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Wasn’t this originally released as 4k on Amazon? Why only standard Bluray???

Still, had to have it, even though I absolutely HATED the documentary! The bonus footage will be nice to have.

I didn’t hate it...but I did have a couple issues with it. One being why on earth did he give Sam Cuttler so much screen time?!?! That should of gone to Steve. Sam moved back out of the US and did not even return until 2004, having no clue how much of a foothold the Dead had made within American culture. So why was he given screetime after the ‘74 era of the film? That’s my question. Sam even gave ‘Jerry’s opinion/thouhts’ on a couple things in the later years that there is no way he knew would be true or false... That’s the biggest problem I had with the doc, was this English dude living in his van, representing us AND the band allllll the way through the film.

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I haven't seen the film, but the footage of the Hollywood Festival is enough to tempt me on its own. Shame they can't release that on its own. It reads as though there is more talking than music in the documentary, which would make it a watch once only kind of release. The shipping costs also put me off a bit-wonder if it will go on general release and be available from amazon?

Why does it say: "The Entire Unreleased Concert Filmed At The Hollywood Festival In The U.K. In 1970" but then it says "six-song live performance from the band’s first show overseas, recorded on May 24, 1970 in England at the Hollywood Festival"? Six songs does not equal "entire concert". At the very least this is misleading. When I saw "entire" I was sold. Maybe that's what they wanted. Then I read the rest and was disappointed and now unsure.

Why? It was pretty fucking fabulous seeing old footage of the Dead! Also, $40? Mine is $34.93 with shipping and tax.

As I said when this documentary was announced as a stream, “I’ll watch it when it comes out on BluRay”.Looks like I will get my chance, along with a bonus disc. ~$40 for BluRay with tax and shipping.

Finally... hmmm is the Blu-ray region-free?

Love to all...

1970 UK show - entire show or just 6 songs? What to believe? I guess 6 songs. Why do they lie?

They didn’t lie - first time the 6 songs will be seen on video in their entirety. It was pretty clear. Never was it said the entire show would be included.

I wanted this thing on video from the outset not sure why they waited, I guess amazon felt it was worth all the exposure to prime and everything else. I did enjoy it, but didn't linger on any segments as I streamed it on my laptop. I will much more enjoy popping this blu-ray into the living room system. This is an entertaining and important historical cultural document, highly informative and engaging. I rather like the Cutler bits, it's fine. The whole story of the Grateful Dead is so goddamn ragged and uneven there is no one truth to tell. This attempt was as good as any.

I don't have a blu ray or dvd player any more. I'm surprised they aren't offering a 4k download in the era of streaming movies.

I was there at Hollywood under Lyme,17 years old,my first and last till Wembley 72. The story oft told is that the bands crew dosed the cameramen sent to record the show for television, resulting in only minuites of footage before descending into stoned slapstick, though the sound was recorded, I heard the soundtrack at the Alcock and Dicks Rik Griffin exhibition at the Roundhouse, so I am astounded after all these years to hear that footage of 6 songs exist.... Only 6 songs you say? How many songs did Live Dead have? You may appreciate that its more than 40 years ago, my memories are hazy,cant remember the set list, and I have only ever listened to officially released shows, but 6 songs might be about right if it sticks to the Live Dead template, someone else might have searched and be privy to superior information which might cut through my partial memories,May 24, 1970, day before my future wifes 15 birthday, shes now 63! Puts things into alarming temporal perspective

Do you know if this DVD and Blu-ray are intended only for English-speaking audiences and do not have a subtitled translation?

So glad about "The Long Strange Trip" release...now can we get "The Other One - The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir" released to blu-ray & DVD?

I have been watching downloads of the stream, that I burned to DVD. It's better than sitting in front of a computer screen watching it. But it's still a herky jerky stream.

Ted Askeys Lower Pig Farm, LeycettLocation Newcastle-Under-Lyme, England Date 5/24/70 One - 2:14:44 Intro [0:21] ; Casey Jones [4:39];[0:42] ; China Cat Sunflower [3:17] > Jam [2:05] > I Know You Rider [4:14];[0:58] ; Hard To Handle [7:52];[0:33] ; Me And My Uncle [3:15];[1:46] ; Cryptical Envelopment [2:03] > Drums [2:48] > The Other One [8:39] > Cryptical Envelopment [7:24] > Attics Of My Life [5:36]%[0:53] ; Drums [0:26] > Good Lovin' [1:57] > Drums [1:27] > Good Lovin' [6:17];[0:55] ; Cold Rain And Snow [5:55];[0:15] % Dark Star [21:21] > Saint Stephen [6:06] > Not Fade Away [6:08] > Turn On Your Love Light [12:40] > Darkness Jam [0:34] > Turn On Your Love Light [20:00];[1:45] Comments The "Holly Wood Festival" This is the complete Dead set. Timings are from a combination of the AUD and the SBD.

temp_q says "Never was it said the entire show would be included." It says: "The Entire Unreleased Concert Filmed At The Hollywood Festival In The U.K. In 1970" That doesn't sound like the entire concert? Let's see, the word "entire" and "concert" are in the sentence! Sounds pretty clear. It does not say "6 songs in their entirety".

