Digital Conversions For January 28th, Part One
Converted too many audio projects from the Tape and Record Show archives today to fit comfortably in one post, so making two posts instead. With the flagship series "The Tape and Record Show", since the episodes from the "early days" were never compiled on tape at the time due to lack of a second tape deck (segments were switched out by me manually between sources when "aired"), I'm compiling/converting those in order of "convenience", depending on the source material, either from LP records or audio cassettes. This evening, most segments of season two of "The Tape and Record Show" were from vinyl LPs...
"The Tape & Record Show: Episode 169. Broadcast Monday, November 10,1980 at 5:00pm central. Theme Music: Imperial March(John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra). "The Bickersons 14: Round I " / "Lux Radio Theater: To Have and Have Not"(Part One of Five) - Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall star in this Lux adaptation of the film; To Have And Have Not, about a charter boat captain who finds himself in a developing romance, while becoming involved with the Free French Resistance.
The Tape & Record Show: Episode 174. Broadcast Sunday, November 23,1980 at 2:00pm central. Theme Music: Asteroid Field(John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra). "Lux Radio Theater: To Have and Have Not"(Part Two of Five) - Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall star in this Lux adaptation of the film; To Have And Have Not, about a charter boat captain who finds himself in a developing romance, while becoming involved with the Free French Resistance. / "The Bickersons 15: Round II".
The Tape & Record Show: Episode 180. Broadcast Monday, December 8,1980 at 5:00pm central. Theme Music: Asteroid Field(John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra). "The Bickersons 16: Round III" / "Lux Radio Theater: To Have and Have Not"(Part Three of Five) - Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall star in this Lux adaptation of the film; To Have And Have Not, about a charter boat captain who finds himself in a developing romance, while becoming involved with the Free French Resistance.
The Tape & Record Show: Episode 186. Broadcast Monday, December 22,1980 at 5:00pm central. Theme Music: Asteroid Field(John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra). "The Bickersons 17: Round IV" / "Lux Radio Theater: To Have and Have Not"(Part Four of Five) - Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall star in this Lux adaptation of the film; To Have And Have Not, about a charter boat captain who finds himself in a developing romance, while becoming involved with the Free French Resistance.
The Tape & Record Show: Episode 189. Broadcast Thursday, December 26,1980 at 5:00pm central. Theme Music: Asteroid Field(John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra). "Lux Radio Theater: To Have and Have Not"(Conclusion) - Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall star in this Lux adaptation of the film; To Have And Have Not, about a charter boat captain who finds himself in a developing romance, while becoming involved with the Free French Resistance. / "The Temperance Lecture"(W.C. Fields)."
Even though I have the "broadcast" information for what I did filed at the time on index cards, it's a huge PITA today to compile the contents of the tail end of season two back into the original "episode" format written on the cards. For instance the above episodes. I managed to split a one hour old radio show into five half hour episodes at the time by injecting "The Bickersons" skits from Columbia Records "The Bickersons Rematch" double LP and a W.C. Fields skit from the Columbia Records double LP "The Best of W.C. Fields" into the mix. The "fun" part is looking at the running time of the original episode theme music (still had the "master tapes"), then the run time of the extra features, then figure out now how much of the "Lux Radio Theater" episode to use per "Tape and Record Show" episode... if that makes any sense. Two of the above episodes still ran a little short after compilation, but they were "close enough" to a proper run time for me to be satisfied with the digitation.
I can only classify whatever was on my mind at the tail end of season two as a "hot mess". I may have thought switching segments often per "episode" was "creative" at the time, but it's giving me a headache nearly 42 years later. Not that I had ANY idea at the time I'd still have the recordings/card info and trying to recreate them today. Yes, I'm crazy.
"The Tape & Record Show: Episode 169. Broadcast Monday, November 10,1980 at 5:00pm central. Theme Music: Imperial March(John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra). "The Bickersons 14: Round I " / "Lux Radio Theater: To Have and Have Not"(Part One of Five) - Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall star in this Lux adaptation of the film; To Have And Have Not, about a charter boat captain who finds himself in a developing romance, while becoming involved with the Free French Resistance.
The Tape & Record Show: Episode 174. Broadcast Sunday, November 23,1980 at 2:00pm central. Theme Music: Asteroid Field(John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra). "Lux Radio Theater: To Have and Have Not"(Part Two of Five) - Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall star in this Lux adaptation of the film; To Have And Have Not, about a charter boat captain who finds himself in a developing romance, while becoming involved with the Free French Resistance. / "The Bickersons 15: Round II".
The Tape & Record Show: Episode 180. Broadcast Monday, December 8,1980 at 5:00pm central. Theme Music: Asteroid Field(John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra). "The Bickersons 16: Round III" / "Lux Radio Theater: To Have and Have Not"(Part Three of Five) - Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall star in this Lux adaptation of the film; To Have And Have Not, about a charter boat captain who finds himself in a developing romance, while becoming involved with the Free French Resistance.
The Tape & Record Show: Episode 186. Broadcast Monday, December 22,1980 at 5:00pm central. Theme Music: Asteroid Field(John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra). "The Bickersons 17: Round IV" / "Lux Radio Theater: To Have and Have Not"(Part Four of Five) - Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall star in this Lux adaptation of the film; To Have And Have Not, about a charter boat captain who finds himself in a developing romance, while becoming involved with the Free French Resistance.
The Tape & Record Show: Episode 189. Broadcast Thursday, December 26,1980 at 5:00pm central. Theme Music: Asteroid Field(John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra). "Lux Radio Theater: To Have and Have Not"(Conclusion) - Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall star in this Lux adaptation of the film; To Have And Have Not, about a charter boat captain who finds himself in a developing romance, while becoming involved with the Free French Resistance. / "The Temperance Lecture"(W.C. Fields)."
Even though I have the "broadcast" information for what I did filed at the time on index cards, it's a huge PITA today to compile the contents of the tail end of season two back into the original "episode" format written on the cards. For instance the above episodes. I managed to split a one hour old radio show into five half hour episodes at the time by injecting "The Bickersons" skits from Columbia Records "The Bickersons Rematch" double LP and a W.C. Fields skit from the Columbia Records double LP "The Best of W.C. Fields" into the mix. The "fun" part is looking at the running time of the original episode theme music (still had the "master tapes"), then the run time of the extra features, then figure out now how much of the "Lux Radio Theater" episode to use per "Tape and Record Show" episode... if that makes any sense. Two of the above episodes still ran a little short after compilation, but they were "close enough" to a proper run time for me to be satisfied with the digitation.
I can only classify whatever was on my mind at the tail end of season two as a "hot mess". I may have thought switching segments often per "episode" was "creative" at the time, but it's giving me a headache nearly 42 years later. Not that I had ANY idea at the time I'd still have the recordings/card info and trying to recreate them today. Yes, I'm crazy.