RE: The Who On Video

[Dan Duffy <dduffy@pgexch.com>]

	Even more important than the October 9 and 10 "Days on The Green"
that they played with the Dead where the two March concerts (27th 28th) at
Winterland, also pro-shot by BGP (As far as I am aware Bill Graham taped
every concert during this time, I know every one that I attended was).  The
March concerts were very diffrent from the October concerts.  First the
October concerts were at the Oakland stadium and were obviously lacking the
intimacy of the Winterland shows (3000 - 5000 seating).  Winterland had a
video booth (a small section comprised of 4 foot high boards) set
approximately 20 feet in front of stage center where a manned video camera
sat).  In addition the Keith Moon that performed at these four dates were
vastly different.  The March Winterland dates saw the "vintage" Keith Moon.
In apparent great shape both physically and in the explosiveness of his
playing.  By the October dates the "shadow" of the "Who Are You" Keith was
starting to appear. He had put on at least 20 pounds.  The Winterland dates
ae very special to me.  These were the first Who concerts I ever attended,
and the only ones where Keith was still at the height of being "Keith".  To
this day these two rank as the greatest concerts I have attended.
Unfortunately I doubt we will ever see these videos see the light of day.
About 10 or so years ago there was a fire at Bill Graham Productions offices
and decades of memorabilia was lost forever. My only hope is that someone
has a copy that may someday surface.     

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave [mailto:dave@thewho.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 3:00 PM
To: TheWho@igtc.com
Subject: Re: The Who On Video


There is a large amount of film that is out there and in the hands of
"private" collectors.
Some of this will see release through trading circles in years to come,
some will never be let out for various reasons.

The Oakland 10/09 and 10/10  76' shows were filmed pro-shot by BGP as were
many other Bay Area appearences.  The Oakland shows have never made it out
to the public not even small samples, at least not the pro material.

The London Coliseum show is one of my all time favourite and sought after
gigs. This has never surfaced.

Then of course there is all the 8mm film.

Dave...

>With regards to other video that has surfaced from the '60's/'70's, other
>than TV appearances, Woodstock 1969, Cow Palace 1973, Detroit 1975,
>Cleveland 1975 and some super 8 from Chicago 1975, Toronto 1975, Toronto
>1976, Oakland 1976, New York MSG 1979, Buffalo 1979 (all are short pieces).
>
>There was a rumour that a complete video of The Who at the Coliseum,
Convent
>Gardens London 12/14/69 was supposed to surface.
>
>Does anyone know of any other video from the '60's or '70's out there??

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