The Black Crowes’ management has issued a public plea for the master tapes of pro-shot footage of the band performing with Jimmy Page in 2000 as they prepare to release an expanded box set of their live album Live At The Greek in February 2025.
The Black Crowes’ plea
The band has been working with well-known Led Zeppelin collector Mark McFall, who runs the Zepfan website and podcast. They issued a plea viaa McFall, for any pro-shot or other footage of the band performing with Page at the Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York on July 10th, 2000.
“In anticipation of the 25th Anniversary of The Black Crowes and Jimmy Page’s live performance, the Black Crowes management is looking for footage, and we need your help,” McFall wrote on the Royal Orleans forum on October 3. The same message was sent on October 3rd to subscribers to the band’s official email updates.
“We’d love to know who has the pro-shot show at the Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY, on 7-10-2000. We’re hoping to find the master tapes for licensing consideration. Please reach out if you have a lead on who has them or if you shot other footage of this show; we’d love to hear from you! Thanks,” he continued.
Anyone with information on the footage is encouraged to contact the band’s management on christian.tachiera@redlightmanagement.com
McFall’s post apparently confirmed reports that Black Crowes band member Chris Robinson told Eddie Trunk in an interview that the band and Page plan to expand the album to six discs to include previously unreleased live performances of Black Crowes songs, soundchecks and jams.
The plea for footage suggests the boxed set may also include DVD or Blu-Ray discs containing live performances – if the band can track down the master tapes. The Jones Beach footage has been circulating online for years but in relatively poor quality.
“The versions found on YouTube originated from DVD. If I recall correctly, the DVD was first released in the early 2000s on the Watchtower label, then quickly reproduced by other labels, such as Boogie Mama and Bad Wizard,” McFall told LedZepNews.
“The story goes that this pro shot and other band pro shots from the same venue were recorded by someone hooking up a camcorder to a TV feed behind the bar. This can possibly be why the band is having trouble finding it, as it may have never been fully available to the media for licensing.”
“That said, I know the Jones Beach footage was used on a CNN report with a Jimmy Page interview, and a VH1 Webcast also featured the footage, with an interview with Jimmy, Rich & Chris,” he continued.
The boxed set is likely to be released in February, 25 years after the album was released on February 29, 2000.
