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[Fierce]

Salaam uploaded in his story many old blackberry phones of his, which we know one of them was the phone he recorded Amy at Union Chapel.
I sent him a dm if he has more videos innit, but I believe that if anyone has a big Amy ig account or has contact with Salaam, it would be easier to receive a reply.

 

haha I just thought the same today when I was watching this story

[SMiLESounds]

She looks bloody gorgeous in the pictures I've seen from this thread so far. Really valuable information posted here as well. Keep it up guys, you're keeping Amy's legacy alive! <3

If I find anything at all online, I'll make sure to post.

[SMiLESounds]

 

Excellent post, as always! As a fan since 2006, I can assure you this was her best perfomance ever (including others, of course). 2006 should have never ended for Amy.... Her voice in "Love you More..." was superb,exquisite and pure (even if the quality video was crap). Her perfomance reminds me of Judy Garland, Billie Holiday and many more. I wonder if might find something on MySpace, but according to what I read in earlier posts, this seems to be impossible. Shame on MySpace team!

I saw Mika's video and it was quite good even though mobile phones were so basic back in 2006 and 2007! (and the videos lasted mostly some seconds). What drew my attention: Oasis gig took place on the 26th of November (two days after Amy's!!) , and Amy was quite famous back then (of course not as popular as in 2007 but she had already released her debut album in UK). So, my guess is that it is very strange they didn't record Amy's perfomance (or any other artist), specially bearing in mind that this perfomance was launched by BBC. If they certainly didn't record the set, they lost a unique opportunity in capturing one of the best moments in music history. If it exists, it is likely it will cost A LOT OF MONEY, especially with the passing of years. Don't forget that Mitch is inevitably behind Amy's stuff, and sharing new material has never been part of his kindness... I AM HOPEFUL, HOWEVER, THAT THIS PERFOMANCE WAS FULLY RECORDED (AT LEAST IN AUDIO), SINCE WE GOT THE CHANCE TO HEAR "WE ARE STILL FRIENDS" IN HQ BACK IN 2015. Besides, she sang a lot of songs (I remember seeing a piece of paper with the songs, the ones she used to perfom during her B2B 2007 tour).

Thank you once again for your extensive dedication and research! We should definitely keep an eye on this set, as it shows Amy's simplicity yet brillance that not so many people know.

PD: Matthew Holley is the name of the guy who uploaded Jo Wiley's speech, I tried to look his name up on Twitter, but couldn't find anything. Anyway, I think it is highly unlikely that he still has videos from that night, after 16 years! Perhaps we can get in touch with Salaam?

 

 

 

"2006 should have never ended for Amy" hit me so hard for so many reasons. Even if you didn't mean it, that's the most impactful thing I've read on this site so far. Wow...

[blacktoypoodle]

"2006 should have never ended for Amy" hit me so hard for so many reasons. Even if you didn't mean it, that's the most impactful thing I've read on this site so far. Wow...

Same. It makes me sad that Amy's peak was so short. I really wish things had been different.

[Carlo20]

Here is the concert review from MOJO magazine; the scan in the first post of this thread was unreadable, but a clearer photo has just surfaced on eBay (link). The setlist at the end of the article is slightly different from the handwritten one!

Pure soul power
Amy Winehouse
Union Chapel, London
Twenty-two-year-old north Londoner raises the church rafters.
She's noticeably nervous as she takes the stage, but Amy Winehouse has no need to be. From the moment she launches into Just Friends, her set opener, the emotional power and soulful strength behind her voice bewitches. Clutching the microphone as if her life depended on it, she's a fun-house hall of mirrors-contorted vision; a gorgeous cross between a '50s pulp novel jacket Bad Girl and the Walt Jabsco gangster, her hair half-a-foot high, Kohl black, teased and tangled, with a yellow rosebud poking out above her right ear, Ronnie Spector from across the tracks, with eyes shining bright out of heavy Cleopatra make-up, her mouth daubed in red lipstick quickly smudged from gulping at a glass of red wine.

Her outfit is not the sparkling, sequinned evening gown or demure shift dress that befitted her vocal antecedents such as Aretha Franklin, Ettas James and Jones (she recently duetted on the latter's Don't Go To Strangers with Paul Weller at his Electric Proms performance), but skintight drainpipes held up by braces, a modest white vest that she's afraid her "boobs will fall out" of (she fidgets with its neckline throughout the concert) and a figure-hugging zipped-up leather jacket that she discards after that first song to reveal tattoos designed with the brash bravado you might get at a seaside booth.

Amy loves to flout convention. Tonight is clear evidence of that. The performance, a part of a series of gigs to raise money and awareness for Mencap's Arts Awards scheme, curated by DJ and ambassador of the charity Jo Wiley and entitled the Little Noise Sessions: Acoustic At The Union, sees Amy backed by a four-man, very much plugged-in band — Robin Banerjee, guitar; Dale Davis, bass; Nathan Allen, drums; Sam Beste, keyboards.

