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johnfowles · 02-26-2004, 02:22 PM

quote:Originally posted by Borderstone:
Are these home recordings or actually available somewhere?

soundstage 1979
Although there was apparently no official commercial release of this great concert somebody must have taped it because I know that a number of people have a copy and note that copy here is the operative word.Also bear in mind that 1979 was long before VCRs became generally available at reasonable prices. Indeed I bought my very first machine in 1982 when Sony UK to clear stocks reduced the price of their excellent C5 PAL Betamax VCR to a shade under my top budget price of £300 that must be neareer $3000 in today's inflated currency values. That VCR I brought here from England in 2000 together with a pair of PAL VHS machines and a 10 inch PAL Colo(u)r monitor I then acquired a very neat digital NTSC (Never Twice Same Colo(u)r)to PAL and vice versa converter but alas like so many of my hitherto reliable Sony toys the C5 has now gone to that great playbackground in the sky. But I digress.The point is the Soundstage recording was probably not that great to start with and after multilple copying I believe most copies are not that good, although Char said her copy is pretty good. Interestingly somebody (possibly in Japan) spent time making it into a DVD plus an audio CD and
this frequently comes up for auction on ebay from a variety of mainly Californian sellers
the most recent is:-

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=%202227428806
this ended on Feb 24th at a price of $45.09
I further understand from a few who have shelled out for this that it may well be a digilization of the aforementioned less-than-perfect videotape but it sure has an authentic and interesting looking DVD
box insert viewable here until ebay or the seller deletes it:-

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[This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited February 26, 2004).]

02-26-2004, 02:22 PM	#10
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	quote:Originally posted by Borderstone: Are these home recordings or actually available somewhere? soundstage 1979 Although there was apparently no official commercial release of this great concert somebody must have taped it because I know that a number of people have a copy and note that copy here is the operative word.Also bear in mind that 1979 was long before VCRs became generally available at reasonable prices. Indeed I bought my very first machine in 1982 when Sony UK to clear stocks reduced the price of their excellent C5 PAL Betamax VCR to a shade under my top budget price of £300 that must be neareer $3000 in today's inflated currency values. That VCR I brought here from England in 2000 together with a pair of PAL VHS machines and a 10 inch PAL Colo(u)r monitor I then acquired a very neat digital NTSC (Never Twice Same Colo(u)r)to PAL and vice versa converter but alas like so many of my hitherto reliable Sony toys the C5 has now gone to that great playbackground in the sky. But I digress.The point is the Soundstage recording was probably not that great to start with and after multilple copying I believe most copies are not that good, although Char said her copy is pretty good. Interestingly somebody (possibly in Japan) spent time making it into a DVD plus an audio CD and this frequently comes up for auction on ebay from a variety of mainly Californian sellers the most recent is:- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=%202227428806 this ended on Feb 24th at a price of $45.09 I further understand from a few who have shelled out for this that it may well be a digilization of the aforementioned less-than-perfect videotape but it sure has an authentic and interesting looking DVD box insert viewable here until ebay or the seller deletes it:- ------------------ My Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited February 26, 2004).]