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Who at Isle of Wight Video Release?



The URL http://www.extremus.com/islerevw.html contains a great review 
of a Japanese *video* release of the Who's Live at the Isle of Wight 
concert.  Here are some excerpts:

	Mixing heavy rock and rock with folk singers, 
	funk, and jazz, placed a heavy burden on
        the gigantic audience to "tolerate" the music 
	and speeches they didn't like as much as
        enjoying the music they did. A burden which, 
	unfortunately, they chose not to take up.
        
	Catcalls were common durring many performances. 
	Joni Mitchell left the stage in tears,
        after screaming at the unmoved fans for their 
	disinterest and bad manners.All this led to
        Pete introducing the Who with "Smile, you 
	buggers!" and "We come home and find
        ourselves playing to a load of bloody foreigners 
	causing trouble." The British fans sent up
        a roar of approval, and the festival belonged to the Who. 

        The middle of a hot, humid night. A large city's 
	worth of overheated, overdrugged, exhausted,
        irritable fans. And magic. Pete and John made 
	a single guitar and bass sound like an
        orchestra during the "Overture." Eschewing the 
	falsetto backings, "Christmas" lost it's
        lightheartedness, becoming a solemnly powerful 
	questioning of faith. Pete's "Acid Queen"
        is downright scary. You keep looking for 
	the string section on the opening notes of
        "Pinball Wizard"; then jaw-dropping amazement 
	as you realize it's John's bass. Nothing
        else. Roger's joyous cry, "I'm Free." And 
	600,004 voices raised in "Listening to You." 
THE WHO 
        live at the isle of wight festival 1970 
        Warner Vision Japan AMVY-8086 
        c1996 Pulsar Productions Inc. 
        Produced and Directed by Murray Lerner 
        Executive Producers: Bill Curbishley and Robert Rosenberg 
        Edited by Greg Sheldon and Einer Westerlund 
        The Who are Managed by Bill Curbishley 
        for Trinifold Management Limited 
        Art Direction and Design by Richard Evans 
        Press cuttings courtesy of NME and MM 
        Running time approximately 1:25

Anybody know:

1)      Where in San Jose (or therabouts) I might find a copy
	of this Japanese release?
2)      Whether there are plans for a US release?



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