The Playpen Video files

You will find them scattered about the site, but here is the whole collection
Band - 
Original work
YouTube Video

"Alive at Night"
Original Music, written and arranged by Witness. Filmed in 1984.

Playpen in Wildwood

Witness Yes  Show
YouTube Video
  "Distant Early Warning"
Kent Warner steps up to the mike to do this hot version of the Rush classic. Filmed at the Playpen in Wildwood.  Footnote: Spoke with Kent 3/26/07 and he's doing fine!
Playpen in Wildwood
Witness Yes  Show
YouTube Video
"All Good People"
I don't think The TV folks were expecting the very hot signal blasting off Higgins's sound board, but the crowd loved it! (Rumor has it there were screams of pain and blood trickling out of the Channel 2 studio truck outside!) The result is a funky TV mix, but it's ok once you get used to it, and it gets better after their hearing returns. 
Playpen in Wildwood

Witness Joel Show 
YouTube Video

"Pressure !"
From the raw videotape shot that night- Billy doing Billy! Not sure what they were doing in the TV van to the audio, but this was some of Billy at his best when it came to acting! (And he had a sore throat that night)  I left the backstage shots and Garry intro.
Playpen in Wildwood

Witness Joel Show 
YouTube Video

"Big Shot !"
Billy and Steelman go head to head on this one! Witness fans will remember this as the classic "Fight for Attention" song. Filmed at the Playpen in Wildwood in the early 80's, this Joel song sets the stage for some real fun! 
Playpen in Wildwood
Witness Joel Show 
YouTube Video
"The Stranger"
Some neat shots showing what the world looked like to Mitch behind the Drums accent this Joel classic sung by our classic entertainer, Billy Spence. Filmed at the Playpen in Wildwood in the early 80's.
Playpen in Wildwood
"Scenes" Special Version
YouTube Video
Both Marc Britton (Clarinet) and Michael Disston (Sax) perform together in this rare video of "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" shot at the Playpen in 1983. Channel 2 mixed this one for TV, so the sound is a little shallow, and the stage was whitewashed with light (my pet peeve) but this is great rare footage! 
Band - 
Original work
YouTube Video

Alternate ending to Tommy's new Guitar
Short clip -  Steelman's final solo was often improvised and some of them became classics! I call this one 
"The Wizard of Oz" ending! 
Playpen in Wildwood
Band - 
Original work
YouTube Video

"Taking Your Time"
Original Music, written and arranged by Witness. Filmed in 1984.

Playpen in Wildwood

Witness  Show
YouTube Video 

"Uncle Albert"

 Billy performs this classis while Kent fills in the British Accent. 

Playpen in Wildwood

Band - 
Original work
YouTube Video
"Look Around"
 Taped at The Playpen in Wildwood. Chn 2 taped this for one of their shows. White-washed stage (as a Lighting Designed, I always hated that) and unfortunately, there is some hum in the audio track.
Playpen in Wildwood
Band - 
Original work
YouTube Video

"One More Chance"
Recorded at the Playpen. Original work, written and arranged by Witness. As a lighting designer, whitewashing the stage used to drive me nuts. Still, a good song for our friends in Wildwood.
Playpen in Wildwood

Band - 
Original work
YouTube Video

"Poor Lonely Man"
This is wild footage shot by me on stage with Witness at the Playpen for later editing. Kind of a "Band's Eye View" of things. The song is a Witness original called "Poor Lonely Man." The footage was raw unedited, but it's kind of cool and shows some of the Playpen crowd.
 Playpen in Wildwood
Rooney Sings !
YouTube Video

Tim Rooney come out to front a Springstene song as the band "Syn" joins us onstage for this unrehearsed and somewhat crazy moment! Great fun tho!

Shot Live at the Playpen in Wildwood

Steelman Vs
Schecter !
YouTube Video

Classic Steelman !
He challenges Mitch to a Drum-off! 

Shot Live at the Playpen in Wildwood

Drum Solo
(Mitch)
YouTube Video

Just as the title says!
From our 84 taping by Channel 2

Shot Live at the Playpen in Wildwood

See The Show!
YouTube Video

For our Wildwood Fans !! This is what things really looked like down at the Playpen in 84 After Channel 2 taped our show, they kept the cameras running while we kicked in our real lighting and effects! Most were too vivid for their equipment to take! This is a piece of the Genesis Show, unfortunately, the tape was damaged, and Billy had a sore throat. 

Band - 
Original work
YouTube Video

"Tommy's New Guitar"

Shot Live at the Playpen in Wildwood

Band - 
Original work
YouTube Video

"Everybody Needs Someone to Cry to"

Shot Live at the Playpen in Wildwood

Band - 
Original work
YouTube Video

"So Many Lies"

Shot Live at the Playpen in Wildwood

 

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