Well, this is interesting
G'day bloggers,
As you know, this blog and associated content is hosted on a server at Zanyspace - the posts themselves like this one are written at blogger.com and published to my blog via FTP. Now, blogger have decided they're gonna stop ftp support and migrate everyone to a custom domain!
Um..I already have one. With FTP support being shut down this is gonna be a major pain in the bum. I may have to dump blogger and start using Wordpress or something. But last time I tried to set it up I made a total hash of it.
Here's the notice I received yesterday:
Dear FTP user:
You are receiving this e-mail because one or more of your blogs at Blogger.com are set up to publish via FTP. We recently announced a planned shut-down of FTP support on Blogger Buzz (the official Blogger blog), and wanted to make sure you saw the announcement. We will be following up with more information via e-mail in the weeks ahead, and regularly updating a blog dedicated to this service shut-down here: http://blogger-ftp.blogspot.com/.
The full text of the announcement at Blogger Buzz follows.
Last May, we discussed a number of challenges facing[1] Blogger users who relied on FTP to publish their blogs. FTP remains a significant drain on our ability to improve Blogger: only .5% of active blogs are published via FTP — yet the percentage of our engineering resources devoted to supporting FTP vastly exceeds that. On top of this, critical infrastructure that our FTP support relies on at Google will soon become unavailable, which would require that we completely rewrite the code that handles our FTP processing.
Three years ago we launched Custom Domains[2] to give users the simplicity of Blogger, the scalability of Google hosting, and the flexibility of hosting your blog at your own URL. Last year's post discussed the advantages of custom domains over FTP[3] and addressed a number of reasons users have continued to use FTP publishing. (If you're interested in reading more about Custom Domains, our Help Center has a good overview[4] of how to use them on your blog.) In evaluating the investment needed to continue supporting FTP, we have decided that we could not justify diverting further engineering resources away from building new features for all users.
For that reason, we are announcing today that we will no longer support FTP publishing in Blogger after March 26, 2010. We realize that this will not necessarily be welcome news for some users, and we are committed to making the transition as seamless as possible. To that end:
We are building a migration tool that will walk users through a migration from their current URL to a Blogger-managed URL (either a Custom Domain or a Blogspot URL) that will be available to all users the week of February 22. This tool will handle redirecting traffic from the old URL to the new URL, and will handle the vast majority of situations.
We will be providing a dedicated blog[5] and help documentation
Blogger team members will also be available to answer questions on the forum, comments on the blog, and in a few scheduled conference calls once the tool is released.
We have a number of big releases planned in 2010. While we recognize that this decision will frustrate some users, we look forward to showing you the many great things on the way. Thanks for using Blogger.You bet it's frustrating. Why fix something that isn't broken? Grr....
**Info update to January 20 and 25 posts**
A
mega-huge thankyou must go to my mate Mechie for this info:
The TVC's appearing on the January 20 and January 25 video updates were from a recording of ADS7 Adelaide from August 19th, 1977.
Thanks heaps Mechie, appreciate it!
If any of you folk live around Windsor NSW and surrounds, be sure to check him out on Hawkesbury Radio 89.9 FM every sunday from midday to 3pm with "The Mechie Show" - tell him Frankster sent you! Not in Windsor NSW/surrounds? Never fear! There's a live audio stream of 89.9
here. Click on the
Listen Live link and enjoy!
Video Update - February 2nd 2010
Video ClipsAll clips compatible with Quicktime and the iPod VideoMP4, 320x240, 192kbps vision, 128kbps audio
The Today Show with Liz Hayes: Mid 80's portionDur: 0'52'', 2.7 MB
TVC: Electronic Sales Security with Joe Hasham Dur: 1'00'', 7.1 MB
7 Promo: Sons & Daughters Dur: 0'22'', 1.9 MB**This cut is black and white due to the colour signal on the tape having faded
TVC: 2DAY-FM - In tune with today Dur: 0'31'', 2.5 MB**Unfortunately another black and white cut
TVC: Shu-Shu's Dur: 0'31'', 3.0 MB**...and another black and white cut. You'll have to take the voiceover girl's word for it as she's describing the colours.The next few cuts were transferred by Troy and many thanks must go to him for supplying me with dubs!
TVC: Wisk Laundry Detergent Dur: 0'24'', 2.1 MB
TVC: Pine O'Cleen Dur: 0'31'', 4.7 MB
TVC: Mistral Rangehoods Dur: 1'01'', 5.6 MB
TVC: Sabco Top Mop Dur: 0'31'', 2.4 MB
TVC: Masterfoods Hamburger Dressing Dur: 0'31'', 4.1 MB**This ad makes me laugh - they're barely biting into the burgers!
TVC: Glad Wrap Yourself In Diamonds promotion Dur: 0'31'', 4.0 MB
TVC: Streets Cornetto Dur: 0'31'', 5.7 MB
TVC: Freedom Carpet Spray Dur: 0'31'', 5.7 MB
TVC: Telecom Business Office Dur: 0'31'', 2.8 MB**I love this one. At the end, a cat appears out of nowhere. Did the guy when he went to buy the phone at the TBO also pick up the cat there? ;)
TVC: Air New Zealand - We're the pacific's number one! Dur: 0'31'', 5.5 MB**Download an alternate version of this TVC's bed below!Air New Zealand: We're the pacific's number one! - Alternate bedDur: 0'39'', 598 KB, MP3 128kbps 44kHz Stereo**This cut comes from a master tape from Top Spots Studios entitled "Pacific Probex master #1" - presumably Pacific Probex were the name of the ad agency who did the ad. Yeah, another disintegrating monster in the form of Ampex 406 tape..grr..managed to save this and several others though and over this year you'll be able to listen/download them here!
Radio 2GB Sydney's Australia Day broadcast
G'day bloggers,
I wanna
quick give a quick hoy to the gang at 2GB Sydney for putting together a really awesome broadcast today for Australia Day! These guys have done SO well today with it all and should be commended. Well done you guys, absolutely sensational!
Unfortunately this wonderful day is now marred by a few callers and 2GB's own Glenn Wheeler stating there's various groups in Cronulla being their usual selves, with these same callers stating they would not be surprised if we get a Cronulla Riot 2 tonight. I really hope not.
Anyway I digress - Alan Jones, Ray Hadley, Andrew Moore, Jason Morrison and associated behind the scenes folk, producers, techs and others, hold your heads high and be proud of yourselves for what you accomplished today. In a word - brilliant!
(fixed Quick to Give above...ugh...fingers too slow, brain too fast)
Happy Australia Day everyone!
