I hear ya! If this was the early 70s and YT existed back then, there would be that many views. Sad that most people in current era are missing out on what true music was. These 3 guys went up on stage and just kicked ass and gave it everything. The musicianship, cohesion and improvisation talent of GFR are wonders to behold. I am glad you enjoyed it man and that you appreciate the finer things in life! I wish the whole concert, without goofy effects and in HQ was available. Read my info to the vid if you haven't concerning the Shea concert.
Yeah, agreed & I read vid info. I saw them in Pittsburgh 11/1/71 @ Civic Arena several months after Shea, Black Oak Arkansas was the opening act. Similar effect as Shea concert, sold out/off the hook performance, etc. Also saw them, same venue 72/w Billy Preston, 74/w Wet Willie. Both of those, also sold out/same standards, great as usual. But 72/74 had a different feel w keyboards added. This was understandable tho, as they were experimenting, trying to keep up, as the industry was changing rapidly. . . Mark used a white hollow body gtr at 71 show, it looked like a Gretsch White Falcon, but it wasn't. It had a Microfret headstock. 72 he used the cherry red/double cutaway/solid body microfret, 74 the metallic Veleno. Interesting to note: They played Footstompin Music at 11/1/71 show, but E Pluribus wasn't officially released until 11/15/71. So I'm assuming that was one of the first performances of Footstompin', they said, "this is from our new album" as they launched into it. Also, I've read that many of their live shows were filmed, especially the early ones, yet so little film/vid has ever been released. Certainly unfortunate. . . So little documentation of the true scope of what they did. But that's the case with lots of bands from that era. With GFR it's really perplexing, as big as they were. But thanks for the post...
@@dsmythe5329That is cool you saw them in their prime man. Must have been mindblowing indeed! I have a recording from Boston on Oct 3/71, they played FSM at that gig as opening number too! I didn't know about a number of their concerts being filmed, but that is cool if they were. Someday we might get Shea and some other stuff. I agree, there is not enough live GFR audio and video available. I have 15 shows from 70-75. But its not like Zep or Purple where pretty much every gig someone recorded it from the audience, or in Zep's case the many soundboards that are also available. Too bad as GFR are amazing live and tight and in a groove the entire show.
Put this on your Facebook page that's what I'm going to do. Spread the word out. The a the amazing thing about this group that I remember is that they became popular on pretty much sheer word of mouth a true peoples band and a band of the people !
Mark Farner personifies the ultimate rock front man. Between his incredible guitar work, engaging stage presence and amazing voice, it just doesn't get any better than this.
I was born in 68 so my recollection of GFR was through older kids on my street who listened to them when working on their cars. Seeing this makes me realize how incredibly talented and what a great sound. They are up their with the best in my book.
Grand Funk was a people's band. They were your friends, neighbors. They didn't intimate you by acting tough. They were kids just like us having fun. Their music spoke to us. Too bad they got screwed by the critics and their former manager. But they were kids back then. I was a kid in high school back then. I love them . Don and Mel make peace with Mark and get together again. We're all getting closer to home. (Heaven) So do it for us fans.
All you got to do is look at this crowd who came to see them---black, white, and brown, rich and poor, young and old, straight, hippie, and beatnik---they appealed to everyone!
The Best and Greatest Band ever! Especially "LIVE" Noone out Rocked or Grooved like this Band! Should a been in RRHOF years ago! And started the SoldOut Stadium. Feel the Power and Energy here, unbelievable, Greater GuitarPlayer, Drummer, BassPlayer in one Band period!
This is a timeless masterpiece. What a great time to be a teen. Rock and roll was just getting better and better. And these guys were one of the best bands around. Grand fund railroad. Led zeppelin and Deep purple were my favorites in 1971. Thanks for posting this. What a treat.
I just can't say enough! I'm 62 and if I had of been a little bit older, security would have played hell keeping me off that stage BABY!!! THEY WERE SO FREAKING TITE and I bet they practiced a lot cause it shows!!!!!!✌️
❤was there. Great night in Rock n roll history and for those that were there will remember Mark dedicated the evening to Jim Morrison whos death was reported from Paris earlier in the week.
I was there. Never forget it. The crowd, including me, went nuts all night. The energy was off the charts. Been to many concerts in my days. But nothing like this. GFR and Humble Pie. Whew! Thanks much for posting this. Brings back alot of great memories.
The Greatest Band and musicians in one band ever, especially LIVE noone outplayed, out rocked, or out grooved this band, should a been in RRHOF years ago, if they don't get put in noons belongs.
