hey guys,
I've been working on scanning a small collection of transparancies and preping them for posting here...this is one, probably the best one.
I'm guessing it was 1977, but I don't have a good memory for dates!
let me know if I should post a few of the others...
I was shooting with a 300mm hand-held... that lens is just one step down from the Hubble telescope!!!!

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/2...set16xsjr8.jpg

This is only my second attept at image posting...
My thanks again to Sir John for the "crash coarse"

hey guys,
I've been working on scanning a small collection of transparancies and preping them for posting here...this is one, probably the best one.
I'm guessing it was 1977, but I don't have a good memory for dates!
let me know if I should post a few of the others...
I was shooting with a 300mm hand-held... that lens is just one step down from the Hubble telescope!!!!

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/2...set16xsjr8.jpg

This is only my second attept at image posting...
My thanks again to Sir John for the "crash coarse"

That's a beauty.

My vote is "yea"....post some more.

That's either 1974 or 1975/76 @ either "Sundown" Or "Cold On The Shoulder" time frame.

Very cool! :cool:

you mean I was younger than I thought?? that puts me at about 15 yrs old... just a kid! I would have guess I was closer to 17... oh well. I'd trust your judgement over my memory any day!!! (not saying much for my memory is it??)

I'm going to try reducing the physical size so it fits the board better.. on the go round.

here, try this...

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/8...set17xsqt0.jpg

does this fit better?

some say bigger is better, but I suspect thats not always so...lol

He is so hot!!

Great photos,PeterBro!Thanks for posting them!
patybear

Boy was he 'hot stuff'!
Mmmnn, mmmnn. mmnnn...
Kimberly

Howdy all,
Here are a few others I have ready for posting...
They aren't neccessarily the best, but I hope you enjoy them!

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/1757/glset7xska4.jpg

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/2841/glset13xsg4.jpg

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/516/glset19xrw5.jpg

WOW! Nice pics! Keep 'em coming, please... :cool:

Thanks!

I suppose I should mention that the venue that my pictures were taken at was the Chicago Autorium Theater. Our seats were in the "nose bleed" section... the balcony! I ventured, nevously, to the main floor for most of my shots... I stayed way back and shot with my trusty 300mm attached to my then most prized possession, a Topcon super D SLR.

Anyhow, heres the remainder of what I shot... that's worth posting anyway. I hope you enjoy them!

[IMG]http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/2066/glset9xab7.jpg
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Gord is asking "where's the request note??"
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/3931/glset10xmz7.jpg
I guess he does like flowers, eh Betty?
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/77/glset12xec6.jpg
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/7462/glset15xyb6.jpg
And by the way, I still have and occasionally use that Topcon... they just don't make them like that anymore... not that i could afford it anyhow...lol

Oops!
let me try that again...

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/2066/glset9xab7.jpg

This was supposed to be the first of the last group...
hey, that preview thingy works great, maybe I should use that more often!!!!

on to step 23

Peter, you're so lucky your mom was a Lightfoot fan. I wish my mom was listening to Gordon back in the 70's instead of Engelbert Humperdinck and Barry Manilow! :eek:

[ November 23, 2006, 16:53: Message edited by: Jesse -Joe ]

Chicago Autorium Theater, about 1976 give or take a year.

The Summertime Dream years, your very lucky. You saw a 38 years of age
Gordon Lightfoot.
Do you remember if he had an opening act,
Liona Boyd maybe?

Thank's Peter... :)

Back then he always had an opening act. I remember Bonnie Koloc the most. Although I admit I had to refer to Wayne Francis's site to stir my memory a bit.
I will be eternally grateful that I brought my gear that night. My Topcon case resembles a small briefcase! and heavy!!!
I don't know if you caught comments in earlier threads, but those flowers he's holding and sniffing are from my mom. What a great evening and great memories for sure!!!

http://www.corfid.com/gl/images/glwink.gif

{Photo from: Corfid Picture Gallery}

I have a Lightfoot concert from Chicago,'SOUNDSTAGE.'
It was broadcast on PBS.
And someone presented him
with a bouquet of flowers
in what seemed to be a narrow
carafe or something.
And he pretended like it was a
beer bottle or else,
bringning it to his mouth as if.
he was taking a drink.
Maybe just maybe that was
the concert you were at.
But I saw this in 1980.
It was taped of course...
Just Wondering???

