Re: the Who and LIVE AID--a kind of history

>My most abiding memory of Live Aid, which I watched on the telly, is that
about 30 
>seconds into The 'Oo's set we lost the picture and got sound only until
about 30 
>seconds from the end. Did American viewers suffer the same disappointment?
Was this a 
>deliberate ploy to boost video sales? (All in an excellent cause, of course).
>
>Pardon me if this has come up before, but I'm new here.

Mark:

As far as I've ever heard, there's been no offical release of Live Aid. Not
in the US, anyway...was there for Britian? We got a bit more than 30
seconds; all of Love Reign O'er Me and part of two other songs. But it was
dissapointing to sit through Billy Ocean to not see The Who.



                   Cheers                   ML

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