Ha! One more show I attended in the Golden Era but have no recollection of... Was that the whole show!? Only 40 minutes? It took me much longer than that (I spent the night & half the next day at Shea) to get the tix. That was an event in itself. Happy to have this footage...thx
Wow, very cool you were at Shea, its a mythical concert and sucks you don't remember it! LOL But that must mean you had an amazing time there, assuming you weren't passed out or tripping out to the point you didn't even know you were there. No, the concert would have been probably at least 65 or 70 minutes long, maybe even more. In addition to the songs in the video, they probably performed In Need, Mean Mistreater, Hooked on Love, Get it Together and Into The Sun as that was their typical set list in summer 1971. Read my description for the vid if you haven't as I detail so9me info and thoughts about this show.
I was there with my girlfriend. We loved Humble Pie. GFR came on and the noise was so bad and so loud we couldn't hear or enjoy the music. The experience was not very pleasant, so we left. We took the subway over to Manhattan and down to Battery Park to decompress. Sitting on a park bench looking out over the water at the Statue of Liberty, we could still hear the sound of the concert coming down the East River. Damn it was loud.
I finally got the chance after decades past in viewing my favorite rock group of all time, perform from this amazing Monumental sellout concert video footage on UA-cam, THANK YOU so much!!!
When i was 18 and old enough to start a band GFR was one of the bands we did tunes from. All of their tunes went over big with the crowds. We did " Are you Ready," Into the Sun, Closer to Home, Paranoid,. I grew my blondish hair out long like Marks and i had a voice tonally close and i was the lead singer who was also athletically body wise toned up like Mark so the chicks loved my ass. I loved doing those songs and still do. Theres a dancing hot groove to them. I like when they added the Keys to the band and second guitarist in Craig Frost. He leveled out the band as heard in Captured Live album. The live tribute to Bosnia album with Orchestra is also extrordinary too. Mark Farner is still out there doing his music. The rest of the band is a Sham.
THE BAND THAT SENT ZEPPLIN PACKING THEIR BAGS. ZEPPLIN REFUSED TO COME OUT IF THE FUNK DID NOT GET OFF STAGE. THEY DID NOT GET OFF STAGE AND ZEPPLIN WENT HOME TO PRACTICE. HA! HA!
GFR actually invented the concept that a live show is one great party, i never saw them live in real life but i heard all their live albums and saw on UA-cam almost every live show that can be found by the band, in real life i saw more than 500 live shows of rock and metal acts so i can compare, in the late sixties and early seventies GFR was the best live act of all times, the band disbanded in 1976 so a new band took their place as the best live act, it was the Scorpions, the live shows of the Scorpions since 1976 till 1985 were some of the best in history, i saw the Scorpions live in real life 6 times so i know what i'm talking about, anyway, thank you very much, you've made my day!!!!!
The Maysle Bros HEX !!!! They shot complete shows of the Rolling Stones 69 Tour Baltimore Boston MSG Florida and Altamont we see bits and pieces in the movie Gimme Shelter so that complete footage/ audio still not turned up as GFR huge live LP Performance Shea concert. 😡 🤬
Yeah man! These guys are so tight live and just total fire, power and energy comes of that stage visually and audially. Like a volcano erupting. I wish it was the whole concert and in better quality, without the lengthy bad camera shots. I get it was early 70s and the video effects were implemented a fair bit, but I'd much rather just watch the performance without the slow-mo and not concentrating on them playing their instruments. But take what we can get when it comes to GFR video since there is so little of it available. Monolithic band!
@@HendrixJHE It's great for me anyway. It's the first time I've seen more material from this historic concert. I'm 64 years old and in my teens I was a big fan of theirs. From the album ''...American band'' I lost interest but until the album ''Phoenix'' which I liked a lot despite some fans despising it, I was eagerly awaiting the news. Very grateful for sharing this video.