Video Update - January 25th 2010
**Clips this update are sourced from a 1976 and 1977 half-inch videotape. Many thanks to John G for the transfers. Due to the number of clips available, and because I've got more time up my sleeve this update due to a public holiday, here's a few more videos than normal! Enjoy!Video ClipsAll clips compatible with Quicktime and the iPod VideoMP4, 320x240, 192kbps vision, 128kbps audio
TVC: Molly BushellDur: 0'31'', 3.4 MB
TVC: Quick-Eze Antacid Tablets Dur: 0'30'', 3.0 MB**Gotta love the interviewer's question. "What causes your indigestion?"..well, duhhhhhhhhhh - over-eating and drinking mostly! Gees...
TVC: The Advertiser - Sports Sedan Challenge Dur: 0'30'', 4.3 MB
TVC: Shell Super Motor Oil with John Goss Dur: 0'59'', 8.3 MB
TVC: Arnott's Yo-Yo Biscuits Dur: 0'31'', 4.5 MB
TVC: Canberra Home Centres Dur: 0'31'', 3.0 MB
TVC: The Discount Liquor King Dur: 0'31'', 4.7 MB
TVC: GEC Home Appliances - The living is easy! Dur: 0'30'', 3.0 MB**I love the thing advertised as the "Juicy Lucy" - lots of connotations there!
TVC: Schweppes Soda Water - "Expensive these days!" Dur: 0'31'', 2.6 MB
TVC: Wings Magazine Dur: 0'30'', 4.2 MB
7 ID: Who Colours Your World Dur: 0'06'', 449 KB
7 Promo: Nightmoves Special - Salute to Elvis Presley Dur: 0'46'', 5.1 MB
7 Promo: Some Mothers Do 'ave 'em Dur: 0'21'', 2.1 MB
7 ID: Who Colours Your World/The Colour Machine Dur: 0'22'', 4.9 MB
Video Update - 20th January 2010
**Clips this update are sourced from a 1976 half-inch videotape. Many thanks to John G for the transfer.Video ClipsAll clips compatible with Quicktime and the iPod VideoMP4, 320x240, 192kbps vision, 128kbps audio
TVC: General Electric "Stowaway" mobile washersDur: 0'26'', 3.7 MB
TVC: Fab washing powder Dur: 0'26'', 3.9 MB
TVC: Vicks Formula 44.C Dur: 0'29'', 3.2 MB
TVC: Vicks Sinex Dur: 0'31'', 2.7 MB
TVC: Coles - Women's clothing Dur: 0'31'', 3.3 MB
TVC: Kriesler TV's Dur: 0'31'', 2.2 MB
TVC: Philips reading globes Dur: 0'32'', 2.1 MB
TVC: Honda Civic Dur: 0'30'', 4.7 MB
TVC: Akta-Vite Dur: 0'31'', 3.2 MB
TVC: Kelly's Electrical Discounters Dur: 0'30'', 3.6 MB**More 1976 stuff in the next update!
2GB's Luke Bona possibly fed up/hates "How green was my cactus"?
G'day bloggers,
A regular segment that appears on 2GB and has been on air there for a few months now is the return of
"How green was my cactus". This series used to be on 2DAY-FM Sydney as far back as the early 1990's. Loved it then, and I love it now.
Such a shame 2GB's Luke Bona, in which this segment is played on his shift anywhere between 2.40pm and 3.00pm weekdays, either doesn't like it or is fed up with it - and I must say I'm getting a little bit sick and tired of him indicating his displeasure with it almost daily.
Day 1 at the conclusion of Cactus: "Oooooooookayyyyy..."
Day 2: "Oh is that it?...(gap)...that's all? (gap)...Oh good"
Day 3: "I didn't get any of that! *sighs* Okay..."
..and so it goes on. Repeated attempts on air as I say indicating his displeasure of it are really starting to piss me off. Luke, just shut up and play the damn segment. I don't wanna hear how much you hate it, nor do I wanna hear your displeasure about the bloody thing. Fair dinkum. You're really starting to get on my nerves.
It really is not about what the listener wants or likes anymore is it folks.
Video Update - January 15th 2009
G'day bloggers,
Welcome to our latest video update! Answering an email by Greg who said he visits frequently and enjoys the site (many thanks Greg!) but wonders why the clips are mp4 format.
Greg, they're done in this format as I not only wanted ipod video owners to be able to download and play these clips on the move, but for cross-compatibility between Windows and Mac as well as any other systems able to play mp4 files. It would be quite limiting if I encoded the clips in only a form that Windows could decode.
Video ClipsAll clips compatible with Quicktime and the iPod VideoMP4, 320x240, 192kbps vision, 128kbps audio
TVC: Atari 2600 with free gamesDur: 0'31'', 2.7 MB
TVC: GIO Insurance - Big, safe and friendly Dur: 0'45'', 5.0 MB
TVC: Spangles Shoes Dur: 0'31'', 1.9 MB**Done in one shot by the looks of things. Keep the camera in one spot and then add graphics. Simple eh?
TVC: Centrepoint - The heart of the city Dur: 0'31'', 2.6 MB**Holgar Brockmann takes the voiceover on this cut
7 Sydney nightly closedown sequence Dur: 5'22'', 29 MB**Starts with 7's "Watch us now" ident, cuts to shots of Sydney with "My city of Sydney" playing, then to the old clip of a kangaroo putting joey to bed, drawing a "good night" curtain, then the national anthem before the obligatory fade to black. From there, a test pattern, then a slight "shhhhp!" as 7 turn their tx off for the evening. Unfortunately the year of this one escapes me so if anyone can help me remember, drop us a line so the title of this and the info in the archive can be updated. Thanks!**Large download - may take some time if you're on anything less than broadband**
10 Eyewitness News Update with Claudia Emery Dur: 1'07'', 4.0 MB
10 Promo: Eyewitness News Dur: 0'31'', 3.7 MB
10 ID: Ten Out Of Ten Australia Dur: 1'01'', 7.2 MB**The other version of this ident which had a glitch in it was downloaded from here and re-uploaded onto Youtube, without any credit or acknowledgment, complete with the glitch. This isn't the same version but it's from beta just the same. Look out for Wayne Pearce milking a cow! Go Wayney!
TVC: Bing Lee Discounts Dur: 0'30'', 3.2 MB
TVC: Family Circle - 1976 Dur: 0'31'', 4.1 MB**This one and a few others appearing in the next update are coming off a half-inch open reel videotape from 1976
Lame joke just crossed the triple m sydney airwaves
Who's the announcer on triple m sydney at 11.20 am doing lame jokes? Commenting on Peter Garrett's appearance in 'pirates of the carribean', it was mentioned he'd be a buccaneer. Which caused said announcer to blurt out:
"...what a buckin' thing to do!"
