A few years back we had some talk about this issue over here. Regarding the old stuff there was little hope, but there were plans with the new stuff. I'm not sure though if these plans are still in the can now HTM has officially stopped existing.

I am also one of those who aches for a HtM dvd, the old stuff that exists is if my memory is alright, very bad quality (whas it without sound) dont remember..but why not share the old footage and put sound from another concert, just so that we can get a wibe of the old HtM.

I believe/hope for a real reunion someday in the future incuding Kit Watkins, Ron Riddle or ..Michael Beck on the drums. Or why not both on different tracks . Mike was not asked to join back in the 2000 reunion but when I asked him about it he was not negative, I believe he would be happy about the idea.

If this reunion will ever be reality, a filmed concert dvd would be the ultimate stuff hehe

You may call me a dreamer but I really believe in miracles

Last week I got a promo of the latest CD/DVD from the Italian band Deus Ex Machina called Imparis. On the DVD there's a recent concert, but there's also more than one hour of archive-stuff + an interview with small shots from concerts in between. I'm sure there's enough footage from HTM-concerts to fill an entire DVD, but the question is: who's gonna do the production, the directing and of course who'll release it. The Deus Ex Machina-CD/DVD was released by Cuneiform, a label that has also put out some HTM-stuff in the past. The difference is that D.E.M. is a band that still exists, while Happy..... Well, if anyone has the time, money and technical know how???

Howdy folks,

It was - what, last year sometime? - that a concert video was posted on the HTM site. It was in a small building with a small audience, and the video appeared to be made from two cameras. The show was recent and contained a bunch of old stuff, plus several tunes from “The Muse”.

Two questions:

1. What happen to the link for this show? And why is this not available for purchase?
2. Is there a full concert available of the State Theater show in August 2002 in Falls Church Va? This would be from the video clips on the HTM homepage provided by Larry Aronson.

I sent a message to Frank through this site a while back about the recent video removed from the HTM site. I suggested the band create 500 or so copies, and sell them to raise funds for Stan and LeeAnne. I would not exhaust extra funds for special mixing, costly covers, etc. Just produce the concert DVD as-is. To date I have not received a reply from Frank.

Perhaps he will check in a little later.

Merry Christmas everybody.

I know that YouTube has a few Happy the Man tunes available with the newer line up but I have not heard about any past footage from HTM in the glory days so to speak.

The link you are referring to is from an XM Studio video recording. I do not know why it's no longer available. Possibly copyright infringements or some other legal BS. Maybe not, but I did get to view it a few times while it was posted. The line-up was definitely "The Muse Awakens" guys, with Dave Rosenthal on synths & keys & Joe Bergamini on drums & percussion. I thought the sound & video quality was quite good, but it might not have been up to par for the group to release. Of course, I can't speak for them. Stan or Frank and even Bill Plummer may be able to shed some light on the topic. I'll ask Stan this weekend, if we get a chance to talk about it.

If it's the quality of the production (or other things) that's holding up a video release, I would like to mention that I have videos with poor quality and less-than-perfect performances of other prog bands. I wouldn't trade them for the world! I still watch them to this day. I don't care if the quality of an HTM videos is sub-par, I would still buy it/them and love every second.

Count me in

Greetings everyone. And Happy New Year.

It has been a while since I have posted herein. So…

Rehashing old: Way back in Dec 08 was a discussion about an HTM concert video.
I posted at one time the HTM website contained a video of “The Muse” version of the band at XM Studios – that was removed from the site.

As a reply gkep wrote: The link you are referring to is from an XM Studio video recording. I do not know why it's no longer available.

I emailed Canefire on one occasion inquiring about the video. But him being a busy man … I received no reply.

Anyone here have the connections to open up this discussion again? I would gladly pay for a DVD copy of this rare HTM concert.

JHark (formerly The Hat Guy)

Bill Plummer posted this video on Progressive Ears (why not over here, Bill??). I guess he would be the best guy to do this video-project and now he isn't in OS anymore I guess he's got plenty of time

Haven't seen that video before so thanks for posting it here, Steamingears! ..at (the right place) !! Yeah we miss you over here, Bill!