Description
Sanctuary: Blind Faith — London Hyde Park 1969 DVD
In VERY GOOD condition! As pictured! Buy with confidence!
Product Details:
- Product Type: DVD Video
- Brand / Label: Sanctuary Visual Entertainment
- Artist: Blind Faith
- Catalogue Number: SVEF0090
- UPC: 5050749500908
- Release Year: 2005 (programme © 2005; concert filmed 1969)
- Genre: Rock
- Style: Blues rock, classic rock, supergroup live concert
Product Features
- Format: DVD (single disc)
- Region: No regional restriction (region free)
- Standard: PAL
- Picture: Colour and Black & White
- Aspect ratio: 4:3
- Audio: Dolby Digital, Stereo
- Language: English
- Running time: 73 minutes
- Condition: Used — Very Good (VG)
Overview
On 7th June 1969, four already-famous musicians walked onto a stage in Hyde Park in front of roughly 100,000 people and played their first-ever concert together. This DVD captures that debut — the only live Blind Faith DVD available.
The band was Eric Clapton, fresh out of Cream, on guitar; Steve Winwood on vocals and keyboards; Ginger Baker on drums; and Rick Grech on bass. Expectations were enormous, and for decades the full concert was never seen. This release finally puts it in front of the audience it was always meant for.
The set runs a little over 40 minutes but covers the essential material, with a handful of period promo films and a photo gallery rounding out the disc. Shot in a mix of colour and black & white, it's a genuine document of a band that burned bright and briefly — together for one album and one short summer.
For collectors of late-60s British rock, this is the closest thing to standing in that crowd.
Interesting Facts
- Blind Faith is often called the first true rock "supergroup," formed in 1969 from members of Cream, Traffic, and Family.
- Their Hyde Park debut on 7th June 1969 drew a crowd estimated at around 100,000 — and it was the first gig they ever played.
- The band released only one studio album before splitting later the same year.
- The set list included a cover of The Rolling Stones' "Under My Thumb."
- Rick Grech left Family to join the band, while Clapton and Baker came directly from the recently disbanded Cream.
- The disc includes vintage promo videos from the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Cream — tracing the members' earlier careers.
Track Listing
- Well All Right
- Sea of Joy
- Sleeping in the Ground
- Under My Thumb
- Can't Find My Way Home
- Do What You Like
- Presence of the Lord
- Means to an End
- Had to Cry Today
DVD Extras:
- Spencer Davis Group — "I'm a Man" (promo video)
- Traffic — "Hole in My Shoe" (promo video)
- Cream — "I'm So Glad" (promo video)
- Photo Gallery (set to "Well All Right")
- Pre-1969 discography of each band member
Track timings aren't printed on the packaging, so they're left off here. If you send a photo of the disc menu or chapter list, I'll add them.
Publishers
Released in 2005 by Sanctuary Visual Entertainment, a label of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd, under exclusive licence from RSO Limited and Maverick Enterprises. Catalogue number SVEF0090.
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