@@Seventysongs Cool man, glad you recognize the importance of this gig, and any live GFR gig really! I was shocked to come across it and knew I had to put it up on my channel after so long of an absence. It was the perfect one to return with! I have no clue of the origins of it. It certainly looks like enough editing work was put into it that it was in a final form for release. I am pretty sure that Terry Knight had a hand in the fact it didn't get released soon after it was filmed. He probably wouldn't pay the Maysles their money or give them a cut of the profits! LOLOL And of course now with the differences between the band members, since it hasn't been officially released in 50 years, its doubtful we will ever see the full concert. It would be mindblowing though if they release it, without the effects nonsense and just focus on them playing their fucking asses off the entire gig! You have a decade on me, but I got in to Hendrix at 14 (40 years ago) and other than metal which I lived through the early-mid 80s as a teenager, I have always been in to the rock greats of 60s and 70s. But weirdly, I only got into GFR heavy about 4 or 5 years ago. I knew they did I'm Your Captain, American Band and Locomotion but didn't know any of their other music until one day, at almost 50 years old, I just decided to start at the beginning and listen to their LPs in sequence. By the time I got the Live LP, that was it, I got hooked on them quite nicely indeed! Then I sought out video (an all too small amount) of live footage of GFR and seeing them in action just upped the ante. There are a few live recordings in varying quality available if you are into bootlegs. But for live footage, other than the MSG 72 footage (also on my channel) and the 74 LA Forum stuff (which is after they became more pop oriented so while great, it isn't the GFR of 69-72) this Shea stuff is probably the next longest piece of live footage from a single gig. Glad you dug it my man! If more somehow comes out (don't hold your breath!) I will certainly post it up!
@@HendrixJHE yes, of this show I had seen very little. Greedy Terry Knight, if he's still alive, maybe he has more material, since the breakup was troubled... and for some time now there's also been the disagreements between Mark, Don and Mel... only time will tell if we'll have more material this or any other concert that may exist on video. About bootlegs, for many years I was a collector and had a lot of audio material, with all the band from the 60s and mainly from the 70s, which were the years that I really enjoyed it all. In the 70s it was not easy to find, especially since I live in Brazil, so bootlegs were obtained on a swap basis or by copying them onto K7 tapes. And it went on like this for a long time. My collection only increased considerably around 2003 when I joined a site called "Sharing the groove" which shared bootlegs. It didn't last long as the mighty RIAA sued them. Shortly thereafter another site came up.."Dimeadozen" and I also joined and downloaded like a crazy hundreds of concerts...it was practically all day long I was glued to the computer lol. Around 2007 or 2008 I was already disconnected from the site and changes happened in my life. I had to get rid of many things and gave my bootlegs to a friend who also collected...they were in good hands. Returning to the GF, yes I know the two videos. The one from 74 I had on VHS and the one from MSG I saw here on YT...maybe it was through your channel. Yeah, I was a huge fan until Phoenix, but from then on, every album I only liked one song or another and as I liked a lot of other bands too, I stopped buying their albums. Hopefully more things come out of them...I'll stay tuned to your channel.
@@Seventysongs I think there is only the I'm Your Captain clip and maybe footage of their arrival at Shea. There ain't much for sure and given the legendary status of this particular performance, I was blown away to obtain this 40 minutes worth of the show. When I started this channel it was purely for fun/archive/sharing of videos. I don't make any money off it, and got bored/busy and stopped uploading for quite awhile. But when I watched this clip, and knowing the back story, I knew I had to up it. As for Knight, lol man, you didn't hear about that I guess! Probably close to 20 years ago he got involved in an altercation with his daughter's BF and the fucker stabbed Terry and killed him dead! I assume his daughter controls his estate? I am not sure who has the title to whatever he owns/retains with respect to rights, and more importantly, recordings. I don't know exactly why the Shea stuff isn't being released. Its either a disagreement between Band/Knight Estate/Maysles of $$$ (which is why the Jimi RAH 69 gigs aren't available officially either) or Don doesn't like the fact that Mark is kind of the star of the band and/or he doesn't want him to make any royalties off of it. Since it was recorded before the contract fiasco lawsuit that fucked the band, HARD, I am assuming it would be Terry's estate who would have the rights. I am pretty sure that one of Knight's huge wins in that lawsuit was that he got royalties for the first 6 LPs. But as you know, law is complex and convoluted (I know, I work in the field! LOL) and I'd have to read the decision to really get a grasp. It'd be nice to know definitively why Shea is not being released. I don't know if anyone has even asked the guys in an interview why it isn't released. I might be wrong, to be honest, I never really delved into the lawsuit end of the story of GFR, only have a peripheral knowledge on the subject. I know when they put out that 3CD 30 Years of Funk, I read an article recently about the live tracks on it. The guy who put the set together said there a few live shows recorded, so they have at least 3 or 4 concert recordings at least that could be released. But, yeah with the legal and personal issues, I am not hopeful of anything more than what we already have. Ahh Brazil, I am in Canada. You must be a Senna fan too I bet! Big F1 fan I am too, just as much as I am with the music! As for bootlegs, yes, I discovered those very early when I was young and was fascinated with them! I had many bootleg LPs, over 80 of Jimi Hendrix alone. Then found a Jimi Hendrix mailing list in 1996 and got into tape, VHS and CDR trading. Then of course digital era came and that was it. Like you I downloaded like a mad man! All the bands I really am heavy into, about 156 or 20, I had everything I could find! Just crazy! Like when you think of Pink Floyd for example, most people don't know much about them live from late 60s to 77 Animals tour. But man, I had over 150 concerts of PF and they were stellar live too! Some very great sounding bootlegs, and long jams on songs. I have been on dimeadozen for a decade too! Also Trader's Den, Jam to This and about 20 more torrent sites. I remember STG, but wasn't on that one too much, more DaD and TD, and also a specific Hendrix and another also a Floyd torrent sites. IU currently have a 10TB HD and am using almost 7.5TB for my music and video collection! HAHA I sold everything physical I had long ago. It was nice to have the LPs and stuff, but takes up too much room! Now I can carry everything in one hand! LOLOL To wrap up on GFR again, one song after Phoenix LP that I really like is Destitute and Losin'! What a great song given what they went through. And the music is nice and gritty bluesy. Nice to talk to you man, glad you have knowledge of all the great stuff out there than what you can only buy in a store. Sooooo much music that is fantastic but no one knows about it because they don't know about bootlegs or audience recordings! Take it easy, hope to talk to you again!
