nikkicallaghan Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 who used to tour or use the biggest lighting rigs on gigs. Conventional lights only no movers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 In its day, Uriah Heep's 64 pancan rig on four genie towers was groundbreaking, 1972 maybe? As was Queens all parcan rig a few years later that toured with a generator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musht Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 AC/DC Hell`s Bells,loads of cans, generator and 1 1/2 Tonne real bell. Carlos Santana used to have the worlds largest travelling pipe organ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Coker Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/gear/pa/lighting.html - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart91 Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/gear/pa/lighting.html - From that article: For the 31 May, 1976, Charlton gig:The £100,000 lighting system for the show: 30x Par 64 1,000-watt lamps32x Leko 1,000-watt lampsHydraulic “Genie” towersElectrosonic control desksElectrosonic Dimmer packsStrand Patt 765 follow spots38 “00” three-section trussVermet towersRamport Lasers £100,000 in 1970s money was a serious amount - you could buy a whole street of houses in certain parts of the UK back then. I wonder how much that kit would fetch on eBay today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colourwatt Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 The two that come to mind:-Ozzy Osbourne 1986 The Ultimate Sin Tour(may be found on Youtube??) the USA leg. Must have got hot up there.Iron Maiden 1988 (a plot of this rig can be found in LSI magazine Sept or Oct 1988PDF's of this magazine can be found if you go to the right place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkicallaghan Posted November 6, 2015 Author Share Posted November 6, 2015 1446832799[/url]' post='530264']The two that come to mind:-Ozzy Osbourne 1986 The Ultimate Sin Tour(may be found on Youtube??) the USA leg. Must have got hot up there.Iron Maiden 1988 (a plot of this rig can be found in LSI magazine Sept or Oct 1988PDF's of this magazine can be found if you go to the right place. Just taken a look at the iron maiden rig http://www.lsionline...magazine/vault/Seems to be most copies avaliable Is it just me or are the modern moving light rigs not as impressive from a visual point of view as seeing 1000 par cans in the air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamharman Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 £100,000 in 1970s money was a serious amount - you could buy a whole street of houses in certain parts of the UK back then. I wonder how much that kit would fetch on eBay today... And how much would it cost for new kit of a similar spec?A couple of lasers and 62 channels of generics with presumably a fairly basic desk, bit of truss and some genies - probably a lot less than £100k.... According to this inflation calculator http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1633409/Historic-inflation-calculator-value-money-changed-1900.html £100k in 1976 would be about £750k now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonemorf Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 The two that come to mind:-Ozzy Osbourne 1986 The Ultimate Sin Tour(may be found on Youtube??) the USA leg. Must have got hot up there.Iron Maiden 1988 (a plot of this rig can be found in LSI magazine Sept or Oct 1988PDF's of this magazine can be found if you go to the right place. Just taken a look at the iron maiden rig http://www.lsionline...magazine/vault/Seems to be most copies avaliable Is it just me or are the modern moving light rigs not as impressive from a visual point of view as seeing 1000 par cans in the airThanks for that link - Im going to sit and be majorly nostalgic all evening, taking myself back to my youth........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Speaking very broadly, it's usually said that the Queen rigs of the 70s and early 80s are the benchmark by which others of the era are judged. Somewhere on the net there's a whole site about the evolution of the lighting designs for Queen's live shows - someone with way too much spare time has put a lot of work into researching it! Edit : Here it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Coker Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Genesis in 1976 - The first three minutes may be of interest - before that dreadful racket starts.....having said that, Bill Bruford plays second kit and he's always good value. OP: was there a point in your original question? KC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkicallaghan Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 1446987848[/url]' post='530362']Genesis in 1976 - The first three minutes may be of interest - before that dreadful racket starts.....having said that, Bill Bruford plays second kit and he's always good value. OP: was there a point in your original question? KC Not really I was watching some old concerts on YouTube and it made me think about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior8 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 £100,000 in 1970s money was a serious amount - you could buy a whole street of houses in certain parts of the UK back then. I wonder how much that kit would fetch on eBay today... Interesting sidelight on inflation here. In 1976 £100,000 would have bought ten houses in road near here - we bought ours then for £9950. Adjusted for inflation that £100k is £643k (prices) £944k (earnings). That would buy either 2.92 or 4.2 houses now depending on which of the inflation bases you use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitlane Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Genesis in 1976 - The first three minutes may be of interest - before that dreadful racket starts.....having said that, Bill Bruford plays second kit and he's always good value. OP: was there a point in your original question? KC If we're playing that game, here's 10cc in 1981 Depending on your opinion of their music you may want to skip to 1 minute in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noiseman Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Genesis in 1976 - The first three minutes may be of interest - before that dreadful racket starts.....having said that, Bill Bruford plays second kit and he's always good value. OP: was there a point in your original question? KC If we're playing that game, here's 10cc in 1981 Depending on your opinion of their music you may want to skip to 1 minute in. 03:45 - Interview with a youthful looking Patrick Woodruff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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