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About 1980, Gord did a TV concert on Soundstage, which was a PBS series. One of the new songs he did was "Ghosts of Cape Horn", which he said he had written for a documentary film about the days of sailing ships and the hazards of rounding the Horn. It also included some clips from the film. Many of the tunes he did were new ones from "Dreamstreet Rose". Does anyone know if this concert video is available anywhere? I've not been able to find any record of it at all, which is too bad because it was a great concert!
SanchoPanza
04-09-2001, 11:29 AM
About 1980, Gord did a TV concert on Soundstage, which was a PBS series. One of the new songs he did was "Ghosts of Cape Horn", which he said he had written for a documentary film about the days of sailing ships and the hazards of rounding the Horn. It also included some clips from the film. Many of the tunes he did were new ones from "Dreamstreet Rose". Does anyone know if this concert video is available anywhere? I've not been able to find any record of it at all, which is too bad because it was a great concert!
rainydayperson
04-09-2001, 12:19 PM
I too, have seen the Soundstage you are are referring to. I've contacted my local public station in Dayton, Ohio (WPTO/WPTD) about the presentation. They seem to be clueless but that does not surprise me.
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classicmixdj
04-09-2001, 12:19 PM
I too, have seen the Soundstage you are are referring to. I've contacted my local public station in Dayton, Ohio (WPTO/WPTD) about the presentation. They seem to be clueless but that does not surprise me.
[This message has been edited by classicmixdj (edited April 09, 2001).]
SuziT
04-09-2001, 04:00 PM
Alas, that video was never officially released. The only way to get a copy is from someone who already has it. Thus, it falls into the "bootleg" category. And, there are strong feelings on both sides of that issue. I see nothing wrong with having a copy of the video. Others feel differently.
SuziT
04-09-2001, 04:00 PM
Alas, that video was never officially released. The only way to get a copy is from someone who already has it. Thus, it falls into the "bootleg" category. And, there are strong feelings on both sides of that issue. I see nothing wrong with having a copy of the video. Others feel differently.
Ron Z
11-01-2004, 12:55 AM
I wrote to WTTW in Chicago about the terrific "Made in Chicago" Gordon Lightfoot concert shot there in 1973. They weren't even decent enough to answer my e-mail.
Ron Z
11-01-2004, 12:55 AM
I wrote to WTTW in Chicago about the terrific "Made in Chicago" Gordon Lightfoot concert shot there in 1973. They weren't even decent enough to answer my e-mail.
Station Master
11-01-2004, 09:22 PM
we'll never find that '73 video
...unless we start checking all spiderholes
we'll never find that '73 video
...unless we start checking all spiderholes
miketouhy
11-01-2004, 10:53 PM
quote:Originally posted by Ron Z:
I wrote to WTTW in Chicago about the terrific "Made in Chicago" Gordon Lightfoot concert shot there in 1973. They weren't even decent enough to answer my e-mail.
yeah they're never are decent enough to answer. however, you should click on The Soundstage. Link there and somebody will reply to you.
miketouhy
11-01-2004, 10:53 PM
quote:Originally posted by Ron Z:
I wrote to WTTW in Chicago about the terrific "Made in Chicago" Gordon Lightfoot concert shot there in 1973. They weren't even decent enough to answer my e-mail.
yeah they're never are decent enough to answer. however, you should click on The Soundstage. Link there and somebody will reply to you.
charlene
03-16-2014, 03:51 PM
1979-Soundstage-Chicago COTTON JENNY - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfaAXVcEW0o
charlene
03-16-2014, 03:51 PM
1979-Soundstage-Chicago SUNDOWN - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnlgkS3YYVs
charlene
03-16-2014, 03:52 PM
1979-Soundstage-Chicago THE WRECK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0DqPSF2fyo
charlene
03-16-2014, 03:53 PM
1979-Soundstage-Chicago IYCRMM - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2DjqB0SO9M
charlene
03-16-2014, 03:53 PM
1979-Soundstage-Chicago SUMMERTIME DREAM - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hihi8lmn7zM
charlene
03-16-2014, 03:56 PM
1979-Soundstage-Chicago - EMR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP_MDIYhPH0&list=PL1C0C174BAAAD8E80
paskatefan
03-16-2014, 07:33 PM
I remember this concert from PBS very fondly. We recorded it on VHS, but I can't find it right now. If I could, I would convert it to DVD in a heartbeat!
johnfowles
03-17-2014, 10:44 AM
I remember this concert from PBS very fondly. We recorded it on VHS, but I can't find it right now. If I could, I would convert it to DVD in a heartbeat!
