Blind Faith London Hyde Park 1969 DVD Trailer

[TheRobnificent]

The first of these was blind faith. Negative. It was Cream.

[therealKINDLE]

My Dad told me about this. Little did I know it was on DVD though! Got it now however oh yes!

I'm not of that Generation, but I can Tell with my own Ears & common Sense that this is a standard of music absent in todays "Industry".. As they've corrupted it into.

For anyone that attended this & any other concert from the late 60's: "Have Pity on the new generation who somehow listen to Dubstep, Dance, POP, Screamo, etc & think that it's good Music!" England today, A race of Natural Born Idiots.

[6firebird6]

I was there :)

[Cabronosidad]

@6firebird6 Me too! I'm the one with the long, scraggly hair.

[emwavemhz]

I saw Bind Faith in Phoenix Arizona during the summer of 1969. That was a concert I will never forget. Blind Faith was musically the tightest band I have ever seen! I am only sorry that they made just one album. Can you just imagine what other Albums would have been like?

[MattHatter]

@emwavemhz And did Delaney and Bonnie open for them?

[emwavemhz]

@MattHatter Yes they did and they all rejoined on stage at the end to do Sunshine of your love. However, there was much emotion on stage. Eric turned away from the crowd. Bonnie was extremely stoned and drunk! She fell off of the stage. Delaney jumped down to help her. She told him something nasty and he dropped her to the ground. The crowed became angry. But we were all very stoned and soon forgot it. What a time! To me Heaven must be a place were getting stoned, emotions and music are eternal.

[SeaHorseGypsy]

had no idea steve winwood was in blind faith. im an idiot.

[boxferret]

The time to release the film of a concert in 1969 is.......er 1969 NOT 37 years later when anyone who was there (I was) is either dead or can't be bothered. And they wonder why these DVDs don't sell. Same thing with the Isle of Wight 1970 3CD box set and more famously, Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys at the Fillmore East. Who sits on these films for SO long and why?

[cowboysfan782008]

Sorry, didn't realize cps lock was on.

[mickyp1960]

if anyone thinks GINGER is overrated check out the BAKER GURITZ ARMY the track is called MEMORY LANE or GINGER BAKERS AIR FORCE the track called TOADY.

[tommyau2006]

@mickyp1960 a big amen to that. Ginger had few rivals in my book

[aero105]

what do you call putting a sponge underneath the bass strings?

[flashminder]

The narrator says that the first super group "was Blind Faith." What about Cream and Hendrix?

[70goldtop]

@flashminder What about FREE?

[JimGawthrop]

@flashminder I was around in those days and first saw the term "supergroup" used in Time magazine in 1969 in reference to Blind Fatih. It does not mean a group that was super, like Cream. It refers to the concept of bringing together musicians from different bands, like say Led Zeppelin and Santana to work together - at least long enough to do an album and a tour. Winwood was from Traffic which at the time rivaled Cream in fame and popularity.

[flashminder]

@JimGawthrop I know what supergroup means and the first compilation that got that name was Al Kooper, Stephen Stills and Mike Bloomfield. Traffic was popular in Britain, but never received the fame in North America that Cream did.

[JimGawthrop]

@flashminder That would be Al Kooper Super Session! I saw Al Kooper at Marietta College when I was still in high school. I'm glad someone remembers. There is a wikipedia article on him now.

[cowboysfan782008]

@JimGawthrop i WAS AROUND IN THOSE DAY'S TOO. i WAS 1

[greenfruitface]

I'm not sure anyone- and that includes me- realizes how completely badass Ginger Baker is. I mean really. I saw Cream at the very last show of three in NYC in 2005. How badass was he? He actually wore a Cream t-shirt that had his picture on it, the same one they sold at the vending area. BADASS. If anyone else tried that, I'd be like "What a douche." But Ginger is so cool, he just doesn't care. I was so impressed, I bought the same shirt. I'm telling you- the guy rules.

[gt40mk2]

Stevie Winwood is a genius - he's incomparable. I saw Blind Faith in '69. They were okay - but I did love the album very much. Cream's best performances were unfortunately when they were flying on speed. It couldn't last. I loved Clapton then and before that with Mayall, and the Yardbirds. Just about everything he's done since is drivel. Jack Bruce, I don't know. Ginger Baker has made some very fine music with people like Bill Frisell and Fela Kuti.

