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More than just America, Robert Frank is a life of experimentation, of travel, of sensitivity. American by adoption, he returns to his roots in Europe, his apprenticeship and his first photos. Guided by intuition, he gravitates towards the cinema in the early 1960s, won over by the Beat Generation and its poetry. He revisits his career highlights while strolling through New York, Coney Island, places that shaped his work. He also invites us to his studio where he works "on life” with June Leaf, his wife. His photos and his films show how much his life and his work draw upon the same material.
🔎 What you will learn in this film…
Robert Frank's New York • His iconic photos • Excerpts from his films • His life • His philosophy • His studio on Bleecker Street • His apprenticeship to a retoucher in Zurich • The flight to the USA in the 1930s • His beginnings at Harper’s Bazaar • A stroll in Coney Island 50 years after his photographs • Paris seen by Robert Frank • His archives • His take on London • His solo trip through the United States that was behind The Americans • His complicity with sculptor June Leaf, his wife • The influence of the Beat Generation in his filmography • His haven of peace in Nova Scotia • The importance of work in the lab to editing • His tour with the Rolling Stones • Robert Frank's roots
🎬 ROBERT FRANK: LEAVING HOME, COMING HOME (2004)
A film by Gerald Fox - United Kingdom - 85'
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Leaving Home Coming Home Robert Frank by Gerald Fox [The Darkroom Rumour]
I honestly try to keep politics and daily news out of here . . . there are quite enough post sites elsewhere but the plight of Professor Jason Arday bears some inquiry. Accused of plagiarism by a cabal of malign racist forces deep cover in his fall from grace have indeed won here
love Marina and The Diamonds . . .great choice from Alice over at O My Soul (again!)
Alice has a birthday this week she shares and she sings and writes great songs too, check her out. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Alice!
"What is the best time to have your Cure groove going, than now, when it’s red hot summer outside? Right? Right.”
HERBERG DE KELDER
BUMP from Paul - ALBUMS THAT SHOULD EXIST (because he just posted a companion set for the support act to this Bonnie set from Maria Muldaur) that and the fact Paul describes it as one of the best BONNIE ROIOs ever!
In some cases though, I'm able to offer something that's different from the usual concert recordings that float through cyberspace. The Kinks 1974 concert I just posted is one example, where I found some extra songs and made some sonic adjustments. This is another example, where my version of the concert is different.
First off, I should mention that this is one of the best Bonnie Raitt bootlegs of all time. It may well be my personal favorite. Both sets on one night were recorded as a soundboard, because it all was played live over the radio. So it stands out in terms of length and sound quality. Also, for the first couple of years of Raitt's career, she played her concerts acoustically (usually just herself and a bassist, though this concert also has a piano player join in), so it's neat to hear the songs done quite differently than the full band album arrangements. On top of that, she played lots of songs that never made any of her albums. (I'm including those on my stray tracks collections, including using a few songs from this very show.)
To make a long story short, if you like Bonnie Raitt's music, especially from her early years when she was more folky and bluesy and less poppy and commercial, you should listen to this.
Now, as to what I've changed, this is another case of "less is more." I've removed all the songs from the second set that were played in this first set. I generally dislike having two versions of the same song on one album, but that's especially true here where the songs only occasionally have solos to distinguish them. Additionally, all through the concert, Raitt was bedeviled by her guitar getting out of tune, so she had to tune it up at length after nearly every song. At once point, she was so exasperated that she asked out loud why her guitar was getting out of tune so quickly, and at another point she apologized to the crowd for all the time wasted with the tuning.
But you don't have to waste time listening to Raitt endlessly tuning her guitar between songs. I lopped off about twenty minutes of that in total. But I still kept all of the between song banter, of which there is a lot. If she was talking while tuning, I generally kept that, so you do get some tuning, but not much. Also, she sometimes spoke quietly between songs. I adjusted the volume so you can better hear those bits. I suspect she had a cold (she mentioned it was cold and snowy outside), because she coughed between songs some too. I removed most of the coughing.
I was able to make some other changes too. For instance, the version of "Bluebird" in the first set was bad due to the recording being wavery, so I simply used the version from the second set instead. I think it makes for a much better listen. There were still other fixes, but I think you get the gist. The bottom line is, I've cut out the fat and made some changes so you can focus on the songs and the entertaining between song banter. I think that if this concert was readied to be an official release (and it should be!), the producers would make the same kinds of edits that I did.
By the way, one curious aspect to this recording is that Raitt pretty much appears in one stereo channel, and all the other musicians (the bassist, piano player, and Maria Muldaur singing back-up vocals on the last three songs) are on the other stereo channel. It's extreme separation. I didn't make any changes (except to tweak the stereo balance for a couple of songs), but I thought I'd mention it.
After all the changes mentioned above, the concert is an hour and 46 minutes long. The unedited version is two and a half hours long.
01 talk
02 Love Me like a Man
03 talk
04 That Song about the Midway
05 Going Down to Louisiana - Rollin' and Tumblin'
06 talk
07 You Got to Know How
08 Nothing Seems to Matter
09 Big Road
10 talk
11 Write Me a Few of Your Lines - Kokomo Blues
12 Special Delivery Blues
13 talk
14 Too Long at the Fair
15 Women Be Wise
16 talk
17 Love Has No Pride
18 talk
19 Walk On By
20 talk
21 Blender Blues
22 talk
23 Can't Find My Way Home
24 Any Day Woman
25 talk
26 Under the Falling Sky
27 talk
28 I Ain't Blue
29 talk
30 Bluebird
31 talk
32 Walking Blues
33 talk
34 Since I Fell for You
35 Do Right Woman, Do Right Man (Bonnie Raitt with Maria Muldaur)
36 talk
37 Baby What You Want Me to Do (Bonnie Raitt with Maria Muldaur)
38 talk
39 I Know (Bonnie Raitt with Maria Muldaur)
(all tracks Bonnie Raitt except where stated otherwise)