It's OK Penna skater
That has already been done but it had been only available as a torrent distribution with originally only a minimalist opening menu
more recently an uploader to dime has added a useful itemised menu enabling each individual song to be clicked on the resulting DVD and now if you were to read my posting at
http://corfid.com/vbb/showpost.php?p=183887&postcount=33
you would learn that Amazon.co.uk are selling for a bit over $20.00 including air mail postage
a most likely highly unofficial but very presentable sealed DVD copy
http://corfid.com/vbb/attachment.php?attachmentid=6619&d=1390936572
Sure you can watch several of the featured song performances on YouTube but the all in one DVD complete with heavily butchered/foreshortened CRT is so much better
I even included a link to the Amazon sales page in my posting
charlene
03-17-2014, 11:43 AM
Gordon Lightfoot - Troubadour / Live: Amazon.co.uk: Gordon Lightfoot: DVD & Blu-ray
paskatefan
03-20-2014, 06:19 AM
Oo, thank you for all the info & the video links. I hope we'll consider ordering this. The concert is a keeper! :biggrin:
be prepared for when they cut of Trilogy after only the first segment
imo, best tracks aren't posted here: On the TV and Ghosts of Cape Horn
Rob1956
03-20-2014, 07:15 PM
Does anyone remember the show Gord taped for WTTW for the predecessor to "Soundstage" called "Made In Chicago?". It was done right after the releases of DQ and ODR. Gord wore a weird pancho type shirt with a medallion. I'd love to see that show again.
joveski
03-21-2014, 02:50 AM
Does anyone remember the show Gord taped for WTTW for the predecessor to "Soundstage" called "Made In Chicago?". It was done right after the releases of DQ and ODR. Gord wore a weird pancho type shirt with a medallion. I'd love to see that show again.
i've got that one.. 'tis really good!
charlene
03-21-2014, 01:47 PM
1973??
johnfowles
03-21-2014, 07:57 PM
Does anyone remember the show Gord taped for WTTW for the predecessor to "Soundstage" called "Made In Chicago?". It was done right after the releases of DQ and ODR. Gord wore a weird pancho type shirt with a medallion. I'd love to see that show again.
i've got that one.. 'tis really good!
Mende are you saying that all this time you have had a video of the 1973 PBS "Made in Chicago"?
if so prove it by making and displaying a still showing the alleged "pancho type shirt with medallion"
or were you referring to the excellent audio only CD
1973??
Yes Char you got it right 1973
Actually I thought it had been regrettably determined long ago that that concert only exists as the audio CD
I think there are several postings about that conclusion
here is one such from the earlier thread at
http://www.corfid.com/vbb/showthread.php?p=154492
Ok, here goes...I've never started a thread before, in fact, I've barely posted (I always feel like everyone else has more interesting things to say). But having just heard Gordon's 1973 PBS Made in Chicago concert (after years of anticipation) I have to say it's just as great as I hoped it would be ! There's a cool website called Sugarmegs that features this one as well as the German concert from 1975 (sound quality is great on both!): http://tela.sugarmegs.org/ (http://tela.sugarmegs.org/)The person that posted the concert (I wish I could thank them) mentioned that they were trying to find a copy of the video to this concert. I'm starting to wonder if one even exists.
We all know about the 1979 Soundstage video, but very little, except for the audio has surfaced from this 1973 show. A few years ago, I asked Rick Haynes about it. He said he remembered doing the show, but had no idea if there was any video kept from it. He said he has very little himself in the way of mementoes from those years. Since Gordon has said he no longer wishes to write and record new albums (I can understand- it sounds like a grueling process, and he's certainly paid his dues) I'm hoping at some point he'll go back through the "archives" and release some of these gems! I know Gordon has high standards about what he deems acceptable for release, but I wonder if he realizes how good this stuff really is!
