Si dice che Mr. Everett lo abbia "rubato".
Ma a chi?
Per decenni si credeva a casa (o in cassaforte) di Yoko Ono, assieme ad altri filmati di quella settimana al Roundhouse (non scordiamoci che i Genesis erano di "contorno" in quell'evento, creato e sponsorizzato da John Lennon e Yoko Ono, il Sunrise Automic).
Poi un bel giorno la sig.ra Lennon ci dice che non c'e' l'ha mai avuto, che "forse" si trova in qualche magazzino della Apple, anzi, pare sia stato digitalizzato e anonimizzato nei mega-archivi della Apple.
Poi esce fuori Mr. Everett che chiede 10.000 dollari USA alla band (o ad Ant, non e' chiaro). Tutti si sentono "offesi" e scandalizzati: "..ma come? un riscatto?..."
Risultato: Ant e John, benche' muti, non li vedremo in video insieme a Peter,Tony e Mike.
...Ma alla Apple che dicono?[:D]
ps: IT, fanclub tedesco, per il 15° anniversario della sua fondazione, ha intervistato John Mayhew, il quale cita il nostro carissimo amico Mino Profumo.
IT: Can you remember the band being filmed somewhere at this early stage?
John: Yes, at the +Alpine album+, there’s a lost … it’s not actually lost, it’s in the hand of some people the Genesis management, Hit’n’Run, are unwilling to deal with, apparently. This is what I’m told by the guys in Italy, the fanclub in Italy. Nino Profumo thinks that this reel of film is … David Bowie was on the same gig, and some people I cannot remember, but some names, anyway. It’s in the hands of someone… let’s call them crooks. That’s why the Genesis management won’t deal with them. They want the film. This guy wants US$ 10,000 for the film. But it should be retrieved as soon as possible before someone throws it in the bin. It’s a piece of Genesis history.
Pero' in questo passo dell'intervista Mayhew "sembra" confondere un po' le cose, oppure si riferisce al film privato di Ant[:-I]: Illpie, come la chiama lui, e' l'isola EEL PIE ISLAND sul Tamigi, dove c'era un hotel-comune-hippyes e dove i Genesis si sono esibiti ("...l'arco del violoncello di Mike che solleva la gonna di una ragazza..."e' stato proprio li', un piccolissimo hotel ad 1 piano..un giorno posto u bel po' di foto di quel periodo all'EEL PIE[:D]) e sarebbe il luogo dove furono filmati![:0]
(Mayhew cita sempre Mino Profumo, come per dire: me l'ha detto lui![:)])
IT: The film material from Italian shows circulating amonst fans shows the audience sitting there in a very disciplined and concentrated way. They didn’t freak out?
John: They just sat there, yes, and took it in, which was rather nice, really. We rehearsed so much and we thought that the product was worthy of concentration. At that stage, in those early days, there weren’t so many loud fast rock songs. There were many songs like Pacidy, for example. But they quickly learned that they needed more loud and fast, more Friday night music.
IT: Do you know about the existence of some tapes from these early shows?
John: There was one that was recorded on an island in the Thames called Illpie Island. I remember being filmed at that particular gig but I didn’t know what happened to the film until I was in Italy. A guy called Mino Profumo – he is with the Italian fanclub – said that there is someone in London who has a copy of the film and they want US$ 10,000 for it.
Visto che ci sono: EEL PIE ISLAND e l'Hotel