Laugh? I nearly shat. Haw haw haw...how incredibly lame. Ratings 2% eh? Case closed...
Welcome back to the archive for 2010!/Video update January 10th 2010
Welcome folks! We're back for 2010 and to kick off, here's a fresh video update!Video ClipsAll clips compatible with Quicktime and the iPod VideoMP4, 320x240, 192kbps vision, 128kbps audio
TVC: Band Aid with schoolkid "it hurts!"Dur: 0'17'', 1.4 MB**Wonder if this needed to be re-shot. The way the band-aid is applied is only half over the cut shown!
TVC: 0055/00555 Sexlines - Cut 1 Dur: 0'30'', 1.8 MB**From the days when you spent 24c per 20 seconds. Now it's up to $4.95 a minute on 1900/1902 numbers!
TVC: 0055/00555 Sexlines - Cut 2 Dur: 0'30'', 1.6 MB
TVC: Diet Pepsi with Ray Charles - You got the right one baby, uh huh! Dur: 0'30'', 3.4 MB
The Ernie 'n' Denise Show (1991/1992) partial Dur: 1'57'', 8.2 MB**The portion available to us is actually 4 minutes in length but here's half anyway. Features good ol' Ernie Sigley and Denise Drysdale, Ernie of course unable to resist commenting on the length of Denise's black shorts.
TVC: Woman's Day Magazine Dur: 0'30'', 3.0 MB
TVC: Cold Gold KB (beach/athletes version) Dur: 1'01'', 10.7 MB
TVC: Export Light Beer with Warwick Moss Dur: 0'31'', 3.5 MB
TVC: Leichhardt Markettown (now Leichhardt Marketplace) Dur: 0'30'', 3.5 MB
7 ID: Watch Us Now! Dur: 0'23'', 2.3 MB
Iiiiiiiiiiit's reset time!
G'day bloggers,
Well there we go, Christmas and New Year break is almost officially over - at least for me it is. Our first AV update for the year will be available on Monday January 11th, but please note there'll be our next reset before then.
Grab anything you can before
12:01am Monday January 11th 2010 if you haven't already before it disappears. Go for it!
Quick hello
G'day bloggers,
Quick g'day! Hope you all had a nice Christmas. Since I last wrote I've been in hospital twice - had very severe stomach pains. It's 10 days later now and bar a short hiccup on Christmas Day I've been fine ever since. Whatever it was I hope has been banished into oblivion for good.
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Newcastle earthquake - yep, and even back then I was doing audio stuff and managed to catch a few minutes of the 2GB newsbreak and the program going to air at the time. Will have it up here by the end of the day.
On a slightly different note, I need to get a gripe off my chest.
Sometimes I need a lift someplace, and for the most part, someone I live with has been able to get me where I need to go. But today I'm stumped.
My sister never drives anywhere outside of her immediate area - which means if I have to go to places like Auburn or Guildford, I have to catch a train or two. Likewise for something as simple as Homebush (I'm in Five Dock myself). So how is it then, that my neighbour has claimed all rights to transport whenever the hell she feels like it, and suddenly my sister is no stranger to a place like Auburn when my neighbour needs to go there?? I don't get it! And it sucks the big one. Never mind I often do up DVD's or CD's for her or whatever. No. All my neighbour has to do is snap her fingers, and my sister will go running no matter whereabouts in bloody Sydney she has to go to.
That's alright, I'll just stop giving her a hand with CD's or DVD's for the time being. Stuff it! Why am I killing myself doing this crap when the places I need to go have to be on a train but these same places my neighbour wants to go to it's no problem? What rot!
AV Update - December 16th 2009 (last for '09!)
**This update only contains a few clips due to the server space being nearly full. Would be a bugger to do a reset right on Christmas, it'd mean you guys would have nothing to download. The next reset is scheduled as soon as we come back for 2010 - January 11th. Shortly afterwards, a new update will be in place.
This is the last update for the year! All of us here at the archive (all one of me!) would like to wish you a happy and safe Christmas, and all the very best for a seriously hot pumpin', jammin', slammin' 2010! If you're going out new year's eve,
party like you've never partied before, and dance like no one's watching. Thanks for your support everyone, it IS appreciated. See you in 2010!Video ClipsAll clips compatible with Quicktime and the iPod VideoMP4, 320x240, 192kbps vision, 128kbps audio
TVC: NSW Lotteries "When I Win The Lottery" (Grant Dodwell)Dur: 1'01'', 4.9 MB
9 long ident 1992 Dur: 1'32'', 41.5 MB**Pretty lousy quality I know but I wasn't able to get an alternate source tape for this cut. Please note this is also a large file and may take some time to download if you're not on a broadband connection.
Lotto Draw (partial) with John Tapp and Karen Pini Dur: 1'25'', 11.6 MB**Bit of a discrepancy with the file sizes isn't there for two cuts near and just over 90 seconds. I thought it was because they were done in VBR (variable bit rate) mode but it's fixed at 192kbps. Who knows. I'll figure out why one day.Audio Clips:
Compatible with any MP3 player - duhhhhhhhh....128kbps 44kHz Stereo unless notedTop Spots Master Tapes: Heckendorf #8 final part and cuts from Heckendorf #9Sydney City Mission: 1x 60 sec and 1x 30 sec release dubDur: 2'04'', 1.9 MBKeys: UW319C and UW319DPizza Hut: Taco Amigo - Burger For A Buck promotion 2x 30 sec release dubDur: 2'37'', 1.4 MBKeys: TC002 and TC003, Main V/O by Ron E SparksTobac Original Aftershaves: 2x 30" release dub Dur: 1'14'', 1.1 MBTrack 1: Christmas version Track 2: Misc trackKaties Winter Sale: 3 versions - 1985Dur: 1'42'', 1.6 MBTrack 1: 2 track jingle Track 2: 2 track mix v/o cut 1 Track 3: 2 track mix v/o cut 2Lots of bleed (adjacent channel interference) on this cut, mostly caused by the used tape tracks being too close to one another and/or a desk that wasn't that good at isolating various channels. Ah the good ol' days of analogue multitrack recording.Oral B Labs: Asia Submission Tracks - TV Tracks 1 and 2 - August 5th 1985Dur: 56 sec, 878 KBV/O: (Track 1) John Laws"This man is a dentist. So we can't show you his face on television. Instead we'll show you his bum!"Ah, old joke but I bloody love it, however these two cuts don't follow that copy.
**It's also a little known fact that I love to make my own mashups/re-edits/remixes of songs. Sometimes I'll add a new rhythm track, other times I'll completely change the structure of the song, and other times I'll extend a track to sometimes more than double its original length. I very rarely put my mixes online but I can't resist putting this one up.