Otherwise we can all live in hope
joveski
03-22-2014, 12:15 PM
its a 72 or 73 vid... not sure which one
Does anyone remember the show Gord taped for WTTW for the predecessor to "Soundstage" called "Made In Chicago?". It was done right after the releases of DQ and ODR. Gord wore a weird pancho type shirt with a medallion. I'd love to see that show again.
1973? You can listen to it at sugermegs
Loved Patriots Dream live. It's all fine fine.
paskatefan
03-23-2014, 04:58 AM
be prepared for when they cut of Trilogy after only the first segment
imo, best tracks aren't posted here: On the TV and Ghosts of Cape Horn
Oh, that is a REAL shame. Ghosts of Cape Horn is such an incredible song, and now I do remember that Gordon originally called On the High Seas On the TV. So you're saying that these two songs are not included in the DVD?
Jim Nasium
03-23-2014, 08:26 AM
Just clicked on Char's link, ref Troubadour Live, and up came Amazon UK, far enough I am in the UK, however after the little blue Gordon Lightfoot link is has (Actor) Will be ordering this DVD soon, liked NOW.
Oops, posted this on wrong thread.
Have just ordered this DVD and went on both amazon .com and amazon .ca and could not find it there. But what I did find was a Greatest Hits DVD price CDN$ 1,475.64. Is this for real?
Jim Nasium
03-23-2014, 08:30 AM
Just clicked on Char's link, ref Troubadour Live, and up came Amazon UK, far enough I am in the UK, however after the little blue Gordon Lightfoot link is has (Actor) Will be ordering this DVD soon, liked NOW.
I think I'm going round the bend.
Jim Nasium
03-23-2014, 08:32 AM
I see what I have done, once I posted, it took me back to page 1, I did not realise there are 2 pages. Time to walk the dog.
johnfowles
03-23-2014, 05:33 PM
Oh, that is a REAL shame. Ghosts of Cape Horn is such an incredible song, and now I do remember that Gordon originally called On the High Seas On the TV. So you're saying that these two songs are not included in the DVD?
No no what Jimmy is saying is that when Char tried to display whatever songs from this recording are on YouTube those two which ARE on the DVD were not on YouTube so she could not try to display them in his thread see my scan above of the DVD case insert for the complete tracklist
(The DVD does include Gord's band intros followed by nice interviews with all the band members (Pee Wee, Rick, Terry and Barry) Whisper My Name and the insert notes that ""On the TV" became "On the High Seas"".
The final song (CRT) is ultra truncated as it runs rather less than 3 minutes
My other complaint is that the DVB producers (Mainstreet Music Productions) whose other offerings seem to be only similar concerts by Dire Straits Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan were evidently unable to locate a better copy of the recording to digitise, so perhaps the original Chicago tapes were too badly flawed but if that were the case surely that fact would have been known and admitted when the program was first broadcast . Also I would have thought that any DVD authoring outfit worth its salt could have/should have edited the colour to correct the over saturation of red or least printed a suitably apologetic note on the DVD insert.
As it is I am personally am not too distracted by Gordon having red tinged hair.
Jim Nasium
03-24-2014, 08:47 AM
Troubadour Live.
Have just ordered this DVD and went on both amazon .com and amazon .ca and could not find it there. But what I did find was a Greatest Hits DVD price CDN$ 1,475.64. Is this for real?
Jim Nasium
03-25-2014, 11:13 AM
Have just received my DVD of Gordon Lightfoot/Troubadour Live. It is great, seeing the man at the height of his powers. The song list is:
Cotton Jenny,
The wreck OTEF,
Endless Wire,
Summertime Dream,
Don Quixote,
IYCRMM,
Ghost of Cape Horn (With Whistling, Gord trying to sound like a tin whistle, his words) Beautiful,
Hangdog Hotel Room,
Sundown,
EMR,
Whisper My Name,
On The TV, (You old sweats will know this is On The High Seas.) but Gord announces it as On The TV. Words which are in the song as he sings it at that time.
Old Dan's Record and
CRT. Which the director cut as the slow part is about to begin.
Some interesting words from the band. With Pee Wee Charles. Not Mike H.
