There are apparently a ton of 70s Supremes bootleg shows circulating. Is this also the case with Diana? I know the Grove 70 show apparently made the rounds, but anything else?
There are apparently a ton of 70s Supremes bootleg shows circulating. Is this also the case with Diana? I know the Grove 70 show apparently made the rounds, but anything else?
There are also bootlegs of a show from her TOUR '79 [[before the show was restructured with songs from THE BOSS) and a 1980 show at the Circle Star Theatre in CA.
oh there are tons of diana shows on bootleg. there are just the ones i've downloaded onto my ipad
live in Amsterdam 1973
live at Royal Albert Hall 1973
Live in Copenhagen 1973
Live in Paris 1973
Evening With 1977
Live in Japan 1978
World Tour 1989 HBO concert
Live in Rotterdam 1994
Live in Japan 1998
plus bootlegs of the tv specials. I didn't download as many from the 90s but there were multiple out there
Aren't the ones you named dubs of tv specials? I was thinking more of someone sneaking a cassette recorder into one of her concerts.
I guess the biggest bootleg might be the 1970 conversation Diana had with a supposedly troubled fan who taped the call and it ended up being copied. Has anyone here ever heard it?
oh gotcha - yeah these are mostly international tv shows that have just made the rounds among fans.
as for that fan phone dialog, the only place i've heard that was in Call Her Miss Ross. it wasn't in Randy's first or latest book on Diana so not sure of its source or background
I don't remember the exact set list for the 1979 bootleg but it was very similar to the TOUR '79 show that I saw:
AIN"T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH
TOO SHY TO SAY
GETTIN' READY FOR LOVE
TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING
I WANNA BE BAD
LOVIN', LIVIN' AND GIVIN'
LOVE HANGOVER
REACH OUT AND TOUCH
BABY LOVE/STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE/YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE/REFLECTIONS/MY WORLD IS EMPTY WITHOUT YOU/I HEAR A SYMPHONY
REMEMBER ME
LADY SINGS THE BLUES
T'AIN'T NOBODY'S BIZNESS
I CRIED FOR YOU
GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE
THEM THERE EYES
MY MAN
THEME FROM MAHOGANY
SOON AS I GET HOME/HOME
YOU WERE THE ONE / AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH
*Note: On the bootleg, Diana also performed ALL NIGHT LOVER from the BABY IT'S ME album
Re the 1980 show, it was similar to the HBO special but as I remember, it wasn't complete. At one point, the orchestra played ACOUSTIC LADY while [I assume] she was changing clothes. Also, I have a vague memory that she might have also pulled out the A CHORUS LINE segment from her 1976/1977 show.
Last edited by reese; 11-01-2022 at 10:58 AM.
Reese, are these audio or video bootlegs?
Thanks Reese. I would like to see some of Diana’s late 70’s, early 80’s concerts. Yes I saw that clip. I wonder how recording something like that was possible [[video). Equipment back then was huge. I’m sure Diana recorded some. She needs to remaster them and release them.
Diana needs to release the full 1980 concert at the Forum.
Diana Ross's June 1982 concert in Brussels was recorded; that's where the footage of Marvin Gaye and her on stage in Missing You is from. Would be great to get that show released.
I didn't think of that. A local station could be a source as well, although the position of the camera almost beneath the stage at times doesn't seem like something a tv station would do. Also, when I worked in tv, usually only the first or second number would be recorded for the local news. After that, cameras were usually told to pack up unless there were special allowances made.
Nevertheless, I am glad it was recorded under any circumstances. As much as I love the 1979 HBO special, I would love to see the show in its different stages prior to that, like the big shoe used while Diana sang TO LOVE AGAIN or when she did all of the characters from THE WIZ.
Last edited by reese; 11-02-2022 at 10:17 AM.
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