[QuadList] Client says he has a 2" tape. Quad? No, not this time.

Wed Jun 16 00:41:09 CDT 2010

Yesterday, a client asked to bring in his 2" tape of his father's work  
in Alaska. "Sure, bring it here" I said. He arrived. Nice fellow.  
Works in the post mixing business here locally. We mounted the tape on  
the AVR-1. Played it. Nothing. Tails out? Could not tell. Oxide out?  
Yes. I could see a control signal, but nothing else. My suspicion was  
that it was the rare Ampex VR 650/660 2" helical format. Fired up the  
machine, and found some interesting images and sound. First off, the  
beginning of the tape was a 1966 recording of "Hollywood A Go Go", one  
of the most visually exciting shows to watch, as compared to  
Bandstand, Thaxton, etc. The rest of the tape was local Alaska morning  
news plus a leftover teenage dance program. It's all a glimpse of the  
sixties.

Ya never know what you will find on these tapes. Neither did the client.

All of these images came from the VR 660 deck.

David Crosthwait
DC Video
Archived Media Transfer and Re-mastering Services
177 West Magnolia Blvd.
Burbank, CA. 91502
818-563-1073
818-563-1177 (fax)
818-285-9942 (cell)
DCFWTX at AOL.COM
DAVID at DCVIDEO.COM
WWW.DCVIDEO.COM
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Yesterday, a client asked to bring in his 2" tape of his father's work in Alaska. "Sure, bring it here" I said. He arrived. Nice fellow. Works in the post mixing business here locally. We mounted the tape on the AVR-1. Played it. Nothing. Tails out? Could not tell. Oxide out? Yes. I could see a control signal, but nothing else. My suspicion was that it was the rare Ampex VR 650/660 helical format. Fired up the machine, and found some interesting images and sound. First off, the beginning of the tape was a 1966 recording of "Hollywood A Go Go", one of the most visually exciting shows to watch, as compared to Bandstand, Thaxton, etc. The rest of the tape was local Alaska morning news plus a leftover teenage dance program. It's all a glimpse of the sixties.

Ya never know what you will find on these tapes. Neither did the client.

All of these images came from the VR 660 deck.

Local weather:

Local dance show:

Hollywood A Go Go:

David Crosthwait
DC Video
www.dcvideo.com

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