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Was going to get to this, but saw it was 20+ Gigs, could use a 4/9 Gig downscale.
Don't need it in full quality if someone has done it.
Thanks
Team Negative1
This is going to be one of those great unsolved mysteries I guess?
Puggo, were those band tapes made simply to record the performances, or were they used as a teaching tool?
Where were you in '77?
Ok, here's the story...
Back in the 1970s there were hundreds, maybe even thousands, of drum and bugle corps around the country. Each year the VFW and AL would hold national conventions where hundreds of the corps would attend and compete. In 1972, the top corps decided to form their own organization and hold their own competitions separate from the military. That is how DCI started, and it persists today (see www.dci.org).
During that transitional periodin the late 60s/early 70s, at least two of the corps videotaped many competitions, mainly for their own instructional purposes. Luckily, they saw fit to video the first DCI championships, which today is considered a historically significant event. When those old tapes were discovered in a corps hall closet (about 80 tapes, in about 2004), it created quite a stir. Nobody knew there was footage of that founding event. I had the privilege of restoring the tapes, and hundreds of DVD sets have sold. Since then, I've created four other compilations (from other years) made from these EIAJ tapes, and they have all sold well. A second even larger batch of tapes turned up in a competing corps' closet about 2 years ago, which helped us release a set of the 1973 competition and which will doubtless lead to additional upcoming products.
I never marched in a drumcorps, but I gave drum lessons to some kids who did, and ended up enjoying attending shows. Later I got some work making recordings of the corps for their CDs and webcasts. That'se how I had the connections that led to my doing the work.
A similar huge batch of EIAJ tapes turned up, of international table tennis competition from the early 1970s, in a U.S. team members' closet. They made their way to me as well because of my longtime involvement with that activity. It's a miracle my deck still works so well after the hundreds of of tapes it has seen. It is one of the two best decks ever made - I was so lucky to find it. The only degradation has been an increasingly sluggish rewind belt that I should probably get replaced soon, if I can.
Each tape requires at least 4 hours of baking in order for it to play.
And with all that, Poita's tapes were the first Memorex I've ever seen. Most EIAJ tapes are Scotch or Sony. Frankly, I hope I don't see any more Memorex - after 8 hours of baking they were still shedding a bit.
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Fascinating!
The only reel to reel video recorders I've ever seen in person looked liked they originally belonged to a police dept. or something. There was a pretty scary photo in one of my college textbooks, of someone lugging one of those decks with a shoulder strap. (Attached to an equally bulky camera.) They were considered portable, from a certain point of view. ;)
Where were you in '77?
Man, my spleen has been killing me lately! I need to take some medicine or something...
A picture is worth a thousand words. Post 102 is worth more.
I’m late to the party, but I think this is the best song. Enjoy!
—Teams Jetrell Fo 1, Jetrell Fo 2, and Jetrell Fo 3
You bumped a two month old thread just to make a lame pun?
Nobody sang The Bunny Song in years…
Danfun128 said:
You bumped a two month old thread just to make a lame pun?
Yes, I did. It's most definitely not an availability notice.
Man... the ratio of mass:volume in this case is orders of magnitude greater than 1. Please excuse my bitchiness.
A picture is worth a thousand words. Post 102 is worth more.
I’m late to the party, but I think this is the best song. Enjoy!
—Teams Jetrell Fo 1, Jetrell Fo 2, and Jetrell Fo 3
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AntcuFaalb said:
Danfun128 said:
You bumped a two month old thread just to make a lame pun?
Yes, I did. It's most definitely not an availability notice.
Man... the ratio of mass:volume in this case is orders of magnitude greater than 1. Please excuse my bitchiness.
That reminds me, did you get the SD card?
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Was going to get to this, but saw it was 20+ Gigs, could use a 4/9 Gig downscale.
Don't need it in full quality if someone has done it.
Thanks
Team Negative1
Checking back to see if anyone has done a downscale of this yet. Would be appreciated.
