Re: Hammersmith Concert Video

[chrisw@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu (chris williams)]

Karen Newcombe writes:
>If I remember correctly, someone posted not too long ago that the reason 
>a complete tape of Hammersmith was not available is that there were 
>equipment problems the day (or days) that the video was made.  Some of 
>the video may not have a quality of sound that can be cleaned up enough 
>for a full release of the program.

   That was me.

   From what I have seen, and from Andys memory of the 1985 Konvention,
several of the songs were ruined by noise, probably by problems with
the early wireless microphone technology. They have made great strides
in repairing bad audio tracks via digital audio workstations. The Doors
_Live At The Hollywood Bowl_ is one of the best examples. Morrison's
mike had a wonky connecter (probably from being swung around by the
cord) and produced a loud nasty crackling noise. The whole thing was
digitized and the crackles were "painted" out and the surviving band
members re-recorded some of the music. I can see a market in doing that
for the Doors, but (no matter how much we may wish the situation were
different) there is little commercial reason to do this for the
_Hammersmith_ concert.

    It looks like the H-O plus the songs that we saw at the Konvention
are all we are going to get.


                          Chris Williams of
                             Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago
                               chrisw@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu (his)
                                 vickie@njin.rutgers.edu      (hers)