Product Description
In the summer of 1970, several of the eras biggest rock stars all took to the rails for Festival Express. The show was a multi-artist, multi-day, multi-city concert tour that captured the spirit and imagination of a generation. What made it unique was that it was portable; for five days, the bands and performers lives, slept, rehearsed and let loose aboard a customized train that traveled from Toronto, to Winnipeg, to Calgary, with each stop culminating in a mega-concert. The entire experience was filmed both off-stage and on, but the extensive footage of the events remained locked away for decades, only recently having been restored. The film Festival Express is a momentous achievement in rock film archeology which combines the long-lost material with contemporary interviews that add important context to the event nearly 35 years after originally being filmed.

Contents:
Original Feature Film
Derailed – The making of Festival Express
Train Hopping – Hear the songs in the film, uninterrupted
Additional & Extended Interviews
Theatrical Trailer

Songs performed in the film include:
“Don’t Ease Me In”, Grateful Dead
"Friend of the Devil", Grateful Dead
“Slippin’ & Slidin’”, The Band
"Better Take Jesus' Hand" ("Jordan"), solo on the train by Jerry Garcia
“Comin’ Home Baby”, Mashmakhan
“Money (That’s What I Want)”, Buddy Guy Blues Band
“Lazy Day”, The Flying Burrito Brothers
“The Weight”, The Band
“Cry Baby”, Janis Joplin
"Ain't No More Cane", jam session on train including Rick Danko, John Dawson, Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir
“Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay”, Sha Na Na
“New Speedway Boogie”, Grateful Dead
“C.C. Rider”, Ian & Sylvia and the Great Speckled Bird (with Jerry Garcia and Delaney Bramlett)
“I Shall Be Released”, The Band
“Tell Mama”, Janis Joplin

Bonus Performances:
"13 Questions", Seatrain
"Child's Song", Tom Rush
"Thirsty Boots", Eric Andersen
"As Years Go By", Mashmakhan
"Hoochie Coochie Man", Buddy Guy Blues Band
"Tears of Rage", Ian & Sylvia and the Great Speckled Bird
"Hard to Handle", Grateful Dead
"Easy Wind", Grateful Dead
"Kozmic Blues", Janis Joplin
"Move Over", Janis Joplin

DVD
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H9GJRSY/?tag=imwan-20

Blu-ray
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H9GJSR4/?tag=imwan-20

One of those DVD's that I've been meaning to grab for years but never have. Is there anything new on the Shout Factory version? (Conversely--has anything been excised from the previous version?)

Andrew, I'll grab my set for you in a bit & check. I think there is less on this edition, but i would need to compare. The original is quite good.

The previous release from ten years ago was on DVD only:

 

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000305ZDO/?tag=imwan-20

That's an out of print collectable now. From the description, it appears that all of the extras on Shout's reissue will be the same, with the big difference (aside from being available at a normal price!) being that it's now also getting an HD release on Blu-ray.

It appears to be the same; the original doesn't list the bonus performances except by watching the disc.

I have this DVD, it's really a cool one. I love the interactions of the musicians with each other on the train and also when they make these pit stops in these small towns. Will get the Blu-ray when I see it at great price.

Rick A.

To repeat myself, I sure wish Amazon would show the audio bit/sampling rates on music blu's. No reason to re buy it unless it's 96/24 or better.

I own the original DVD, seems the same sadly. Was hoping for more footage.

The "Ain't No More Cane" Jam scene with Garcia and Joplin is priceless.

Bump: These have been pushed back to February 11th.