Styx - Live Columbus, Ohio 8mm May 25, 1977

8mm Film: Charles Miller
Transfer/Production: Analog Kid Audio Video
Restoration/Sync: www.genesismuse...
A big thank you to Charles for lending his films. If you have any 8mm concerts that need transfer, restoration, and syncing please contact us.
Longish clips (for 8mm): Put Me On, Lorelei, Mademoiselle, Fooling Yourself, Suite Madame Blue, Crystal Ball, Lady, Light Up, Come Sail Away, Midnight Ride, Miss America, Born for Adventure, and some great between song moments. This is Styx on the same bill as Uriah Heep, if you look closely you can see Uriah Heep's rainbow and Firefly logo behind the band.
Technical Details:
This is one of the best quality 8mm films I have worked on, and at times it really looks pro quality. It was scanned at 2k and then cleaned up with Artemis AI, and then I removed misc spots/dirt. I normally wouldn't do quite so much NR, but the image quality and definition was so amazing for 8mm that it totally worked, to my eyes anyway.
I didn't do any stabilization as it didn't really need it, and the image is very close to the stage, I didn't want to cut anything off for the very minor handheld camera issues. I then ffmpeg interpolated to 60fps for smooth motion which makes this film really astounding.
The audio was a bit of a bear as there are several good Styx recordings from this tour, but not many complete high quality recordings. They also changed their setlist and Put Me On was so rarely played, there is just one audio recording of it out there. So I ended up using 4 different shows to match this film (Chicago 77, Boston 77, Fresno 77, and Winterland 78) as no known Columbus 1977 audio exists. I tried to get the best quality and match for the tracks played, and then EQed them to sound reasonably similar so they worked well together. Some of the radio shows were dry so I added some reverb and compression. Styx is generally consistent on how they play their songs so the match is pretty good, but the guitarwork and vocal phrasing is never going to be exactly the same, so I could only match it reasonably well.
I have worked on hundreds of reels of 8mm, and this show is honestly some of the best footage that this tiny film standard can produce. Amazing job that Charles did some 40 years ago.
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[@christophercarpenter2496]

This 8mm footage is movie quality!Rarely, if ever, do you see 8mm this crystal clear and synced perfectly to the audio. I salute all involved with this upload masterpiece!

[@DuaLeaD]

This means so much to us Styx fans....More than you know!

[@raaawkstaaar]

it's awesome but far from "synched perfectly"

[@anthonybarnhill7274]

1: Put Me on 0:12 - 0:45 2: Lorelei 0:46 - 1:32 3: Mademoiselle 1:33 - 2:25 4: Fooling Yourself 2:26 - 2:31 5: Suite Madame Blue 2:32 - 3:05 6: Crystal Ball 3:06 - 3:22 7: Lady 3:23 - 3:40 8: Light Up 3:41 - 3:52 9: Come Sail Away 3:53 - 4:02 10: Guitar Solo 4:03 - 4:21 11: Midnight Ride 4:22 - 4:44 12: Born For Adventure 4:58 - 5:46

[@cjones3957]

Styx is very underrated. They're easily in the top 10 of greatest American bands of all time.

[@GenesisMuseum]

Their hits are not only numerous but actually good. And live, they've been kicking ass forever and still going.

[@skipsmith8121]

Underated by whos standard? I grew up in the 70s they ruled the airwaves all the way till they put out that crap Mr Roboto. Nothing underated about them.

[@paulvillarreal1588]

This is incredible! Oh, if only there were a whole show of this quality.

[@Mzhelenp]

This is awesome! Great video and great sound!

[@ILikeStyx]

We need the whole show!

[@ambersalcove]

Wow I'm always looking for Styx concerts I haven't seen before

[@isaacg2008]

Dude same

[@DuaLeaD]

Watching this feels like stepping out of a time machine.... It's emotional seeing a legendary band in its early years, going out there and trying to prove itself to the world, not yet knowing how big they would eventually become. I wasn't born until 1985 but I'm a diehard classic rock fan. Seeing this brings tears to my eyes because it is better than I ever imagined

[@matekozma1039]

Jesus Christ! That's the best 8mm footage I've ever seen! Honestly, many moments of this video can even challenge a footage done by professional cameras! The lights, the pyrotechnics, the stage show and the whole atmosphere is amazingly captured on this film, which is really impressive for a 8mm. Even a little joking around by Tommy is captured :) Also, it is interesting to see and hear a show from The Grand Illusion era, which took place a month and a half before releasing the album. Watching Born For Adventure, it seems I have already forgotten Dennis's fencing scene :D Also, I have never seen JY with a Gibson Les Paul! And I'm surprised ,Tommy played a Gibson Doubleneck during Fooling Yourself!

