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seafarer62 · 12-20-2008, 06:57 PM

With a blizzard in progress, I am checking Corfid for the first time in a couple of weeks.

I have this episode of Solid Gold on VHS tape. The quality is better than what I saw on the You Tube clip. The show must have been back in about the 1983 or 1984 period. I was in college at the University of Minnesota at the time. My sister had just undergone major spinal fusion, was homebound, so I was helping her with housecleaning and vacuuming.

She had a brand new VCR at the time, (not something most college students had). I remember taping that Solid Gold show. Immediately after "If You Could Read My Mind" ends, the Star Trek episode "The Doomsday Machine" begins. Two favorites back to back.

Earlier on Solid Gold, the tape has Gord lip-synching "Sundown" - the album version- in concert style performance with Rick and Terry more subdued in the background. Marilyn McCoo gives the intro as "Some of music's most memorable songs were written by our next guest......." The VHS tape is completely unedited and has all kinds of dancers and muppets mixed in. I think Christopher Cross is also on the program.

Someday I will figure out how to get this VHS tape into DVD format. If anyone wants to help, let me know.

John - Minnesota

12-20-2008, 06:57 PM	#15
seafarer62 Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Forest Lake, MN USA Posts: 286	Re: New Gord Duet Video With a blizzard in progress, I am checking Corfid for the first time in a couple of weeks. I have this episode of Solid Gold on VHS tape. The quality is better than what I saw on the You Tube clip. The show must have been back in about the 1983 or 1984 period. I was in college at the University of Minnesota at the time. My sister had just undergone major spinal fusion, was homebound, so I was helping her with housecleaning and vacuuming. She had a brand new VCR at the time, (not something most college students had). I remember taping that Solid Gold show. Immediately after "If You Could Read My Mind" ends, the Star Trek episode "The Doomsday Machine" begins. Two favorites back to back. Earlier on Solid Gold, the tape has Gord lip-synching "Sundown" - the album version- in concert style performance with Rick and Terry more subdued in the background. Marilyn McCoo gives the intro as "Some of music's most memorable songs were written by our next guest......." The VHS tape is completely unedited and has all kinds of dancers and muppets mixed in. I think Christopher Cross is also on the program. Someday I will figure out how to get this VHS tape into DVD format. If anyone wants to help, let me know. John - Minnesota