BOC: Re: BD the sofa spud?

[Ted Jackson jr. EL 84]

> I found it interesting that Sandy Pearlman admitted (this was in the Goldmine
> article) that he thought (using 20-20 hindsight) that the band should've done
> *Imaginos* in the late 70's -- one can only speculate how history would've
> changed if *Imaginos* was released as a full-blown production (double album)
> in 1979 instead of *Mirrors*, with BOC riding on the wave of the success of
> *Some Enchanted Evening* (when, by Albert's admission in the Goldmine article,
> was probably when the band was perhaps playing as a unit better than any other
> period), and then supporting *Imaginos* with a big tour continuing the use of
> the lasers . . .  o.k., back to reality.
>
> John

But how to deal with 'Imaginos' live?  If performed in its entirety,
they'd have to forsake all the favorites [sound familiar].  But then,
at the height of their popularity, maybe the fans would've accepted
it, like the Who's fans taking to a whole night of Tommy?
theo