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16 Jun 17 - 06:00 PM (#3861302) Subject: Newport FESTIVAL DVD From: Thomas Stern A documentary of the Newport Folk Festival "FESTIVAL" was released a few years ago. Due for September 2017 release is a CRITERION edition with multiple supplements. Criterion FESTIVAL dvd "Before Woodstock and Monterey Pop, there was Festival. From 1963 to 1966, Murray Lerner visited the annual Newport Folk Festival to document a thriving, idealistic musical movement as it reached its peak as a popular phenomenon. Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Howlin' Wolf, Johnny Cash, the Staples Singers, Pete Seeger, Son House, and Peter, Paul and Mary were just a few of the legends who shared the stage at Newport, treating audiences to a range of folk music that encompassed the genre's roots in blues, country, and gospel as well as its newer flirtations with rock 'n' roll. Shooting in gorgeous black and white, Lerner juxtaposes performances with snapshot interviews with artists and their fans, weaving footage from four years of the festival into an intimate record of a pivotal time in music—and in American culture at large. DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION: New, restored 2K digital transfer, approved by director Murray Lerner New reconstruction and remastering of the monaural soundtrack using the original concert and field recordings, approved by Lerner and presented uncompressed on the Blu-ray When We Played Newport, a new program featuring archival interviews with Lerner, music festival producer George Wein, and musicians Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Buffy Saint-Marie, Pete Seeger, and Peter Yarrow Editing "Festival," a new program featuring Lerner, associate editor Alan Heim, and assistant editor Gordon Quinn Selection of complete outtake performances, including Clarence Ashley, Horton Barker, Johnny Cash, John Lee Hooker, and Odetta PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Amanda Petrusich and artist bios by folk music expert Mary Katherine Aldin" fyi Thomas. |
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20 Jun 17 - 06:46 PM (#3862018) Subject: RE: Newport 'FESTIVAL' DVD From: GMGough any footage of Mimi & Richard included ? |
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29 Aug 17 - 05:13 PM (#3874213) Subject: RE: Newport 'FESTIVAL' DVD From: Thomas Stern this from IMDB: Black and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival, from 1963 to 1966. The headliners are Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and Bob Dylan, who's acoustic and electric. Son House and Mike Bloomfield talk about the blues; John Hurt, Howlin' Wolf, and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee show its range. The Osborne Brothers perform bluegrass. Donovan, Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Mimi and Dick Farina, and others less well known also perform. Several talk musical philosophy, and there's a running commentary about the nature and appeal of folk music. The crowd looks clean cut. - Written by |
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30 Aug 17 - 06:32 AM (#3874278) Subject: RE: Newport 'FESTIVAL' DVD From: Joe Offer I've had this DVD on my shelf for years, and never got around to watching it until Thomas posted notice of the expanded edition. It's a terrific film. And yes, "Mimi and Dick Farina" have a brief performance (during a rainstorm) in the film. Can't recall what song they were singing. -Joe- |
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30 Aug 17 - 01:24 PM (#3874342) Subject: RE: Newport 'FESTIVAL' DVD From: Thomas Stern Thanks Joe. For those who are unable or unwilling to spring for the CRITERION release (20 bucks or more), the old disc (without all the extras and enhancements) is being dumped - see it under 10 dollars online. Thomas. |