June 3, 1967, Connecticut - Footage uploaded on YT

[camforrester]

For anyone who hasn't seen this before...someone has uploaded the footage (audience footage - don't get too excited!) from when the band were playing at Philip Johnson Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut, on June 3rd 1967.
It's in much better quality than when I last came across it, so thought I'd post it on here!

https://youtu.be/UIaiWUVY78k

[peppergomez]

Thanks for that. No one thought to film the band, lol.

[camforrester]

I know I think I'd actually cry if some decent footage of a whole song performance emerged one day lol. The Boston 1967 film is infuriating to watch, such a missed opportunity. And you can tell even from the horrific audio quality that it was a great gig

[lurid]

I've got the whole film that this extract comes from and it is soooo frustrating! There was a camera crew there and they caught maybe 0.5 seconds of the VU on stage. A friend of mine contacted the original film maker in the 1990s and he confirmed that he had no "out-takes" lying around on the cutting room floor.

[peppergomez]

I know I think I'd actually cry if some decent footage of a whole song performance emerged one day lol. The Boston 1967 film is infuriating to watch, such a missed opportunity. And you can tell even from the horrific audio quality that it was a great gig

Agreed, Warhol couldn't have done a worse job of documenting that gig if he'd tried. It is pretty remarkable that they spent almost 2 years surrounded by filmmakers and never once recorded a proper gig.

[iaredatsun]

I know I think I'd actually cry if some decent footage of a whole song performance emerged one day lol. The Boston 1967 film is infuriating to watch, such a missed opportunity. And you can tell even from the horrific audio quality that it was a great gig

Agreed, Warhol couldn't have done a worse job of documenting that gig if he'd tried. It is pretty remarkable that they spent almost 2 years surrounded by filmmakers and never once recorded a proper gig.

He wasn't trying to document the gig. He was not a documentray film-maker.

[peppergomez]

Agreed, Warhol couldn't have done a worse job of documenting that gig if he'd tried. It is pretty remarkable that they spent almost 2 years surrounded by filmmakers and never once recorded a proper gig.

He wasn't trying to document the gig. He was not a documentray film-maker.

I am aware of that. That doesn't change how much the film sucked for me as a viewing experience.

[Sheila Klein]

I've got the whole film that this extract comes from and it is soooo frustrating! There was a camera crew there and they caught maybe 0.5 seconds of the VU on stage.

That's been the case for any number of near misses with VU performance footage, especially of song material. Warhol taking a 12 year old's approach to shooting a rock concert, the Nameth film, the lost Uptight appearances, Barbara Rubin "shooting" the EPI with no film in the camera, and so on are all cultural tragedies to me, and I wish I could clip the noses of those filmmakers and producers with a slating board for having wasted such amazing opportunities.

[hallucalation]

I've got the whole film that this extract comes from and it is soooo frustrating! There was a camera crew there and they caught maybe 0.5 seconds of the VU on stage. A friend of mine contacted the original film maker in the 1990s and he confirmed that he had no "out-takes" lying around on the cutting room floor.

It is possible to share whole film here as link? Would love to watch it.

[lurid]

I originally got it on a VHS tape but some years ago a fellow fan put it onto a DVD for me. I will need to try to find it - I moved house recently and can't remember where it is! The theme of the film is Merce Cunningham's dance troupe so I found most of it very boring....the small segment on YouTube is all that is VU-related.

I've got the whole film that this extract comes from and it is soooo frustrating! There was a camera crew there and they caught maybe 0.5 seconds of the VU on stage. A friend of mine contacted the original film maker in the 1990s and he confirmed that he had no "out-takes" lying around on the cutting room floor.

It is possible to share whole film here as link? Would love to watch it.