[daddydave398]

This IS Rock the way it should be.

[guyglowmore1]

winwood's carreer has been a roller coaster of color with great inspiration and a tribute to the soul of mother nature. most people don't get it because all they've heard are the "hits" and that doesn't really begin to tell the story. it's like one page from a great novel.

[mikeg888]

Take CREAM and add Winwood you get a mix that is far too rare and superb to do anything but label it 'SUPER'! Too bad Jack Bruce was not a part of that.

Nice to see the great legends Clapton and Winwood touring together again! They sounded absolutely magnificent at MSG in NYC.

[mistadobalina29]

anyone have a link to purchase this? i know....im lazy

[AstralPlane1951]

Cream, they set the gold standard for the blues-based power-trio. They were the first band to be called a supergroup, a band whose members were acknowledged stars before they joined forces in the new group.

[rikray1]

Sorry DKV but u r wrong my friend. Cream was the first of the "Power Trio" groups...It was after the formation of Blind Faith that the term "Super Group" first came to pass.

[beckmondo99]

right on, but it wasn't so apparent until Blind Faith was formed as the ultimate power group. Cream got it on, yeah, but Blind Faith iced it

[DKVillain]

um... cream was the first super group ... not blind faith ...

[nlygo]

was also there and yes, blind faith were unremarkable and richie havens was at his british peak!

[tuinabloke]

I was at this Hyde park gig in 69 and Im sorry but Blind Faith were poor, under rehearsed and not together at all. Many people were bitterly dissapointed at the time. As far as I remember Richie Havens and the Edgar Broughton band stole the show.

[onlyjoetee]

This band was formed as the direct result of 4 guys running away from somewhere else.Like a rebound relationship,it was doomed from the start!!!!One great baby(album)tho!!!!

[oldedrum]

Amazing that Ginger Baker can play those mounted toms high and level the way they are!

[pretorious700]

Sorry, Ric Grech was a good musician-hardly "legendary"

[deathpigeon69]

I'd argue that for being in Blind Faith alone, that makes Grech a 'legend' of music..?

[pretorious700]

I tend to have higher standards for 'legends", but that's just me

[ACrackInTheWall2006]

I have this dvd. I highly recomend it.

[punkasspete]

Whats the song called that starts at 1:12??

[lucidprogrockdreams]

The name of the song at 1:12 is called WELL... ALLRIGHT by BUDDY HOLLY

[Bulls4102333]

It's called: Well Alright

[serpentineflame]

It's not "mismatched," it's called Rock n' Roll

[thegreatbasher]

True, but this is more an off shoot of progressive blues and pop I guess. Great players just not so great when combined together!

[lesspringborniv]

dude what the hell r u tlkin about. blind faith is prob one of the greatest short lived groups ever

[sumitino]

at least for one more album yaa?

[shoober616]

i honestly think blind faith put out some sweet songs. maybe u jus simply dont like psychedelic/britpop music.

[diddydee12]

The greatbasher, possible still a sperm when we lived this ? figures

[pjautuvas]

maybe you just don't like it... Blind Faith is an awesome album

[Kegwithlegs]

I was at this concert, it was great!

[nick52695]

these guys should have stayed togther

[KMillSantana875]

@nick52695 cream should have stayed together

[MrMusicM67]

@nick52695 clapton invited winwood for a few tours. check it out

[catbreath1313]

gee, i didnt know they had DVD's in 1969

[Entwistle905]

Hey Sanctuary, if you released this memorable concert, what about the Steve Winwood Band, Traffic's 1972 Live at Santa Monica Concert on DVD, please, I mean that concert had good camera shots and wide, great stereo sound, I mean, who agrees?

[daebyday]

so jimi/mitch/noel were what? bloomfield & the flag @ monterey? joplin & big brother? the cream? while they were @ it bruce palmer's bass w/the buffalo springfield, the doors..i lived through it & into now..define super

[sinnrivaless]

The first time the term "super group" was used in reference to a band formed by ex-members of other well known groups was with Blind Faith. While Cream is certainly a super group by that definition, it was never called on because the term didn't exist

[sinnrivaless]

The first time the term "super group" was used in reference to a band formed by ex-members of other well known groups was with Blind Faith. While Cream is certainly a super group by that definition, it was never called on because the term didn't exist

[torkerbmx]

blinded by the light ya man your a brilliant mind manfred man with roller skates on

[BrimptonFopp]

Cream was not a supergroup?