Thank you so much for this! I cut my teeth on Grand Funk with the Live album when I was a teenager. Must have listened to that album a million times lol. Know every note and every sound on it. I always dreamed about what it must have been like to be at that concert. This gives me the closest idea I can think of. Just awesome! They don't make them like this anymore.
Yeah, I concur. I was speechless when I watched it for the first time too! Imagine if we had the whole show, without effects, all songs complete, in HQ video. I think I'd probably be happy to die knowing I got to see and hear the the whole Shea concert! LOL
my theory as to wht GFR outsold all others in 1975...most odf the vietnam vets getting out in1975 remember closer tyo home...a song that made them feel good and bought it when they came home
Should have been in the RRHOF years ago for noone out Rocked or Grooved greater than this band, especially "LIVE" Should get a whole lot more Recognition than they do! The Greatest Musicians ever in one band period! Hall is just biased and jealous for they were so good! Out sold the Beatles at Shea Stadium the quickest and blew LedZep off the stage in Michigan!
No, I enjoy the Eagles, but I never really focused on them in my collecting. I might have one or two shows but you would definitely have them as they were easily obtained through the various torrent sites that catered to music audio and video.
Technology and 71 was a reason. Come on, don't be so Like today. 's music aquarium on computers? Okay, I'll take this Over these fake versions of music today. Stand in front of a microphone and act like you're singing. And playing computerized music behind you. Boy, you don't know much about music.
410 views!?! Wtf? Should be 410 million views!!!
I hear ya! If this was the early 70s and YT existed back then, there would be that many views. Sad that most people in current era are missing out on what true music was. These 3 guys went up on stage and just kicked ass and gave it everything. The musicianship, cohesion and improvisation talent of GFR are wonders to behold. I am glad you enjoyed it man and that you appreciate the finer things in life! I wish the whole concert, without goofy effects and in HQ was available. Read my info to the vid if you haven't concerning the Shea concert.
Yeah, agreed & I read vid info. I saw them in Pittsburgh 11/1/71 @ Civic Arena several months after Shea, Black Oak Arkansas was the opening act. Similar effect as Shea concert, sold out/off the hook performance, etc. Also saw them, same venue 72/w Billy Preston, 74/w Wet Willie. Both of those, also sold out/same standards, great as usual. But 72/74 had a different feel w keyboards added. This was understandable tho, as they were experimenting, trying to keep up, as the industry was changing rapidly. . . Mark used a white hollow body gtr at 71 show, it looked like a Gretsch White Falcon, but it wasn't. It had a Microfret headstock. 72 he used the cherry red/double cutaway/solid body microfret, 74 the metallic Veleno. Interesting to note: They played Footstompin Music at 11/1/71 show, but E Pluribus wasn't officially released until 11/15/71. So I'm assuming that was one of the first performances of Footstompin', they said, "this is from our new album" as they launched into it. Also, I've read that many of their live shows were filmed, especially the early ones, yet so little film/vid has ever been released. Certainly unfortunate. . . So little documentation of the true scope of what they did. But that's the case with lots of bands from that era. With GFR it's really perplexing, as big as they were. But thanks for the post...
