The Who/Isle of Wight,UK 1970 Camera Rolls

The first Isle of Wight Festival was held in 1968, and THE WHO performed for two years in 1969 and 1970. In particular, the third festival in 1970 was held on a remote island at the southern tip of England, but 650,000 people came by boat, making it the world’s largest rock festival, surpassing even Woodstock. there were. However, the Isle of Wight Festival has only been held three times, and this year will be the last (later restarted in 2002). Why was the festival canceled in 1970? This was because most of the customers broke down the fence and entered the venue without paying the admission fee, making the venue unviable. This was a time when hippies were in full swing, and this kind of disorder was probably a sign of the times. The organizers repeatedly cursed at the audience, saying, “If you don’t pay, we won’t perform,” and “Pay your admission fee, you bastards,” and each time the audience booed. The confusion at the scene that day is clearly recorded on the DVD “Isle of Wight 1970: Afterimages of Nostalgic Rock”. However, despite this management turmoil, each artist put on a fantastic stage that would become a legend. Among the big names such as Free, The Doors, Joni Mitchell, ELP, Miles Davis, and Jethro Tull, the highlight of the day was definitely THE WHO. The members themselves all agree that “that night was the best”, and the best performance in THE WHO’s history, which they themselves and others recognize, was on stage at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970. . At the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival, the entire festival was recorded on multi-track, and only the sound of THE WHO’s performance was first released as a 2-CD set. However, the recording condition was not very good, and with the mixing technology at the time of the CD release, the first half of the concert in particular was recorded with a less powerful sound. At the same time, the entire festival was recorded in color using four film cameras. However, because the material was so vast and the footage was shot so quickly, the footage other than the digest version of the movie that was compiled at the time remained unreleased for a long time. After that, THE WHO’s live documentary “Maximun R&B” included footage for three songs that were not included in the digest version for the first time, and it was confirmed that other THE WHO stage footage existed. This legendary performance by THE WHO has been attempted to be released many times due to its wonderful performance, and the remaining film has been painstakingly pieced together and the sound has been remixed as a video work, and the video has finally been released on DVD. has been done. However, there were many problems, such as scenes that originally had no footage were forcibly supplemented with scenes from other songs, and there were many places where the footage and sound did not match. Above all, the camera work was poor, and the screen had a reddish tint throughout. Furthermore, since it was night, the images were dark and very difficult to see. In recent years, it has been made into Blu-ray and released as a somewhat brighter and corrected image, but the entire film has been cropped vertically, making the screen narrower, and there are severe skips in the sound, especially in the first song, making it a much better work. It had become deteriorated. Now, the excavated footage this time is the first recording of unedited film rolls recorded by four cameras at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival in their original form, one by one. There is no top and bottom cropping like in the Blu-ray version, the colors are natural, and the fact that it is unedited gives it a vivid feel. The 2014 remix version, which is said to be the best of the various versions released so far, is used as the main sound, and the sound was precisely synchronized with the video, which was originally silent when it was leaked, for the first time. This work was recorded as possible. Unfortunately, this work does not contain all the material that was filmed, but mainly focuses on the first half of the concert and the climax, but it is the first time that over an hour of unedited concert footage has been recorded. The familiar “Young Man Blues” should be of great interest to long-time fans who wonder what each camera work was like. And although I couldn’t tell from the sound alone, both the CD and the official video were actually full of cuts. Looking at the camera rolls, it is revealed that the guitar solo part of the first song, “Heaven and Hell,” was cut out, and that the album was heavily edited when it was released. The footage of THE WHO, considered the highlight of their performance at the legendary Isle of Wight Festival on August 29, 1970, is recorded separately for each of the four cameras used for filming. This is the biggest leaked video of THE WHO’s incandescent hard rock stage, which is said to be the best performance in history by both themselves and others, and will surprise enthusiasts all over the world. Astonishing first appearance video! Leaked video by camera! THE WHO’s best performance ever! THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL U.K. August 29, 1970 CAMERA A UNEDITED ROLL 01. Heaven And Hell 02. I Can’t Explain 03. Young Man Blues 04. I Don’t Know Myself 05. Tommy Can You Hear Me? 06. Smash The Mirror 07. See Me Feel Me 08. My Generation Jam CAMERA B UNEDITED ROLL 09. Young Man Blues 10. I Don’t Know Myself 11. See Me Feel Me 12. Summertime Blues CAMERA C UNEDITED ROLL 13. Young Man Blues 14 . I Don’t Know Myself 15. Water 16. We’re Not Gonna Take It 17. Summertime Blues 18. Shakin’ All Over 19. My Generation Jam CAMERA D UNEDITED ROLL 20. I Don’t Know Myself 21. Water MULTI ANGLE VIEW 22. Young Man Blues