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Post by the Scribe on Mar 14, 2021 8:22:08 GMT
thread: ronstadt.proboards.com/thread/939/unknown-linda-video-1970
note: for anyone wanting to download this the link still works. Depending on your computer it may just take a while to download. I thought the link wasn't working but when I placed the cursor over the address bar it showed it was downloading which I never would have known as I did it by mistake.
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Jan 3, 2013 at 2:44pm QuotePost OptionsPost by Cornish Pirate on Jan 3, 2013 at 2:44pm Just found an unknown Linda video from 1970. Not good quality though. It was said to be from a programme called 'Celebration' broadcast by KQED-TV from their studios in San Francisco on 30 Aug 1970, which also featured Grateful Dead and Boz Scaggs. However, someone commenting on the posting said there were two Celebration programmes broadcast in 1970, Linda and Boz Scaggs in one and Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Swamp Dogg in the other, so the above date may not be correct.
Linda sings three songs, She's A very Lovely Woman, Break My Mind and Long Long Time. The picture breaks up often and the audio wows and goes in and out of sync but on the plus side she is wearing her Hee-Haw dress. ;D
Usual, 'right click/Save As...' to download.
1970, Linda Ronstadt, Celebration, KQED Studios, San Francisco (wmv, 51MB, 10:19)redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_161571004288212&key=71fe2139a887ad501313cd8cce3053c5&libId=km8vzaty0102ylrr000DLcqtzx9lt&loc=https%3A%2F%2Fronstadt.proboards.com%2Fthread%2F939%2Funknown-linda-video-1970&v=1&out=http%3A%2F%2Fcornishwrecks.co.uk%2Flrfiles%2F1970%2F1970%2CLindaRonstadt%2CCelebration%2CKQEDStudios%2CSanFrancisco.wmv&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fronstadt.proboards.com%2Fuser%2F15%2Frecent&title=Unknown%20Linda%20video%20from%201970%20%7C%20Linda%20Ronstadt%20Fans%20Discussion&txt=%3Cb%3E1970%2C%20Linda%20Ronstadt%2C%20Celebration%2C%20KQED%20Studios%2C%20San%20Francisco%20(wmv%2C%2051MB%2C%2010%3A19)%3C%2Fb%3E
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 14, 2021 9:22:05 GMT
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Jan 3, 2013 at 4:23pm QuotePost OptionsPost by sliderocker on Jan 3, 2013 at 4:23pm Maybe someone will be able to come up with a clean copy of this performance someday? Hope so. Curious as to who the musicians are - the bassist and rhythm guitarist who are providing the backing vocals seemed very out of place. Not the kind of musicians one usually saw playing with Linda from around that time. Could these guys have been a pick-up band? I did love Linda's cute whispering in her intro to "Long, Long Time," though wonder how much of her audience heard what she was saying?
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 14, 2021 9:22:41 GMT
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Jan 3, 2013 at 8:21pm QuotePost OptionsPost by erik on Jan 3, 2013 at 8:21pm Quote by sliderocker re. Linda's backing band in video:
Curious as to who the musicians are - the bassist and rhythm guitarist who are providing the backing vocals seemed very out of place. Not the kind of musicians one usually saw playing with Linda from around that time. Could these guys have been a pick-up band?
