A recent interview with Jon Landau on an Australian newspaper site has made the cyberworld buzzing with excitement. In the interview Landau more than suggests that we haven't seen the last full concert release from the old days or the last outtakes compilation in the Tracks vein. This adds fuel to the rumors that a DVD release of the July 8, 1978, show in Phoenix is being prepared for release. If that is true we are in for something completely mindblowing. The Hammersmith 1975 release, as sublime as it was, will quickly be overshadowed by a full-length Darkness show. I happened to watch a clip of that show the other day. Not one of the usual songs that have circulated in ages (including the version of "Rosalita" that you can find on Video Anthology 1978-2000), but a clip that showed Bruce in the middle of "Raise Your Hand" standing on the piano looking out across the fully lit arena where thousands of ecstatic fans are dancing in the stands. The clip wasn't more than perhaps a minute or two long, but it was enough to send shivers down my spine and make me drool for more. If that's what's in store for us on an official release, it's almost too good to be true.

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