The Scream In Blue version of Powderworks has a drum intro at the
front, which may or may not have come from the Capitol Theatre performance,
which accounts for the extra time. Other than that they're the same, I
think.
I've always assumed the "truck mixes" are just the audio for songs
that they don't have any film of. It's not uncommon for things like this
that the show is filmed, then edited for TV broadcast or whatever. Then
after the editing is done all the unused raw footage gets lost or thrown away,
or not stored properly. Then twenty years later someone goes looking for
it and finds that only the edited film remains. But they do have the
complete audio... I'd expect the Oils probably kept control of the audio
of the show (as they do any show they record), and the company that did the
filming kept (or didn't keep) the film that didn't make the final
cut.
A similar thing happened with Pink Floyd's "Live at Pompeii" from the
early 70's - the director went back a few years ago to create a new version for
DVD, and found that none of his raw film outside the original edits had been
kept, or kept in a useable state.
jeff...
Wierd...
the SiB version of Powderworks is MUCH longer than the version broadcast
as part of Saturday Night at the Capitol, but they're BOTH edited? I
can't see any logic in that, so I wonder what happened.
Does anybody know what the "truck mixes" are, and if
the less-than-three-minute "truck mix" of Run By Night is the
way the song was played at the gig, or if a verse has been edited
out, or what?
Subject: Re: [powderworks] Sat. Night at the Capitol "truck mixes"
From:
jimcwarren@earthlink.net
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:28:02 -0700
CC:
powderworks@yahoogroups.com.au
To: blackwood_michael@hotmail.com
I don't know, but it looks to me on the DVD like Powderworks
has a chunk taken out of it, basically the "getting in for one free bite"
verse. And the Scream in Blue album is also missing that verse, so I am almost
certain that Powderworks on Scream in Blue and Powderworks on the Best of Both
Worlds DVD are the same performance.
The thing is, when I listed to Scream in Blue Live 18 years ago, I
thought that the band just left that verse out for some reason, but now that I
watch the DVD, there definitely seems to be an abrupt cut. I bet that they
played that verse when they performed it, but somehow it got cut out of the
recording. Another reason for this hypothesis is that when you watch the
concert on the DVD, Peter's shirt is on and then suddenly he is running around
with it off, and the discontinuity of that really makes it seem like a part
got cut out. Does anyone who has seen this agree, because I've wondering about
this.
I love seeing that one performed live on the DVD. That DVD does not
disappoint even for the most die-hard fan with high expectations.
-Jim W.
On Oct 20, 2010, at 10:25 AM, Michael Blackwood wrote:
Hey, 'Workers!
I've got another Oils
minutia question that I'm hoping to have answered...
What
exactly are the "Truck Mixes" that are available on the Saturday Night at
the Capitol portion of the Best of Both Worlds DVD? Were they
just un-televised recordings of the live performance at the show, or are
they remixed somehow? For example, the "truck mix" of Run By Night is
under 3 minutes long, and omits the second verse of the song when compared
to the 1978 album version. Is that actually how it was played on the
night of Nov 27, 1982, or was it edited after the fact? Does anyone
have the bootleg of the full show (not just the broadcast portion) so they
can compare? Likewise, the broadcast version of Powderworks from that
gig is significantly shortened from the album version; is that how it was
played live that night, or was it edited for TV? Because I thought the
live version of Powderworks found on Scream In Blue came from that
gig, but it's definitely the full-length song.
If anyone
can clear up these mysteries, I'd greatly appreciate
it!
Thanks,
Mike