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Post by Kevin Segura on Aug 17, 2004 8:00:19 GMT
This may perhaps be a bit off-topic, strictly speaking, but I'm curious as to what the oldest recovered British TV audio tape recording is... I know that there were some folks that were archiving **radio** programs in the 50's, but I'm curious as to the identity of the earliest-discovered piece of [relatively] hi-fi TV audio.
And if there's a good story attached to it, that'd be nice to hear, as well!
Thanks for any help you can offer.
-Kevin Segura
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Post by David Brunt on Aug 17, 2004 14:18:57 GMT
Don't know of they're the earliest, but there are a couple of 1958/9 Hancock episodes in circulation. 'The Horror Serial' being one.
Though I suspect they're from the 1960 repeat run...
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Post by William Martin on Aug 18, 2004 16:21:44 GMT
This may perhaps be a bit off-topic, strictly speaking, but I'm curious as to what the oldest recovered British TV audio tape recording is... I know that there were some folks that were archiving **radio** programs in the 50's, but I'm curious as to the identity of the earliest-discovered piece of [relatively] hi-fi TV audio. And if there's a good story attached to it, that'd be nice to hear, as well! Thanks for any help you can offer. -Kevin Segura thats a good question, I wish I'd thought of it
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Post by PHNEILL on Aug 19, 2004 14:48:29 GMT
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Post by PHNEILL on Aug 19, 2004 15:02:26 GMT
I dont know what is the earliest home audio recording of a TV broadcast. However a fan of Dr Who recorded a large number of episodes on audio tape starting in 1965/66. The audio quality of these recordings was found to be better than the optical sound track on some of the surviving film telerecordings (kinescopes). When the BBC released these episodes on video it was decided to replace the optical sound track with the better quality home audio recordings. Further information is on the Dr Who Restoration Team website (http://www.restoration-team.co.uk/) see BBC archive holdings article - I quote "It is thanks to collectors Graham Strong and David Holman that the BBC has access to near-perfect audio recordings of every missing Hartnell / Troughton episode (yes all 109 of them!), far superior in quality to the BBC audio releases of "The Power of the Daleks", "The Macra Terror", "The Evil of the Daleks" and "Fury from the Deep"".
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Post by Kevin Segura on Aug 19, 2004 16:26:01 GMT
Actually, I'm a great fan of the RT's work, and that's the very reason I'm curious about what other high-quality home recordings are known to have been made of programs that are either missing, or only preserved as film recordings... and just how far back one might expect to find them.
It appears that the necessary home equipment may have been more prevalent in the US, however, if the oldest known TV audio recordings in the UK are from about 1960... I'm aware of a few examples in the States that date from the mid to late 50's (though those are the exception, as you might guess).
-Kevin
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Post by Gareth R on Aug 24, 2004 11:42:48 GMT
I guess you could say that the earliest audio recording of now-missing television is the 30-line Baird Phonovision disc recorded from the BBC transmission "Looking In" in 1933... well, strictly speaking it's a video recording, but the video signal is of a low enough frequency to be audible.
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Post by Kev on Aug 24, 2004 13:13:36 GMT
I have an audio of Buddy Holly at the London Palladium 2 March 1958.
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Post by Bob on Aug 24, 2004 14:35:58 GMT
Buddy Holly?...really??....how much of it have you got?...I know there is only a few scratchy seconds that exist...
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Post by Kev on Aug 24, 2004 14:45:09 GMT
That'll Be The Day Peggy Sue Oh Boy
Transfered to cd and in pretty good nick.
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Post by William Martin on Aug 24, 2004 16:44:49 GMT
well messers Brown, Buck and Vanezis it looks like your site has helped to unearth a real gem
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Post by Bob on Aug 25, 2004 6:24:31 GMT
Kev...are they complete, or clips?.....
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Post by Kev on Aug 25, 2004 7:44:32 GMT
They are complete.
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Post by Bob on Aug 25, 2004 11:01:29 GMT
Kev...how on earth did you get them?...there has not been known to exist complete recordings....dont suppose you have the telecast by any chance?....if you say they are complete... you have bloody gold mine there!!!...because as you know they have been sought after for years!
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Post by Kev on Aug 25, 2004 11:11:40 GMT
Nah don't have the telecast unfortunately.
I guess they come from a reel to reel recording a fan made at home.
Better than no record at all!
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