@@dsmythe5329That is cool you saw them in their prime man. Must have been mindblowing indeed! I have a recording from Boston on Oct 3/71, they played FSM at that gig as opening number too! I didn't know about a number of their concerts being filmed, but that is cool if they were. Someday we might get Shea and some other stuff. I agree, there is not enough live GFR audio and video available. I have 15 shows from 70-75. But its not like Zep or Purple where pretty much every gig someone recorded it from the audience, or in Zep's case the many soundboards that are also available. Too bad as GFR are amazing live and tight and in a groove the entire show.
@@HendrixJHE The Pro footage of this is out there...I've seen a work version(it was never released)with time code stamped in frame.
Put this on your Facebook page that's what I'm going to do. Spread the word out.
The a the amazing thing about this group that I remember is that they became popular on pretty much sheer word of mouth a true peoples band and a band of the people !
Mark Farner personifies the ultimate rock front man. Between his incredible guitar work, engaging stage presence and amazing voice, it just doesn't get any better than this.
I was born in 68 so my recollection of GFR was through older kids on my street who listened to them when working on their cars. Seeing this makes me realize how incredibly talented and what a great sound. They are up their with the best in my book.
Grand Funk was a people's band. They were your friends, neighbors. They didn't intimate you by acting tough. They were kids just like us having fun. Their music spoke to us. Too bad they got screwed by the critics and their former manager. But they were kids back then. I was a kid in high school back then. I love them . Don and Mel make peace with Mark and get together again. We're all getting closer to home. (Heaven) So do it for us fans.
All you got to do is look at this crowd who came to see them---black, white, and brown, rich and poor, young and old, straight, hippie, and beatnik---they appealed to everyone!
The Best and Greatest Band ever! Especially "LIVE" Noone out Rocked or Grooved like this Band! Should a been in RRHOF years ago! And started the SoldOut Stadium. Feel the Power and Energy here, unbelievable, Greater GuitarPlayer, Drummer, BassPlayer in one Band period!
closer to home a brilliant song
Mark Farner is 1st person I saw do an organ solo and a guitar solo in the same song.
This is a timeless masterpiece. What a great time to be a teen. Rock and roll was just getting better and better. And these guys were one of the best bands around. Grand fund railroad. Led zeppelin and Deep purple were my favorites in 1971. Thanks for posting this. What a treat.
I remember, Window Pane... Much Love...
Same,
I'm 65 And I With You, We Were Very Lucky At The Music At That Time...
I just can't say enough! I'm 62 and if I had of been a little bit older, security would have played hell keeping me off that stage BABY!!! THEY WERE SO FREAKING TITE and I bet they practiced a lot cause it shows!!!!!!✌️
I love the echo throughout the stadium when he sings , "I'm getting closer to my home..."
❤was there. Great night in Rock n roll history and for those that were there will remember Mark dedicated the evening to Jim Morrison whos death was reported from Paris earlier in the week.
I know he could make me feel good!
I was there. Never forget it. The crowd, including me, went nuts all night. The energy was off the charts. Been to many concerts in my days. But nothing like this. GFR and Humble Pie. Whew! Thanks much for posting this. Brings back alot of great memories.
They deserved every bit of it. That was no BS pop music show. They put on an amazing performance.
Agree that they'd benefit greatly from having a top-flight complete live performance from this era out there so that more people could see.
this band is the reason every block in Michigan had at least 2 maybe 3 garage bands...no shit...we are an american band is an anthem when I grew up[
The Greatest Band and musicians in one band ever, especially LIVE noone outplayed, out rocked, or out grooved this band, should a been in RRHOF years ago, if they don't get put in noons belongs.
Greatest Live band in the history of Rock and Roll in my opinion!! I owned every album in my teen years.
Ha! One more show I attended in the Golden Era but have no recollection of...
Was that the whole show!? Only 40 minutes? It took me much longer than that
(I spent the night & half the next day at Shea) to get the tix. That was an event
in itself. Happy to have this footage...thx
Wow, very cool you were at Shea, its a mythical concert and sucks you don't remember it! LOL But that must mean you had an amazing time there, assuming you weren't passed out or tripping out to the point you didn't even know you were there. No, the concert would have been probably at least 65 or 70 minutes long, maybe even more. In addition to the songs in the video, they probably performed In Need, Mean Mistreater, Hooked on Love, Get it Together and Into The Sun as that was their typical set list in summer 1971. Read my description for the vid if you haven't as I detail so9me info and thoughts about this show.
Saw GFR 12/2/1972 in Tucson. I was 14. Really turned me into a lifelong fan. Freddie King was great 2.
When gfr was really grand.
