fitzgerald Jenkins III
(Bass) / Chip White (drums)
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PATTI SMITH GROUP - I’m An American Artist: Grugahalle, Essen, Germany. 22
April, 1979
This
is the only complete Patti concert from the seventies that was filmed and broadcast. The "Rockpalast" show was a German TV programme on WDR, that broadcast a whole
night of music live all over Europe.
It
includes an early career spanning set from the ‘Wave’ era and would be her last
European tour for seventeen years. She stepped away from the music business,
bar the occasional benefit appearance, to get married and raise a family. Patti
re-appeared with a new album in 1988, ‘Dream Of Life’ but it wasn’t until after
the deaths of her husband, ex MC5 guitarist, Fred ‘Sonic’ Smith, and her
brother Todd, that she decided to get back on stage. It followed the urging of
her friends, including Michael Stipe & Allen Ginsberg, who believed it
would help to assuage her grief. Patti
ended 1995 touring with Bob Dylan, and following the release of her new album
‘Gone Again’ in 1996, set out on her first headline tour since ‘Wave’ (see post #24)
This
upgrade to previously circulating sources appeared in October 2007. It was
recorded from the digital cable TV rebroadcast. The audio originally sourced
from a stereo FM broadcast, was taken from a silver disc bootleg pressing.
The
4th Rockpalast Festival
WDR TV Station (Germany)
Lineage:
Beta Master Tape > VHS Tape > Final Cut Studio 5 > Canopus ADVC 110
> Apple's Final Cut Studio 5 > Dual Layer DVD – 9 (6,18 GB)
Soundboard
> FM Stereo Broadcast > Bootleg (Silver Disc) > CD WAV Source >
Flac16
Tracklist:
01.
So You Wanna Be A Rock & Roll Star
02. Rock 'n' Roll Nigger 03.
Privilege (Set Me Free) 04. Dancing
Barefoot 05. Redondo Beach 06. 25th Floor 07. Revenge 08.
5-4-3-2-1-Wave 09. Pumpin' My
Heart 10. Seven Ways Of Going 11.
Because The Night 12. Frederick 13. Jailhouse Rock 14. Gloria 15. My
Generation 16. Interview
Running
Time: 93:55 minutes
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THE ROLLING STONES – Atlantic City 1989 ‘Deluxe Edition’
The
Rolling Stones concluded their 1989 North American tour with a live
pay-per-view TV special broadcast from Atlantic City in New Jersey. Special
guest stars included Axl N' Izzy from Guns N' Roses on "Salt of the
Earth", Eric Clapton on "Little Red Rooster", John Lee Hooker on
his own song "Boogie Chillun"
The Complete Show from December 19, 1989 Convention Center
Atlantic City, New Jersey sourced directly from a master VHS! The Stones tour
was feverishly anticipated, they had been off the road for seven years while
Mick and Keith conducted a ferocious private war that threatened to derail the
band for good. The guest spots by Eric Clapton (one of his finest blues
performances of the ‘80’s on "Little Red Rooster") & John Lee
Hooker are magnificent. By the time they reached Atlantic City, they had played
to 3.2 million people, grossing $97 million; and this pay-TV cablecast was
watched by a further three million. This was the penultimate date of the tour.
The picture quality is remarkable for the time, bright colours and very sharp
together with stunning sound quality.
Review comments
“At
the time, I was totally thrilled with this. I had seen the Stones live in
"Let's Spend the Night Together" and this seemed such a huge
improvement, both in terms of set list and execution of the songs. It was the
first of the huge nostalgia tours with big production budgets and the augmented
band that have, for better or worse, become the standard Rolling Stones
concerts. But, at the time, I wasn't aware of this of course, so it was all
enjoyment for me.”
“The
1989 Atlantic City show is an all timer for me. I was 28 years old; I'd seen a
few of the Steel Wheels Shows in Los Angeles, and they were uniformly
incredible. The playing was magnificent. I've probably watched the performance
of Midnight Rambler a hundred times over the years, it really, really knocked
me out. POWERFUL. Mick sounded unbelievable on the harp on that track. I'm
still convinced, he knew this performance was so great that he starts off
"honey, it's not one of those", with a little uncontrollable laugh,
he was amazing on that track that night. Check out the video.”
“I
watched the whole show last night (I grabbed a good definition VOB set with
good sound) and it's a good show. I'd say it's a bit grittier, more
"Stones" than Live At The Max and Tokyo Dome. There's a lot of
leather jackets around - Mick at the outset (better than those awful Edwardian
coats), the girls, Eric, Axel) so gives it more of a rock look. In relation to
all that has followed over the last 29 years (!), it's refreshing to see Keith
on top form and playing so well (rhythms and solos). This is a keeper.”
Live
in Atlantic City, New York
Dec.
19th 1989
DVD
1: 01. Continental Drift 02. Start Me
Up 03. Bitch 04. Sad Sad Sad 05. Under
Cover Of The Night 06. Harlem Shuffle 07. Tumbling
Dice 08. Miss You 09. Terrifying 10. Ruby Tuesday 11. Salt
Of The Earth (with Axl Rose & Izzy Stradlin) 13. Rock
And A Hard Place 14. Mixed Emotions 15. Honky Tonk Women 16. Midnight Rambler
DVD
2: 01. You Can't Always Get What You Want
02. Little Red Rooster (with Eric Clapton) 03. Boogie Chillen (with Eric Clapton & John Lee Hooker) 04. Can't Be Seen 05. Happy 06. Paint It
Black 07. 2000 Light Years From Home 08. Sympathy For The Devil 09. Gimme Shelter 10. Band Introduction 11.
It's Only Rock And Roll 12. Brown Sugar 13. Satisfaction 14. Jumping
Jack Flash
This
version is a new upgrade with improved image quality and there is a bonus slide
of pictures with audio of the pre and after show documentary. In perfect stereo
sound, re-mastered from the gold edition from Swingin' Pig 4 CD set.
Running
Time: 165 minutes approx.