I may be mistaken, but it appears to be Swampwater. Even with the 42 year-old sound and video quality, there seems to be a definite CCR-like feel to "Break My Mind", plus Linda's intensely growling vocal delivery on it. Last Edit: Jan 3, 2013 at 8:25pm by erik "I think honesty is of the first, utmost importance in art... any art. After that comes technique and... after that comes talent. Honesty is first. All the rest of the things are important, too, but they're secondary. Without honesty, I don't care how much technique you have, you have nothing."--Linda Ronstadt
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 14, 2021 9:23:13 GMT
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Jan 3, 2013 at 9:46pm QuotePost OptionsPost by philly on Jan 3, 2013 at 9:46pm Wow, awesome clip, CP! I thought it might have been one of lindanicci's Japanese curiosity shop finds, lol. It looks like it was recorded with some kind of home equipment. I know there were home reel-to-reel tape decks back then, cartrivision didn't exist till '72. Either that or the station has their own master tape and someone made a copy off of that? I imagine a lot of tv stations in those days either didn't tape their live shows or would just reuse video tape
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 14, 2021 9:23:34 GMT
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Jan 3, 2013 at 9:59pm QuotePost OptionsPost by erik on Jan 3, 2013 at 9:59pm Quote by philly:
I imagine a lot of tv stations in those days either didn't tape their live shows or would just reuse video tape
On that last point about using videotape again and erasing over past programs, you'd unfortunately be right. "I think honesty is of the first, utmost importance in art... any art. After that comes technique and... after that comes talent. Honesty is first. All the rest of the things are important, too, but they're secondary. Without honesty, I don't care how much technique you have, you have nothing."--Linda Ronstadt
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 14, 2021 9:24:16 GMT
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Jan 4, 2013 at 7:04am QuotePost OptionsPost by Cornish Pirate on Jan 4, 2013 at 7:04am Glad you all like it, despite its problems.
This was found on a U-Matic tape (one of the first cartridge based video recording systems) although U-Matic wasn't available until 1971. Broadcast quality video tape was expensive at the time, so TV Studios couldn't afford to just use them once and keep them in storage. Also, it was considered that there was no market for repeats of general programmes after the initial run of broadcasts. Anything considered worth keeping would be transferred to film. Also programmes bought for broadcast by other countries would often be transferred to film, as film is more compatible than video tape for different TV systems. Some of these films have survived.
The initial primary use for videotape in the US was just for time delaying broadcasts for different time zones. It was cheaper, and more convenient, than film transfers (kinescope), as the tape was re-useable.
Would this type of programme have been broadcast throughout the US, or was it just a west coast showing.
'Celebration' was broadcast as an FM simulcast but only the Grateful Dead portion has 'survived' at the moment.
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 14, 2021 9:25:28 GMT
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Jan 4, 2013 at 8:56am QuotePost OptionsPost by ZZZZZZZ on Jan 4, 2013 at 8:56am Would this type of programme have been broadcast throughout the US, or was it just a west coast showing?
I think KQED is a public television station, correct? If so that is about the time many public stations (especially the more progressive ones) began creating and producing their own shows in hopes they may have gotten picked up by other public tv stations for broadcast. It is possible it was shown by other stations on a hit and miss basis but chances are not great back then. The great thing about Linda Ronstadt is that she had so many fervent fans in and out of the industry that would go out of their way to collect and save anything they could get away with.
I've always considered She's A Very Lovely Woman in the "Psychedelic" genre which was fairly popular back then thanks to the Beatles but it seemed to eventually phase out of popularity after the Beatles split. It is one of my favorite musical genres. Fuzzy guitar (as on Break My Mind) is also a characteristic of Psychedelia.
Regarding the band you may want to find the Swampwater thread I created on the old forum and check out the photos. Erik may be correct about that as the timing here seems correct. You could also compare this video to the one of Linda on the Mike Douglas Show on Lindanicci's site as that is Swampwater backing her.
here it is:
ronstadt-linda.com/v-web/bulletin/velco2/viewtopic.php?t=3363
Mike Douglas:
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Looks like the same guys to me.
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 14, 2021 9:25:52 GMT
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Jan 4, 2013 at 11:02am QuotePost OptionsPost by hotwater on Jan 4, 2013 at 11:02am I know the guitar player just to the right of the drummer is Gib Guilbeau who played for Swampwater the others I can't tell by this. I never have seen a picture of Eric White who played bass early on for swampwater. It be cool to see it turns out to be him. erik Avatar Jan 3, 2013 at 8:21pm erik said: Quote by sliderocker re. Linda's backing band in video:
Curious as to who the musicians are - the bassist and rhythm guitarist who are providing the backing vocals seemed very out of place. Not the kind of musicians one usually saw playing with Linda from around that time. Could these guys have been a pick-up band?
I may be mistaken, but it appears to be Swampwater. Even with the 42 year-old sound and video quality, there seems to be a definite CCR-like feel to "Break My Mind", plus Linda's intensely growling vocal delivery on it.
