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johnfowles · 06-22-2017, 01:26 PM

I am about to try to make direct contact with the obvious Lightfoot fan who uploaded the "full stereo " version that he had lovingly recovered from his original 1979 videotape but before I do i am going to make some comments that I intended to make back in February when I displayed two screenshots in a text forum thread
these are the "red" version

Which is pretty well identical to the very first version that I saw back in 1997 in a special VHS videtape compilation that a prominant Lightfoot fan had made for me. This was obviously at least a second generation copy. and subsequent DVDs tha I acquired were evidently from the same source recording.Indeed I was very disapointed when I found that the Amazon UK sourced "Ttroubadour" DVD had apparently used the same red tinged recording as shown in the screenshot above that I made from an avi format rip of the DVD whereas the "full stereo" recording was wonderfully and vastly superior . but as yet I have not seen a DVD made from it, which i feel strongly should be done as a fully official issue to remove this gem from the "bootleg" category, which is the basic message I want to convey to the hero who has it.
so here is that "full stereo" version:-

those two screenshots were made of approximately the same scene on each of the recordings as viewed in Windows Media Player

06-22-2017, 01:26 PM	#8
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Re: Soundstage 1979 - Very Good Quality I am about to try to make direct contact with the obvious Lightfoot fan who uploaded the "full stereo " version that he had lovingly recovered from his original 1979 videotape but before I do i am going to make some comments that I intended to make back in February when I displayed two screenshots in a text forum thread these are the "red" version Which is pretty well identical to the very first version that I saw back in 1997 in a special VHS videtape compilation that a prominant Lightfoot fan had made for me. This was obviously at least a second generation copy. and subsequent DVDs tha I acquired were evidently from the same source recording.Indeed I was very disapointed when I found that the Amazon UK sourced "Ttroubadour" DVD had apparently used the same red tinged recording as shown in the screenshot above that I made from an avi format rip of the DVD whereas the "full stereo" recording was wonderfully and vastly superior . but as yet I have not seen a DVD made from it, which i feel strongly should be done as a fully official issue to remove this gem from the "bootleg" category, which is the basic message I want to convey to the hero who has it. so here is that "full stereo" version:- those two screenshots were made of approximately the same scene on each of the recordings as viewed in Windows Media Player __________________ "Sir" John Fowles Bt Honorary Curator Bootleg Museum (where Sir does not signify that I am a fully benighted Knight just a Bt which signifies a humble Baronet -?? read the wiki!) I meant no one no harm Once inside we found a curious moonbeam Doing dances on the floor Last edited by johnfowles; 06-22-2017 at 02:23 PM.