This is a VERY rough demo of a new rhythm track over the 12" extended mix of Huey Lewis's "Heart and soul". The rhythm came from a DJ mix of Culture Club's "Miss me blind". Bit screwy in places and it goes off time a little, but I hope you enjoy it anyway. As I say it's a very rough demo and far from polished, but take a listen!Heart and Soul (Frankstermix 2009) - Huey Lewis & The NewsPLAY - Dur: 6'09''
Let's have a chat sometime!
Let's have a chat sometime folks! Add me to the following:
Facebook: Frank Iuston
Skype: soundz29
MSN: frankster33 at hotmail dot com
See ya there!!
Update
G'day bloggers,
Well if you're wondering where the hell I've been - don't. Things just got very busy in the house of Frankster.
The last couple of days has seen me do a course and it was probably the most rewarding I've ever done in my life, short of the radio stuff I did with AFTRS and TAFE in the last couple of years. My trainer was fantastic, down-to-earth and all, and the people I met were fantastic as well. One guy landed himself a new job which was great news and of course we all wished him well. It's great to see.
So where's a new AV update hmmm? It's coming (I know, I know, so is Christmas) but hang in there, it'll probably be up by friday.
Congratulations also to 2GB for another ratings win - well done guys - and commiserations to Triple M..2.2 and 2.0% are some of the figures from the results released on tuesday. Hope things change for them next year.
As previously mentioned this site will be expanding next year so server resets should happen less frequently, giving you guys more time to download all the goodies! If you're new to the place, you might be wondering why there's a watermark on the vids - well, put simply, some have seen fit recently to download the content, and re-upload it all to sites like Youtube without any credit or acknowledgement. If you wanna do this then by all means, just credit the source when you do it. It'll only take a few seconds, and I promise you your face won't crack ;-)
Channel 9 news screws up
G'day bloggers,
Memo channel 9 news - if you're gonna do a radio story, get your shots right. You dillweeds reported on 2GB's Chris Smith then closed the story with a shot of 2UE's on air system, not 2GB's. Duuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....
AV Update - December 11th 2009
**All tracks available for download from 3.00pm AEDST Friday December 11th 2009Video ClipsAll clips compatible with Quicktime and the iPod VideoMP4, 320x240, 192kbps vision, 128kbps audio
9 ID 1982: C'mon along with Channel 9 (another version)Dur: 20 sec, 3.3 MB
TVC: Sydney Tower/Centrepoint Dur: 31 sec, 2.70 MB
10 Promo 1985: Eyewitness News - Academy Awards '85 version Dur: 18 sec, 1.7 MB
10 Promo: Perfect Match with Greg Evans Dur: 15 sec, 899 KB
TVC: Comet Couriers - Helloooooo Comet! Dur: 31 sec, 1.9 MB
10 Promo: Star Search 1st semi-finalDur: 30 sec, 2.6 MB
TVC: Cherry Ripe Dur: 31 sec, 2.0 MB
TVC: Nabisco - Hey Day biscuits Dur: 31 sec, 2.6 MB
10 Promo: Eyewitness News - Lotto Results Dur: 30 sec, 2.0 MB
10 Promo: National Panasonic cup/Movie Dur: 31 sec, 3.5 MB**The tape this came from was a bit worn unfortunatelyAudio Clips:
Compatible with any MP3 player - duhhhhhhhh....128kbps 44kHz Stereo unless noted2UW Jingles: Master Reel #2 - 1/4" Scotch tape, either 177 or 206Jingle Medley #1Dur: 3'33'', 3.3 MBContains various generic 2UW jinglesJingle Medley #2Dur: 2'37'', 2.4 MBThis one primarily deals with 2UW's "Magic 11" period2UW Promos/Programmes: Master Reel #57 - 1/4" Ampex 406 - Part 111 Songs in 11 Seconds - 6 promos Dur: 2'34'', 2.4 MBV/O: Ron E Sparks, games 11 to 16Bazz 'n' Pilko in London - 6 promos including Peter PlusDur: 5'12'', 4.8 MBV/O's: Ron E Sparks (Tracks 1, 2, 3 and 6), Graeme Stone (Tracks 4 and 5)Bazz 'n' Pilko London OB (lead-up tracks) - 4 promos including Peter PlusDur: 3'06'', 2.9 MBV/O: Andrew Vicory
AV Update - December 4th/5th 2009
**All tracks available for download from 2.15am AEDST Saturday December 5th 2009Video ClipsAll clips compatible with Quicktime and the iPod VideoMP4, 320x240, 192kbps vision, 128kbps audio
Ford New Faces with Bert Newton (ending only) (1982?)Dur: 58 sec, 9.5 MB
TVC: Lipton Teabags (France version) Dur: 29 sec, 4.0 MB
TVC: KB Lager (Cold Gold KB) Dur: 60 sec, 10.7 MB**This beer was a hit when I was in school. It was forever known as "Kids Beer"! No we didn't drink it before you ask!
TVC: Holden Camira Dur: 31 sec, 2.2 MB
TVC: KFC with Evonne Cawley - We do chicken right Dur: 32 sec, 4.4 MB**There was a sendup of this TVC on the Doug Mulray and Ken Sterling album "What a rude album" - the section changed was "Gong! Lunchtime!" to which the person doing the Evonne Cawley impersonation in the sketch said "Ah better not! I'm still having trouble with last night's chicken you know!".
TVC: Lan Choo tea's - Tea to a T promotionDur: 31 sec, 2.2 MB
TVC: McDonalds - Atari promotion Dur: 31 sec, 3.5 MB
TVC: Greater Union Cinemas - R Rated movie double Dur: 30 sec, 3.5 MB**NOTE: Partial nudity warning** (of course putting up warnings like this is like waving a red flag to a bull) ;-)
TVC: Tooheys - I feel like a Tooheys! (Yachting version) Dur: 1'01'', 8.6 MB
9 Promo: 55th Academy Awards Dur: 1'02'', 5.9 MB**I couldn't resist including this one. Check out the bed - keen Billy Birmingham followers will note that it's the same music that was used a few years later for his "Wired World Of Sports" album!! I managed to source just where the bed came from - it's from a production music album from 1979 on the Bruton Music label, available in 60 and 30 second versions!
