1978 HD LIVE!!!

I’m guessing the audio is synced from audio boot? But sounds even better so not sure

awesome ! awesome ! awesome ! … really incredible !!! thanks for posting… hope to have a full show on dvd soon..

LOL….Check the date!!!! April 1st dude lol
Big doubt those reels aren’t reel…. no pun intended!! Ha!Ha!
Show me some footage like VH 78 then I believe

Here is the stuff I remember when I was dealing with DJ (If that was his real name?) when he 1st appeared with his clips on YouTube and we managed to talk him into joining VHT:
He was willing to share the VH footage with us but I know personally I sent a boat load of boots to show him the stuff that was done by members here and this site isn’t trying to profit from the stuff we offer here.
He was/is a really nice guy and shared some stuff with me including the DLR Fresno ’86 complete show on audio that we shared here but he asked me NOT to share with any other torrent sites. Other then himself, I was the only one who had the full show on CD and I held on to it until he told me it was ok to share it here.
DJ told us that the original footage was lost in a house fire but only had the original tape that he filmed with video camera off the wall with audio playing in background. Once this happen they had the fire and lost the original 8 reel.
Randy (Guitard) and myself kept in touch with him and Randy offered to help him with the footage to get a cleaner version with better audio. DJ didn’t want send his video copy just in case it got lost or something happened to that tape. Randy offered to personally buy him the proper software, cables, and gear and send it to DJ so he could do it himself with Randy explaining to him how to do it.
Once the word got out that he was showcasing his cleaner footage they did an article on him on VHND or some other site (Sorry, I can’t remember the site) and he was on cloud 9 because of the exposure. I guess in his eyes this was the Holy Grail and with everybody excited and an article written about him and footage.
I personally believe:
A) Once word got around he was hoping VH would come around or somebody would buy the footage for his huge payday.
B) With all the hype and interest in the footage, he freaked out that VH or somebody would take his footage.
He told me he was being forced to move from his home because of family matters (I won’t say the reason) and he would keep in touch with me once things settled down. I guess he told me all this because I had his actual home address and probably severe ties with the spotlight on his footage.
Too be honest I did believe his story that the actual footage was lost in the fire and his entire story about him moving away.
Now looking back at it all knowing its him posting all these new HD footage that maybe it was all a lie?? All the footage in HD on the YouTube page are all the footage he filmed. Too be honest I really don’t care if he does or doesn’t release the footage.
Once he vanished I know for a fact he was selling copies afterwards of his old cleaned up footage to people which the audio speed was not to speed and out of synce when he first posted the footage years ago. I figure the only rea$on he’$ doing the$e tea$ers video’$ in HD and po$ting them on YouTube is $o he can $how the world what he ha$ to $hare.
If he does or doesn’t decide to release them doesn’t matter to me anymore. It’s still going to be the same 25 minute footage I have seen for years and years and just because it’s a little cleaner is still the same old video.
Just my 2 cents.

Decatone: With you all the way Ory.

Agree completely

Great post Oryo.

A couple of things to add – back in the late 80s a friend of mine, who had taped a number of Roth-era shows, connected with DJ through trading audio tapes. He got the clean, 1 gen copies of DJ’s audio recordings (Fresno 78 and 79, and Oklahoma City 78) that we all now have in our collections in digital form.

Interestingly, DJ mailed his rig to a friend in Oklahoma who recorded the show. One interesting thing – DJ told my friend that most, if not all of the copies of the Fresno 78-79 shows he’d traded were not complete, and he even went so far as to give the OKC show a fake date – 7/15/78 (the real date is 8/6/78).

thismusicsux: Still I’m sure us diehards would put in some $$ to acquire a copy and share. Could there be 100 people that would kick in which could amount to a few grand?maybe.

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Either he’s going to sell it … or he isn’t going to sell it. If he does sell it – once he releases it – it’s out – and it’s out forever. Personally, I’m willing to let others buy it first. The good thing about digital video is that sloppy seconds is just as good as being the first guy in the door.

oryo: If he does or doesn’t decide to release them doesn’t matter to me anymore. It’s still going to be the same 25 minute footage I have seen for years and years and just because it’s a little cleaner is still the same old video. Just my 2 cents.

I little cleaner? Some of this footage looks as good as or better than Oakland 81. I wish you could have made it happen with DJ or whoever had the footage I’m sure it would have been a KILLER!!!!!!