Talk:Festival Express

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Contents 1 No Mountain 2 why did it take 30+ years? 3 Slippin' And Slidin' is NOT on A Musical History 4 Are Delaney, Bonnie and Friends Actually In The Movie? 5 Different DVD versions

[edit] No Mountain

The most disappointing aspect of this movie is the absence of Mountain, although there is one scene where we see Leslie West jamming on the train. I thought Mountain was the best group in the original concerts (yes I was there), so it was a big let-down not to see any of their stage performances in the movie. Why? I dont know, but its probably (a) lack of complete high-quality performance scenes, or (b) the movie producers couldn't get (or afford) the permissions from the current copyright holders. The latter may be complicated by the fact that Felix Pappalardi was shot by his wife in 1983. Too bad.

[edit] why did it take 30+ years?

i was hoping that Wikipedia would answer my question as to why the footage never found it's way into production during the era it was filmed. after all that effort to book and organize all of those groups, then to actually tape it, and then to not release it until Brittany Spears is pop music? what's the real story? any links to articles on this topic would be appreciated.

-rob in boulder, colorado —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.8.177.26 (talk) 04:27, 31 December 2006 (UTC).

Good point. A sitdown with the disc's special features tells the tale of how the film reels were hauled around by the Poolman family over the years and stored in a garage. The simple reason for the delay is that because the tour was a financial disaster, momentum to do the film was lost. — WiseKwai 11:48, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Slippin' And Slidin' is NOT on A Musical History

It says in this article that the Band's cover of Slippin' And Slidin' is on the dvd of the the Band compilation A Musical History. THat is not true. I guess it's okay to just go and delete it. Oh, that was me writing that. I forgot to log in. ElChrissos 22:05, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

It didn't say it was on the DVD, did it? It said "included on The Band's A Musical History box set." That said, though, I have no way of knowing if the track on CD 3 of the box set is taken from the Festival Express tour, so I took that detail out. — WiseKwai 11:48, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I just assumed it meant the video, since the article is about the dvd. Well, if it just meant audio, then it is on A Musical History. Sorry. ElChrissos 22:02, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Are Delaney, Bonnie and Friends Actually In The Movie?

While the DVD and the Film's poster list them as appearing, they don't do any songs nor do I recognize any of them playing in any of the jams! s-slaytor I have now added a comment to this effect and also moved the laudatory film review comments to the end of the article. While I agree with them, not everyone does! Plus they interupted the flow of the article where they were. s-slaytor

[edit] Different DVD versions

I just got Festival Express on DVD and it is just 1 disc, are there several (at least two, I guess) versions, and if so - could those with the know list the differences and add it to the article?--Weedar 22:41, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

The song listing in the article is based on the 2-disc DVD. Compare your 1-disc version and note what's missing. — WiseKwai 13:02, 1 December 2007 (UTC)