Re: A walk on the Boardwalk in 69'

[Mark Donahue <mdonahue@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Good luck!  Any new show is an event!

esoteric2u@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> Well since I have been trying to track the taper of this show for seven
> long years and spending a fortune doing it I felt this urgent need to
> post.  Today is the anniversary of the show that took place thirty two
> years ago on what must of been a hot muggy Saturday night at Convention
> Hall on the Boardwalk.
>
> When I researched this show in about half a dozen of the biggest
> library's in NJ, I just couldn't believe the mighty Led Zeppelin played
> the boardwalk on Woodstock weekend.  Now, I live in Jersey and have all
> my life, so I am just as proud as any native would be.  My only regret is
> not being old enough to realize what was happening.  Eleven years old
> with no older siblings, I just didn't stand a chance.  Can you imagine
> walking the boardwalk and seeing Robert doing the same.  I just know he
> must have.  Hell, I have seen him in Atlantic City, so why not?
>
> I would really like to know why they didn't play at Woodstock.  Joe
> Cocker who opened for them even flew by helicopter to up state NY to play
> at the festival.  As most everyone knows the traffic to Woodstock was out
> of this world.  Can you just imagine the video footage that should have
> been?
>
> I witnessed my first concert at Convention Hall way back in the summer of
> 1975.  Not a great place to see a show, but it was nice and small.
> Horrible acoustics.  I have talked to quite a few people who attended but
> I just can't find that tape.  Not a good performance and there equipment
> either was not there on time or not working properly.  Rumor has it a
> deadhead has the tape.  I have a very strong lead on a guy who is about
> fifty years old by now.  But he will not even admit that he was there.
> He claims he has at least two of the early philly shows and I believe him
> for reasons I can't get into.  They are too long to elaborate on.  You
> know by the way someone talks if they are bullshit or not.  I'm going to
> keep working him for awhile longer because I have not done everything
> possible.  But if I can't score, I'm going to throw him to the wolves.  I
> don't want to announce him yet because I know everyone will bombard him
> and he is a really nice guy.  Even claims to have uncirculated Hendrix
> tapes.  He used a Sony reel to reel for everything!
>
> Would love to hear from others who were there or are also trying to find
> this tape.  Two heads are better then one.  Post it so everyone can see.
>
> Dan Rotunno