[QuadList] Early Quad Color--"Saving Cyd Charisse" gets a secondlook at AMIA's The Reel Thing, this Saturday.

[David C. Crosthwait]

Hello Gary and Ted,

Good to hear that the presentations went well. I wished I could have  
been there, believe me. The traffic jams up the Jersey turnpike and at  
the entrance to the George Washington Bridge (NYC) made the jam-ups on  
the 405 in LA look like cakewalk. And yes, some segments of the  
spliced Cyd master had scratches apparently from the initial recording  
or edit session. I thought you'd enjoy the Jade Dance segment and the  
creative use of lighting.

The Cyd presentation in Washington D.C. went very well. Needless to  
say, Cyd Charisse was an attention getter, as were other clips. The  
migration of quad material was discussed along with other vintage  
formats.

David Crosthwait






Quoting Gary Adams <garyada at ix.netcom.com>:

> So to amplify what Ted was saying, there were several presentations of
> interest to our group.  It was too bad Ted missed Friday as there were two
> other topics of interest.
>
> -Bob Schumacher talked about the digitization of the Tonight Show (Starring
> Johnny Carson) for preservation and access (commercial use, but it's out
> there) for most of the shows.  I wasn't taking notes but of course, they
> don't include the shows that were lost due to recycling (new terminology) of
> the video tape.  I'm sure there was plenty of quad and 1" tape in these
> archives.  It was pretty interesting none the less.  Even though it is
> commercialized, it is still preserved at the prevailing resolution.
>
> -Ken Weissman gave us a detailed tour of the new LOC Packard Campus.  Some
> interesting things were offered that could have easily been lost if not
> paying attention.  They have started a free "juke box" web site which
> contains early recordings not in copyright.  Sony has provided a huge
> collection of music probably 70 years old (hey, I'm getting there).  It
> sounds like the potential for public good still lies in hiding there.  It
> will only get better as time and funding goes on.
>
> -This morning, Brian Walker discussed a potential "non Contact method for
> recovering information from magnetic media.  The focus was starting with
> quad tape.  While we all have many questions and observations, he remains
> optimistic this will work well.  No real details were provided due to
> patents and probably too early to start talking details.
>
> The Saving Cyd Charisse segment was awesome.  Would have been nice to have
> David here though.  It looked great, but I probably am old enough to see the
> show when it aired.  I was pretty amazed that anyone in the audience saw any
> of the quad flaws.  What were they looking at?  Ok. First line effect (is
> that an RCA term?), very light scratches, some moiré.  But really, what were
> we looking at?  And it was on a pretty large screen which really shows how
> well the image holds up.  Oh yes.  And Cyd Charisse was in it.  Now. I'm
> showing my age.
>
> Gary
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Langdell [mailto:ted at quadvideotapegroup.com]
> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 2:01 AM
> To: garyada at ix.netcom.com; Quad List
> Subject: Re: [QuadList] Early Quad Color--"Saving Cyd Charisse" gets a
> secondlook at AMIA's The Reel Thing, this Saturday.
>
> The Afternoon presentations were all good, but the wrap with Ralph
> Sargent explaining how the RCA Labs Color Heterodyne processor worked
> was quite well explained by a good powerpoint.
>
> Dan Wingate did a good job with David's St. Louis presentation.
> Having seen it, I enjoyed the re-run... especially the added material
> I don't recall seening in St. Louis... a marvelously staged and shot
> dance sequence with pools of light.
>
> Bravo David!  There was some good Q&A after... and then a number of us—
> including Gary Adams—went to dinner at the Arclight theater up Vine
> St... Talkd about Quad among other esoterica... and still made it back
> in time for the sneak preview:
>
> A 2K restoration and 2K filmout of 20th Century Fox's 1958 sci fi
> thriller "The Fly" with Vincent Price and David Hedison (as Al
> Hedison) in the lead role of scientist Andre Delambre.
>
> A good time had by all.
>
> Phoenix Monday, Tuesday. for demos. If time, hello to Ed,  and maybe a
> side-trip to Tucson to say hello to Harold Deppe Sr. and Jr.
>
> May your week ahead not suffer any quadrature error that can't be
> adjusted out.
>
> Ted
>
>
> On Aug 14, 2010, at 12:06 AM, Gary Adams wrote:
>
>> So David.  We are not going to see you at the Reel Thing?  You can't
>> stop
>> by?  Would have been nice to see you.  In fact, I haven't seen Ted
>> either
>> but he is lurking nearby and expected Saturday.  Some interesting
>> stuff
>> here.
>>
>> You are missing all the fun.  Hope to at least, see you in
>> Philadelphia.
>>
>> Gary Adams
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com
>> [mailto:quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com] On Behalf Of David C.
>> Crosthwait
>> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 8:17 AM
>> To: quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com
>> Subject: Re: [QuadList] Early Quad Color--"Saving Cyd Charisse" gets a
>> secondlook at AMIA's The Reel Thing, this Saturday.
>>
>>
>>
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