Just wondering if the El Macombo was filmed?

Ken Regan took (quite) a few pix of the event(s)...

I think it wasn't...

Here's my take. If this "legendary" performance didn't make it to the "From The Vault" DVD series, I'd reckon it wasn't filmed, unfortunately. Would have bought a copy, for sure. If it had been, it should have been a special for this series, but it seems not.



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I expect that the 1976 Paris shows will be a Vault project sometime soon. The shows were filmed and broadcast on French TV.

Thanks,

Soul

I wish they would release every show filmed as a digital download.
I'm guessing it would be lucrative.

Take the Voodoo Lounge Tour

6,000,000 fans- if 1% or 60,000 fans spend $10.00 for a digital download of the show they attended it's $600,000.

I suspect much more than 1% would respond to offer.


Most of us here would purchase multiple shows, I'm guessing?

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dennycranium
I wish they would release every show filmed as a digital download.
I'm guessing it would be lucrative.

Take the Voodoo Lounge Tour

6,000,000 fans- if 1% or 60,000 fans spend $10.00 for a digital download of the show they attended it's $600,000.

I suspect much more than 1% would respond to offer.


Most of us here would purchase multiple shows, I'm guessing?

The Mexico 14 March show on you tube I put up has had over 220,000 views. There's an audience out there I'm sure would respond favourably to their favourite gigs. The band doesn't even need to edit them, just release them

I'll chime in here... nowadays with iphones and teeny video cameras providing HD and Stereo sound it could've been filmed. Remember the El Mocambo is a club, not much room to do anything more than dance. The film cameras in 1977 were huge, I mean the cameras that would have provided a legacy film with good sound.

Yeah, but video tape has been used since the late 50s for some tv programs..and this was a pro video set up from 76 (wasn't LA 75 release original source video tape?_
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"The camera head was about as light sensitive as Stevie Wonder"
Classy all the way!

And I remember now how these tube cams would "grab" any strong light source and leave a smearing trace all over the picture for like 20 seconds (ouch!).

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dennycranium
I wish they would release every show filmed as a digital download.
I'm guessing it would be lucrative.

Take the Voodoo Lounge Tour

6,000,000 fans- if 1% or 60,000 fans spend $10.00 for a digital download of the show they attended it's $600,000.

I suspect much more than 1% would respond to offer.


Most of us here would purchase multiple shows, I'm guessing?

The Mexico 14 March show on you tube I put up has had over 220,000 views. There's an audience out there I'm sure would respond favourably to their favourite gigs. The band doesn't even need to edit them, just release them

And thank you for all the YouTube posts!

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soulsurvivor1
Just wondering if the El Macombo was filmed?

I have seen no camera on all photos I looked at.

A photo collage would be nice as well.

This is the worst decision in the history of the band. Sorry but it is. Why on earth didnt they try to film it? I'd give my left arm leg for a copy.

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Redhotcarpet
This is the worst decision in the history of the band. Why on earth didnt they try to film it?

Keef's arrest for possession = keeping low profile = no vid.
Keef's look at the time (he was a walking corpse) = no vid.

Has anybody else noticed that the title to this thread is incorrectly spelt "El Mocombo"? I've only just noticed it. I think the reason could be that it's considered to be such a great performance that everybody's attention has been drawn to the comments and not the title.

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stonesman87
Has anybody else noticed that the title to this thread is incorrectly spelt "El Mocombo"? I've only just noticed it. I think the reason could be that it's considered to be such a great performance that everybody's attention has been drawn to the comments and not the title.

El Mocambo