LIVE 1976 VIDEO

[Hall, Russell J]

Doh! Forgot about ETI.

As for live performance theatrics, I love watching E and B cross their
guitars.

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> Russell J Hall <russell.j.hall at LMCO.COM> said
> >I have both the video and the CD.  From what I saw, I do not believe
> >that there
> >is any difference between them (nothing cut).  Alas, the sound
> quality
> >is the same.
>
> Nope - ETI is on the video but not on the CD.  I reckon this could be
> because the backing vocals on this song are utterly atrocious and the
> people who released it reckoned the CD would get more spins than the
> video, so cut it.  Either that or it was just too long for CD
> recording
> technology a couple of years back, y'know the 74 minute threshold
> thing.
>
> >For me, who only started getting into BOC late in life :(, its great
> to
> >see the old line up and
> >especially see the 5 Guitar Attack.
> >
> >My advice is . . . Get It!
> >
>
> I totally second this, the sound is dodgy, complete with various band
> members kicking mic stands during their performances and the sound
> guys
> mixing in audience mics during D&S leading to terrible bass boom, but
> I
> absolutely love this CD, if I had to choose, I'd take Imaginos, Live
> 76,
> ONYoOYK and a personal compilation to my desert island.
>
> Live 76 is a gem.  Even Eric's "Get out a paper, and a pen, and you
> write Dear Mr. Carter, me an' my friends wanna get high and we don't
> wanna go to jail for it" and "What's the point of having a hog in the
> garage if you can't go over 55 miles per hour on it, I mean, I wanna
> get
> my motor runnin'!" make sense.  True 70's brilliance.  Abd with the
> video you get to see Eric's spilt-to-the-navel leather jumpsuit and
> the
> legendary "Here comes a man in a white suit with a Les Paul guitar,
> gonna get DOWN to a little Buck's Boogie!".
>
> Mad Geniuses all.  Arrggghhhh, where's my CD.
>
> chris.
>
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