RE: The Who On Video

[Dave <dave@thewho.net>]

The two Winterland shows were saved from the fire. In fact all of the film
that Bill took was not in that building.

Those two shows and the others are in safe hands. Unless the film leaks we
will never see an official release.

I do have some of the Winterland film.

Dave...


>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.

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