Allow us to take you on a journey of sight and sound…
In the beginning, there were tapes — literally thousands of tapes of every format used in the capture of moving picture and sound from the last 50 years. Some were in such a state that they may only have had one more play-back left in them before the footage they contained was stripped away forever, while many others suffered from dubious labeling practices, making it difficult to determine what sort of content they might hold, where it was filmed, or even when. It has taken four years and millions of dollars to archive and restore this content so that it may be preserved and presented in the best possible form for your enjoyment, and we are proud to announce that the time has come for the great unveiling — the Concert Video section of Wolfgang’s Vault arrives this week....
"I hate to be the one to tell you this, but I see no lasting energy in the truth and the truth is this: Truth and Energy elicited by the stoned."
Jim Morrison, Los Angeles, 1968
Yeah, it's easy to get hopes up, but I wouldn't expect very much, or for that matter, nothingl. Considering how disappointing that Wolfgangs couldn't offer one decent soundboard recording of the Doors, how could any of us expect an actual filmed concert, no less??
So weird. One has to think that the thought of recording the Doors visually would have crossed Bill Graham's mind considering they were one of the more popular acts of the late 60's. Did Bill Siddons put the cabash on any attempts to visually record the band? Whether at Winterland or the Cow Palace? Or even any of the Fillmore East '68 shows?
cutis wrote:Yeah, it's easy to get hopes up, but I wouldn't expect very much, or for that matter, nothingl. Considering how disappointing that Wolfgangs couldn't offer one decent soundboard recording of the Doors, how could any of us expect an actual filmed concert, no less??
So weird. One has to think that the thought of recording the Doors visually would have crossed Bill Graham's mind considering they were one of the more popular acts of the late 60's. Did Bill Siddons put the cabash on any attempts to visually record the band? Whether at Winterland or the Cow Palace? Or even any of the Fillmore East '68 shows?
I'm a believer. For sure a lot of this stuff has to exist. Probably like some of our forum colleagues said, chances are that it's probably dispersed in the hands of privates.
Anyone who has this stuff has gold in their hands. Lucky bastards!
