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Title: Does anyone have the black & white Rock N' Roll Circus?
Post by BrianRollingJones on Jan 7^th, 2018 at 9:37am

I've heard there is a B/W bootleg version of the Rock N' Roll Circus where Brian isn't mixed out. If anyone has it could you please share?

Title: Re: Does anyone have the black & white Rock N' Roll Circus?
Post by Gazza on Jan 8^th, 2018 at 6:20pm

I have it on an old BETAMAX tape somewhere. No way of copying it or uploading it though. Have had it since the early 80s

I dont recall much or any difference with the way Brian is featured, to be honest - although the released version is maybe about 15-20 minutes longer and there are some different edits.

Title: Re: Does anyone have the black & white Rock N' Roll Circus?
Post by BrianRollingJones on Jan 8^th, 2018 at 6:25pm

Gazza wrote on Jan 8^th, 2018 at 6:20pm:

I wish there was some way of isolating and bumping up what he plays. On Parachute Woman he is placing a nice, if simple, very warm and gritty sounding Chuck Berry rhythm under Keith's leads but you can only hear it here and there. On JJF he seems to be playing a deeper version of the main riff. There was no reason to bury him so deeply in the mix.

Title: Re: Does anyone have the black & white Rock N' Roll Circus?
Post by Bitch on Jan 8^th, 2018 at 9:30pm

R&R Circus is my all time favorite version of Sympathy, where MICK slithers down the catwalk and rips his shirt off. Haven't watched it in a while. I didn't know about a black and white version, but I'm not a bit surprised to read that they buried Brian in the mix. Brian's musical contributions were significant and should be amplified.

Title: Re: Does anyone have the black & white Rock N' Roll Circus?
Post by BrianRollingJones on Jan 16^th, 2018 at 4:50pm

Bitch wrote on Jan 8^th, 2018 at 9:30pm:

They also cut his introduction of Julius Katchen and Katchen's performance. Brian was a fan of Katchen. It's included as a "deleted scene" but in the actual movie itself, every member of the band introduces someone except for Brian.