Here are the hightlights of today's press release from monterey media, inc. about the upcoming release of the 2-DVD version of the Grateful Dead Movie. All the details that are currently available are at the following url:
http://gdforum.com/store/videos/gdmovie-dvd.html
Main points:
2 DVDs Over 4.5 hours of concert and backstage footage.
24 Page Collectorâs Booklet with Rare Photos and an essay by longtime Grateful Dead historian Dennis McNally
Exclusive New Interviews with Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Donna Jean Godchaux, Steve Parish, Gary Gutierrez
Dolby Digital 5.1 presentation of the original theatrical audio mix that was supervised by Jerry Garcia & mixed from the master multi-track tapes
New Dolby Digital 5.1 audio mix, mixed from the master multi-track tapes
New Dolby Digital 2.0 audio mix, mixed from the master multi-track tapes
Visible Lyrics option on all songs
90 minutes of never-before-seen concert footage, including:
Uncle Johnâs Band, Sugaree, The Other One>Spanish Jam>Mind Left Body Jam>The Other One, Scarlet Begonias, China Cat Sunflower>I Know Your Rider, Dark Star; Weather Report Suite
all bonus songs transferred from the original 16mm camera negatives
Dolby Digital 5.1 mix on all Bonus Songs, mixed from the master multi-track tapes
Dolby Digital 2.0 mix on all Bonus Songs, mixed from the master multi-track tapes
Visible Lyrics option on all Bonus Songs
"Making of The Grateful Dead Movie" documentary film
âMaking of the Animated Opening Sequenceâ documentary film with Gary Gutierrez
"Making of the DVD" documentary film
Television commercial for Mars Hotel album from 1974
Demonstration of multi-track audio mix
extensive photo gallery of production notes, photos, film stills and other historical items from the Movie's production
I am looking forward to this quite selfishly. I attended all 5 nights, and want to see and hear it in all it's modern glory! I will be adding new artwork and other details as they become available to the above url.
Cheers,
Geoff Gould
GDForum webmaster
http://gdforum.com or AOL Keyword: GDF
