Infrared Sightings

Infobox Film
name = Infrared Sightings


caption = "Infrared Sightings" video tape cover
director = Len Dell'Amico
Larry Lachman
producer = Len Dell'Amico
Larry Lachman
music = Grateful Dead
distributor = Trigon Productions
released = 1992
runtime = 18 minutes
country = United States
language = English
amg_id = 1:178339
imdb_id =

"Infrared Sightings" is a video by the Grateful Dead, consisting of computer animation and other imagery set to music from their album "Infrared Roses". It was released on VHS video tape and on laserdisc in 1992, and is 18 minutes long.

"Infrared Roses" is known to fans as "the all Drums and Space album". Produced by Grateful Dead sound designer Bob Bralove, it contains free form improvisational music recorded live at a number of different Dead concerts.

The visuals for "Infrared Sightings" combine computer generated images, many of them abstract, with found footage that has been altered or edited in various ways. The video is therefore somewhat reminiscent of the light shows that were projected on large screens at many Grateful Dead concerts.

"Infrared Sightings" on Allmovie

Allmovie entry for "Infrared Sightings" [http://allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:178339] erroneously states that the video includes the songs "Truckin'", "Playing in the Band", "Not Fade Away", "Sugar Magnolia", and "Friend of the Devil". As explained above, the soundtrack of "Infrared Sightings" actually is made up of sections of different performances of the free form musical improvisation known as "Drums" and "Space". Allmovie also incorrectly lists the release date of the video as 1995.

Track listing

* intro – FreeQuency Beach
* part 1 – Underwatermelons (music: "Riverside Rhapsody")
* part 2 – Synchronations (music: "Post-Modern Highrise Table Top Stomp")
* part 3 – Yes I Kandinsky (music: "Infrared Roses")

Credits

Musicians

* Jerry Garcia – guitar
* Mickey Hart – drums, percussion
* Bill Kreutzmann – drums, percussion
* Phil Lesh – bass
* Brent Mydland – keyboards
* Bob Weir – guitar

With

* Bob Bralove
* Willie Green III

Production

* Len Dell'Amico, Larry Lachman – directors, producers
* Fritz Perlberg – executive producer
* Bob Bralove – music producer
* Maury Rosenfeld — spatio-temporal opto-orchestrator
* Fred Raimondi – visual effects and creative entity
* Sam Hamann – electronic paintmeister
* David Tristram – electropaint graphics programmer/artist
* Steve Burr, "Mad" Johnny Modell – intro sound design
* Quency – special animated appearance

ee also

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References

* [http://www.deaddisc.com/vi/Infrared.htm "Infrared Sightings" on DeadDisc.com]
* [http://www.lddb.com/laserdisc.php?id=4389 "Infrared Sightings" on LaserDisc Database]
* Scott, John W; Dolgushkin, Mike; Nixon, Stu. "DeadBase XI: The Complete Guide to Grateful Dead Song Lists", 1999, DeadBase, ISBN 1-877657-22-0, p. 122

External links

* [http://www.fritzperlberg.com/video/infrared.htm Clip from "Infrared Sightings" on FritzPerlberg.com]