Another Hidden treasure??

[charly]

I recently came across this 1973 film entry on the "British Film Institute" archive website:

CAT STEVENS SOMEWHERE...NOT SO FAR FROM HERE

Cat Stevens In Concert

Director HODGES, Mike
Production Company BKM
Executive Producer KROST, Barry
Photography DAVIS, Mike
Photography COGGANS, Tony
Photography DODDS, Mike
Editor ELLIS, Gene
Titles National Screen Service Ltd.
Opticals National Screen Service Ltd.
Strings arranged and conducted by NEWMAN, Del
Acoustic guitar DAVIES, Alun
Keyboards ROUSSEL, Jean
Bass ALAN, James
Drums CONWAY, Gerry
Music Performance STEVENS, Cat
Sound Recording SHARROCK, Ivan
Sound Re-recording STRAIN, Hugh
Sound Re-recording WANGLER, Christian

First time I hear about this one. Maybe Georges researched it?? Any ideas Georges? It would be about 55 minutes long and possibly from the Moonshadow Tour. BFI link:

ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/715555

[Vivian]

Another treasure, without a doubt. Thanks Charles. This sounds like a real gem.

Peace,Vivian

[Daddy-o]

Interesting find Charly! I'll check this, the credits might be a clue but it doesn't sound like anything that has been officially released. I will hazard a guess and say it's an unissued concert. Several concerts around this time were filmed, e.g. Royal Albert Hall, I remember seeing the film crew at the concert, but it was never put out.

[Daddy-o]

... I have to add that since An Other Cup is already looking huge, lets hope it prompts record companies to release more archive material. Yusuf/the former Cat is so sparsely represented on video/DVD. I recently bought the old Island band Free's DVD compilation. It was such a fine piece of work, there was even silent footage taken by the late great Paul Kossof's brother Simon, even though the audio had been lost it was still of great value to fans. An example of how Cat's material could be presented as an archive DVD set - 60s to present, first and second cup! Sort it out please!

[charly]

Thanks for your input Georges. I have also been wondering about some of Chris Walter's photos. Seems a couple of them were taken in a TV studio in 1971:

www.photofeatures.com/catstevens/ppages/ppage13.html

www.photofeatures.com/catstevens/ppages/ppage12.html

Anyone knows what show this was??

[1976]

"Director HODGES, Mike"


Mike "Get Carter" Hodges?

www.imdb.com/name/nm0388198/


thanks for the info, btw... and welcome to Majicat.


edited to add: yup, it's him alright - ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/78293

[HardheadedSofthrtd]

charly said:

Anyone knows what show this was??

No idea what show it was, but there are some lovely color shots here:

tinyurl.com/uvzn2

I liked them so much I used one for a CD cover I made:




-Joanne

[Chris]

Hey Charly, thanks for the interesting find. Maybe someday, we'll be able to hear this one as well. After all we never thought we would ever hear or see Williamsburg. We'll just have to keep after them

[charly]

admin said:

Hey Charly, thanks for the interesting find. Maybe someday, we'll be able to hear this one as well. After all we never thought we would ever hear or see Williamsburg. We'll just have to keep after them

Thanks Chris, and I've always thought that fans had a LOT to do with the release of Williamsburgh! Maybe we can do the same thing with that one. Let's keep talking about it! ;D

[Vivian]

We need to keep after them so ALL these gems are released to the public where they belong.

Peace,Vivian