[QuadList] MTV and first video music shows-Detroit shows being transferred from Quad

[Ted Langdell]

Hi, Chuck,

Surprising where stuff will turn up!

Any chance some clips from David's recoveries can be posted so we can  
see your calls and the TK-42 quality David was commenting about?

Ted

On Jun 15, 2011, at 12:00 PM, David Crosthwait wrote:

>
>> And the best looking TK 42's I've ever seen anywhere!
>>
>>
>> David Crosthwait
>> DC Video
>
> On Jun 15, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Chuck Reti wrote:
>
>> I directed most of the music segments on Detroit Tubeworks, both  
>> the WXON shows, and the earlier, "noncommercial" ones done as  
>> student productions at Wayne State University, that aired on WTVS.  
>> I have many of the quads, and recently made arrangements with a  
>> distribution service company that should make some of the material  
>> available.  David Crosthwaite of DC Video has been involved in  
>> recovery of this content from quads of widely varying physical  
>> condition.
>> There are many show elements that I never had possession of, and I  
>> don't know what became of them. I've been amazed to see clips I did  
>> pop up on YouTube of stuff that I have the studio masters of. I'm  
>> aware of some U-Matic and EIAJ 1/2" copies, some maybe taken off- 
>> air from the show's broadcasts on late Sunday nights from the  
>> palatial WXON facility in Walled Lake, MI, with two TK-42s and  
>> TR-50 VTRs. Also, since 2" tape was a precious commodity for a  
>> small production group, a lot of the performance tapes were  
>> recorded over following airing of the show. I'll add that it was  
>> great fun for all of us who worked on these shows. It was kind of  
>> an ad-hoc hobby gig, as we were working at "real" day jobs early in  
>> our TV careers. A great many of us are still doing this (since we  
>> have no other marketable or useful skills).
>> I'd be glad to discuss this further, on or off-list as may be  
>> appropriate.
>>
>> Chuck Reti
>> Detroit MI
>>
>> On Jun 15, 2011, at 12:39 PM, "Scott D. Smith" <lists at chicagoaudio.com 
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> In addition, there was the show "Detroit Tubeworks", which I  
>>> believe began airing around 1969. This was produced by WABX radio,  
>>> and aired on Detroit station WXON channel 62. The show was mostly  
>>> straight-ahead performances, although there was the occasional  
>>> edited video segment. I ran across some of the original quads for  
>>> this show about 10 years ago-sadly they are probably all gone now.
>>>
>>> --Scott D. Smith
>>
>
Ted Langdell
Secretary

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