RE: The Who On Video

["Jeremy Craine" <jcraine@hotmail.com>]

hi - excuse my ignorance here - I just picked up on this line of mails quite 
late -
just when i saw mention of a show with the grateful dead -
i have a show of the who and the GD from about 1981 - pro shot -
and at the end pete comes on stage to perform with the dead....
is this the show you are talking about or is it an older one....?



>From: Dave <dave@thewho.net>
>To: TheWho@igtc.com
>CC: Dan Duffy <dduffy@pgexch.com>
>Subject: RE: The Who On Video
>Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 09:11:00 -0800
>
>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.
>
>http://www.petetownshend.net
>
>

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