Dinosaur Jr Video in Amherst (Old Dino)

[LouEricJason]

I don’t if this belongs here or not,anyway did the band sell these or not?

[gkay44]

I think you’re referring to the footage of them from 1986 or so, doing 5 songs (4 from YLAOM and 1 from DINOSAUR). I really doubt the band ever sold this. It started circulating thru tape-trading vines back in the mid-90’s. It even got into the hands of greedy-sonsabitches who sold it in their record shops for $20 as a mere bootlegg.

[jeremiah]

Yep – that is how I got it.

I think it may have been used as a promo at one point as the copy that I have has a great version of the little fury things video as well.

btw – those greedy bastards ripping us off was actually what started this site and is the fuel behind freesofree.net now.

[lookitssam]

So, is the video on FreesoFree?

[gkay44]

Both the "Little Fury Things" video and the 1986 live Dinosaur footage are, in fact, on FreeSoFree in the video section.

Anyway, I looked deeper into this…

The "Little Fury Things" video was released commercially on a VHS compilaton called "Underground U.S.A. #5" in 1989.

The 1986 live Dinosaur footage was probably shot at UMASS in Amherst MA sometime before Dinosaur went on tour with Sonic Youth for a couple weeks during their EVOL tour. There is speculaton that this footage was shot for a cable access TV broadcast, but that is truly just a guess.

Now, both of these items were available on a certain tape trader’s list back in 1993. (I’ll refer to the trader as "PH"). In fact, the LFT video and the ’86 footage are on his VHS tape in that order. PH and I were unable to re-connect with the original person who traded this tape to PH, but we are guessing that the ‘promo’ VHS release idea is unlikely. We are pretty positive that unknown person who prepared this tape for PH probably compiled the LFT video and the like ’86 footage together.

Anyway, it’s remarkable that someone had this ’86 footage for all of us to enjoy. But I never thought it was a good idea for some record store guy to make a profit when the band gets $0. And as greedy as a person I am, I’ve never sought to get money for any live shows that I received/taped myself – cuz that just wouldn’t be fair to the people making the music.

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