Amazing Journey Voorburg Footage
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Maybe I missed it, but with all the talk about how good Kilburn and
the Coliseum look, I have not seen a post on how great the Voorburg
clip was. I realize many consider Voorburg perhaps not the greatest
caliber performance, but it remains among the only live pro footage
from the early 70s that I am aware of. And having only seem the 4Reel
version, I was stunned at the clarity and audio quality.
I know I'm beating the dead horse to death here, but I have to wonder
why that whole performance--at least what was televised--couldn't have
been included on the bonus disc? It's probably not long enough to
justify a legitimate release on its own.
Funny too how they felt the need to splice earlier video of Townshend
after his "don't cry" line. Did anyone else notice that? At any
rate, I certainly hope the rest of that performance gets released at
some point. If Pete wasn't necessarily at his all time best, the
others made up for it. I found it positively riveting.
Tom
DGDevin
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> I know I'm beating the dead horse to death here, but I have to wonder
> why that whole performance--at least what was televised--couldn't have
> been included on the bonus disc? It's probably not long enough to
> justify a legitimate release on its own.
Maybe that's part of the plan, they're using AJ to whet our appetites for a
series of live compilations, they can probably do half a dozen DVDs at
$29.95 a pop.
Scott F. Feighner
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> Maybe that's part of the plan, they're using AJ to whet our appetites for a
> series of live compilations, they can probably do half a dozen DVDs at
> $29.95 a pop.
Marketing and Capitalism at its finest....
GO PETE GO!!!!!
Scott F. Feighner
Only Time Will Tell...
jeremi...@yahoo.co.uk
> On Nov 14, 6:51 pm, "DGDevin" <dgde...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Maybe that's part of the plan, they're using AJ to whet our appetites for a
> > series of live compilations, they can probably do half a dozen DVDs at
> > $29.95 a pop.
>
> Marketing and Capitalism at its finest....
>
> GO PETE GO!!!!!
The only people who have a problem with capitalism are those who don't
have any money.
Scott F. Feighner
>
> The only people who have a problem with capitalism are those who don't
> have any money.
I'm thinking that's why DGDevin hates The Who and their site so
much....
He should have done more than smoke dope and fondle boys when he was
in school. Perhaps he could afford the products THE WHO offer for
sale....
jeremi...@yahoo.co.uk
DG's problem with the new Who site clearly isn't one of personal
solvency. It's merely a question of throwing money at something of
questionable value. At the moment, I tend to agree with him...
however, if in the future, more than just a blog and a CD of songs
already freely available on bootleg become available to subscribers, I
may have to re-evaluate my decision. It's not as if there isn't a
wealth of material in Pete's archives... and, as someone pointed out
on this group, the target audience is getting a little long in the
tooth. Now is the time to release it... at least from a capitalist,
marketing perspective ;-)
DGDevin
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>DG's problem with the new Who site clearly isn't one of personal
>solvency. It's merely a question of throwing money at something of
>questionable value. At the moment, I tend to agree with him...
>however, if in the future, more than just a blog and a CD of songs
>already freely available on bootleg become available to subscribers, I
>may have to re-evaluate my decision. It's not as if there isn't a
>wealth of material in Pete's archives... and, as someone pointed out
>on this group, the target audience is getting a little long in the
>tooth. Now is the time to release it... at least from a capitalist,
>marketing perspective ;-)
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The Mrs. and I had no problem seeing half a dozen shows on the last Who
tour, so no, solvency isn't the problem. Our record in that regard was the
2002-03 Stones tour where we travelled around to a total of eighteen shows,
as it appears it will turn out to be the last good Stones tour I doubt that
will happen again. But having looked at every corner of the subscriber's
version of thewho.com I have to ask, why would anyone pay money for that?
As you say, the rarities album is rare only to people who discovered The Who
as a result of watching CSI, other than that there is precious little on
offer there. Roger won't participate worth a damn, the web is not his
style, we all know that. Pete won't be able to confine himself to blogging
to a thousand fans many of whom appear to be inarticulate clods judging by
the discussion forums, it's only a matter of time until he's online
someplace else. So unless they start cranking out exclusive content that
really snaps our heads around, why would anyone (other than the sort of
clown who thinks Odds and Sods was "just a greatest hits collection")
bother? There are websites run by *fans* for *free* that are strikingly
better than thewho.com, most bands offer attractive websites for free, the
whole idea that The Who need to charge us for a website is absurd and maybe
even insulting. Like I said before, I have no problem paying for value
received, but so far thewho.com has delivered about fifteen bucks worth of
content (the CD release). I might change my mind if it turns into a hotbed
of astonishing Who activity, but that strikes me as a slim hope.