Worth every penny of £9.99 of my British loot.
joveski
03-25-2014, 12:06 PM
mike joined during for the Salute tour didnt he?
charlene
03-25-2014, 01:46 PM
Michael joined the tour in January 1981... http://www.lightfoot.ca/alblist.htm
SHADOWS was 1982 - Michael was on that album.
SALUTE was 1983...
joveski
03-26-2014, 05:36 AM
ah, i didnt know he was on Shadows!
imported_Next_Saturday
03-26-2014, 09:21 AM
I was at Mike Heffernan's first concert with the band at the old Mill Run Theater, Chicago in 1981. It was in the round with a rotating stage.
johnfowles
06-18-2014, 11:19 AM
No no what Jimmy is saying is that when Char tried to display whatever songs from this recording are on YouTube those two which ARE on the DVD were not on YouTube so she could not try to display them in his thread see my scan above of the DVD case insert for the complete tracklist
Great the complete Soundstage 1979 is now viewable on YouTube and may even be downloaded by the freeware YouTube Downloader (YTD) program if you have it installed.
Whilst I would ideally have displayed the embedded video here I am still unable to do so but perhaps the Charismatic Moderator can try (since the problem of corfid misbehaving arose she has somehow or other managed to display three of her YouTube videos from Hamilton in the thread at
http://www.corfid.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=27365
But for now here is the link to the complete 58 minute's worth of Soundstage 1979 video (22 views so far)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVaf0G56-l8
here is the basic share link which does not display
http://youtu.be/oVaf0G56-l8
and here is the HTML embed link
which also does not work
(probably because as it says at the bottom of the thread
"HTML code is Off"
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/oVaf0G56-l8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
and here again is the DVD artwork showing the full 15 track content
(as helpfully listed below or above by the man from the Gymnasium
http://johnfowles.org.uk/LIGHTFOOT/images/Soundstage_1979.jpg
the complete show featured those 15 songs plus the band members talking
missing on youtube are videos of these 6
Endless Wire
Don Quixote
Ghosts Of Cape Horn ( the full video the file on YouTube is inexplicably the audio only most bizarre!!)
Beautiful
Whisper My Name
the albeit truncated Canadian Railroad Trilogy
plus the band members talking
Enjoy it while it is up there
joveski
06-19-2014, 01:32 PM
Mende are you saying that all this time you have had a video of the 1973 PBS "Made in Chicago"?
if so prove it by making and displaying a still showing the alleged "pancho type shirt with medallion"
or were you referring to the excellent audio only CD
woops, my mistake. i've only got the audio cd of made in chicago. the dvd is from the 72 BBC tv special, with 16 tunes[/QUOTE]
Gordon Lightfoot Soundstage 1979 Complete - YouTube
johnfowles
06-19-2014, 05:33 PM
Thanks a bunch Tony but how come you were able to get this YouTube video to display properly when my efforts manifestly failed??
even stranger is the text of an email I received at 2:57 saying and I quote
Dear johnfowles,
T.G. has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled - 1979-Chicago Soundstage videos - in the General Discussion forum of Gordon Lightfoot Forums.
This thread is located at:
http://www.corfid.com/vbb//showthread.php?t=12188&goto=newpost
Here is the message that has just been posted:
***************
Raw video: Gordon Lightfoot & Carly Rae Jepsen on red carpet at SOCAN Awards - YouTube
***************
which is patently referring to an entirely different thread and posting by TG
Is this forum screwed up or what??
As the bumper sticker says, "Don't follow me, I'm lost, too!"
charlene
06-19-2014, 10:46 PM
if you go to the SHARE icon at youtube a blue hi-lited link show sup-copy and paste it and the video pic will show up when you post it here..otherwise it's just the orange link.
paskatefan
06-20-2014, 05:54 AM
Oh, wow! It will be great to rewatch the whole concert! Thank you!!!!!
johnfowles
06-20-2014, 01:33 PM
if you go to the SHARE icon at youtube a blue hi-lited link shows up-copy and paste it and the video pic will show up when you post it here..otherwise it's just the orange link.
OK clever clogs prove it!
It does nothing of the sort for me
as I have demonstrated in a revision to my earlier posting above or below
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