My latest column for Day and Night concern’s Bill Graham’s huge archive of video now online at Wolfgang’s Vault. There’s plenty more every Friday in the paper and online.
The American site Wolfgang’s Vault is now a treasure trove of concert video full of rock’s rich heritage dating back to the ’60s. It has taken four years and millions of dollars to digitize and archive a huge collection of video material filmed and owned by the legendary rock promoter Bill Graham (pictured) and the bulk of it is now available online since last month.
The cache, which was found in a San Francisco warehouse owned by Graham in 2003 included audio recordings, video footage, memorabilia, posters and photographs amounting to 30 million items which serves as an authentic retelling of American rock ‘n’ roll history.
Wolfgang’s Vault: Classic rock gets its Youtube.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
Nice editorial. I like it very much. Thanks for the post