From vweber@cern.ch Thu Oct 19 07:41:43 1995
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From: vweber@cern.ch (Valeria Weber)
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Subject: [INFO] The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape?
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I've been re-watching my off-air VHS of the June 8, 1985 Hamburg Live-Fidelity broadcast.

If you look at the lower third timecode on the broadcast feed, the studio audio meter doesn't drop to zero -- the 14.2 Hz sub-tone stays active.
Right at 02:14 in 'Memory Hatch', she stops singing completely and just stares directly into camera 2.

My tape is 3rd generation and starting to degrade. Does anyone have a 1st gen copy from a Betamax or U-matic deck?

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From tandersson@delphi.com Fri Oct 20 17:52:43 1995
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From: tandersson@delphi.com (Takeshi Andersson)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape?
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In article <1995Oct19.074143.8110@cern.ch>, vweber@cern.ch (Valeria Weber) writes:
> I've been re-watching my off-air VHS of the June 8, 1985 Hamburg Live-Fidelity broadcast.

I was 14 when that aired in Germany. My dad thought the satellite link had frozen until the drummer started improvising.

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From mstewart@berkeley.edu Sun Oct 22 11:31:43 1995
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From: mstewart@berkeley.edu (Matthias Stewart)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape?
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In article <1995Oct19.074143.8110@cern.ch>, vweber@cern.ch (Valeria Weber) writes:
> I've been re-watching my off-air VHS of the June 8, 1985 Hamburg Live-Fidelity broadcast.
> If you look at the lower third timecode on the broadcast feed, the studio audio meter doesn't drop to zero -- the 14.2 Hz sub-tone stays active.

Oh come on, she obviously just froze up from stage fright. It happens to live performers all the time.

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From ffischer@ox.ac.uk Sun Oct 22 21:14:43 1995
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From: ffischer@ox.ac.uk (Freya Fischer)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] The 1985 Hamburg broadcast freeze - anyone have a clean tape?
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In article <1995Oct20.175243.6721@delphi.com>, tandersson@delphi.com (Takeshi Andersson) writes:
> I was 14 when that aired in Germany. My dad thought the satellite link had frozen until the drummer started improvising.

I remember watching this on our family's Radiant TV console. The picture tube hummed whenever Nova hit high notes.

Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette.

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