I must have been sleeping through it all...

Looking back on it all as we do today...who has the most hits? Blind Faith or Cream?

I REST MY CASE.

[JimboCelt]

Blind Faith were known as the first supergroup, as they were composed of members of other top bands. Cream was just a group!

[BrimptonFopp]

Sorry...Cream was not "JUST A GROUP". And if you lived during that time you would not be making such a statement.I don't agree that Blind Faith was a super-group. The steam was let out a bit when Cream broke up and Jimi died.

[JimboCelt]

I did live during that time. Blind Faith were known as the first supergroup, as I said, being composed mainly of leading members of top groups. Cream were not known as a supergroup, therefore were a group. A very good one, admittedly.

[brainrutten]

No man, Cream was the first supergroup, just look on wikipedia.

[JimboCelt]

I maintain that Blind Faith were known as the first supergroup at the time. As\well as Cream, you'll see people claim that eg Led Zep or CSN&Y were supergroups , but that's just later revisionism. As for the argument that it must be Cream because they had more hits than Blind Faith, well, surely it's the Beatles then.

[Nickyb567]

wait a mintue.. cream is the first super group

[ninjaforsale]

wish i lived in that genaration!

[ibanezguitar1]

ME TOO!

[captainfunk50]

That's why YouTube is the greatest! I saw them in 1969 at New York's MSG, at age 19! It is so cool, to see this stuff now!

[Nickyb567]

me three

[Rogi789]

I lived in that time. It was a very g ood time.

[johngill]

great footage, but what a truly terrible voiceover - so out of tune with the spirit of the era

[technicolorhighway]

i wish i was born to expprerience the 60s

[MacRaisen]

blind was not the first supergroup,it was one of the first supergroups.i think cream was the first supergroup.

[henkah]

with a "supergroup"they basically mean people from other famost groups join together in one new group, the supergroup.

[MacRaisen]

man,i know and i think was the first supergroup,clapton,bruce and baker they were giants at that time.

[henkah]

Really? Have you been there? I Exprienced it ALL, back then!

[RyanForYou]

macraisen is right.... cream was the first supergroup.. its well known... and read claptons autobiography its in there too !!!

clapton is god !!!!

[swordsman5]

Too right, it still gets played every couple of months...although on CD now....save the vinyl for posterity.

[swordsman5]

I slept in Hyde park the night before the concert to make sure I had a good view......Shame that they don't do those free concerts anymore.

[24classicrocker]

What a memory! Nice to hear from another true rock and roll fan. r

[1zappa]

please tell me there's a soundtrack to this!!

[swordsman5]

Blind Faith only made one album, called Blind Faith funnily enough, the tracks on the album was what was played at the concert. It is a studio album though.

[stretch54]

Their one record was one of the best rock records ever made. Every single song still stands up.

[Entropy56]

Yuck, "stock phrases." That sounds like a straight jacket. Hey man, get free!

[bonfire7437289459]

actually, rocks first supergroup was Crosby Stills Nash and Young

[armoredtaco]

wrong santuaryrecordsusa cream was rocks first super group but blind faith is good too

[ElGoodo]

What about the Yardbirds?

[armoredtaco]

yeah good point forgot about them

[tayanka]

questo tempo ha segnato la vita a tutti me conpreso e tutti gli anni a venire

[panzerson1]

dude get of ur ass and try @ least

[DarkVoyuer]

Blind Faith was fucking wild. I wish I could make music like that. But I am too lazy.

Loud Afro-Rocker

[boborb]

did anyone catch it on pbs??

[brhoderi]

I caught it last night. It was great. I loved it!

[abemahler]

I think Rick/Rik Grech went on to play/produce on the Gram Parsons solo albums, esp. the first one

[kalakaboo]

RIP Rick you bass playing bastard!

[janeythebrit]

Since when were BLIND FAITH the 1st supergroup - HELLO ....it was an always will be "CREAM" !!!! The footage of Ginger & Eric (at the beginning here) is from an older "CREAM" interview that's on the CREAM farewell concert DVD. JACK BRUCE must've been P.I.S.S.E.D. O.F.F. - from a JACK BRUCE fan

[wyldman2964]

I can't believe that nobody has mentioned Steve Winwoods work with the Spencer Davis Group (he sang "I'm a man and "Gimme some lovin'")as well as being the front man for Traffic. I think that makes Blind Faith a super group.