By the third number, Cherry, she's approximating dance steps straight out of the Maxine Powell/Cholly Atkins charm school of Motown with tentative Supremes-like arm and hand movements for good measure and footsteps that in high heels would be dainty but in white trainers are both cumbersome and cute. Then come three of the night's best songs, all culled from her latest LP, Back To Black — a heartfelt Love Is A Losing Game that she prefaces with, "I always get a little teary when I sing this", a spirited Back To Black that almost turns into The Ronettes' Be My Baby, and Tears Dry On Their Own which, shorn of its Ain't No Mountain High Enough sample, becomes less pop and more funk.

By the end of the show, after two poignant renditions from the Donny Hathaway songbook, We're Still Friends and I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know, MOJO is left knowing that Amy is the real thing. "Every time I kneel down I feel like James Brown" she laughs as she stoops to peek up her wine glass again. Like James, she'd win over the legendary amateur night at the Apollo in New York's Harlem, no problem.
Lois Wilson
Setlist:
Just Friends / Love Is Blind / Cherry / Love Is A Losing Game / Back To Black / Unholy War / Tears Dry On Their Own / I'm No Good / Me And Mr Jones / Rehab / We're Still Friends / I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know

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[yourshadowcoversme914]

Here is the concert review from MOJO magazine; the scan in the first post of this thread was unreadable, but a clearer photo has just surfaced on eBay (link). The setlist at the end of the article is slightly different from the handwritten one!

Pure soul power
Amy Winehouse
Union Chapel, London
Twenty-two-year-old north Londoner raises the church rafters.
She's noticeably nervous as she takes the stage, but Amy Winehouse has no need to be. From the moment she launches into Just Friends, her set opener, the emotional power and soulful strength behind her voice bewitches. Clutching the microphone as if her life depended on it, she's a fun-house hall of mirrors-contorted vision; a gorgeous cross between a '50s pulp novel jacket Bad Girl and the Walt Jabsco gangster, her hair half-a-foot high, Kohl black, teased and tangled, with a yellow rosebud poking out above her right ear, Ronnie Spector from across the tracks, with eyes shining bright out of heavy Cleopatra make-up, her mouth daubed in red lipstick quickly smudged from gulping at a glass of red wine.
Her outfit is not the sparkling, sequinned evening gown or demure shift dress that befitted her vocal antecedents such as Aretha Franklin, Ettas James and Jones (she recently duetted on the latter's Don't Go To Strangers with Paul Weller at his Electric Proms performance), but skintight drainpipes held up by braces, a modest white vest that she's afraid her "boobs will fall out" of (she fidgets with its neckline throughout the concert) and a figure-hugging zipped-up leather jacket that she discards after that first song to reveal tattoos designed with the brash bravado you might get at a seaside booth.
Amy loves to flout convention. Tonight is clear evidence of that. The performance, a part of a series of gigs to raise money and awareness for Mencap's Arts Awards scheme, curated by DJ and ambassador of the charity Jo Wiley and entitled the Little Noise Sessions: Acoustic At The Union, sees Amy backed by a four-man, very much plugged-in band — Robin Banerjee, guitar; Dale Davis, bass; Nathan Allen, drums; Sam Beste, keyboards.
By the third number, Cherry, she's approximating dance steps straight out of the Maxine Powell/Cholly Atkins charm school of Motown with tentative Supremes-like arm and hand movements for good measure and footsteps that in high heels would be dainty but in white trainers are both cumbersome and cute. Then come three of the night's best songs, all culled from her latest LP, Back To Black — a heartfelt Love Is A Losing Game that she prefaces with, "I always get a little teary when I sing this", a spirited Back To Black that almost turns into The Ronettes' Be My Baby, and Tears Dry On Their Own which, shorn of its Ain't No Mountain High Enough sample, becomes less pop and more funk.
By the end of the show, after two poignant renditions from the Donny Hathaway songbook, We're Still Friends and I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know, MOJO is left knowing that Amy is the real thing. "Every time I kneel down I feel like James Brown" she laughs as she stoops to peek up her wine glass again. Like James, she'd win over the legendary amateur night at the Apollo in New York's Harlem, no problem.
Lois Wilson
Setlist:
Just Friends / Love Is Blind / Cherry / Love Is A Losing Game / Back To Black / Unholy War / Tears Dry On Their Own / I'm No Good / Me And Mr Jones / Rehab / We're Still Friends / I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know

Thank you! I really really wish that there was professional footage!

[Carlo20]

Thank you! I really really wish that there was professional footage!

 

I wonder what prevents the recordings that almost surely exist from being released!

[yourshadowcoversme914]

I wonder what prevents the recordings that almost surely exist from being released!

Seriously! Like there’s no way it wasn’t filmed!