I was there with my girlfriend. We loved Humble Pie. GFR came on and the noise was so bad and so loud we couldn't hear or enjoy the music. The experience was not very pleasant, so we left. We took the subway over to Manhattan and down to Battery Park to decompress. Sitting on a park bench looking out over the water at the Statue of Liberty, we could still hear the sound of the concert coming down the East River. Damn it was loud.
I finally got the chance after decades past in viewing my favorite rock group of all time, perform from this amazing Monumental sellout concert video footage on UA-cam, THANK YOU so much!!!
WOW...this is my 1st time seeing/hearing this concert by them...wow is all I can say, just WOW...and DEFUND the "RRHOF"! Criminal Rip-Off!
The R&R H.O.F is a sad joke .
@@brainfreeze9653 Right?!?!
You talk about a Power Trio they were about as hard as it gets!!!! Thanks for posting it!!!
Grand Funk put on a show!
Amazing! One of my all time favourite bands KILLING IT!!! What a performance. What a crowd!
Oooh, man! Such Power!
imagine being in Vietnam and hearing this song...they did
i was 16 years old and this was my first concert....WOW
When i was 18 and old enough to start a band GFR was one of the bands we did tunes from. All of their tunes went over big with the crowds. We did " Are you Ready," Into the Sun, Closer to Home, Paranoid,. I grew my blondish hair out long like Marks and i had a voice tonally close and i was the lead singer who was also athletically body wise toned up like Mark so the chicks loved my ass. I loved doing those songs and still do. Theres a dancing hot groove to them. I like when they added the Keys to the band and second guitarist in Craig Frost. He leveled out the band as heard in Captured Live album. The live tribute to Bosnia album with Orchestra is also extrordinary too. Mark Farner is still out there doing his music. The rest of the band is a Sham.
THE BAND THAT SENT ZEPPLIN PACKING THEIR BAGS. ZEPPLIN REFUSED TO COME OUT IF THE FUNK DID NOT GET OFF STAGE. THEY DID NOT GET OFF STAGE AND ZEPPLIN WENT HOME TO PRACTICE. HA! HA!
Nineteen Sixty nine I Olympia stadium Detroit For all those Zeppelin Fans hottest live act at that time
Unbelievable video. Lots of memories blowing out to this album 50 years ago. God bless UA-cam.
Flint,Michigan...this Band out sold all others in 1975
GFR actually invented the concept that a live show is one great party, i never saw them live in real life but i heard all their live albums and saw on UA-cam almost every live show that can be found by the band, in real life i saw more than 500 live shows of rock and metal acts so i can compare, in the late sixties and early seventies GFR was the best live act of all times, the band disbanded in 1976 so a new band took their place as the best live act, it was the Scorpions, the live shows of the Scorpions since 1976 till 1985 were some of the best in history, i saw the Scorpions live in real life 6 times so i know what i'm talking about, anyway, thank you very much, you've made my day!!!!!
The Bassitry Mel
Don Brewer: my new favorite percussionist!!! Wowwww
Absolute travesty that these guys aren't in the R&R HOF. Just this version of "Inside Looking Out" should qualify them. My God...
The Maysle Bros HEX !!!!
They shot complete shows of the Rolling Stones 69 Tour Baltimore Boston MSG Florida and Altamont we see bits and pieces in the movie Gimme Shelter so that complete footage/ audio still not turned up as GFR huge live LP Performance Shea concert. 😡 🤬
Thank you
Super Great Live !! Super GREAT Group!!! Love!! Thank You!!!
Worshiped this Group...
FUNKING IT UP YEAH!!!!!!!!!!☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
Way more energy than Zeppelin. (and don't get me wrong, I like Zeppelin.) This is just pure kick ass energy from a Power Trio.
Thank you. Amazing!
Yeah man! These guys are so tight live and just total fire, power and energy comes of that stage visually and audially. Like a volcano erupting. I wish it was the whole concert and in better quality, without the lengthy bad camera shots. I get it was early 70s and the video effects were implemented a fair bit, but I'd much rather just watch the performance without the slow-mo and not concentrating on them playing their instruments.
But take what we can get when it comes to GFR video since there is so little of it available. Monolithic band!
@@HendrixJHE It's great for me anyway. It's the first time I've seen more material from this historic concert. I'm 64 years old and in my teens I was a big fan of theirs. From the album ''...American band'' I lost interest but until the album ''Phoenix'' which I liked a lot despite some fans despising it, I was eagerly awaiting the news. Very grateful for sharing this video.