A little ambiguous, probably should have said "The Entire Unreleased footage from the Concert Filmed At The Hollywood Festival, etc."

Thanks for that, it was a long while ago, I had completly sublimated correct location, Lower Pig farm! indeed!

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who disliked this film. First two chapters were OK but then it devolved into an episode of Behind The Music. On the whole the movie seemed less for heads than for newbies. Nothing revealed here than all of us don't already know, plus some GLARING oversights and omissions. Blah blah blah. That said, of course I am tempted by the bonus stuff. Tempted enough to pull the trigger, though, eh, not so sure. I don't think there is any danger of this selling out anytime soon so I may just wait, especially after breaking the bank with the PacNW box.

So does this DVD release include the "Full Show" and all the set songs Seth Hollander listed? Or is it just 6 songs? And if so, what 6? BT

So I just watched an interview with Amer Bar-Lev and he straight up admitted to using Sam so much through the whole film becaue of his rock-n-roll/pirate-like looks making him “a perfect documentary character” and that they were not trying to make perfect history but “trying to make a great rock-n-roll film.” Wow. Quite interesting and vindicating to hear my complaint directly answered and suspicions confirmed... it’s still good. I’ve watched it twice but for any knolagelble deadhead... well, ya’ll get the picture.

It looks like they've changed the product description to read "A Live Performance Filmed at the Hollywood Festival." So I guess we're just getting the six songs - not the whole kit-n-kabootle. But the real question is: is it six songs like MAMU, or six like Dark Star?

I for one am excited for this. I'll take any film of the band and some early 1970 footage makes my insides tickle. I agree - please release The Other One. Bob Weir is such a mellow dude. Secondly how about another dvd boxset and use the Meet up at the Movies shows? Please ..... Please......

Will the Amazon DVD of this include the bonus 6 songs footage?

Is the Blu-ray version of The Long Strange Trip sold out already? Edit: Never mind, but it did say "currently unavailable". Must have been a glitch.

"Will the Amazon DVD of this include the bonus 6 songs footage?" Don't think so for it is only 2 Discs and this one is three.

The doc was a bit underwhelming (tho I'm still getting the DVD.) The main thing for me is how LITTLE of the band member interviews ended up being included. A fair amount of Bobby and Donna, but not the others. The lack of the band members themselves in the doc made it seem like all the hype was misleading. Also agree about too much Cutler. I knew who he was, but at the same time I was thinking, Who the hell is this guy, and why is he shown doing so much talking about stuff that seemed tangential. Less Cutler, more band members. A guy living in a van is not a great representation of the Dead Family. A lot of the Cutler stuff should have made the long strange trip to the cutting room floor.

Sounds as though it would be better if they dropped the documentary, and issued a single disc with the 6 songs from the Hollywood Festival on.

I liked this film although I didn’t like breaking it up into chapters. I’m hoping that this release the film is issued as a single program. The extra stuff sounds good too but the original post did give the impression that we would see the entire concert, but the six songs are probably the only ones that they have film of. From what I understand the film crew were fairly high at the time so maybe it’s all the film that was salvaged. Regardless, I look forward to having more Dead on Blu Ray or DVD.

Ignore the comments below, Sam. You know the truth and (usually) speak it. We love you. Hope you're well...P

What six songs are on the bonus DVD?

Thanks for that. Sounds as though it would be better if they dropped the documentary! My Canadian Reviews

Couldn't have put it better myself. In fact, I didn't- I put it exactly the same way on 9/16/18. Great minds think alike, as they say.

How many other bands have the amount of content that the Grateful Dead have? Why are there any negatives to speak of? I mean, nearly every bit of live Garcia is on audio or video and stream/download capable. We are truly fortunate to be able to delve into the archives at a moment's notice, without spending any money at all! If you think something like this isn't worth a whopping $40, just move on without it. Believe it if you need it, or leave it if you dare! How many times do we spend $40 on silly stuff - appetizers at a restaurant, cigarettes, coffee, alcohol - we're talking about a tank of gas here. I personally am thrilled that new material keeps flowing for junkies like me that can't get enough!! Sam Cutler or not, it's better than nothing! Just my .02

For those of you who've already received your copies (or receive them soon), what are the songs included from the Hollywood festival? I'm really curious to know what they are, but I'm in Canada so will likely have to wait a few extra weeks before my copy arrives.

