Vince (et.al.),
I bet you didn't know your future husband was a Media Librarian. I
decided to try and track down a copy of Celebration at Big Sur. I had
zero luck. At the time I didn't know it had never been released on
video. So I posted to the videolib listserv that I belong to and got a
message from Richard Cohen, a friend of one of the film makers of CABS.
I called Baird Bryant in Idyll Wild, California and he was just
wonderful to talk with. He told me there was never a video release of
the film, but that he had a few 3/4 inch copies and he could dub one to
VHS for $125.00, which is quite reasonable, IMO. He was one of the film
makers on Gimme Shelter and just worked with Criterion for the DVD
release (it is excellent. I own it.) He said they are talking about
digitizing CABS, and may add footage to the original. I told him there
would be great interest among the JM community. He talked extensively
about her, and said it was the first time she performed Woodstock in
public. I'm not sure if that is true, (Les, Simon?) but probably it is
the first filmed. Anyway, he was very kind. And someone needs to
interview this guy for posterity. Maybe we could purchase and tree for a
small fee? Any thoughts?
Jerry
