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Yes, same here. I have assembled some of what I need but haven't edited. It's comforting just to know it's all (mostly) available now.

Has anyone here finished the job that Shout! Factory started and assembled episodes with the rest of the original music restored? There was much talk of this in the past.

You can see the complete "Hold-Up" here: http://tinyurl.com/l46zwsp

Absolutely. The studios realize that their bottom line will be bigger if they don't have to create and ship physical products. Not many other industries could get away with that... So all they have to do it convince the public that streaming and downloads are some great improvement. I'm not...

Streaming is replacing physical media and downloads. People trust that their "purchase," stored on a server somewhere, will always be there. That's a very strange mindset to me. If I pay for something, I want it it my possession.

That's fine. LOL

For those that don't want to listen to the whole thing, the WKRP segment starts at 11:56.

You've done some major, time-consuming research here, and we're closer than ever before to having a comprehensive guide to this show. There is certainly nothing you need to feel apologetic about.

It has its place, but I'm personally very glad digital time compression was never used on WKRP. I always notice it right away and can't stand to watch it.

And we need to add Sh-Boom to the music list. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh-Boom

RE: Bah Humbug. Yes the version online is 24:58. I haven't had time to compare them, but there must be some missing footage somewhere in the episode.

I find the lack of any audience reaction in this unsweetened version of "Herb's Dad" at several very funny moments (like when Carlson is distracted by the woman on the Cars poster, for example) to be very odd.

Now there are only two pieces of unidentified music in the whole series: 1. The song fading out just before Carlson's campaign ad in "Carlson For President" (might even just be a bit of production music). 2. The jazz song in "Up And Down The Dial" (which may be from an obscure artist...

RE: Les on a Ledge. I received this email from my friend with the original recording. I thought it might be of interest here: "It's funny that people seem to still be debating the Les episode. Anyway, just for edification and full disclosure, I can vouch that it's the original airing as it...

As someone who hasn't actually seen the original broadcast tape, but has no reason whatsoever to distrust the person who has seen it, and as someone who has heard your recollection of seeing something different on the same broadcast, and has no reason whatsoever to distrust you, I'm glad I'm not...

It was replaced in the very first 1980's syndication run.

As the alternate version of "The Contest Nobody Could Win" slipped by them, I think it's very possible that "We've Only Just Begun" was on the program master reel of Patter of Little Feet, and Shout! simply didn't know that it wasn't the original track. (It was one of the earliest replacements).

I have just learned that the aforementioned recording of Les on a Ledge is from the East coast feed (WBBM in Chicago), as originally broadcast. It is now a virtual certainty that the "homo" version never aired anywhere.

RE: Les on a Ledge: From a source with access to an original recording from 10/2/1978, I have confirmation that Herb's audio was "gay" rather than "homo" on the original broadcast. It's now safe to assume that the episode as it appears on the Shout! set is complete as aired in its original run...

Tonight I watched both versions of "The Contest Nobody Could Win." The briefcase in the Shout version has WKRP imprinted on it, while the other version's briefcase does not. Just a nerdy thing I noticed. :)

I haven't been able to find the version prior to that edit. I wonder if it even exists?

Tim Reid (Venus Flytrap) goes on the record about WKRP: http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/10/23/4194999_tim-reid-goes-on-record-about.html?sp=/99/1355/&rh=1 Series creator Hugh Wilson, behind the scenes: http://www.tvworthwatching.com/post/Hugh-Wilson-Behind-the-Scenes-on-WKRP-in-Cincinnati.aspx

Great idea. And a nice way to let copyright holdouts know that they can either take the deal or fans will pretty much have the option to fix the audio anyway. It's not as if these songs weren't originally included and it's fairly easy to find most of the audio these days. In fact, the missing...

Yes, I had my fingers crossed too. In any case, clipping a segment out of the video made our job a little harder. (Fortunately this didn't happen often on this set.)

I'm grateful that there are so many complete episodes available now, and that Shout chose to leave the video portion untouched in all but a very few episodes. I look forward to seeing how close I can get to assembling a truly complete set. (It looks very promising on paper...)

Not necessarily. If he said "gay" or even "gain" anywhere in the entire series, it could be inserted at any time. I do know that the dubbing is on the early syndicated versions. Does anybody know if it was done prior to the original CBS airdate?

By the way, that episode, with "Thank Heaven" intact, is on YouTube right now for anyone wanting a pretty nice copy of the audio.

A cover version would have worked much better than "We've Only Just Begun," which removes the punchline of the whole joke setup with Venus.

I like to think that the extra $40 I spent on mine paid for "Hot Blooded." It's probably not true, but it helps me sleep.

You three should have at least worked with Shout! Factory on the large full-color booklet that wasn't included with the set. :)