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Re: [ARSCLIST] Fwd: Re: [AMIA-L] Firesign Theatre Looking for recordings of their Work
Richard L. Hess wrote:
This came across on the Association of Moving Image archivists email
list and I thought the ARSC and Ampex list members might be able to help
out. I know there are Old-Time-Radio lists and while Firesign Theatre is
not Old-Old-Time, it's getting on to forty years old...so if there are
other lists out there, please forward. This is a shame that this wasn't
saved. I know we can't save everything, but...
For those unfamiliar with Firesign Theatre, I first heard them in 1969
and found their humour and satire amazing--but I only know them through
their released recordings.
Please keep copying Nan Rubin so she knows where the query is going.
Rambling note - trash without regret:
I was volunteering at KPFK when Firesign tore up their hall one night
preparing an album. I shot the event on Leicas and made monochrome
prints for the Folio, the station's program magazine. A few years later,
I came close to discarding the pages of uncut slides, but figured some
day I'd find a way to get them to the remains of the troupe.
About a year ago, a friend suggested how I could find them and I was
able to send the pictures along. Unfortunately, toting the cameras meant
no audio recording, so my contribution has already been made.
Now, *that* session was a unique experience.
Mike
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