I remember at one time someone was preparing to release a dvd tour documentary of Over the Rhine.
Whatever happened to that? Anyone know?

It's coming out the same week as Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy and the original Beach Boys version of Smile.

still...it was shelved several years ago, no specific reasons given.

and despite steve's references to the titles listed above, OtR hasn't made a habit of promising that "it'll be out by the end of (insert a year/decade/century)" on this, it just seems to have (unfortunately) quietly gone away.

Hey, Shannon! Welcome to the Orchard!

Yeah, the DVD got canned. Suxors for us big time. Oh well, now if we could just talk Bill or Kylie into sneaking in and stealing the footage...

Maybe they're waiting to release it on Blu-ray.

If they didn't like the documentary footage, I can see scrapping that but they did film at least one show for it, and it's a real pity they can't just release the live footage as a separate DVD, I'd be just as happy with that since it'd be documenting (IMO) the fullest, most rockin' OTR touring lineup of the last 6 or 7 years, and I really couldn't have enough live stuff from that tour. Seems silly to go through the trouble and expense of filming a show and then just sit on the footage.

it would also seem "silly" to release it now, when it covered music mostly from an album released almost 5 years ago (ohio), with a band that you are no longer working with and a sound that is totally different from the way you sound currently.

i agree, "back then" it would have ben a logical step to possibly drop the documentary aspect and go with just some live concert cuts, personally, i think they just couldn't get something finished that they felt was "right," and that they weren't going to put "out there" if it wasn't "right."

but unfortunately, whatever the reason, i think that the ship has sailed on this one and they've moved on. as we probably should.

I'm going to edit every post I make as well.

Given the circumstances around the Ohio tour, maybe Karin and Linford aren't eager re-live that part of their lives.

Jeff

Seems like a good likelihood, now doesn't it?

for those who pay attention beyond just the music of OtR, sure, it can be seen as a kind of 'duh' situation.
but not everyone is a fan of their history as well as their music and not everyone gets why and how the whole DVD thing just sorta faded away.
and y'know, if offered up as a concert-only, even as a dvd-r with OTR LIVE handwritten on it w/cd-friendly ink, i'd buy that sucker up so fast you'd feel a glich in your energy field no matter what part of the globe you were from.
i understand the 'not gonna happen, get over it' 'tude just as much as i understand the 'why not just release the concert part...' 'tude.

lmao. love ya man.

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That didn't seem to impede the release of Discount Fireworks. (contractual obligations aside) Also, they already have a live album from the same tour, and recently revisited an outtake from that era ("Last Night On Earth") so despite that period's turbulent history, they aren't exactly avoiding that era or it's songs.

I think it'd be something they could slip out 'between the cracks' so to speak. If they could sell 3,000 copies of each LFN release, they could sneak out a similarly limited run of a DVD as a 'tweener' without it having to be a major artistic statement or be "perfect." I don't think it would interfere with who they are now any more than Discount Fireworks did.


My theory is that it isn't a conscious decision to not release the footage, just no one in the band or associated with it has the energy to put an actual release together, which is understandable since it's not the most exciting task.

I still retain some hope it will see the light of day someday. I remember seeing clips on that website way back when and the live stuff looked gorgeous. (and not just cause Karin was in it )

I do too. And I thought it looked gorgeous as well. (but the fact that she was... y'know, her being a goofy goddess 'n all)

Thanks for the welcome, but I'm WAY 'Old School' - I don't know WHY it calls me a Newbie here...strange...1st say Otr in '92, and have been on one of their lists or another since.

Sad, though - I'd, personally, love to see the live footage.