OOriginally photographed in 1972 during the three concerts at Anaheim, Long Beach and The Charlotte Sugar Bowl, Deep Freeze almost never made it to the public eye. A video documentary of The Leon Live album tour, the Deep Freeze video was one of the first long form concerts ever shot on videotape. Utilizing the Norelco PCP-70 "Minicam" (at 100 pounds it was not really mini!) and 2-inch Quad videotape, the concert pioneered a new era in filmmaking. Due to enormous technical problems originally encountered during the filming, the original master reels were shelved and thought to be lost for nearly 17 years until they were "rediscovered" in an old Norge freezer being used as a locker. For more of the "Deep Freeze Story", just click on the picture of the video and you will be "taken there"! Jeffery Haas editor-- "Out of the Deep Freeze-The Lost Reels" |
The Deep Freeze DVD is out of print Stay tuned for a second edition with bonus tracks improved audio and lots of extras |
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The picture on the left is just the optics for one of the actual NORELCO PCP-70 portable television cameras used to tape the Leon Live tour. There was an additional "backpack" of circuitry that the camera operator wore on a metal "cage" strapped to his torso. The large round metal fitting to the right of the NORELCO name was used to mount the optics to the cage so that they would move independently. There was no feasible way to carry this monster on the shoulder in the manner used by present day ENG cameras. |
A color pic of the PCP-70, thankfully mounted on something besides the injured back of a sorry camera operator. This pic does not show the backpack CCU/power supply, but the next picture below does. Thanks to Chuck Pharis for this picture of his very own PCP-70.....wonder how HIS back feels? |
A shot of the Phillips PCP-90, which is a slightly more evolved but no less monstrous cousin of the PCP-70. That is NOT a portable VTR strapped to the camera operator's back. The only broadcast format available at that time was 2-Inch Quad. |
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