Recent content by Kevin Segura

Well, I think for the moment, it's enough to celebrate the fact that they're still around, rather than get sidetracked on matters that essentially **don't** matter in the long run. After 60+ years, I'm not even certain how I got to where **I** am, much less tracking the travels of a bunch of...

In case some folks hadn't heard the news... https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/beatles-etc-on-us-abc-network-tv-show-shindig-a-little-good-news-about-our-musical-heritage.1180425/ - Kevin

Frank, Nancy, Joey, Sammy, Peter and some Army guy... - Kevin

A release date had now been set by Eagle Rock for the official FSE release of "Welcome Home Elvis" on DVD... it's 5/19/17. No indication of what archive material will be used... and no details regarding any restoration. However, I would imagine that since it's the only surviving show on tape...

It was an acetate that came up for auction/sale on eBay. - Kevin

Thanks very much for the clarifying info, Bob. It's nice to know that a copy of the "good" kinescope will be available when the time comes...! - Kevin

...and it's in hi-fi, folks! 56 years after its initial broadcast, and 41 years after ABC is said to have discarded the original master videotape, a high-quality source of the soundtrack for the Frank Sinatra-hosted 1960 Timex special has finally been located. The special, officially titled...

To talk about the other 10% for a moment, though... As is often the case with this rabbit-hole we call the InterWebs... I was searching for information on another topic, and came across the late-2015 press release that Shout Factory put out regarding its license extension with the Kovacs...

Well, I'm not sure either, but it shows the 9/27/54 program in the zap2it listings, and on my Tivo... so I guess we'll see. - Kevin

Check your listings for Sunday night, guys... Here in Portland, according to our local Antenna TV listings, we have a 5/21/74 show (Don Rickles, Freddie Prinze, etc.) running from 7:00 - 8:30 PM, and the program airing from 10:30 - 12:00 is dated 9/27/54...! It's possible that someone is...

As a technician [and apparently somewhat of an internet hermit :^) ], it's very rare that I get to read such a gratifying comment. Thank you very much. It's frustrating for me, too-- but I always hold out hope that someone will actually want to make the investment to improve their archive...

No, kinescope films aren't nitrate, but as with any film element, it depends on how they're stored. All it takes is one wrong preservation decision by the head of an archive, and an entire collection can lost. Pretty much too unstable and warped to even be scanned frame by frame (as if...

I've spoken with Alex regarding other Showcase projects-- not the least of which being that I have a high-quality magnetic soundtrack for their production of "Jack & The Beanstalk" (for which he actually has a reel of **COLOR** kinescope, as well as the full B&W program)... but nothing has ever...

Oh, he's still around... :D I would have liked to have had a shot at this show, in order to upgrade it and share it with everyone, but as usual, I'm afraid the best version will be the one that's on my computer after I buy a copy of what they release... as long as the same people that were...

Well, not to just be poking holes in things, but the act of simple duplication of something does not in and of itself constitute publication. Nor does distribution of copies in and of itself constitute publication. It's generally held that the unrestricted transfer of ownership of those...