Re: The Patti Smith Group - Last Official Concert Of The Original Group - Florence, Italy 1979-09-10

[fm <luciousmouth>]

I'll have this downloaded by tomorrow and will be
happy to start a weed. I'll announce when I'm ready -
kind of a lot going on right now. But I'll send out 3
- maybe 5 copies to people that promise to do the
same. 

Look for that announcement in the coming days. 

-fernando. 

--- fm <luciousmouth> wrote:

> Just posted at Dime. Sounds like a must have. 
> 
>
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=193844
> 
> -fernando
> 
> Quoting from the poster: 
> 
> "This nearly three-hour madhouse comprises the last
> time the original group would officially get
> together
> for a concert. From paparazzi take-overs and
> audience
> fistfights to an electrical blackout ending the
> show,
> on a night when the punk movement finally ate itself
> -
> it's a fitting end for this group, as you will see.
> 
> This ludicrously expensive 3cd set ($60 USD!) was
> privately issued and is extremely rare. Inside the
> booklet are the following notes. My additions are in
> parentheses:
> 
> "Although the sound quality contained on these discs
> may not be equal to modern standards, Strider
> believes
> that the historical nature of these recordings begs
> for release. 'Last Of The Originals'(set title d.)
> documents the final official concert by the original
> Patti Smith Group before Patti went into a
> self-imposed exile. The band would perform only one
> more concert in 1980 wihch was actually more of a
> loose jam done for charity.
> 
> "The date is 9.10.79 (US dating d.). The place is
> Florence, Italy. Early in the show, Patti chases the
> photographers from the pit and invites the audience
> to
> occupy the space at the very front of the stage.
> This
> proves to be a disaster when fights break out
> between
> the audience and security forces. Patti tries to
> calm
> things but has to admonish rowdy audience members to
> "stay off my stage". It's a losing battle and
> towards
> the end of the 3 hour concert, the audience overruns
> the stage leaving causing and electrical blackout.
> "You Light Up My Life" is performed only with piano.
> Efforts to restore power fail and Patti bids
> farewell
> in Italian." 
> 
> 
> 
>      
>
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