Posted by listen on 09/20/96 11:29

Parker didnt do the wall footage*, it was originally thought to be edited to
Mark Brickman, the lighting director, however it was edited by Howad Lamden
from the production in LA that filmed it.
There has for several years been "bootlegg" versions of both the Nassau show
and the Earls Court show being traded in Pink Floyd collecting circles.
The Nassau show is the poorest of the 2, usually about 6th generation VHS's
are whats been around, the show was filmed on 6 cameras in total but with NO
onstage cameras, as the show was a very "dark" show the lighting is poor and
the show whilst watchable is a great experience.

Earls Court on the other hand was filmed on over a dozen cameras with 5
onstage cams, you'll notice the quality of this show is far clearer and a
lot brighter from the onstage cams, again due to it been a "dark" show.
Again bootleggs of this show have circulated in the Floyd community for
several years and up untill last year the best source was a 4th Generation
VHS tape. A 2 DVD set was made by the Pink Floyd fan group called Harvested
and the source used for this was a 3rd Gen VHS, by far the best quality seen
to date (by the majority of people.

Waters and his manager were sent sample dvd's of the full edited version
from the masters in LA in June last year and to their surprise the quality
far exceeded what they remembered it to be. believe it or not both Waters
and his manager had no idea where the footage was or who even owned/filmed
it untill early last year!

*Alan Parker did however film 3 tracks from Earls Court i believe on 35mm
film, these have never seen the light of day to date.

There was at TV prorgamme broadcast 2 years ago called Behind The Wall, a
documentry on the actual Earls Court show, fans were stunned when never
before seen snippets of the original filmed footage were shown on this and
the quality was outstanding including an amazing "crane" shot going from the
bands side of the wall over to the audiences side!






"unique" <spam@some1.else> wrote in message
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> it wasn't released as the quailty was up to todays standards. i think the
> earls court footage wasnt used partly as they used the wrong type of film
> and it came out too dark, like the nassua collesseum gig thats doing the
> rounds, complete show, i think 5 cameras. i understand earls court is also
> doing the rounds amongst collectors
>
>
> "Damon" <d_shawcrossNOTTISBIT@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns96F1A94198DF8dshawcrosshotmailcom@130.133.1.4...
>> "listen" <listen@aol.com> wrote in
>> news:kfu4f.3556$6i4.2332@newsfe7-gui.ntli.net:
>>
>>> Its in a production office in LA, the quality IS outstanding no
>>> remastering is needed at all. itll be out one day:)
>>
>> Is this the footage that Parker had done of the Earl's court shows for
>> The
>> Wall but never used?
>>
>> What amazed me was that it was all edited from many cameras into a proper
>> full length concert video but never released which is criminal in my
>> (floyd) book
>>
>> Damon
>
>

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