@@Seventysongs Cool man, glad you recognize the importance of this gig, and any live GFR gig really! I was shocked to come across it and knew I had to put it up on my channel after so long of an absence. It was the perfect one to return with! I have no clue of the origins of it. It certainly looks like enough editing work was put into it that it was in a final form for release. I am pretty sure that Terry Knight had a hand in the fact it didn't get released soon after it was filmed. He probably wouldn't pay the Maysles their money or give them a cut of the profits! LOLOL And of course now with the differences between the band members, since it hasn't been officially released in 50 years, its doubtful we will ever see the full concert. It would be mindblowing though if they release it, without the effects nonsense and just focus on them playing their fucking asses off the entire gig!
You have a decade on me, but I got in to Hendrix at 14 (40 years ago) and other than metal which I lived through the early-mid 80s as a teenager, I have always been in to the rock greats of 60s and 70s. But weirdly, I only got into GFR heavy about 4 or 5 years ago. I knew they did I'm Your Captain, American Band and Locomotion but didn't know any of their other music until one day, at almost 50 years old, I just decided to start at the beginning and listen to their LPs in sequence. By the time I got the Live LP, that was it, I got hooked on them quite nicely indeed! Then I sought out video (an all too small amount) of live footage of GFR and seeing them in action just upped the ante.
There are a few live recordings in varying quality available if you are into bootlegs. But for live footage, other than the MSG 72 footage (also on my channel) and the 74 LA Forum stuff (which is after they became more pop oriented so while great, it isn't the GFR of 69-72) this Shea stuff is probably the next longest piece of live footage from a single gig.
Glad you dug it my man! If more somehow comes out (don't hold your breath!) I will certainly post it up!
@@HendrixJHE yes, of this show I had seen very little. Greedy Terry Knight, if he's still alive, maybe he has more material, since the breakup was troubled... and for some time now there's also been the disagreements between Mark, Don and Mel... only time will tell if we'll have more material this or any other concert that may exist on video. About bootlegs, for many years I was a collector and had a lot of audio material, with all the band from the 60s and mainly from the 70s, which were the years that I really enjoyed it all. In the 70s it was not easy to find, especially since I live in Brazil, so bootlegs were obtained on a swap basis or by copying them onto K7 tapes. And it went on like this for a long time. My collection only increased considerably around 2003 when I joined a site called "Sharing the groove" which shared bootlegs. It didn't last long as the mighty RIAA sued them. Shortly thereafter another site came up.."Dimeadozen" and I also joined and downloaded like a crazy hundreds of concerts...it was practically all day long I was glued to the computer lol. Around 2007 or 2008 I was already disconnected from the site and changes happened in my life. I had to get rid of many things and gave my bootlegs to a friend who also collected...they were in good hands. Returning to the GF, yes I know the two videos. The one from 74 I had on VHS and the one from MSG I saw here on YT...maybe it was through your channel. Yeah, I was a huge fan until Phoenix, but from then on, every album I only liked one song or another and as I liked a lot of other bands too, I stopped buying their albums.
Hopefully more things come out of them...I'll stay tuned to your channel.
@@Seventysongs I think there is only the I'm Your Captain clip and maybe footage of their arrival at Shea. There ain't much for sure and given the legendary status of this particular performance, I was blown away to obtain this 40 minutes worth of the show. When I started this channel it was purely for fun/archive/sharing of videos. I don't make any money off it, and got bored/busy and stopped uploading for quite awhile. But when I watched this clip, and knowing the back story, I knew I had to up it.
As for Knight, lol man, you didn't hear about that I guess!
Probably close to 20 years ago he got involved in an altercation with his daughter's BF and the fucker stabbed Terry and killed him dead! I assume his daughter controls his estate? I am not sure who has the title to whatever he owns/retains with respect to rights, and more importantly, recordings. I don't know exactly why the Shea stuff isn't being released. Its either a disagreement between Band/Knight Estate/Maysles of $$$ (which is why the Jimi RAH 69 gigs aren't available officially either) or Don doesn't like the fact that Mark is kind of the star of the band and/or he doesn't want him to make any royalties off of it. Since it was recorded before the contract fiasco lawsuit that fucked the band, HARD, I am assuming it would be Terry's estate who would have the rights. I am pretty sure that one of Knight's huge wins in that lawsuit was that he got royalties for the first 6 LPs. But as you know, law is complex and convoluted (I know, I work in the field! LOL) and I'd have to read the decision to really get a grasp. It'd be nice to know definitively why Shea is not being released. I don't know if anyone has even asked the guys in an interview why it isn't released. I might be wrong, to be honest, I never really delved into the lawsuit end of the story of GFR, only have a peripheral knowledge on the subject.