AV Update - 28th November 2009
**A huge thankyou to Mechsta for advising some links in this and the previous update were incorrect. Thanks mate :-) Now fixed.Video ClipsAll clips compatible with Quicktime and the iPod VideoMP4, 320x240, 192kbps vision, 128kbps audio
10 Promo: Women's Indoor TennisDur: 1'01'', 5.4 MB
10 ID and The Towering Inferno mini-promo - V/O by Ken Sparkes Dur: 22 sec, 1.7 MB**Scroll down to see another version of this ID
10 Eyewitness News: Newsflash with Ian Hyslop Dur: 33 sec, 2.6 MB
TVC: The Sunday Telegraph with Ita Buttrose Dur: 31 sec, 2.7 MB
10 Promo: The Benny Hill Show Dur: 32 sec, 3.6 MB
10 Eyewitness News Nightcast: July 4th 1982 - Ian HyslopPlease note: This is a large file and may take some time to download if you're on anything less than a broadband connection. Dur: 6'18'', 34.0 MB**Gotta love this clip. "Prime minister Fraser" and "Premier Neville Wran" are mentioned. Ain't it great :) The early fade at 6:11 and subsequent edit wasn't my doing either. 
10 ID and Prisoner mini-promo - V/O by Ken Sparkes Dur: 20 sec, 1.3 MB**Graphics in this and the 242-39.mp4 cut above are the same while the bed has changed into disco! (and it's 10's remake of Macarthur Park in case you're wondering)
TVC: Village Cinemas - The Exorcist/Friday The 13th Dur: 30 sec, 2.1 MB
TVC: 1224 2WS - Out Of The West Dur: 30 sec, 2.1 MB**Ah the good ol' days of 1224 2WS when they were based at Leabons Lane in Seven Hills, Sydney, with their transmitter at Prospect. Fast forward nearly 30 years and now they're one of ARN's stations with an FM transmitter, 1224 AM now in use by 2RPH. Gee I wish I could find that TV show which had a 2WS announcer on it getting frazzled at the fact someone did something to the carts he had to play - not really a prob if they just played commercials off them but 2WS as well as 2UW and others all used carts for their music AND their ads. Happy 31st birthday 2WS!
9 ID 1982: C'mon along with Channel 9 Dur: 20 sec, 3.5 MBAudio ClipsCompatible with any MP3-capable playback system! (Duh)MP3 128kbps 44.1 kHz Stereo (mono as indicated)Top Spots master tapes: Heckendorf #8 part 2Most if not all cuts engineered by the brilliant Brian Newington1/4" master reels restored by FranksterMazda TV Submission Tracks - 6x 30" demo tape (4:29, 4.2 MB)Midford Uniforms - 2x 30" premix tape (1:23, 2.1 MB)Cut 1: Mono mix, Cut 2: Two track mixPizza Hut: Taco Amigo "Taco Sunday" - 2x 30" release dub (1:25, 1.3 MB)Yes I know about the speed change on the tape ident..the deck was on 15 IPS and this cut was 7 1/2...Your guess is as good as mine! (2:37, 2.4 MB)This cut is a wild take featuring people having a conversation. It was meant to be used as background chatter for a doctor's surgery style radio commercial and being isolated, if you listen carefully it's pretty funny to imagine if some of these bits really did make it. The people chatting would be mixed quite low and under a bed and more vocals so it wouldn't have been noticeable but I really wonder what was left out and what was actually used in the final mix.Women's Weekly big spring carpet guide: Miscellanous track (1:02, 2.4 MB)Another one with a speed change at the start..oops...
Ian Ross, goodbye and good luck
It's only been a few minutes now but Ian Ross has just completed his final news bulletin. A brilliant retrospective on his career before the conclusion was put to air, and as the bulletin drew to a close, he fought back tears but it was lovely to see Chris Bath and others surrounding him, wishing him well. I pretty much grew up with Roscoe, I remember him on 9 news in the 80's!
I'm sure I had some 80's Ian Ross stuff but the database I've made doesn't seem to turn up anything. It's possible I archived 'em but never catalogued 'em. Watch this space!
The headphones saga continues....
...but in a good way. Bought a new set yesterday but didn't go for Sony this time. Went for a nice pair of sennies! (Sennheiser) - the HD 205's. Sound pretty cool, initially I thought a bit bassy but that was just in the source. Hooray! Now how long will these last? If it's shorter than the Sony's I'll scream...
Earlier this week I wrote about myself obtaining a Sony 1" VTR - found the power connector is loose off its base. Even though it powers up I won't risk doing a transfer on it yet in case a fault manages to go all the way to the mains box.
Have a great weekend folks :-)
AV Update - November 24th 2009
**This post also had incorrect links. Thanks once again to Mechsta for advising of the bad ones. Now fixed. Thanks again mate :-)G'day bloggers,
Time for another AV update!
Shoutout to 2GB's Jason Morrison who is tying the knot on Sunday! (November 29th). All the very best to you and wifey, mate. Now repeat after me..."yes, dear"..."no, dear"..."of course, dear"..."no your bum does not look big in that, dear" ;-)
Video ClipsAll clips compatible with Quicktime and the iPod VideoMP4, 320x240, 192kbps vision, 128kbps audio
7 ID (1986?) Dur: 20 sec, 3.2 MB
7 ID "Watch Us Now" 1986 and Wednesday Night Movie opener Dur: 32 sec, 3.5 MB
TVC: Carte D'or Riesling Dur: 31 sec, 2.2 MB
TVC: 2GB News Talk 87 Dur: 30 sec, 1.2 MB
10 Eyewitness News Update - Dal Myles Dur: 1 min 21 sec, 10.1 MB
10 Olympics '84 ID (alternate) Dur: 16 sec, 1.0 MB
TVC: Coles New World mighty markdown sale Dur: 60 sec, 9.2 MB
TVC: NRMA - Somebody Says Thankyou/It pays to belong (30 seconder) Dur: 31 sec, 4.4 MB
10 Eyewitness News Nightcast - Dal Myles Dur: 5 min 53 sec, 39.3 MB
10 Eyewitness News Update - Ian Hyslop (partial) Dur: 59 sec, 6.2 MBAudio ClipsCompatible with any MP3-capable playback system! (Duh)MP3 128kbps 44.1 kHz Stereo (mono as indicated)Top Spots master tapes: Heckendorf #8 part 1Most if not all cuts engineered by the brilliant Brian Newington1/4" master reels restored by FranksterAteco Suzuki: Muzuki Suzuki - 16x 30" release dub (10:53, 10.4 MB)Announced incorrectly as 15x 30" second tracksCarpet Merchants - 1x 60" release dub (1:29, 2.1 MB)Women's Weekly September 1984 versionDelvas Hair Treatments - release dub (4:58, 4.7 MB)Cut 1: Bed only, Cuts 2 to 4 inclusive: Full mixes, Cut 5: Presenter by Trevor SinclairHCF Hospital Cover - vocal track (0:38, 612 KB)Mazda NSW Silver Anniversary: Test Drive (0:51, 826 KB)Tim Webster on the voiceover?
