Say Brother Videos (Stark Reality related)
pj4533
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I don't know if other people have turned these up, but I figured a least a few of you havn't seen them. I have a ton of video I am going thru now, but here is a clip of Stark Reality. Its from the Say Brother television show, of which they were the house band. The end with the promo for the 45? Link to the video:http://www.galacticfractures.com/starkreality.wmvLike I said, if this is old news, I apologize. But, I definately hadn't seen this footage.-peeJ
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oh really? I don't have that.....I have the raw Say Brother shows. What else is on the dvd? Do they have the other performances of the bands? The Parliments doing "Testify" is amaaaaaaaazing. And so far, the Chambers Brothers blew my mind too.
-pj
(tracked down the dvd tracklisting)
They must have just put the one performance of Stark Reality. I have several of the Say Brother videos. There might be other Stark Reality footage that isn't on the dvd, i am not sure as I havn't seen the Stones Throw thing. HOWEVER, the promo for the 45 at the end of the clip i posted is crazy.
Plus, I'll post up the Parliments "Testify" performance that is facemelting. (converting it now).
-pj
(edit: posted this at the same time as above)
So, you have access to the Say Brother archives??
This is through your girlfriend who you said works
at WG*H?
Crazy.
I used to watch "Say Brother" sometimes when I was a little kid
in the mid-70's.
If you can hook up the entire 1st anniversary Parliament show
at some point that would be the shit!
Ah, hoping this isn't too much to ask, but I wouldn't mind seeing that Chambers Brothers clip, as well...:-)
if im not mistaken, this is on youtube.
leave the man to his work
It hasn't been on Youtube for a minute. I'd really like to see it again, and if you posted the whole show, my head might just explode. I'd like to see the Chambers Brothers footage too.
Here is the Testify footage.
http://www.galacticfractures.com/testify.wmv
If I post the whole Spring Special showits gonna be huuuuuuuge. I'll see what I can do with sendspace or something. But I am going to the baseball game tomorrow night, so dunno when I can spend time to encode it all.
Also, I have the Gwen Michaels performances with Stark Reality backing her up. And the James Brown Politics episode. The spring special is the only one that has all music.
-pj
unnnnnbelievable. holy shit. this made me...excited to make music.
And in that spirit, here are three links to some footage of Placebo for anyone who hasn't seen them yet:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pk3PL_Cok7s&search=marc%20moulin
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kqKrw1Pklrs&search=marc%20moulin
http://youtube.com/watch?v=406lHWH505Q&search=marc%20moulin
And thanks a bundle for "Testify"! I've been longing to see that. If there ever was a gratuitous graemlin-inducing clip, that would definetely be it. I won't do that, though. The footage speaks for itself. That whole ending with the band + folks dancing in silhouette is fucking amazing. I love this stuff!
Please take me to your dealer, George. Or maybe not.
ah ok....that makes sense. Cause I have another Stark reality clip that is a bit longer, but I liked this one better. I'll work on some of the other clips when I can.
-peeJ
Stanton Davis, trumpet (flugelhorn solos on the whole "Acting, Thinking, Feeling" piece, which this clip is basically the middle "Thinking" piece)
don't remember the 2nd trumpeter's name, nor the names of the trombone, alto, and tenor sax players
Carl Atkins is playing baritone sax
and, of course, Phil Morrison, bass, and Vinnie Johnson, drums.
$2.00 donation for a "Say Brother" 45 - thousands of them, want them or not
I have that Upbeat DVD too - the lip-synching doesn't bother me, since I was weaned on shows like Soul Train and American Bandstand where nine times out of ten that's just the way these things were done. For me, it's just the novelty of seeing these great artists doing their thing, leventy-seven years ago.
Just sayin.
Ah, yes....the other video I have is of the whole piece (from episode 7, i think). Is the entire piece on the Stones Throw dvd? What was the situation with Stark Reality backing up other singers? I noticed Gwen Micheals...but I havn't watched the rest so I don't know if anyone else did as well.
-pj
btw: if anyone (Stones Throw/Monty) wants me to remove those, just shoot me a pm. not looking to step on anyones toes.
yeah, the Stones Throw 101 DVD has the whole piece on it - even repeated with a commentary
we did two pieces with Gwen on the same show
btw: so i put it on YouTube - TYVM!!!! http://www.montystark.com
mike
http://main.wgbh.org/saybrother/
Mosey down to the music section (M) for complete and total mind melt.
http://main.wgbh.org/saybrother/subject.html#M
PS: Stanton Davis also did an LP called "ghetto mysticism," a jazz fusion album.
yep thats the site my friend directed me to for picking which videos I wanted. Apparently the problem is that not all the videos are on VHS yet, so I could only get a few of them (plus the James Brown special).
-pj
You're quite a ...
Any chance on them putting out high res & complete versions of all of 'em?
That's the one with "Funky Fried Tofu", right? I remember hearing that at Upskiboo's house ??? nice. Didn't he do an earlier private/small-press album in a more milesy style?
That Say Brother program listing is madness. Someone ought to unleash all this goodness.
http://main.wgbh.org/saybrother/programs/sb_0031.html is the GBH page for the Spring Special - complete with a Curtis and the Impressions video