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« Reply #61 on: December 02, 2007, 08:46:20 PM » |
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« Reply #62 on: December 05, 2007, 11:35:38 PM » |
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Finally got mine from Amazon today. They have worked a lot on the sound, which was terribly distorted on the VHS. It's definitely improved now. I would think they've had a difficult task making it sound as good as this. There are still technical shortcomings, but I certainly prefer it to the VHS. And I'd forgotten that MSC actually finished one of their songs with a verse off Nottamun Town. Both bands play brilliantly, but I'm still aching for a DVD release of the Paris film by the Full House line-up currently doing the rounds at Youtube.
The bonus is an interview with Tony Palmer. Not really that interesting, but some fascinating insight.
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« Reply #63 on: December 06, 2007, 09:17:12 AM » |
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« Reply #64 on: December 06, 2007, 06:33:08 PM » |
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I would love to see all of the odd fc material available on a airring cupboard type dvd release. Sad that all the copyright bs makes this almost impossible.
Finally got mine from Amazon today. They have worked a lot on the sound, which was terribly distorted on the VHS. It's definitely improved now. I would think they've had a difficult task making it sound as good as this. There are still technical shortcomings, but I certainly prefer it to the VHS. And I'd forgotten that MSC actually finished one of their songs with a verse off Nottamun Town. Both bands play brilliantly, but I'm still aching for a DVD release of the Paris film by the Full House line-up currently doing the rounds at Youtube.
The bonus is an interview with Tony Palmer. Not really that interesting, but some fascinating insight.
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« Reply #66 on: December 28, 2007, 11:52:50 AM » |
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« Reply #67 on: December 28, 2007, 06:45:08 PM » |
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Quite a worthwhile release bringing back memories of the time it was part of a programme supporting 'Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii(?)'.
Clips from the Floyd film along with Joe Boyd 'voxpops' were in the recent BBC 1 documentary on PF's history.
Fairport deserve the same overview perhaps on BBC 4
Don't agree it's Gerry Conway on Drums for Matthews Southern Comfort. The credits at the end give Ray Duffy (drums).
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« Reply #68 on: December 28, 2007, 07:05:40 PM » |
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The holy grail would be a release of the stuff they did for French tv back in 1968 There were only three songs on that, the rest of it were pretty incomprehensible items  and Oh yes a track by Julie Driscoll and the Brian Auger Trinity from a local club - all eyes and a fantastic hat!  |
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« Reply #69 on: December 29, 2007, 07:46:15 PM » |
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There are still technical shortcomings, but I certainly prefer it to the VHS. I've probably posted this years ago but old age (not to mention Christmas pud) makes one forget.... I saw the original Live at Maidstone film at the Nottingham Arts Theatre (I think) around 1971 when Tony Palmer was present & did a bit of chat. Apparently it was filmed in some sort of early multi-camera video process (French patent I believe) and was then copied to 35mm film. It was all quite spontaneous & I'm not sure if there was any extra lighting for the film. All this therefore accounts for the slightly naff quality (I noticed it at the cinema - Hi-Def it wasn't!) If you want to view a recent effort by Mr. Palmer, have a look at "O Thou Transcendent" on Channel 5, New Year's Day. It's about Ralph Vaughan Williams so has a folk element. Tony has provoked a bit of a spat in the press by claiming he got an idiotic rejection letter from the Beeb when he suggested the documentary. Genuine or not, the letter is a hoot - see link. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/dec/09/bbc.tvnews Any publicity is good publicity eh Tony? |
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« Reply #70 on: December 31, 2007, 09:46:55 AM » |
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There were only three songs on that, the rest of it were pretty incomprehensible items and Oh yes a track by Julie Driscoll and the Brian Auger Trinity from a local club - all eyes and a fantastic hat! [/quote] Only three songs but what a fantastic performance! |
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This DVD is reviewed in current (February) edition of "Uncut" magazine-not a bad magazine of music and film reviews and articles if bought every now and again, this latest edition has a "free CD" of music that is said to have influenced the early Dylan- anyway, the review of the "Maidstone" DVD is generally positive, but slags of Matthews Southern Comfort. Some interesting observations on the (un)hippyish festival crowd of a late 60's/early 70's British provincial town.
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« Reply #72 on: January 23, 2008, 07:47:41 PM » |
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There were only three songs on that, the rest of it were pretty incomprehensible items and Oh yes a track by Julie Driscoll and the Brian Auger Trinity from a local club - all eyes and a fantastic hat! Only three songs but what a fantastic performance! [/quote] Yes, and the frustrating thing is that these must be available somewhere in full colour, rather than the black and white clips normally seen. Presumably in the archives of French TV.They used a bit of the colour print in the Richard Thompson docu Solitary Life. Can someone remind me what the third song is. I can remember Time Will Show The Wiser, and the amazing Reno Nevada. What was the third one then? |
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