[@GenesisMuseum]

Thanks, there were some who even doubted this could be 8mm, but it was some of the best 8mm we've worked on

[@ventues9751]

Just amazing !!!

[@teamflyers415]

I caught that too with JY on a Les Paul. Wasn't sure if he ever did that early on but I don't recall ever seeing it either.

[@trentsevern2866]

Things I noticed. 1. JY playing a Les Paul. 2 Fooling yourself in May of 77. GI came out in July 77.

[@wickedfeylady]

This footage looks absolutely incredible.

[@mikeinthefastlane8370]

Simply amazing! Wish UME would commercially release these old Styx shows.

[@MichaelVLang]

A great example of mid-70s rock. Awesome.

[@patricksommer3971]

5:26 he's looking directly into the camera!

[@Pandburger]

love that part!

[@debbiekelley7899]

Wow!! Thanks for all the hard work on these films,love watching them

[@StyxFanGreece]

Wow! Thanks so much for sharing this!!! I wish there was more of it or other similarly early shows. Styx rules. Cheers from Greece.

[@riksplace]

1st time seeing them was on this tour......really good show......probably at the top of their game......

[@bobbeamer6797]

Fabulous! At the top of their game. I hope you’ll post the whole show. I don’t remember ever seeing JY play a Les Paul, and I want a better view of the Les Paulish (?) guitar Tommy Shaw was playing on Suite Madame Blue. Thanks for posting this!

[@jeffsouthard3153]

That's not a Les Paul that the Fender Strat

[@GenesisMuseum]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/amrMXomNYpKeiM0 looks like a Les Paul

[@robertblackwell5575]

Crazy as it is. 4 songs from this.. Will surely be played this summer on the 2024 tour.. Indianapolis for me ❤

[@fairweatherrider1]

Just amazing! A great addition to the Styx historical record. I had my first radio DJ job at that time and we played the hell out of Come Sail Away.

[@jannorris4788]

Omg...wish It was the whole concert.. What an amazing show that would have been..wow wow wow. Would love to hear some of those songs again in concert. Simply incredible and thank you

[@billydow9798]

How awesome is this....I want to see the whole concert, thanks from Vancouver 🇨🇦

[@GenesisMuseum]

then you may need a time machine :)

[@rickmontgomery3037]

Wow what a great time that must've been back then...imagine seeing Star Wars on that same date, just released that day, and then this Styx concert that night. Goodness!! :)

[@patrickmcnamara3879]

Thank you i luv Styx my first concert Apr 79 with Angel

[@ledzeppelinrestores]

Put me on live is soo goood

[@greatsouthwesttrains3310]

Good work. BRAVO!!

[@teamflyers415]

I was supposed to be at that show but got sick and couldn't make the trip. I'm in Cincinnati. They didn't play here. After seeing this, I'm really pissed. Some great songs. Midnight Ride and Born for Adventure probably weren't played much, if at all, after this. Put Me On and Light up as well. I never got to see them until Paradise tour.

[@geraldhartley]

Thank you. This is incredible!

[@jonvee7014]

I actually saw them in Feb of the same year…. Exactly how I remembered it….thank you for sharing

[@timbetthauser6948]

Awesome footage! There isn't much in concert film of Styx from '76-'77.

[@zackyoder7359]

Im in my 20s and this is the best thing ever!

[@bowieblondie]

Your work is appreciated, thank you!!!

[@johnhooper8807]

Excellent work, love it.

[@BrandGuyTim]

Interesting it's dated May 1977 and Grand Illusion doesn't come out until July 1977, so they're already playing the two biggest songs off Grand Illusion before the album even came out!

[@ckmiller81]

I'm not so sure of that date to be honest! Don't have the ticket stub, sorry to say. The band did an instore at Peaches, minus Dennis, and I'm still researching. Set list! Yeah, plenty of Equinox in there!