Sony BVH-1100 1" VTR
G'day bloggers,
Well, it's here - just got a delivery of a Sony 1" VTR. The BVH-1100. Weighty bastard too, 100kg's plus. Still, it powers up and all, it just doesn't have a takeup spool.
I'm due another video/audio update soon right? Yessss... OK, hang in there folks!
I'm not dead...
G'day bloggers,
Relax, I'm not dead, I know it's been a few days between posts, but I've been preparing some awesome audio stuff for ya's for next year.
I'm absolutely amazed. Never would I have imagined DAT tapes that are nearly 17 years old still play fine without errors. Which is terrific because I have a lot of my 2RDJ-produced material on them and just got around to transferring them in the last couple of days - and I'll be presenting them next year on the blog. Some of the stuff is awesome but some of it is "huh? What was I thinking?". Anyway, the tapes survived (thankfully as some dillweed had only rolled ONE deck, ensuring there was never a safety master of any of these tapes - the transferred stuff were the absolute final mix tapes..*the* masters..). Tell you what, either they were stored fine or the Tascam DA-20 series of decks handle the tape really gently.
Can anyone say hot? Oh boy. We are sweltering in Sydney right now. Hang onto your hats as the temp climbs to 40 to 41 degrees tomorrow.
Oh and a gripe with Sony - you have cans (headphones) that break easily. I have TWO pairs, each a different model. State of play is this:
Exhibit A: V100 series - no sound in the right channel. Sussed it out, no disconnected wires on that side. Cable break. Undo cable to patch it up. Find cable has white insulation around it stopping flow of signals. Try and strip this away without a soldering iron and you totally screw up the good wiring. Grrrr...
Exhibit B: V250V series - plastic headband that breaks easily. Wanting to source another V250V headband as the cans work fine without cable problems anywhere. Be a bugger to chuck 'em as they work fine. Break is just above the left earpiece where it's on a swivel base - portion where it suspends has broken off leaving left side in collapsed state and feeling very uncomfortable when worn.
Exhibit C: Borrowed sister's cordless cans - not bad, but stupid thing can't handle a decent signal level. It ducks, and it ducks often. Sometimes it's so bad it sounds like an audio compression box has had it's gating circuit up too high. Triple grrr...try doing mastering with this piece of crap. OK for listening but nothing else.
Still, it's not all bad tonight I guess - I had the most wonderous packet of Salt 'n' Vinegar chips in the last hour and about to get onto a very cold glass of Milo. Yum!
Radio standby tapes
G'day bloggers,
Well, after hearing numerous stories about radio station's standby tapes going live during the one minute silence last wednesday (remembrance day), I couldn't help but write a piece about it.
If you're not sure what they are or what they do, basically their purpose is to ensure that programming continues from the transmitter end if something goes wrong at the studio end which results in the broadcast falling silent. Then the good ol "no signal detector" kicks in at the transmitter and the broadcast continues until the studio end comes back up again. The standby program is typically music and station ID's only. 2GB has an ID, an announcement that they're having 'technical difficulties' and then music, interspersed with different versions of the announcement. I have heard theirs being broadcast sometimes, none more so in 2004 when some serious problems gripped the on-air system and they were repeatedly going off air. The first track on their standby is George Benson's "Breezin'". I must've heard it about 5 times that night - but I love the song so all was well.
Unfortunately, things can't happen in reverse - but why would you bother? If you're transmitting program, folks listening to you on a radio and not through a webstream or other relay, you won't be heard, such was the case last thursday during a storm moving through Sydney. A few splats, and bang, the 2GB transmitter was hit. End of on air program - but only for a few seconds. One reset to the tower, and there they were, back on air. Quite amazing stuff!
..and so to rememberance day. Stations take note - I thought it was common sense to turn OFF your standby programming at 11:00am. Doesn't look like it. River949 fell victim to it, their standby unleashing "2 times" by Ann Lee, a fairly upbeat dance track in the middle of the one minute silence. According to Radioinfo, "
Apparently this equipment, for reasons unexplained, recognised the silence as… well, silence and triggered the emergency tape to ensure that programming continued.". Well...DUH! That's what the emergency "tape" is there for (well it's called a tape as it sort of goes back to the days where a 10 inch reel to reel tape would be cued on the transmitter equipment rack but it's more so off either CD or a computer now) - but they're not the only ones. 2GB also fell victim to it a couple of years ago, but the standby tape although activated during the silence didn't go to air...well..it sort of did..I could hear it bleeding through the silence. Same sort of bleed you sometimes get when something is playing on a cueing channel and the desk isn't too good at isolating various channels.
Be that as it may, this year those guys did an absolutely stunning job, albeit a minute too early - but the compile they played in the leadup to 11:00am was a brilliant job and an absolute credit to them.
Am I a 2GB fanboy? Yeah! And I'm not bloody ashamed to admit it. I'd rather listen to them, 2UE or ABC Newsradio than triplets on FM breakfast shows saying things like "Oh I scratched a pimple on my bum and it bled! Haw haw haw!". Give me a break.
Video Update - 12th November 2009
Before I commence this update, I wanna say a quick g'day to Jason Morrison of Radio 2GB Sydney who's a regular viewer of this here site and had some kind words to say about it. Another guy I truly respect in the radio world, he's a brilliant broadcaster. G'day Jason! Awesome to hear you're enjoying the site!
All tracks are available for download from 11.00pm AEDST Thursday 12th November 2009. You may need to refresh/reload this page to see the video stills.
Video ClipsAll clips compatible with Quicktime and the iPod VideoMP4, 320x240, 192kbps vision, 128kbps audio
TVC: State Building Society - Put it in the state, mate! Dur: 30 sec, 3.9 MB**I remember a sendup of this TVC on the Doug Mulray and Ken Sterling album "2 Rude" which was "Stick it in your face, mate, we're going really great, mate"
TVC: Imperial Leather Soaps Dur: 31 sec, 3.0 MB
TVC: Classic Hits 2UW - Bazz 'n' Pilko Dur: 30 sec, 3.4 MB**Check out the carts! They were fun to use...not. Especially when you had no fast forward on the decks and the people before you didn't have the patience to wait until the carts had re-cued, which resulted in the next person to play it getting dead-air as they were in-between the end of the audio and the cue pulse!
