Hear the Ox playing his Ric

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 4:24 pm

I didn't know this video existed. The Who (then still called The High Numbers) live in 1964 at the Railway Hotel. Nice footage of the Ric(s).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rto0OIAWtAI

cjj · Post by **cjj** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 4:41 pm

Excellent!

collin · Post by **collin** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 5:41 pm

My favorite clip of the band, by far!

Cool story too - this clip was filmed by Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp who would later become their managers. They found this local R&B band and began filming them with the intention of creating a longer film piece/documentary on the mod/R&B scene. They dumped the film idea, got into management and the rest is history.

It was thought that these films were lost or destroyed until a few years ago (2006, maybe) when these original film reels were found in an attic in Sweden. Incredible!

orly · Post by **orly** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 12:20 am

This clip is available on a dvd : Amazing Journey, the story of the Who.

CatHead · Post by **CatHead** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 2:46 am

Very cool... Thanks for posting!

T.A.R. · Post by **T.A.R.** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:11 am

ram · Post by **ram** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:23 am

Never tire of seeing the old days clips! Thanks for posting!!!

rickenbottom · Post by **rickenbottom** » Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:02 pm

That is cool. Yes thanks for posting

RickyBubba · Post by **RickyBubba** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:12 pm

Well...well...Pete was already swinging his arm around even back then. Often wondered when he started that!

collin · Post by **collin** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 3:37 pm

RickyBubba wrote: Often wondered when he started that!

He started doing this after watching Keith Richards warm up before a gig by swinging his arm in a circle stretch... about two months before this clip was filmed!

JakeK · Post by **JakeK** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 4:53 pm

I never tire of watching this clip.

Collin: I remember you telling me they found the reel. Would be nice if it was shared and a DVD/Blu Ray was made of all the footage. Would've been better as the bonus disc on Maximum R&B Live DVD than the Kenney Jones concert from 1981. Schecters, trebly Leslied bass and Jones' mellowness didn't make a good Who.

collin · Post by **collin** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 6:11 pm

Jake, sadly I don't think they filmed the whole show.

About three years ago I remember randomly seeing a pair of reel-to-reel 35mm films on eBay that were being sold with "High Numbers - 1964" written on the side, and there were tons of bids. I am still kicking myself for not bidding as they sold for around $1500, and were likely other reels from Lambert/Stamp's project (if they were legit). Oh well, hopefully they'll surface some day.

RicOSoundMan · Post by **RicOSoundMan** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 10:22 pm

Thanks for the Share.... That was awsome to watch. I liked the Jack Bruce vid that is like an hour long interview and such.

VRICKY63 · Post by **VRICKY63** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 8:12 pm

Very cool !!

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