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

[kylebook at aol.com]

Dave,

   Based on your description, as well as the link Ted provided, it appears that this performance of "Lies" by the Knickerbockers is from the episode you discovered (albeit without the stereo audio, and the graphic at the beginning, which was from a '60s music anthology series hosted by John Sebastian that aired on A&E back in the 90s.) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n03a7cLf0M

   Hopefully, you could hook your client up with whoever holds the rights to "Hollywood A-Go-Go".  It could be lucrative for your client.

Best,

Kyle 




-----Original Message-----
From: David C. Crosthwait <david at dcvideo.com>
To: quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com
Sent: Thu, Jun 17, 2010 9:42 am
Subject: Re: [QuadList] Client says he has a 2" tape. Quad? No, not this time.


Ted, 
 
The capture devise is an AJA HD10AVA, going into a Kona 3 to one of our Mac Towers. 
 
I have not looked at what is posted on line from the You Tube crowd, but it is my understanding that there are only a few complete shows that exist on 2", and some 35mm kines. Actual videotape performances, such as the one from that VR 660 tape, are very rare. The show on this tape appears to be from Jan. 1, 1966, show # 54 (thanks for the list link, Ted). 
 
In regards to the dancers on "Hollywood A Go Go", I had the pleasure of working with one of them in her later years, as she was an editor for one of the studios in the early 90's. Only after a number of editing projects that she revealed to me that she was one of those dancers (we were working on feature film cut downs, not TV shows). Although I was impressed, I was not surprised, as she was one of the most attractive over age 50 ladies I had ever met. She said she had a lot of fun on that show. She has since retired from her studio job, but I'm indirectly in touch with her still. 
 
David Crosthwait 
 
DC Video 
www.dcvideo.com 
 
Quoting Ted Langdell <ted at quadvideotapegroup.com>: 
 
> Nice pix, David. 
> 
> What was the capture device? 
> 
> Can you tell what episode of Hollywoood a Go Go was on the tape? 
> Produced at KHJ-TV on Melrose first as a local show, then syndicated 
> nationally with episode 7-58, running Jan. 16, 1965-Feb. 5, 1966. 
> 
> More about that show here: 
> http://www.gazzarridancers.com/hollywoodagogohistory.html 
> 
> That site has an episode list with who appeared on each program: 
> http://www.gazzarridancers.com/episodelist.html 
> 
> 
> 
> On Jun 15, 2010, at 10:41 PM, David C. Crosthwait wrote: 
> 
>> 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 
> 
> Ted Langdell 
> Secretary 
 
 
 
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