TVC: Hycraft Carpets with Jacki Weaver Dur: 29 sec, 2.9 MB
7 Promo: The New Price Is Right Dur: 20 sec, 3.2 MB
7 ID: Let's all be there! (1987) Dur: 18 sec, 1.7 MB
10 X Ident 1988 Dur: 14 sec, 1.5 MB
10 Friday Night Football 1989 (partial) - Rex Mossop Dur: 1 min 48 sec, 14.4 MB
TVC: Tony Packard - Up the windsor road! Dur: 30 sec, 4.0 MB
TVC: Meadow Lea Margarine - The Mojo Boys Dur: 30 sec, 3.1 MB**Ah, what a team they were the boys from Mojo. Here's one of their many jingles on this ad. "...and I must say it's gonza...absolutely bonza...you oughta be congratulated!"Katies Winter Sale: Bed only - 2 track mixDur: 0'34'', MP3 128kbps 44kHz, 532 KB, Stereo**A taste of things to come next year. The old 2UW and Top Spots masters have finally been catalogued and I can now put the tracks up here for you all to listen to! Here's just a sneak preview of what was found on these tapes. For the techies like me, this is off a 1/4" 15 IPS Ampex 406 reel from 1985, which had DBX noise reduction on it and unfortunately dubbed without a DBX decoder inline. Despite the tape noise present, it's here for historical reasons.Pools: Get ya pools in! - Various jingles775 KB**Includes take 1 which is the bed only, a top 'n' tail version and a full version.Milo: Give 'em Milo! - June '84 jingle, bed only756 KB**More jingle beds, this time one from the "Give 'em Milo!" series of TVC's from June 1984.City Ford: City Ford says Yes more often!796 KB**Featuring the great voice of Ron E Sparks, here's the TV audio track of City Ford.
Video Update - November 9th 2009
Video ClipsAll clips compatible with Quicktime and the iPod VideoMP4, 320x240, 192kbps vision, 128kbps audio
TVC: Praise Mayonnaise Dur: 30 sec, 3.0 MB
9 Newsbreak with Ken Sutcliffe Dur: 31 sec, 2.2 MB
TVC: Classic Hits 2UW Dur: 31 sec, 6.9 MB**No matter what I did with this tape I just could not get a stable transfer from it. Here's the cut anyway.
TVC: David Jones with Maureen Duval Dur: 31 sec, 5.3 MB**Source for this was the same tape as the cut above came from
TVC: 2CH Easy 1170 with John Poole Dur: 31 sec, 1.5 MB
TVC: Cliff Richard "Private Collection" Album Dur: 16 sec, 892 KB
9 Promo: Sale Of The Century (Tony Barber/Alyce Platt) Dur: 22 sec, 1.8 MB
9 ID (Brown map of Australia zooming to metallic blue 9 logo) Dur: 21 sec, 2.5 MB
TVC: Barina Cars - Beep Beep Barina! Dur: 31 sec, 4.0 MB
TVC: Lipton Teabags (Italy version) Dur: 30 sec, 3.1 MB
TVC: Delicious Dollop - Frankstermix 2009 Dur: 31 sec, 1.7 MB**Inspired by James of the Australian Television Archive who has this clip up on his Youtube page, it was crying out for a remix. So I made one which involved editing in stupid sound effects at the right moments - and this is the result! Enjoy!
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Vic Davies dies
With heartfelt thanks to Spoonyman on Twitter, I'm sad to report that Vic Davies, one half of the memorable, talented and hilarious duo Club Veg, has passed away as of this afternoon. He was diagnosed with inoperable cancer a couple of months back and succumbed to it today.
A very huge and very sad loss indeed, I grew up with those guys, used to listen to them when I was 14 when they were on 2SM.
RIP Vic.
Frankster's Archive is expanding!
G'day bloggers,
Well, good news. From January 2010, this site will be expanding in terms of available bandwidth and server space. I'm either gonna be doubling or tripling both! This means server resets will happen less frequently than they do now.
Speaking of which, grab anything you can by
12:01am Monday November 9th 2009 - this will be our next reset, with a new update in place shortly afterwards.
Go for it folks!
Many many thanks also to Big Dan for the plug on his latest podcast! Grab it now here!
Random bits
* The new radio ad for GIO insurance is shitting me. There's a line in there which reminds me of the old McDonalds radio ad of "Let's have some fun with your speakers" - GIO's ad takes on this stereo madness, which is all well and good - but the ad is being played on 2GB! That's right, an AM station broadcasting in MONO on the analogue system...if you're not listening to it on digital radio, the stereo line is absolutely farken useless!
* Held out for as long as I could but then there was someone I wanted to reply to and couldn't without an account - what am I talking about? Twitter of course. Follow me at http://twitter.com/frankster73
* Is it just me or did anyone else also find last week's edition of John Safran's Race Relations hysterical? Thought it was hilarious! Palestinian nurse...palestinian nurse...
* The wonderful Tara Moss has another book out and iTunes has it listed for $26. Me want! It's nice to have her read to you at bedtime...problem is, fall asleep and you wake the next morning with her saying "Chapter 23" or something.
* Triple M's Spoonman no longer doing the "Random Rave" podcast due to other committments within the station. Bugger. Was a freakin' awesome podcast. Ah well. More power to the guy anyway, been lizzenin' to the dude ever since he was doing overnights on 2UE in the early 90's, and to have met him at Triple M's Sydney HQ was awesome, though I probably caught him on a bad night.
* Channel 7's new digital channel, 7TWO, will be up and running from this sunday, November 1st, at noon. Placeholder currently up. I heard they were gonna play Murphy Brown on it...no no freakin' NO!! It's been done a thousand times already on various networks. What's the use of all these extra channels if the content is the same?
* Few things being said about Telstra changing studio-to-transmitter links and the fact there's a delay with the digital lines which are taking over the analogue ones. Knew something was going on when my sister was listening to 2GB yesterday while I was on 2UE, and the top of the hour pip tones WERE delayed relative to 2UE's!.
* Memo 2UE - increase the time your no signal detector kicks in before starting the standby audio. 10 seconds? Not too good if you're running quizzes and the person needs a few seconds to think and it's transmitted as dead air. Noticeable stuttering on Paul B Kidd yesterday when program came back...
* Welcome back to Trevor Long who's back at 2GB hosting a new technology show from 7pm this thursday night!
* Had the displeasure of listening to 2DAY-FM Sydney while I was getting my ears lowered today (getting a haircut). Aaarrgggghhhhh...Sydney's Hit Music Station? Um...yeah, for their demographic it is...
