Re: [ARSCLIST] Fishing expedition -- WNBC show from 1953 or 1954

[Robert Hodge <rjhodge@xxxxxxx>]

A thought,

Have you tried playing the tape back on a multi track recorder to see
if a 
portion of the original rcording might have survived the erase head
when it was recorded over?

I've had some luck in that pursuit.

Best,
R.Hodge



Robert Hodge,
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This is a deep fishing expedition, but I figure if anyone can get me
pointed where I need to go, 
they might be on this list. Ideally, someone who knows if NBC Radio
archives exist and if so, where 
they might be ...

I'm looking for a broadcast from either 1953 or 1954. It is an episode
of "Music Through the Night" 
with Harry Fleetwood. Mr. Fleetwood did a series of interviews with
heads of classical recording of 
all the major record companies at that time, and one of those
interviews was with my mother. Alas, 
our tape of that interview is recorded over but for the last 5 minutes.
Why/how -- who knows, but 
the net result is, most of the recording is lost. In case anyone is
interested, I do have the 
complete interview with Israel Horowitz of Decca Records. In that
interview, Fleetwood mentions that 
he had already done RCA and London, so those interviews may exist,
too.

I have a creeping doubt that systematic archiving of this program was
done, but maybe something 
special like these interviews were recorded and kept. Or, maybe someone
knows an aircheck bug who 
happened to be fascinated with the classical music business during the
heyday of hifi and who was a 
night owl. OK, it's a stretch but maybe I'll get lucky.

Thanks in advance!

-- Tom Fine