[QuadList] The Beatles, Washington D.C. 1964

Fri Nov 19 19:53:15 CST 2010

I know that the Marconis from the Ed Sullivan theater were sent to the
CBS O&O in St. Louis, KMOX, and they promptly donated them to the
educational station (PBS didn't exist yet) where I saw them in 68.

Bill Spencer

NorthStar Studios, Inc.

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[mailto:quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com] On Behalf Of David
Crosthwait
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 8:08 AM
To: Quad List
Subject: Re: [QuadList] The Beatles, Washington D.C. 1964

After reviewing a set of images found in a google search, it appears
that the '64 Sullivan NYC studio shows were using Marconi Mark IV's if
the caption dates are correct. Therefore, I am apparently wrong in
stating that the Marconi's did not arrive till later.  I do recall that
the '65 show was sharp as tack when compared to the Feb. '64 shows, and
perhaps from that observation I made the incorrect assumption that the
Marconi's were on that show only.

Yes, it would be nice to hear from someone who was there on site at that
time to set the record straight.

David

On Nov 17, 2010, at 7:34 PM, David Crosthwait wrote:

>From the Sullivan series of transfers I've done over the years, the
Marconi's did not get used till the later part of '64. The Beatles '65
show (the last B&W Sullivan) was on the Marconi's. The PC 60's came on
the scene in the fall of '65, and they were soft (no image enhancer
yet). I'd be curious to know if CBS ever had Marconi's in a remote
truck. Perhaps not. I think CBS saw the Norelco color cameras coming by
'64 and were saving money for the color upgrades in '65, but Sullivan
was such a hot show that they got s studio installation of Marconi's.
That's my guess.

Speaking of The Beatles and Sullivan, go out and acquire the latest
Beatles on Sullivan DVD:

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The Miami show has an improved transfer and image processing that we did
for Sofa Entertainment (and shown at SAA in August and AMIA earlier this
month). 

Regards,

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)

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On Nov 17, 2010, at 7:16 PM, C. Park Seward wrote:

My guess is TK-30. CBS and Sullivan did use the Marconi's so it may be
that camera.

I bet Chuck could tell just by looking at the picture.

Best,

Park

C. Park Seward

Cell: 818-535-2747

Home: 541-476-6657

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On Nov 17, 2010, at 7:11 PM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:

what do you it was shot with??

	don't see the "corners" of the image orthicon in any of the
shots, nor any changes in sensitivity near the edges of the picture.
Which leads me to conclude that the video was probably cropped.

	I've used I/Os with over 600 lines of resolution.  These
pictures are softer than that.

	That said, how nice to see the video!

	-Tom

	On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 11:31 AM, <kylebook at aol.com> wrote:

	No issues with the video quality, considering what a massive
upgrade this is from the kinescope copies that have been in circulation
in the collector's circuit since the 80s.  The kines were missing most
of "Twist & Shout" and "Long Tall Sally" entirely.

	- Kyle  

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	Sent: Wed, Nov 17, 2010 12:44 am
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	Indeed David! I enjoed it!  thanks   for the details!...    It
is great just to have this! Thanks! 

		Ed, 

		I don't know who's truck it was. I have an email into
Ron to find out if he knows. Also, I would presume that the VTR was in
the truck, and not microwaved back to some record VTR in a station (as
in WRC doing the pickup and feeding it back to their station). The video
is not that sharp if I recall correctly, meaning it did not look like
the higher quality TK 60's or Marconi's. But, if you are in any way a
Beatles fan and can toleratse the audio problems, then you should be OK
with the video quality as well, in my opinion. 

		David 

	-----Original Message-----
	From: David C. Crosthwait <david at dcvideo.com>
	To: quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com
	Sent: Tue, Nov 16, 2010 10:43 pm
	Subject: Re: [QuadList] The Beatles, Washington D.C. 1964

	Ed, 

	I don't know who's truck it was. I have an email into Ron to
find out if he knows. Also, I would presume that the VTR was in the
truck, and not microwaved back to some record VTR in a station (as in
WRC doing the pickup and feeding it back to their station). The video is
not that sharp if I recall correctly, meaning it did not look like the
higher quality TK 60's or Marconi's. But, if you are in any way a
Beatles fan and can toleratse the audio problems, then you should be OK
with the video quality as well, in my opinion. 

	David 

	Quoting couryhouse at aol.com: 

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	> so David what cameras shot this? tk 11 type of things? was it
> recoded to quad in remote trucks or???? 
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	> interested in the process... meanwhile I will enjoy the show!
Thanks! 
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	> It's good to see that the Washington Concert has been finally
> released. The one and only 2" original was reproduced here at DC >
Video in 1996 by myself with Apple film archivist Ron Furmanek & >
transferred to D2. Ron had recently found and acquired it at the > time
for Apple. The 2" tape had three segments, all physically > spliced
together. The first was Lesley Gore, the second was The > Beach Boys,
and the third was The Beatles. The first two segments > were chosen to
be recorded at NBC Burbank because of it's color > capability. The
Beatles was recorded on location. The Beatles was > supposed to have
been a color remote, but at the last moment, that > was shelved because
of problems with the new hand held color > cameras. This production was
meant for closed circuit distribution > only. It has not been seen in
it's entirety on videotape since. 
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	> The tape played well, with only one head clog, which we >
retransferred. The audio was distorted on The Beatles performance. 
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	> The original tape was found by Ron Furmanek after a lengthy
search. > Much credit is deserved by Ron for the additional information
> provided about this program and for his efforts with this and other >
Beatles projects. 
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	> I've held off commenting further about this tape for months as
per a > request from those involved. I have since been granted a request
> for this post. 
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	> 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) 
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	> DAVID at DCVIDEO.COM 
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	> On Nov 16, 2010, at 2:29 PM, C. Park Seward wrote: 
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	> As you know, the Beatles music is finally available on iTunes.
As a > gift, you can watch the D.C. concert for free. And it is the >
VIDEOTAPE version, not the kine. 
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	> Best, 
	> Park 
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	> C. Park Seward 
	> Cell: 818-535-2747 
	> Home: 541-476-6657 
	> 2" Quad and 1" "C" transfers 
	> Visit us: http://www.videopark.com <http://www.videopark.com/>

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	Burbank, CA. 91502 
	818-563-1073 
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	818-285-9942 (cell) 
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