[TheSanityInspector]

There's a cool music video of the SDG in a department store, miming Gimme Some Lovin. It's elsewhere on YouTube.

[neponsetriver]

About the supergroup thing, Clapton was well known, but at least in the US Bruce and Baker far less so, if at all. Maybe within the UK Cream could be called a supergroup. The description can be more easly applied in retrospect, especially as marketing hype.

About Blind Faith, we all said "who the hell is Ric Grech?".

[Johnny6666]

The first 'super group' was the Muddy Waters band in the late 50s/early 60s.

:D

[bertbrains]

it's all relative; I'll take Howlin Wolf over Muddy Waters anyday.

[ReBeat]

Muddy Waters

[Freaky112]

is this worth of buying?

[rhye999]

Could someone please upload songs form this DVD?

[TheSanityInspector]

Go buy it, why don'cha!

[spudwas]

Please disregard my previous comment. It was released in the U.S. sept 19,2006. OOPS

[spudwas]

Personally I think it's sucks that this dvd will not be released in the usa! "Boo" on the Blind Faith dvd distributers.

[evanguy]

The term "supergroup" is thrown around too often these days. Hell, it was even applie to that travesty on VH1. A supergroup is a band of well-known (emphasis on that), skilled musicians from other bands. Cream definitely consisted of skilled musicians, but they were far from well-known when they formed.

[Serling420]

We're arguing over nomenclature here. My point is simply this: let those who were there define the terms. Let those who came later listen and learn.

Now, one more thing - do I know more than you because I'm older? Maybe and maybe not, but more years available to learn may well equate to more total knowledge, yes.

[Serling420]

True, the INITIAL hype for Cream was not quite as dramatic. But the reason Blind Faith's hype was so big was due in no small measure to Cream, and they remain the holders of the title "The World's First Supergroup". Please, if you weren't around back then, defer to those of us who were.

[evanguy]

Yeah, uh, you know more than I do because you're older. Okay.

Bruce, Clapton, and Baker weren't all that well-known when they formed Cream, and it's a requirement of a supergroup for most or all members to be well-known. If you'd asked people in the U.S., France, or Japan who Eric Clapton was in 1965, there's a good chance they wouldn't have known.

[BrimptonFopp]

I'm responding to the idiotic reply that Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton were not "that well known when they formed CREAM" What a fucking moron you are evanguy. Did you ever hear of The Yardbirds? and how about Manfred Mann and John Mayall?????? Jeesh...why are we even discussing this crap with these MORONS!

[Serling420]

LIFE Magazine, 10/24/69 Blind Faith article refers to the band as a supergroup but not the FIRST one

Amazon: Disraeli Gears review: "CREAM was rock's first true "super group". "

"Cream - the legendary first Supergroup. " ( Eric Clapton Fan Club ericclaptonportal

[Serling420]

VH1: "Clapton and Baker would quickly resurface in 1969 as half of another (emphasis added) short-lived supergroup, Blind Faith"

Wikipedia.com: "Cream was a 1960s British supergroup ...Celebrated as one of the first great power trios and supergroups of rock..."

[Serling420]

Cream: The World's First Supergroup.

By Dave Thompson(Book) Chris Welch Cream: The Legendary Sixties Supergroup(Book)

Cream Rises

By Chris Jisi | December 2005

"Cream rose to its own lofty level as the world's first supergroup." (article)

[Serling420]

Sorry, I was *alive* in the 60's (ignore bogus profile) and well into the music scene when the term supergroup first began to be thrown around, and yes, it was applied to a new British band called Cream, as early as 1966.

But don't take my word for it, see these sources:

On June 11 1966, this announcement appeared in Melody Maker:

"A sensational new 'groups' group' starring Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker is being formed."

[drummer78]

Good point evanguy. Clapton was the most known of all due to his work with The Yardbirds and became known as "God" amoung some during his stint with John Mayall. Ginger and Jack were big in the London R&B circuit but definitely not certified superstars yet.

[Serling420]

Uhhh... "Blind Faith was rock's first super group"??

No, that would be Cream. Nice vid tho.

[evanguy]

Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker were certified interntational stars when they formed Blind Faith. The three members of Cream were only famous in British "R&B" circles, so they're not really a classic "supergroup."

[holltone]

This clip rules. Cant wait to see the entire DVD. Clapton is God!