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Post by Simon B Kelly on Mar 22, 2019 10:36:00 GMT
No, that episode was mentioned as existing in this thread four years ago. In fact, I had already seen the Peter Schilling performance years before that as it was being traded amongst music fans. Good to know there are multiple recordings of that episode, though. I'm still trying to track down the other six missing episodes...
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Feb 4, 2019 22:46:10 GMT
The Yardbirds appeared in 15 episodes of TOTP between March 1965 and November 1966 - all wiped, of course...
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Jan 20, 2019 10:50:59 GMT
'Yes' or 'No' you ain't gonna ever hear it. That's what the dusty archives are for - removing all from the public domain. I mean really - what's the point of all of these multi-media archives if folks can never access anything? And the BL is one or the worst. As I understand it, everything listed in the British Library catalogue is available for the public to view or listen to as required. Isn't that the whole purpose of it being archived in the first place? To test this out, I emailed BL to request an appointment to listen to "We Also Serve". Within a few hours I received a lovely email telling me that no appointment is necessary. The programme I requested will be added to their "SoundServer Jukebox" shortly and I will get another email as soon as it is available. The "SoundServer Jukebox" is accessible to all visitors at their London (Euston Road) and Yorkshire (Boston Spa) Reading Rooms. It currently holds over 200,000 digital tracks of items stored in their archive. First time users will need to register for a free readers pass. As I'm just a few miles away from their London reading rooms I'll be popping up there to listen to this - and other - archive recordings soon...
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Jan 17, 2019 23:44:32 GMT
All of s2e8 Eco-Warriors and half of s2e4 Planet Prescription are on YouTube. They had many guests on each show who would most likely have recorded their "15 minutes of fame" and have it sitting on a shelf somewhere - almost everyone had a VHS recorder by 1990 (I probably had 3 or 4 machines back then!)
Just to confuse matters, the BFI website says there were 3 series between 1989 and 1991...
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Jan 15, 2019 7:03:20 GMT
The British Library do have 90,000 of their recordings available online so it's not all locked away: sounds.bl.uk
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Jan 15, 2019 6:48:52 GMT
They also mention in the KATU digital switchover report that KATU went color in 1967 - that was the same year we saw the first colour TV broadcasts here in the UK. The KATU film archive didn't seem very big - no sign of any Ampex tapes - I doubt they've bothered to retain much from their last 57 years of broadcasting...
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Jan 14, 2019 9:28:22 GMT
The US began color broadcasts in 1953. The first Ampex Color VT machines came out in 1958 so it's quite possible this is a colo(u)r program(me) presented by the late Kirby Brumfield (1932-2016).
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Jan 8, 2019 20:58:36 GMT
The usual way of transferring CV-2000 tapes onto a modern format is by pointing a camera at a monitor and recording the picture. That was how they recovered the missing Steptoe and Son episode, "My Old Man's a Tory", and presumably the episode of TOTP from Lulu's collection was saved the same way. There has never been a proper converter, as far as I'm aware, for transferring 188-line domestic recordings. The old BBC gear would have been for professional broadcast recordings anyway, which wouldn't have the same stability issues that you get with 50-year old domestic reels of tapes...
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Jan 7, 2019 12:00:27 GMT
Ideally, then, to correctly import CV-2000 recordings into a digital HD format, there needs to be a custom built 405-line Time Base Corrector designed to handle the longer line length stored in the 1-volt output so that all the information recorded for all 188 lines can be transferred across into a computer. The quality of the recordings so far suggests that they also need a Drop Out Compensation circuit to eliminate the white flashes, although there is probably software available these days that could do that at a later date.
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Jan 5, 2019 8:47:05 GMT
I suggested having a "YouTube for radio" where people could upload what they have 8 years ago on this very forum (see this thread) as I believe sharing this missing material online is the only way of ensuring its survival for future generations. So much is being lost forever because the people who recorded it have "shuffled off this mortal coil" and their descendants have binned their possessions or thrown them in a skip. Even more frustrating is when missing material is offered back to the BBC, or to the British Library, and is rejected! Thankfully there are now organisations like Kaleidoscope who will archive missing radio shows that are no longer wanted. It's good to see the Genome database is now linking to over 17,000 radio and 900 TV programmes. Allowing the public to upload audio files of missing shows would be a great idea as I suspect the majority of the 4 million radio broadcasts listed on it do not officially exist. I doubt it will ever happen, though! Those of us interested in archive radio will have to continue sharing and trading "illegally" in programmes that the copyright holders couldn't care less about...
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Dec 15, 2018 10:30:07 GMT
Surprisingly, despite the TV publicity, there are still over a hundred tickets available on the BFI website for the "Music and More" event this afternoon, and about the same for the later "Philip Morris Presents..." I grabbed a couple of tickets on the day of release for the TIEA event expecting them to sell out within a day or two - a month later and it seems there just aren't enough people in and around London interested enough to go to these events at this time of the year. Even my son, who was supposed to be coming with me, changed his mind yesterday, so if anyone wants a free front row seat to see Mr Morris let me know ASAP...
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Nov 16, 2018 20:09:24 GMT
Are you sure it's an LWT series? TV Times list it as being an ATV production, networked across most of the ITV regions. Regarding the two episodes mentioned by William, the cast for each programme is listed on iMDb: Blue Skies From Now On www.imdb.com/title/tt2324467/The One And Only Buster Barnes www.imdb.com/title/tt2324479/
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Nov 12, 2018 22:04:45 GMT
I was re-reading the 20-page booklet that came with "The Native Hue of Resolution: 20 Years of Missing Believed Wiped" DVD. It's interesting to note that most of the finds recently announced by Philip Morris were known to exist around 5 years ago! His appearance on The One Show last month played up the notion that he travels the world discovering these lost classics, but it's obvious he's also actively pursuing prints a lot closer to home that are being traded amongst collectors...
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Oct 30, 2018 21:10:57 GMT
I am hoping for some Hancock. I'm hoping for The Gnomes of Dulwich, The Complete and Utter History of Britain, some Liver Birds, Likely Lads, Till Death Us Do Part, Dee Time, Frost Report, Not Only... But Also plus the missing Dad's Army and the original Kitten Kong. That'll do for starters! And for the main course...
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Oct 30, 2018 18:45:45 GMT
Every time I see this thread updated I think "Finally! An Announcement!" only to discover that's it's just other members commenting on there not having been an announcement yet...
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