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 14, 2021 9:26:37 GMT
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Jul 25, 2013 at 11:45am QuotePost OptionsPost by beland1949 on Jul 25, 2013 at 11:45am We did this around the same time as the Big Sur Celebration show. I believe that the Isley Bros were on the show with us. Thats Eric White (mistakes and all) on bass, Stan Pratt on drums, Gib Guilbeau on Rhythm guitar and myself (John Beland) on lead and acoustic guitar. This was not yet Swampwater. Following this appearance we replaced Eric (who became our roadie) with Thad Maxwell. That is when we formed Swampwater. This was our 3rd gig together with Linda. Hope this clears up things. Cheers - John B www.johnbeland.com www.facebook.com/johnedwardbeland
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 14, 2021 9:27:38 GMT
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Jul 25, 2013 at 12:32pm QuotePost OptionsPost by ZZZZZZZ on Jul 25, 2013 at 12:32pm
beland1949 Avatar Jul 25, 2013 at 11:45am beland1949 said: We did this around the same time as the Big Sur Celebration show. I believe that the Isley Bros were on the show with us. Thats Eric White (mistakes and all) on bass, Stan Pratt on drums, Gib Guilbeau on Rhythm guitar and myself (John Beland) on lead and acoustic guitar. This was not yet Swampwater. Following this appearance we replaced Eric (who became our roadie) with Thad Maxwell. That is when we formed Swampwater. This was our 3rd gig together with Linda. Hope this clears up things. Cheers - John B www.johnbeland.com www.facebook.com/johnedwardbeland
Thanks John! That must have been an exciting time in yours and Linda's life. Appreciate the insight as it is hard for us to piece the information together without help sometimes. Don't be a stranger.
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 14, 2021 9:28:06 GMT
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Jul 25, 2013 at 12:49pm QuotePost OptionsPost by Richard W on Jul 25, 2013 at 12:49pm I found it very poignant watching this -- Linda at the very beginning of her solo career, with her green, sweet, awesome talent in abundant evidence, her gorgeous, Bambi-like, barefoot hippie-chick persona in all its erotic glory (I'm gay and even I can feel that!) -- and knowing, as she obviously could not then, the artistic blossoming, the many, many musical triumphs to come. Especially poignant now that, decades after this performance, here we are eagerly awaiting her memoir.
A person (a person on this forum, at least) could get a little choked up. I usually avoid this word like the plague, but that video was "precious."
Thank you so much for bringing it to us. Thank you, too, Mr. Beland for your post.
And I still think "She's a Very Lovely Woman" is this/close to qualifying for a James Bond theme.
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 14, 2021 9:28:33 GMT
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Jul 25, 2013 at 1:06pm QuotePost OptionsPost by ZZZZZZZ on Jul 25, 2013 at 1:06pm
And I still think "She's a Very Lovely Woman" is this/close to qualifying for a James Bond theme.
I've always thought that way about Look Out For My Love from her Mad Love album.
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 14, 2021 9:28:57 GMT
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Jul 25, 2013 at 1:08pm QuotePost OptionsPost by John Beland on Jul 25, 2013 at 1:08pm If anyone has any pics or video with us and Linda from 1970 I sure would love to see them. I have a few myself. I'll post some soon. Cheers-JB
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 14, 2021 9:29:19 GMT
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Jul 25, 2013 at 1:14pm QuotePost OptionsPost by ZZZZZZZ on Jul 25, 2013 at 1:14pm Jul 25, 2013 at 1:08pm John Beland said: If anyone has any pics or video with us and Linda from 1970 I sure would love to see them. I have a few myself. I'll post some soon. Cheers-JB
The best bet for that may be from Alan the Cornish Pirate that originally posted this. I think he is sitting on a Pirate's ransom of Ronstadt Gold!
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Post by the Scribe on Mar 14, 2021 9:30:41 GMT
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Jul 26, 2013 at 4:36pm QuotePost OptionsPost by Long Long Time Fan on Jul 26, 2013 at 4:36pm Cornish Pirate.......I just wanted to say Thank-You for posting the video, you made my day! If there is anyone on this forum who could provide video links to the song "Long Long Time" I would be forever grateful. Aside from the original recording, I think the best version I've heard so far is the absolutely charming version on the Capitol Records 2 disc compilation. Again, Thank-You!
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