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Post by georgeb on Feb 20, 2024 22:57:32 GMT
On the "Morecambe And Wise: The Lost Tapes" DVD, episodes 1, 3, 4, and 8 are presented as audio-only. These line recordings, made by the late Peter Tatchell on the 1973 Australian broadcasts, are quite good.
Strangely, it's worth noting that these episodes are approximately 20 minutes in length, missing around 10 minutes each. Is this due to copyright issues?
Have a great day - George B.
PS: I have never posted before, so I apologise if I'm doing something wrong.
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Post by RWels on Feb 21, 2024 9:06:50 GMT
He cut out some segments to save tape. Like the music. Let's not forget how expensive that stuff was!
(He had a line-out installed, that's why it sounds so good. The desintegrating film would have been useless without him too!)
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Post by georgeb on Feb 21, 2024 16:10:28 GMT
He cut out some segments to save tape. Like the music. Let's not forget how expensive that stuff was! (He had a line-out installed, that's why it sounds so good. The desintegrating film would have been useless without him too!) Thank you for sharing these interesting details! Interestingly, the restored Episode 2 uses a complete off-air soundtrack, compared to the other off-air recordings which are incomplete. The line-out method was fantastic, providing great sound quality. I believe Graham Strong used the same method to record Doctor Who episodes. A missing Dad's Army episode, A Stripe For Frazer, was recorded by Ed Doolan using the same method. |
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Post by RWels on Feb 21, 2024 17:48:07 GMT
He cut out some segments to save tape. Like the music. Let's not forget how expensive that stuff was! (He had a line-out installed, that's why it sounds so good. The desintegrating film would have been useless without him too!) Thank you for sharing these interesting details! Interestingly, the restored Episode 2 uses a complete off-air soundtrack, compared to the other off-air recordings which are incomplete. The line-out method was fantastic, providing great sound quality. I believe Graham Strong used the same method to record Doctor Who episodes. A missing Dad's Army episode, A Stripe For Frazer, was recorded by Ed Doolan using the same method. And also, the alternative (with a microphone) sounds like rubbish. Funny you should mention Ed Doolan... a few shows he is supposed to have recorded, never turned up. |
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Post by John Green on Feb 21, 2024 23:30:38 GMT
I remember recording, and later taping over/losing, Spike Milligan reading an except from Adolf Hitler, My Part in His Downfall. (Think it was on Late Night Line-up). I'm sure the sound quality wasn't very good! We only had one tape...
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Post by RWels on Feb 22, 2024 21:54:34 GMT
There are shows that for some reason survived in picture but without sound. At least a few dozen in fact. For those, any type of home audio would be very handy.
(Either for technical reasons, like separate reels of audio getting separated from the original; or, because only foreign dubs survived.)
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