[@harrycrowe7557]

@@ckmiller81 The date for Columbus, Ohio (May 25th 1977) is correct,

[@n8goulet]

Thank you so much for posting! My favorite two bands are Styx & Genesis. Interesting the genesismuseum provides this material. I've been able to find plenty of 70s Genesis video clips, but Styx has been almost non-existent. It's been my understanding their manager didn't want them filmed. Maybe he thought they'd sell less tickets? I recently found another video on KZbin that was similar of the Pieces of Eight "Main Event" tour the following year, but I can no longer find it. Was that your footage? I'd love to watch that again, and anything you have from this incredible group with it's classic line-up. I'm also a huge fan of Yes & ELP, but I can find footage of them from the 70s. Very little of Foreigner, a fair amount of Kansas, the American version of prog rock bands until they head more AOR. What great performers Styx had become by this time! Vocals & harmonies 2nd to none in all of Prog Rock. And Dennis with his new Oberheim synth that so many cool solos would eventually come out of. The date on this show pre-dates the release of the Grand llusion album which this tour is clearly promoting.

[@tomburris8906]

Reminds me Alpine Valley the summer of 78

[@SkyPiGGo]

Amazing footage. Great job matching up the audio.

[@DrNo-dz2hd]

This is the most 70s thing I've ever seen.

[@pearldrumguy1]

Fantastic!!!

[@tylermorrison7051]

How much more 1970's can this be? And, the answer is...NONE. None more 1970's. Well done, Styx!

[@GenesisMuseum]

My favorite movie!

[@ssimpson4067]

I saw them in St Louis a couple months later

[@waltersimmons946]

This is definitely 1977 my last year in elementary school, I got my mother (while she was shopping) to buy the albums Eqinox and Crystal Ball for me from Sears in April that year and Grand Illusion didn't come out till July. I was 13 and my birthday wasn't till September (I turned 14 then) and I got Grand Illusion in November that same year. Styx to this day is the only band that I got 3 different albums from the same band in one year. I started earning my own money in 1978 and got their succeeding albums yep even Kilroy was here. And saw them in Columbia South Carolina in 1983 (The Kilroy tour) for $12.50 . I had no idea they'd break up for 13 years after that period. I'm not bragging but those were the days, compared to this dark period this country is currently going through now because certain idiots want to control our lives. It isn't only censorship anymore.

[@Balin93]

"Analog Kid Video" .... excellent

[@ventues9751]

Holy Sh*t this is amazing !! I used to shoot super 8mm film all the time. Nothing as good as this !!!

[@GenesisMuseum]

Did you film any concerts? We transfer, restore, and sync audio all for free.

[@ventues9751]

@@GenesisMuseum I do have some concert footage, but I don't think you would be interested in it :)

[@GenesisMuseum]

@@ventues9751 We transfer all kinds of concert footage, give us a try :) Contact us at GenesisMuseum.com

[@MelodylaneLou]

Back when they could tolerate each other!

[@thatmatt41]

this is one of the few occasions where the AI 60fps upconversion actually looks somewhat realistic

[@GenesisMuseum]

thanks i guess? 🤷‍♂️

[@matthewtaylor5771]

J.Y. must have broken a string on his Strat during "Lorelei" and switched to the Gibson Les Paul during Tommy's solo.

[@Pandburger]

i am SO amazed at the quality of these!! from 1977?! they look so good! is there any way i can view the full footage? thanks for uploading this! ❤️

[@GenesisMuseum]

this is the full footage

[@Pandburger]

@@GenesisMuseum ah ok, thanks for uploading this!

[@matthewtaylor5771]

02:56 - Who made Tommy's 24-fret Les Paul copy?

[@Clyde_Lewis]

That's an Electra MPC. Frampton was using one around the same time, as well. :)

[@Pandburger]

love the part at 3:49 ❤️

[@jasonseely9311]

cool

[@bobbydale1938]

🎉🎉🎉😀

[@tylersharpe5847]

JY playing a Les Paul? Here I thought he was a Strat kind of guy!

[@GenesisMuseum]

He must have had issues with the Strat. You can see him grab the LP at 1:23 and plays it for a while. Then by 3:41 the Strat is back.

[@WillieSurvive1]

What song are they playing at the 3:50 mark?

[@GenesisMuseum]

Light Up

[@brywool]

JY on a LesPaul. Wow. Weird. ;)

[@GenesisMuseum]

The strat fails at some point so he goes behind tommy to get the gibson

[@brywool]

@@GenesisMuseum Yup, Tommy breaks a string as well. Great footage. Saw that tour, it was awesome.

[@matthewtaylor5771]

02:19 - Looks like Tommy broke a string, too.

[@Pandburger]

hah didn’t notice that 😂

[@chwthomas09]

where did you get the audio from?

[@GenesisMuseum]

different radio shows and private recordings