Yes, I am interested to find out which 6 songs are featured from the Hollywood festival. I haven't ordered a copy yet-and whether I order the deluxe copy or the ordinary one depends on this.

I got my copy yesterday. We watched the two 89 performances, which are excellent, we were at the Shoreline breakout of Death Don't. Then we started the Hollywood doc. We got about halfway through it, and I was surprised how much behind the scenes stuff there is. Lots of following the band entourage through the airport, and hanging out in rooms and backstage while other bands play. At the Warner Bros party there is a loose interview with Jerry. There is an extended (I think) version of the sweet scene where Jer, Bob and Phil work out the harmony for Candyman. The concert part seemed to be:
Casey Jones X
X China Rider X
Good Love
I've checked twice now, that's all there is. The concert footage is kinda rough, and it seems like the footage jumps from whichever camera is rolling at the time. Most of the footage is in black and white, but a little is in color. Some of the audio sounds like not from the soundboard. The Good Love at one point just has a wide shot of the stage from the crowd, and it seemed like the audio was not as good. The Good Love jamming is pretty cool. Then there is some funny footage of the crew really high not shooting anymore.

I'm thinking Thanksgiving weekend will be a perfect time to watch Long Strange Trip.

Thanks, Nitecat. No Dark Star, then. There does seem to be some secrecy about the contents of the extras on this release-maybe its because....

Yeah I don't know how they claim 6 songs from the Hollywood performance. The Hollywood doc is still a fun snapshot of those early days.

Anybody else experience this issue with Disc 2? Disc 1 recognizes and plays just fine, Disc 2 reads "invalid." Tested on multiple BluRay and non-BluRay players. Confused.

"This DELUXE EDITION boasts a previously unreleased, six-song live performance from the band’s first show overseas, recorded on May 24, 1970 in England at the Hollywood Festival, along with backstage footage from the band’s first trip over the pond"

I mostly bought this to see some footage of the Dead from the '70's. This was a disappointment.
It was fun to see some early footage, but out of almost 2 hours there was about 15 minutes of live music footage. The rest was following them around an airport while they waited for a passport, and other random footage of them hanging out where you could hardly even hear their conversations. Really? Sheesh. And where did they count 6 songs? I got 4, and 3 of them were cut.
Good Lovin' was essentially the only worthwhile thing here.

Terrible film editing. Awful audio.
Be forewarned!

I found the non-concert footage the most entertaining. You actually get a couple of minutes of a Pigpen interview. I don’t know if I have ever heard Pigpen speak at length, only have heard him sing. The Candyman rehearsals are better than the live footage. The live footage has mediocre sound quality, and there are 3 partial songs, not 6 (the Candyman rehearsals don’t count).
The added ‘89 songs reaffirm what we already know, that there is quality video from ‘89 in the vault.

I noticed some issues with playback. If you stop then restart it starts at the menu, not where you left off. Also, pushing the ‘main menu’ button on the remote causes the disc to freeze.
The solution I found is that when you start the disc just let it start up and play through the short intro to get to the menu. It’s not a bad wait since the soundtrack is Mind Left Body Jam.
Sounds like the MLBJ is from 6-28-74 but Jerry’s guitar sounds different than on the Dicks Picks. So maybe it’s a different MLBJ, or maybe - and fingers crossed here, a new recording was in the returned reels???? That would be awesome to get a Plangentized/Normanized new version of 6-28-74.

Also never saw Pigpen speak. Loved this. I also loved the irony of the poor film footage. The Dead dosed the Brits and subsequently had little to use of quality.

Al Franken is no Deadhead by any reasonable standards anymore. This was clear from his attempt to be a good interview subject. He traded in his bong for a seat at the Senate, and failed miserably.

Received my BluRay copy. Watched the first disc. Went to the second disc and I'm given 3 choices: The Hollywood Show, and the 2 others. The 2 others play fine. The hollywood show takes me to a menu that shows what appears to be 6 scenes of the behind the scenes footage and that's all.

I feel like there was an error in the mastering of this disc and it's actually missing the menu for track selection (?) for the Hollywood concert? Has anyone else noticed this with their copy? I've yet to put it in a computer to try to extract the files in the hopes of finding the footage of the full concert we were promised.

I preordered and bought from this site and would expect the discs/products to contain the promised content and work correctly.

Is there some email or phone support we can report this mistake?

Hello,
Do we know if the DVD is subtitled or dubbed in French? Perhaps I have searched badly, but I can not find the answer anywhere.

Hi Disc 2 will not play properly, stops and freezes about 15 seconds into the Hollywood music festival section.

The other two sections play fine.