What ever happened to the US festival documentary?

[SisterNightroad]

Originally Posted by Macfanforever

Who cares about completion videos.Don't cheap out on it.How bout complete uncut concerts from all the artists including Stevie and FM.

Originally Posted by desertangel

Really hope this happens. I'm tired of getting my hopes up only to have them dashed by the passage of time and no product delivered. I really got my hopes up years back when Spin did a cover and spread on outdoor festivals. As an attendee, I was contacted for quotes by the writer who got my info off an obscure website posting. He seemed positive more performance material would be coming out as interest had been building. So far all I've ever found was the compilation DVD from '83 and a few full performance CDs, which The English Beat one is quite good! Money talks, as they say... and it's clearly the issue on this one.

When asked about the 1983 edition they said:

The US Festivals one never knows what the future brings, of course - but for now, one thing at a time. this is something we wanted to do for a while, not an easy thing to set up, but we are now past the hard part. the significance of 1982 was that it truly took a vision and made it into a reality, created an awesome venue from near nothingness, and pioneered so many things as it went. more on this soon.

[SisterNightroad]

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by SisterNightroad

I asked on their Facebook page about the Fleetwood Mac material. They answered:

Originally Posted by SisterNightroad

When asked about the 1983 edition they said:

The US Festivals one never knows what the future brings, of course - but for now, one thing at a time. this is something we wanted to do for a while, not an easy thing to set up, but we are now past the hard part. the significance of 1982 was that it truly took a vision and made it into a reality, created an awesome venue from near nothingness, and pioneered so many things as it went. more on this soon.

They are FOS."Footage" Footage is not the complete set.I'm not surprise.
Thanks for your time for doing the research.

[SisterNightroad]

Originally Posted by Macfanforever

They are FOS."Footage" Footage is not the complete set.I'm not surprise.
Thanks for your time for doing the research.

No problem, I just activated the notifications option in the post.
I was hoping for more since last time they had said "Keep your eyes open on full performance releases for 2015!" but I guess they couldn't do more without waiting for another ten years to clear the copyright issues. However I'll be happy with whatever little footage they have for us, it's still better than nothing.

[SisterNightroad]

I had also asked about the full sets and here's their reply:

US Festival 1982: The US Generation Documentary well, two things, Julia - first the documentary film is "the story" of the US Festival, of which music is a huge part, but not the only part. As a documentary, it's not a concert film. Second, all the legal stuff that got resolved allowing us to post again because we know it's finally happening - there have been some changes here as a result, all good ones. That means that some of the older posts are not coming from the same voice. But hang in there - more to come soon - including info about the full music sets.

[Danielle]

SisterNightroad, thank you so much for all the info and for inquiring so much. I know I'll be thanking you when this finally comes out.

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by SisterNightroad

No problem, I just activated the notifications option in the post.
I was hoping for more since last time they had said "Keep your eyes open on full performance releases for 2015!" but I guess they couldn't do more without waiting for another ten years to clear the copyright issues. However I'll be happy with whatever little footage they have for us, it's still better than nothing.

Yes.The biggest drag is getting the music copyright clearances from all the bands and artists.I hope they work it out to make everybody happy.

[SisterNightroad]

Originally Posted by Danielle

SisterNightroad, thank you so much for all the info and for inquiring so much. I know I'll be thanking you when this finally comes out.

You're welcome Danielle, these were things I wanted to do also for me, so I just thought "If I won't do it myself, noone will do it for me so it's better to stop waiting passively and act." It was a pleasure to share with everyone nonetheless, not to mention that the most people will want it, the most probably we will obtain it.

Originally Posted by Macfanforever

Yes.The biggest drag is getting the music copyright clearances from all the bands and artists.I hope they work it out to make everybody happy.

Yeah, I will not hold my breath but their last response leaves a bit of hope (see above).

[SisterNightroad]

[SisterNightroad]

Does anyone know who the "percussionist" is?