[ November 24, 2006, 05:02: Message edited by: Jesse -Joe ]

Interesting that you should mention that Soundstage appearance, Jesse Joe. I have lived all my life in the Chicago metro area (the suburbs). What I recall at the time... Roughly a yearly appearance for PBS, I going to guess something like 3 or 4 years, pretty much back to back. My memory isn't the greatest, but I recall this being a regular thing and I don't recall it being "reruns". It was definatly not performed at the Autorium Theater... the venue (Soundstage) is a large TV studio or something. Nor was it timed or coincided with his regular concert tour. I never heard of ticket availabilty for Lightfoots Soundstage performances, so I was of the impression that "other arrangements" were made for tickets..

I looked (web searched) for the soundstage performance on DVD for a long time, my wife finally found on ebay. I was thrilled to see it again even though the image quality isn't that great. That is supposed to be the 1979 apperance. I don't know if there are others to be found. It's funny how long I looked for that and for some reason couldn't find it. It was one of my tresured post-corfid finds.

I am curious, was this/these Soundstage appearances aired in other cities? Did Gord do PBS concerts elsewhere?

It seems the answers I find, the more questions arise!

Val Magee, can probably answer this for you Pete. All I can tell you, is at the beginning the anouncer says," Tonight From Chicago, SOUNDSTAGE."
And it was on PBS Bangor, Maine.

there was a PBS thing in 1973 as well. just audio, not on video though

Hey Joveski, I did not know that. Thanks, you learn something new all the time here. :)

i think it was called "made in chicago"

So... Soundstage ala Chicago was made available to other PBS stations, correct?

Still at issue is the question of was there more than one, or was 1979 it? and we saw reruns??

I had never heard of an audio only PBS show. any copies in existance?

I think I'm assuming at this point that the Soundstage DVD copies are probably not authentically or officially sanctioned?? In my defense, I searched diligently PBS's site for this and never found a trace, and I'd pay handsomely for it if they offered it. I found all kinds of soundstage recorded material, but no GL. That's why I was delighted to find it on ebay.

It was in 1979, and was made available to other PBS stations, at least Maine PBS,
which is where I viewed and recorded it.
I made a DVD of the show, the sound was
not the best. And I remember Gordon telling
the audience," I just get nervous, being in a television studio, I do almost no TV at all." And when he did, 'On The High Seas,'
he told the audience this one is called,
'On The TV.'lol Funny guy that Gord!!!

Try to get a hold of Valerie Magee, I would give you her email ad, but dont have that permission, so send her a PM. She maybe can help you? :rolleyes:

[ November 25, 2006, 08:59: Message edited by: Jesse -Joe ]

I'm afraid I don't have any more information than was already reported here. There was a Made In Chicago PBS show in 1973, and to my knowledge it was on TV. It was, I believe, the predecessor show to Soundstage. The Soundstage video you see on Ebay is indeed from the 1979 appearance. There is no official release of it, and inquiries to PBS usually bring the response that they don't have the necessary permission (or maybe that it would cost too much?). That's it for PBS appearances. Lightfoot also appeared on Midnight Special twice and Saturday Night Live once. The latter will be available soon on DVD, in a new release of the SNL first season. I have information on that at my web site on the DVDs page (last item):

gordonlightfoot.com/GordonLightfootDVDs.shtml

Now that's a very good answer, Thank's Val... :)

[ November 25, 2006, 15:13: Message edited by: Jesse -Joe ]

Thank's Val, that pretty much wraps that whole issue up for me. I appreciate your taking the time.

This has been a fun thread... dusted off some old memeries...and for me it's a thick layer of dust!!!

Sir John, if you read this... I realized that I missed step 5 (auto resize feature) early on with the first 2 pics, I guess I was in a hurry to get to #23!(sit back and grin hugely. rest assured your efforts are not in vain!

As is mentioned in a thread on small talk titled "Midnight Special DVDS", those are available too...as a subscription. Don't know how many you have to buy before the one(s) with Gord show up at your gate though. :)

The 1979 Soundstage Special was shown on a lot of PBS stations. I saw it twice, years apart,(yes, the 2nd time as a rerun) on WGBH out of Boston.

Great pics Peter Bro!

Diane

I remember seeing it several times in a row, but it was 1982. I was probably a rerun then, but I remember it as 1982,as I had an old B&W TV that was my grandparents in a room I was using for sewing. I was sewing maternity clothes at the time too, could even tell you the dress! Funny how one memory triggers another.

Wonderful pics !! Thanks sooo much. You can't get much hunkier than that! m.

Lovely pics..and those jeans are wonderful.

I don't get it, do you mean those bell bottom jeans???


You girls always have a one-track mind! lol


but seriously, I'm glad you liked them.

Honestly..I was appreciating the rose...

Yeah... that was it :)