leosden wrote:Now we must try and work on getting the two Cliff and The Shadows full concerts never even on video, to be released at least on DVD - Together 1984 and Thank You Very Much.
Pat
Totally
I'm sure it would be a big job to recut the Palladium footage (if it can be found) - and I wonder if it would be worth it, from a commercial point of view. I find the interruptions from talking heads (great though they were) very annoying (and obviously the whole concert has never been released). There was a CD reissue a few years ago with bonus tracks (like let me be the one) dubbed from video! But if it could be recut and reissued, it would look great as shot on film.
Re Together 1984 - this is the show that got me into Cliff / The Shads in the first place. There was a 60 min (or so) cut for TV (I can remember watching it vividly and have it on video someone), then the slightly longer video release - which had a few extra songs (though still not the whole show). This has never even been released on DVD. I believe it was shot on video, rather than film - but I'm sure it could be released on DVD / Bluray (perhaps upscaled as I guess full 1080 wouldn't be possible) without too much effort and would be a sought after release (interestingly, I've seen clips on tv in recent times, such as when Bruce and Hank appeared on Adam Boulton's Sky show to promote the reunion tour with Cliff around 10 years ago).
Re the Event - the only audio release featuring the Shads has been the audio of In the Country and The Young Ones from the event CD / LP / MC. I think these tracks were on the TV special that was done as well. So there is an entire Shads set (and also entire Cliff & Shads set) on audio and video waiting to be released (though again, the economics for the video release in particular, might be difficult). It's a real shame this has never been released.
The last one that springs to mind is their joint set from Knebworth in 1990. This footage is no doubt owned by the charity, Nordoff-Robbins. The audio was broadcast on the day live on Radio 1. Re the video - a number of tracks were released on one of the three volumes of video released around the time, and there were one or two featured on the tv highlights that were not on the video. Subsequent DVD releases trimmed the content across the initial 3 volumes of video released. So again it would be great if the whole set could be released on DVD - again this is probably difficult as it would need edited and mastered, and the charity no doubt owns the footage.