The best version of Rosebud Rhiannon!?

The Rosebud film was for promotional purposes - partly to be used in place of an actual live performance that may have been typically done for shows like Don Kirshner's Rock Concert or Midnight Special. I realize they performed on the Midnight Special but that was prior to Rumours and Rosebud has a few Rumours songs on it (GYOW, YMLF). I ran across something years ago that had show lineups for various dates in 1977 (and later) and FM was on many times. It also listed the songs and they featured all the hits from Rumours at various times. That's where the Dreams and Don't Stop videos come in as well. My theory is that since the band was so busy on tour they probably were asked to do a few promo live clips since they already had stuff from Rosebud. This way, the band didn't have interrupt its touring schedule and WB could just provide videos to the various shows that wanted them to perform. This was a fairly common practice back then. Although I never saw these 1977 shows, I am fairly certain that they just used the Rosebud clips. I don't think FM performed live again on Midnight Special or Rock Concert.

Same thing with Solid Gold. My earliest vivid memory I have of FM that made an impression was seeing Sara on Solid Gold in early 1980. I am sure I heard them on the radio prior to that. It was the clip from the doc. I was merely 10 and, actually, in love with Debbie Harry at the time. When FM came on, I was confused and thought it was supposed to be Blondie but knew it wasn't. I guess I didn't realize that there were in fact other bands that had female singers lol. Anyway, I was (pardon the pun), enchanted. The song didn't really stick in my memory but I remember how Stevie looked especially the ending when she was singing into Lindsey's mike - head back. And that never left me. I remember they replayed that clip on another episode and I was with my sister at her friend's house. Her friend even asked, "is that Blondie?" I replied with confidence, "no." Not sure why, they don't exactly look alike. Anway, I'm so off topic here....

Same could be said for The Old Grey Whistle test. Many bands performed at the actual studio/hall and you can see the logo hanging behind the band. VH1 Classic has shown these episodes in the past. I caught a couple of great Tom Petty episodes last year - 2 in fact - one from 1977 (or 78) and 1979.