Re: [MOPO] Recording Audio

[J R]

Just listening to only the soundtrack from the right movie can be loads of fun. I first discovered this with the original film version of THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD. I was laid up in bed with a back injury and couldn't turn over easily. I happened to be lying facing away from the TV when THE THING came on a late-night local station. I just lay there facing a blank wall and listened to it and was amazed to discover that the dialog and sound effects were so strong -- and the directing and pacing so tight --  that it played beautifully as an old-style radio drama and that I didn't need the pictures at all.   It's hard for younger people to truly get the idea that it wasn't so long ago that you could NOT watch any movie you wanted in your home at your whim. No, it used to be that you either saw it at the theater for the week or two it was showing in your town -- or just waited until the movie finally came to TV (which took about 3 to 5 years from the time a film was released). If you missed the movie the night it aired on your local station, you were just out of luck. You had to wait until it aired again... which could be months or years... if it ever did. That was it -- that was the only way to watch movies (unless you had your own film projector).   I purchased the very first commercial model VCR the day it hit the shelves -- and there were no pre-recorded tapes of movies available for it. None. There was only blank tape (and it was fairly expensive). The idea was that you would record the shows off-the-air (or cable if you had it). It actually took a couple of years for them to realize that they could start selling movies on video tape cassettes to the general public. The first to appear were incredibly expensive -- priced between $79 and $129 each! For one movie! Hard to believe, I know, but true. Video tape rental stores took another year or two to appear in most towns. And this wasn't back in the caveman days, folks -- this was after STAR WARS was released -- in 1978, a mere 27 years ago!   -- JR   ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe Bonelli To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 19:45 Subject: Re: [MOPO] Recording Audio > HI from Joe B. A friend of mine was a drive-in theatre projectionist in the 60s.  He dubbed the entire soundtrack of Gone With the Wind onto an eight-track tape for us.  You could listen and be as drawn in as if you were in the theatre.  Just like radio drama. It just goes to show you the effect a well-performed good script can have on a listener-- even without the picture. Best, Joe > From: "Tom A. Pennock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/03/11 Fri PM 08:16:40 EST > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Subject: [MOPO] Recording Audio > > Glad to hear someone else recorded audio soundtracks from television before > VCR's. I still have many audio reel to reel tapes of movie soundtracks > recorded from many years ago. Boy are the kid's spoiled today!!! They walk  into a > video store and buy GWTW or The Wizard Of Oz right off the shelf. > > There was a dealer by the name of Buddy McDaniel who used to sell  vinyl LP > records custom made of movie soundtracks. They cost about $100.00 per  title. > Those were the good old days!!! > > Buddy, are you on the MOPO server list? > > Best, > > --Tom Pennock > >          Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >    ___________________________________________________________________ >               How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > >        Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >             In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > >     The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > >          Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com    ___________________________________________________________________               How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List        Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]             In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L     The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.