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NOTWMEDDLE wrote:
HDvorak wrote:
NOTWMEDDLE wrote:
Benn wrote:
Freddie changes leotard during the operatic section.

Other bands fimed during that period were all the classic groups really:

The Stones
The Who
Queen
Zeppelin
Thin Lizzy
Bad Company
The Eagles

And the archive goes back to something like '73 when he first started filming - it's a truly awesome sight being amongst all those great performances....


Unfortunately, none of Pink Floyd's 1975 and 1977 tours were filmed although shoddy 8mm film of Floyd on the 1975 and 1977 tours have emerged.


Has this been confirmed? I can't believe that Floyd didn't want to document such mind blowing spectacles.


The only PF tours filmed after Pompeii in 1971 were the band's June, 1972 Brighton Dome performance which pieces appear on the making of The Dark Side of the Moon Classic Albums DVD and some were in concert videos like Set the Controls was in a concert film and Careful With That Axe from the same show appeared in a concert video. Nick Mason and David Gilmour stated regret in not filming a 1973 or 1974 or 1975 or 1977 show and there is no filmed document of that era. The band did not film shows again until the 1980 The Wall shows in New York and London. Then the 1981 shows were filmed and Roger Waters has them in his possession and is reluctant to legally release them although they would be by now had if Gilmour had it his way.


Funny how much early stuff was filmed. See Harvested 3 DVD Pink Floyd Video Anthology. Can't believe that a closed circuit vid didn't sneak it's way thru.

We're lucky that for Queen, starting 1974, every year has a filmed concert.
And what about change? I ask anybody who can copy Houston 77 video and change it for many otherQueen rarities
Negative Creep wrote:
Never seen the full show.. .but the WWRY clip on GVH1 doesn't particularly excite me. First of all, it looks like it was shot in widescreen but has been stretched up for fullscreen,


Even without seeing the original footage I'm a 100% sure that is yet another aspect ratio fuck up by QP on the Greatest Video Hits -series...
at the queen conventions who usually brings the
houston video to be viewed.
Michael Nestorowicz
usher wrote:
at the queen conventions who usually brings the
houston video to be viewed.


Deaky! :)
really deacon well what are the chances of that.
Michael Nestorowicz
And who can help me? I want this video. I can change for any other video. [email protected]
I've just mailed you, Mariam :-).
John: "It's the one thing I wish I could do - sing."
same here I want this video like water
if you can barter with it that would be a
real help because I will pay $100.00 to and etc. email me at [email protected].
Michael Nestorowicz
That is good to know Mr.X and thanks for the
gesture anyway.
Michael Nestorowicz
email me when you do get the video and let me
know where it resides if it is not to much trouble.
Thank you
Michael Nestorowicz
HDvorak: Pink Floyd didn't film shows in the mid-to-late '70s because they had sort of an underground anti-media attitude at the time (the opposite of Queen ;) It's ironic that they pioneered multimedia in their shows but didn't record them.

Roger hasn't wanted the Wall shows released because he doesn't think the tapes do the show justice. I agree with him after seeing bootlegs...the film projections flicker, etc. They could probably fix some of that with computers these days though I bet....
"I have no time for Time magazine. Or Rolling Stone." Jethro Tull
goinback wrote:
HDvorak: Pink Floyd didn't film shows in the mid-to-late '70s because they had sort of an underground anti-media attitude at the time (the opposite of Queen ;) It's ironic that they pioneered multimedia in their shows but didn't record them.

Roger hasn't wanted the Wall shows released because he doesn't think the tapes do the show justice. I agree with him after seeing bootlegs...the film projections flicker, etc. They could probably fix some of that with computers these days though I bet....


David Gilmour on the other hand wanted The Wall concert films released in 2000. He stated if he possession of the films, he would clean it up and have it out. Also, PF were badly scorned by the American press so PF refused to talk to the US media and their press agent Gary Stromberg would respond to requests for interviews and photos with a flat out "NO"
"Spread your wings and fly away, fly away, far away!", "No one makes me sing lullabies and no one makes me close my eyes"
goinback wrote:
HDvorak: Pink Floyd didn't film shows in the mid-to-late '70s because they had sort of an underground anti-media attitude at the time (the opposite of Queen ;) It's ironic that they pioneered multimedia in their shows but didn't record them.

Roger hasn't wanted the Wall shows released because he doesn't think the tapes do the show justice. I agree with him after seeing bootlegs...the film projections flicker, etc. They could probably fix some of that with computers these days though I bet....


Although I have a dozen or so Floyd boots, I'm not familiar with the hardcore collecting scene and what's rumoured to be out there. Despite not hiring a professional film crew to document a show, there could be existing video from venues which employed closed circuit TV systems. The Houston Summit, Landover Capital Center, Chicago Stadium, Atlanta Omni, as well as other venues, all had these facilities in the mid/late 70s. There is a quite a bit of footage from the usual 70s classic rockers which reside in private collections.
Mr. X wrote:
I will do everything in my power to get it Usher, and as soon as I got this DVD I'll immediatly share it, let it be putted on in the Quen hub. And for people who haven't got enough shows to get in the hub I'll open a site with a huge folder.

Come on let's share

-sorry for the Dutch language - this is between him and me-

(edited)??? En Rotterdam 79, Argentinie 81 1e show, Rotterdam 86, Boston 77, Saarbrucken etc. ook zeker??

Toch goed dat ik de moeite heb genomen om me eens helemaal door deze belachelijke threat heen te lezen...
Ik denk dat er iets niet doorgaat, kerel! Sorry, ik heb de laatste tijd al teveel goed ruilmateriaal waardeloos zien worden.