Team Negative1
By the way, I still have the EIAJ tapes. Poita says he doesn't want them back, and I don't really want to keep them either. Anyone want them badly enough to pay the postage? Poita suggested putting them up on eBay to help offset expenses - but before I do something like that, does someone here want them?
"Close the blast doors!"
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One of our Team members has converted it for the rest of us to use. It is currently around 8 Gigs.
Once we check it out, we'll see about getting it out there for anyone else interested.
Thanks again to Poita, and Puggo for the source.
Team Negative1
We have done a conversion and fixed the EIAJ version to be more watchable.
Team Negative1 presents : Poitas EIAJ Star Wars Grindhouse Hybrid v1
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Continuing the lo-fi tradition of Star Wars releases.
We have taken the raw files, and converted them to a more watchable version:
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1 Converted to greyscale
2 Deinterlaced
3 Noise reduced artifacts
In addition other changes have been made:
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1 Cropping on sides
2 Resizing back to 720x480
3 Fixed audio issues to normalize sound
Details of improved version:
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Type : Full frame pan and scan - Grayscale
File format : MP4 (AVC)
FIle size : 3.7 G
Video : 720x480
Framerate : 29.97 fps
Audio : mp3 192k 48k stereo english
Time : 1hr59min:26sec
Overall, this version is softer, but the changes make it
a lot easier to watch, and the file size is also much smaller.
Screenshots:
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*UPDATE : In addition, several jumps, skips, and cut off clips have been replaced with CED equivalents.
Team Negative1
I'm sorry, why would removing the color grayscaling the thing make it easier to watch? Can you show before and after pics?
Nobody sang The Bunny Song in years…
Ignore the jitter on the top video. The cleaned video is on the bottom:
It's done to remove the color artifacts in the original.
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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k6bS32oyRjx8VFby2dh
Team Negative1
Keep an eye out the Spleen for this in awhile.
Team Negative1
team_negative1 said:
Keep an eye out the Spleen for this in awhile.
Team Negative1
Contrary to popular belief, most people don't have an eye in their Spleen, now, or any other time.
Nobody sang The Bunny Song in years…
This is up on Myspleen now.
Corrections and replacement shots [Not time corrected]:
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0:00- 1:29 Replaced Introduction/ALTA/Crawl with shots from CED [all grayscaled]
24:13-24:49 Luke at twin sunset
56:15 -56:34 Luke training with light saber
57:38-57:50 Luke blast shield training
58:07-58:14 Tarkin in conference room, falcon in hyperspace
1:03:40-1:09:14 Luke, Han in stormtrooper outfit
1:49:52-1:49:53 Leia looking down
Replaced end credits with shots from CED
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There is a slight jump at the very end when the credits start.
Team Negative1
So are there any prevailing theories as to what exactly this is? By 1977, EIAJ was pretty much dead. But the ability to capture Star Wars was not exactly available. So what sort of person would have access/ability to dub SW, and choose to do so on EIAJ? Also, by then, color EIAJ was available. The whole thing is just wierd. And it's not a bad dub - compared to the hundreds of EIAJ tapes I've transfered, this one is pretty good. It looks first generation.
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Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said (with emphasis from me):
So are there any prevailing theories as to what exactly this is? ... it's not a bad dub - compared to the hundreds of EIAJ tapes I've transfered, this one is pretty good. It looks first generation.
I have a new theory, it's strange, but...
Master
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VHS EIAJ
It might have been a prototype for the initial rental vhs release.
Nobody sang The Bunny Song in years…
Is it just me or is the music different at 01:11:36 ?
Especially 01:11:48
The end of the motif sounds a bit like something out of Jaws. I'm not sure but can this be a leftover musical cue?
Can you post a sample of the clip. Didn't notice anything. Maybe someone else will.
Team Negative1
Maybe it was dubbed off for some hospital or other institution that didn't have a VHS or Beta at the time? Patients, (or inmates) might not be in any position to complain it wasn't in color.
Where were you in '77?
The scene you are referring to is when Luke opens the cell with Princess Leia. Comparing it to the 35mm Stereo version, there doesn't seem to be a difference.
Team Negative1