From: edc@evolution.bchs.uh.edu (edward s. chen)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: Re: Marketing video clips of the Fabs
Date: 27 Jan 1993 03:50:04 GMT
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In article <1993Jan26.181047.455@math.ucla.edu> dmac@julia.math.ucla.edu (saki) writes:
>In article <1798@ozz.oasis.icl.co.uk> dvp@getafix (Dave Parry) writes:
>>I hope and pray that songs included in the documentaries will be
>>complete and not excerts, particulary if TV/concert footage is used.
>
>It's unlikely that this will happen...but not just to confound you. The

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>Documentaries are also not known for airing complete events; their point
>requires illustration but not the video equivalent of verbosity. An excerpt
>often makes an impact (to wit, John's "rattle their jewelry" comment) where
>instead, within the complete musical performance, its illustrative power 
>is lost. I'm not arguing in favor of this technique, mind you; I myself
>would love to see the complete Royal Variety Show, Granada TV clips,
>Thank Your Lucky Stars, Ready Steady Go! appearances, but documentaries
>have another agenda. They're providing minor quotes of musical events,
>which help them tell the story of history.

I don't think the statement is hoping for complete *programs*, but instead
complete songs from a single site, rather then using the fast edits seen
in the Capitol Beatle re-issue promo films ("Love Me Do", "I Want to Hold
Your Hand") or in Andrew Solt's "Imagine".  Additionally, these individual
songs should be shown in their entirety, with interviews before or after
the clip, but not DURING it! That is probably not too much to ask (ie: 
John's jewelry quip followed by the "Twist and Shout" from 11/4/63, but not 
necessarily the other three songs, and definitely not the other 12 acts on 
the bill that day!, followed by an archival sound bite, or perhaps the excited
John Lennon from the 1963 Xmas message)  For this type of use, it seems likely
that the owners would be more then happy to let a song or two go to this
use -- particularly if the owners (as in the case of "Ready, Steady, Go!")
have put, or plan to make the complete performance on video at a later 
date (free advertising)

>I hope so. It happened with the Ed Sullivan shows (sort of...I'd still
>rather see British Invasion stars do their magic in proper context,
>commercials and all; but that's not what tweaks most people's interests).
>Since it's obvious that interest in the Fabs continues to grow, I'd hope
>we might have more complete video releases to anticipate at some future time.

As I said earlier, I think the vast majority of things will eventually find
their way to video -- particularly as the cost of producing reasonably
high quality videotapes continues to become cheaper.  While I'm not naive
enough to expect everything to find it's way to video, I do expect several
Apple-produced tapes similar to the "the Beatles First US Visit" which
present much of their "Beatlemania-era" appearances on British television.

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