I know when they put out that 3CD 30 Years of Funk, I read an article recently about the live tracks on it. The guy who put the set together said there a few live shows recorded, so they have at least 3 or 4 concert recordings at least that could be released. But, yeah with the legal and personal issues, I am not hopeful of anything more than what we already have.
Ahh Brazil, I am in Canada. You must be a Senna fan too I bet! Big F1 fan I am too, just as much as I am with the music! As for bootlegs, yes, I discovered those very early when I was young and was fascinated with them! I had many bootleg LPs, over 80 of Jimi Hendrix alone. Then found a Jimi Hendrix mailing list in 1996 and got into tape, VHS and CDR trading. Then of course digital era came and that was it. Like you I downloaded like a mad man! All the bands I really am heavy into, about 156 or 20, I had everything I could find! Just crazy! Like when you think of Pink Floyd for example, most people don't know much about them live from late 60s to 77 Animals tour. But man, I had over 150 concerts of PF and they were stellar live too! Some very great sounding bootlegs, and long jams on songs. I have been on dimeadozen for a decade too! Also Trader's Den, Jam to This and about 20 more torrent sites. I remember STG, but wasn't on that one too much, more DaD and TD, and also a specific Hendrix and another also a Floyd torrent sites. IU currently have a 10TB HD and am using almost 7.5TB for my music and video collection! HAHA I sold everything physical I had long ago. It was nice to have the LPs and stuff, but takes up too much room! Now I can carry everything in one hand! LOLOL
To wrap up on GFR again, one song after Phoenix LP that I really like is Destitute and Losin'! What a great song given what they went through. And the music is nice and gritty bluesy. Nice to talk to you man, glad you have knowledge of all the great stuff out there than what you can only buy in a store. Sooooo much music that is fantastic but no one knows about it because they don't know about bootlegs or audience recordings! Take it easy, hope to talk to you again!
Schacher!
grand funk at their hard rock peak
Thank you so much for this! I cut my teeth on Grand Funk with the Live album when I was a teenager. Must have listened to that album a million times lol. Know every note and every sound on it. I always dreamed about what it must have been like to be at that concert. This gives me the closest idea I can think of. Just awesome! They don't make them like this anymore.
Rare pro shot GFR film hope somedays someone could remastered and restored the sound system for a DVD release it will be great.
Still wear this album out.
At 14:40---this stoned beatnik is either shipwrecked or lost at sea!🤣🤣
🤣 He's beaming Scotty and Kirk up 😳😝
❤ Rock Puro cheio de alma
Love GFR!
Oh Man......
Yeah, I concur. I was speechless when I watched it for the first time too! Imagine if we had the whole show, without effects, all songs complete, in HQ video. I think I'd probably be happy to die knowing I got to see and hear the the whole Shea concert! LOL
my theory as to wht GFR outsold all others in 1975...most odf the vietnam vets getting out in1975 remember closer tyo home...a song that made them feel good and bought it when they came home
Awesome!
work it don brewer
Dude is massive dripping the Samsonite 💥💪
Should have been in the RRHOF years ago for noone out Rocked or Grooved greater than this band, especially "LIVE" Should get a whole lot more Recognition than they do! The Greatest Musicians ever in one band period! Hall is just biased and jealous for they were so good! Out sold the Beatles at Shea Stadium the quickest and blew LedZep off the stage in Michigan!
The Original HAIR band!!!
Mark Mel and Don
Mark Farner was clearly the leader of that band!
America's favorite meat and potatoes!
Needs more cowbell
Великая 3 ГФР Марк Дон Чачер
HEY DO YOU HAVE ANY EAGLES CONCERT FOOTAGE? ID BE WILLING TO TRADE WITH YOU , I HAVE A HUGE COLLECTION OF TAPES PROSHOT AND AUDIENCE
No, I enjoy the Eagles, but I never really focused on them in my collecting. I might have one or two shows but you would definitely have them as they were easily obtained through the various torrent sites that catered to music audio and video.
This ain't a thing anymore, unfortunately..
Who are the beatles?
Led zeppelin who?
not the long version
A real tin can sounding recording.
Technology and 71 was a reason. Come on, don't be so Like today.
's music aquarium on computers? Okay, I'll take this Over these fake versions of music today. Stand in front of a microphone and act like you're singing. And playing computerized music behind you. Boy, you don't know much about music.
No words can describe !
And yet still not in the Rock Hall of Fame
They should have been invited to Woodstock. I guess they would blast air and blow ears there with that heaviness of their sound