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

[Ted Langdell]

Hi, David,

Thanks again for providing more historical detail—liner notes for  
technical people, if you will.

More about Ron Furmanek here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Furmanek

Pretty inspiring ala: "Don't quit looking!"

Ted

On Nov 16, 2010, at 10:08 PM, David Crosthwait wrote:

> 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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> Best Regards,
>
> David Crosthwait
> DC Video
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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
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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
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> 818-285-9942 (cell)
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Ted Langdell
Secretary

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