Rock Concert 

Weekly late-night progressive rock bands, many very well known, with some soft-pop (later) and occasional comic routines.

Stars:

Don Kirshner, Gary Mule Deer, The Village Idiots

Cast

Series cast summary:
Don Kirshner	...	Himself / ... (102 episodes, 1974-1979)

Storyline

Weekly late-night progressive rock bands, many very well known, with some soft-pop (later) and occasional comic routines.

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Genres:

Music

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 September 1973 (USA)

Also Known As:

Don Kirshner's Rock Concert

Company Credits

Production Co:

Syndicast, Viacom Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

This show featured the only American television "performance" by the group Led Zeppelin: a clip of "Black Dog" from the 1976 film "The Song Remains The Same".

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: Kate Jackson/Delbert McClinton (1979)

User Reviews

The reason it is not on DVD

The reason that is not out on DVD is that several years back, Kirshner turned all the masters (reportedly they are in near pristine condition) over to a company called Historic Films, which is a historical archive organization. The footage is made available for a fee to Film and Television Producers, Ad Agencies, Corporate Producers, Feature Film Producers and Documentary Filmmakers as stock footage.

It sounds like, unless Historic Films agree to it, DVDs of Rock Concert will never be released. That is a shame because I lived and breathed for Saturday nights in the 70s when that show came on the tube. I would be the first in line to buy the DVDs if they ever were released. Rock Concert and the Midnight Special may be the only sources of quality footage of many of the 70s greatest rock bands.

So Sad...