Frankster's Archive tribute to Don Lane
**Files available for download from 7.00pm AEDSTFrankster's Archive tribute to Don Lane**NOTE: All clips watermark freeCompatible with Quicktime and the iPod VideoMP4, 320x240, 192kbps vision, 128kbps audio
The Don Lane Show promo Dur: 13 sec, 1.8 MB
The Don Lane Show14th February 1983 - First edition for '83Opening segment and songThis cut also includes a TNT9 Tasmania station ID Dur: 10 min 06 sec, 67.4 MB
The Don Lane ShowVarious bits, year unknown Dur: 3 min 40 sec, 17.2 MB
The Don Lane ShowVarious bits from the 500th episodeIncludes the infamous James Randi interview Dur: 10 min 33 sec, 48.5 MB**A couple of other bits and pieces do exist but unfortunately they're filled with what's probably satellite dropout - the sources are from betamax tapes recorded off TNT9 Tasmania and there's a lot of dropout scattered throughout. It's a wonder they decided to stay with it at all as it happens literally every few seconds.AUDIO: Late Night Australia with Don LaneShow themes and promo beds 1988Source: Thrown out ex-Channel 10 1/4" audio reels
Dur: 2 min 02 sec, 2.8 MB, 192kbps stereo MP3 file
Don Lane dies
G'day bloggers,
As reported
here and on various news sites, Don Lane has died aged 75. Dementia got him. Rest in peace Don.
Shortly we'll be putting up some footage of The Don Lane Show recently found as a tribute. Hang in there folks.
Video Update - October 12th 2009
Thanks must go to the good folk at Zanyspace who resolved a problem with the ftp! This update was to go live a couple of hours ago but we just couldn't connect - thankfully all is well now so enjoy this update! At the moment (10.45pm AEDST 12th October 2009) everything is being uploaded and should all be done just after midnight. I'm monitoring things but although its still connected and uploading it is giving out connection errors every so often so this update may or may not complete successfully. If you find any links that aren't working, drop us a line at the email address to the right and we'll try and find out what the hell is happening.Video ClipsAll clips compatible with Quicktime and the iPod VideoMP4, 320x240, 192kbps vision, 128kbps audio
TVC: McDonalds "You deserve a break today" (30 sec version) Dur: 31 sec, 3.9 MB
TVC: Colgate Gel "Let me in Shaun! Let me in!" Dur: 30 sec, 2.5 MB
TVC: Sorbent Toilet Paper Dur: 30 sec, 2.7 MB
10 Eyewitness News Update: Katrina Lee Dur: 1 min 20 sec, 4.5 MB
10 promo: Eyewitness News Dur: 29 sec, 2.0 MB
EAT Appeal featuring Daryl Somers and others 1984 Dur: 6 min 51 sec, 61.3 MB**This was part of a special the nine network did for their EAT appeal (East Africa Tragedy) - hosted by Daryl Somers, and although the tape is a little damaged it's included here for historical purposes. Please note that this is a fairly large download and will take some time to download if you're on dial-up.
TVC: Canestan Thrush Cream Dur: 29 sec, 6.6 MB
Lotto Draw (1988?) - Grant Goldman and Karen Pini Dur: 2 min 31 sec, 17.8 MB
9 ID/Monday Night At The Movies opener Dur: 21 sec, 2.2 MB
TVC: Sprite Lemonade Dur: 31 sec, 4.8 MB
Is Zanyspace being hacked?
G'day bloggers,
A fresh video update is all ready to go but I'm unable to upload it as yet. The server returns this message:
"
Response: 530 Sorry, the maximum number of allowed clients (50) are already connected."
WHAT?!? I hope this doesn't mean I'm being hacked for the second time in 2 years!
The Frankster Podcast: Show 32 10/10/09
G'day bloggers,
Well here we are - The Frankster Podcast returns for more audio goodness!**
BroadbandDur: 17'29'', MP3 128kbps 44kHz, Stereo, 16.7 MBDial-UpDur: 17'29'', MP3 64kbps 22kHz, Stereo, 8.3 MBFeatures my take on the whole Hey Hey/Harry Connick Jnr saga, weather events, rocktober radio jingles and coke jingles. Enjoy!
**Available for download at 2.00pm AEDST Saturday October 10th 2009
Request: Susie Elelman for Peter
Greetings to Peter who emailed last week and asked if I had any Susie Elelman clips - Peter, I found one (not two as I thought I had). This is from a 1988 episode of 7's Newsworld. Enjoy! I seem to be a bit light on for Susie stuff but better than nothing eh?
Newsworld with Susie Elelman: 198836 sec, 2.9 MB ....but to make up for the lack of videos, here are five images of Susie as well for you! Credits to the original uploaders except the mag scan which is mine.
Video Update - 29th September 2009
**All videos are available for download around 4:00pm AEST Tuesday September 29th 2009Video ClipsAll clips compatible with Quicktime and the iPod VideoMP4, 320x240, 192kbps vision, 128kbps audio
TVC: 0055 Sexlines - Version 1 Dur: 15 sec, 1.6 MB
TVC: 0055 Sexlines - Version 2 Dur: 16 sec, 2.0 MB
9 ID/National Nine News opener 22nd September 1989 Dur: 37 sec, 3.2 MB
10 promo: Eyewitness News (1984?) Dur: 21 sec, 1.9 MB
TVC: Electronic Sales 'n' Rentals - Joe Hashem and Billy J Smith Dur: 1 min 01 sec, 4.1 MB
TVC: Norman Ross Discounts Dur: 30 sec, 2.6 MB
TVC: Woolworths Variety with Ian Turpie Dur: 30 sec, 3.0 MB
TV: Joyce Mayne Shopping Complex - Auburn, Sydney Dur: 60 sec, 6.2 MB
TVC: Agarol Laxatives - V/O by Robbie McGregor Dur: 31 sec, 1.9 MB
TVC: Winfield Cup - unless you're there at the game Dur: 31 sec, 3.3 MB**We also have the beds for this TVC in the archive! Both were taken from a 1/4" Ampex 406 reel which was once Channel 10's and which had been...yes you guessed it...thrown out - considered lost until I picked it up and copied off whatever was on it in 1991! Not without a fight either - even though the splices were repaired and the tape baked and re-baked, it couldn't fix the two dropouts you'll hear in the first cut. The second cut is the full mix with vocals, but two of the lines after "Show 'em the courage, show 'em the skill" in the song have been mixed out - so it's possibly a pre-mix.Bed 1 - 1 min 16 sec, 1.1 MB, MonoBed 2 - 1 min 06 sec, 1.0 MB, MonoSo where are the audio clips this time around, Frankster?Folks, they are on the way, a bit of re-organising is going on right now with the 2UW and Top Spots material. When it's all complete, they'll be back up here. It's always been my intention to present the complete master tapes and you'll see them up here eventually. For now though, enjoy the videos!
