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June 19, 2009
This site was down for a week or two. I was unaware of this as for the past month my attentions were focused on some issues resulting from the high speed broadsiding my car and I took on May 18th. The site came up for renewal two weeks ago and I was not paying attention. It's back up and the hosting fee has been paid for the next two years. This site, Black Swan and I aren't going anywhere.
The only thing left to do for the first three DVDs of the 2008 show is the graphics for the case and label. The first DVD goes to the manufacturer on June 22nd.
Thanks for your great patience. Rest assured I haven't "left the country".
MdC
LINKS TO
VIDEO & AUDIO CLIPS of THE 2008 BURLINGTON CONCERTS
FROM THE OCTOBER 4, 2008 BURLINGTON CONCERT
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Click on the icons to watch Video Clips and Listen to Audio Clips of the 2008 Burlington Concert
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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum and Black Swan Collaboration!
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what's happening. in the Rock Hall's historic preservation
campaign click on the Rock Hall Logo
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The 2008 BURLINGTON Concert
was an unqualified success
I really don' t know how to describe it! The most accurate statement that has been made is that "you had to be there!". In 40 years of producing concerts the only concert that I've produced that had similar elements of the unexpected and unknown resulting in excellent and sometimes extraordinary performances was that concert I produced in 1983 -
the 1983 BURLINGTON CONCERT.
Thanks to so many folks who made it happen - especially Bobby Diskin, Charlie and Pam Horner, Frank Chille, Val Shively, Todd Baptista, Terry Stewart, Joe Loud and also the deejays and folks in the business who worked hard to promote it - Lou Rallo, Christine Vitale, Gordon Skadberg, Frank Gengaro, Dennis Burgey, George Frunzi, Jim Santa Barbara, Rockin' Richard, Carl Tancredi, Lee Jolles, Jim Bakay, Fred Bohn, Steve Applebaum, Bruce Woolf, Ken Fuchs, Sal Ardigliano, Marvin Kaminsky, Andrea Seigel, Barry Rosen, Eddie Natale ... I've missed some folks but I'll rectify it soon.
Thanks so much to all the folks who helped to make this work and to those trusting folks who paid a lot of money for the tickets.
As one guy said during intermission of the show, "I just got my $200 worth". And after the show he said, "That show was worth $500."
Thanks
Mark del Costello
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POSTERS and Memorabilia
from the 2008 and the
1983 BURLINGTON CONCERTS now on sale in very limited quantities!
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New Photos!
Almost 200 photos from the Oct. 4th Show!
click above
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Click Above to read the great letter from Terry Stewart, President and CEO of the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame and Museum supporting Black Swan and the 1983 and 2008 BURLINGTON CONCERTS
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Read reviews of the
October 4th
Burlington Concert
from writers around the world
click here
Note to those who've taken advantage of the advance sale of the Black Swan DVDs.
Only those who've taken advantage of the advance sale will be receiving some photos from the 2008 show and at least one program from one of my past shows of the 1980s or 1990s FREE.
These will be on sale to the public once the 2008 DVDs are completed.
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See rare Photos of Slim Rose
and Times Square Records
Click on Slim
CLICK ON THE ICON
See Programs, Posters and info on concerts and events produced by MdC from the 1960s to 2000s via his companies LIGHT BRIGADE PRODUCTIONS, BLACK SWAN and CONCERT MASTERS
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GREAT UPCOMING CONCERT EVENTS
Click on the images to see info
Lee Jolles & PGHA presents
Rob Albanese & LAR Productions presents
Check out vintage vocal group & other clips on 5 Video Pages
Including a great clip of George Carlin doing Doo Wop on the Arsenio Hall Show.
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Check out an exciting young singer
Dennis Dorrity, Jr.
click on the photo
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MATT ATKINSON, former tenor and lead singer of many groups including Tony & The Masquins, The Philadelphians, The Bosstones and more has finished tracks for a new CD with his new group -
MATT & THE MASQUINS
Matt sang first tenor for the Castelles on the October 2008 Burlington Concert. Vocally he is an amazing tenor in the mold of Franklin Peaker, lead of the Blue Notes.
Check back here soon for more info on its release
There is a great new on-line Oldies / Doo Wop Community. Mike Palladino is the host. It's called the -
The DOO-WOP Jukebox Forum
Lots of collectors, fans and very knowledgeable folks on-line everyday
click on the jukebox or the young lady to see it
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