As usual with one of my requests, this is a bit of a long shot.

I'm trying to compile a list of gigs which we know were filmed (at least partially). I was hoping to identify the person behind the camera for each of these and thought I could pull the credits from the two Definitive Editions and the Glasgow DVD.
However, looking at these, apart from a handful of shows (Hurrah's - Merrill Aldigheiri, Peppermint Lounge - Maureen Nappi, Pennies & Tolworth - Dec Hickey) there aren't really any details.

Most of them say that they are copyright Steve Morris but that's presumably mainly due to a lot of them being filmed on Steve's camera (I believe he used to enlist helpers to film the gigs).

So, if any knowledgeable fans happen to know who filmed the following, please let me know:

06/02/81 - CoManCHE Student Union, Manchester Polytechnic, Manchester, UK
20/06/81 - Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton (Tony Wilson maybe?)
15/11/81 - Masonic Temple, Toronto, Canada
23/01/82 - Imperial Cinema, Birmingham, UK
11/03/82 - Soul Kitchen, Newcastle, UK
17/04/82 - Le Palace, Paris, France (Ged Duffy maybe?)
24/05/82 - Pennies, Norwich, UK (two cameras - Dec Hickey on the one, but who was on the other?)
17/06/82 - Piper Club, Rome, Italy
26/06/82 - The Haçienda, Manchester, UK
26/01/83 - The Haçienda, Manchester, UK
12/03/83 - Recreation Centre, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Tolworth, UK (two cameras - Dec Hickey on the one, but who was on the other?)
22/04/83 - Savoy, Cork, Ireland
24/04/83 - Rosehill Hotel, Kilkenny, Ireland
09/05/83 - Tower Ballroom, Birmingham, UK
29/06/83 - First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
20/07/83 - The Haçienda, Manchester, UK
30/03/84 - Uni-Mensa, Düsseldorf, Germany
03/04/84 - Alabamahalle, Munich, Germany
08/04/84 - Metropol, Berlin, Germany
15/04/84 - Galactica, Luneburg, Germany
10/05/84 - Saga Cinema, Copenhagen, Denmark
04/08/85 - International Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
15/12/85 - Rotterdam Arena, Rotterdam, Netherlands
14/06/89 - Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, California, USA

All of these appeared on either of the two Definitive Editions, the Live in Glasgow DVD, the Factory Video or the Gorilla TV show that Steve did last year.

Thanks for all this, Jenny. I was hoping you might be able to answer.



I noticed that she had done the Kilburn Ballroom footage.
I'm not very familiar with her. Was she a Factory person, or someone freelance? Maybe a friend of Steve's?



Ah yes. Of course. I'd forgotten he was in the footage, camera in hand.



I'm embarrassed to say that I'd completely forgotten about the end credits on some of the footage. I only checked the DVD case, Definitive Editions' books, Discogs entry etc.
Yep - it says that Malcolm and Brian Nicholson edited the footage, with Malcolm directing. It looks like Malcolm and someone called Linda Dutton operated the cameras. Again, any idea who she is?



Ah yes. It also mentions a few people under the heading 'video camera' (Dave Swan, Barrie Dodd, Badger, Glen Wilkinson) straight after it mentions Trilion. I'm guessing that all of them worked for Trilion/RPM.

Mike Wilkie gets a separate 'film camera' credit, so presume he was the guy behind the camera for the main film (i.e. not the Haç gig).



I had a feeling it might have been him. Thanks for clearing this up.



That would certainly make sense. I'll add IKON as 'tentative'.



Again, thanks for clearing that up. I didn't know it was shown separately. Interesting.



Great! I'll add that info to my list.


Again, many thanks for this. I'll go through the various credits of all the footage I have and see if there's anything I missed.

Whoops! Just noticed I called you Jenny. Apologies. I blame auto-korrektt.
I usually double check things after I post. Must've been tired.




Well, yeah. I tried that.

First two hits show:

1) She's worked for 'Oz PA Hire' 1978-2003.
2) Discogs states 'Freelance audio engineer from Manchester, UK. Has done FOH work for New Order'. I think the 'audio engineer' thing is probably not particular relevant here. 'Front Of House' is relatively informative, but nothing that specific.

Nothing much after that, so it's not like the internet is alive with shed loads of info as to what she did with the band.

I guess I could try and find out exactly what 'OZ PA Hire' did between 1978 and 2003 (as well as hire PAs) and then try to establish exactly what Ms Barton did for the company, day to day, all those years ago. However, this seems like a lot of heavy lifting for potentially little return.

Instead, I thought Johnny James might be able to part with some nuggets of information along the lines of 'yeah, she was a friend of the band, worked a little with Factory between 1983 and 1987, friends with Rob Gretton etc.'. I wondered if there was some connection other than just 'somebody for hire'. A personal friend etc. Why she was, nine times out of ten, lumbered with Steve's bulky camera, rather than some one else? That sort of thing.

If Johnny doesn't know, no problem. I can either research further, or put the matter to bed and call it 'done' (probably the latter).

As much as anything, I'm just trying to keep the conversation alive on this here board (there's, sadly, little movement here at the moment). If I went away and just researched it on my own, only I would benefit.
Just thought others might find the conversation interesting.

That’s really helpful and does go some way to explain why she she may have been roped in to camera duties on a regular occasion.

Thanks!

Ah, cool. Thanks for clearing that up. I’ve actually just ordered a signed copy of Ged’s book. Looking forward to reading it.

Thanks. I'll dig out my copy of Dec's book (that's always a pleasure; what a magnificent piece of work that book is).