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Re: [ARSCLIST] History Detectives
Dick:
The best part of the show was that my wife got to see
what a handsome guy you are to be part of that
infamous ARSC conference call clan!!
Bill S
--- Dick Spottswood <dick@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Narrator Tukufu Zuberi told the guy with the metal
> parts that "Three
> O'Clock In the Morning" was an English music hall
> song, when it was
> published in (I think) Spain in 1919 by one Julián
> Robledo. It became a
> US hit when English lyrics were appended in 1921.
>
> Zuberi referred to Fred Van Eps' "Dixie Medley" as
> "Dixie Melody," perhaps
> not knowing the difference between the two words.
> DM included "Turkey in
> the Straw" and 1-2 other chestnuts, and Fred
> recorded it for many labels
> from 1915 onwards. The Paramount version is from
> 1921 too. For a show
> avowedly based on research techniques, those are
> significant errors.
>
> The part showing how transfers were made was pretty
> good. Jack Towers & I
> had to copy metal masters for a Bear Family project
> a few years ago, and
> we had to dub them backwards onto a full track
> reel-to-reel mono tape and
> recopy that in reverse onto a DAT master. We had
> four heavy cartons of
> them---you talk about labor intensive...
>
> Dick
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> Dick
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> Steven Smolian <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Yes, some of the narrator's part was carelessly
> written. I don't think it
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> detracted from the baic story line.
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> It was terrific seing Spottwood and Samuel, two pals
> who are ARSC members,
>
> doing their things.
>
> I assume the wind-up that Dick was using to play
> back his example was the
> same turntable on which he prepares his weekly
> program. Very classy.
>
> Steve Smolian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 1:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] History Detectives
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> > So ARSClist seems to be enjoying it. 78-L has
> already ripped it to
> shreds.
> > (No
> > comment..I didn't watch it. Had other things to do
> like wax the cat.)
> >
> > dl
> >
> > phillip holmes wrote:
> >
> >> And a new leading man....Dick Spotswood. What a
> screen presence!
> >>
> >> Mike Richter wrote:
> >> > This is a program on PBS. The segment showing
> locally as I write is
> on
> >> > some lost Paramount masters. Among the
> interesting items is an
> >> > engineer playing a master - the appropriate
> stylus, but reversed in
> >> > the computer.
> >> >
> >> > Mike
> >
> >
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