tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51978129108647887762024-02-18T18:08:09.067-08:00Craig's Culture CornerThis is where I'll post stuff that relates to my nerdly pursuits. Expect infrequent updates.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197812910864788776.post-41178375299178550742011-07-18T18:26:00.000-07:002011-07-18T18:32:05.123-07:00All I Want For Christmas<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhYkQzI5UNtG3bnmZC_M31KLK5WQQhn1ZtGcTaXjdZzvMQ4hABwxgA5RaD3xtOst8yySVWxPFlV56F14jPuD3P7DF07BzMA4IE29bX_gTDMUeJhnJzNrFtuAFdE-szIjTkZy2ZArrST4/s1600/Laurel-n-Hardy-Boxset.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhYkQzI5UNtG3bnmZC_M31KLK5WQQhn1ZtGcTaXjdZzvMQ4hABwxgA5RaD3xtOst8yySVWxPFlV56F14jPuD3P7DF07BzMA4IE29bX_gTDMUeJhnJzNrFtuAFdE-szIjTkZy2ZArrST4/s400/Laurel-n-Hardy-Boxset.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630869858052493138" /></a><br />TIMELESS SOUND-ERA FILMS FROM THE LEGENDARY HAL ROACH LIBRARY DEBUT IN ONE EXTRAORDINARY DVD SET <br />FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE U.S. <br /><br /><br />LAUREL & HARDY: THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION<br /><br /><br />Digitally Remastered And Digitally Restored, Loaded With Over Two Hours Of Special Features, The Spectacular 10-Disc Set Arrives October 25 From RHI Entertainment And Vivendi Entertainment <br /><br />UNIVERSAL CITY, CA – Celebrating the genius of the most beloved comedy team of all time, LAUREL & HARDY: THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION debuts in a stunning 10-disc set on October 25, 2011 from RHI Entertainment and Vivendi Entertainment. With a comedic style that defined an era and created a legacy that is still celebrated today, 58 of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy’s talking shorts and feature films, produced under legendary movie mogul Hal Roach from 1929 through 1940, are now available for the first time in the U.S. all together in one magnificent collection.<br /><br />Transferred in high definition for the first time and digitally enhanced for home viewing in the finest quality available to date, the set contains favorites that have been enjoyed for generations including Helpmates, Hog Wild, Another Fine Mess, Sons of the Desert, Way Out West, and the Academy Award® winning* film The Music Box.<br /><br />LAUREL & HARDY: THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION comes housed in collectible, book-style packaging with an extensive, detailed film guide. The set also boasts over two hours of special features including exclusive, never-before-seen interviews with comedy legends Dick Van Dyke, Jerry Lewis, Tim Conway and more, who discuss the enduring impact and influence of Laurel and Hardy.<br /><br />Additional features include commentaries by Laurel and Hardy aficionados, along with a virtual location map that allows viewers to take an interactive tour of the iconic places in and around Los Angeles where Laurel and Hardy filmed. Available for the suggested retail price of $99.98, LAUREL & HARDY: THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION showcases some of the most cherished and hilarious films in cinema history and is a must-have for comedy fans and collectors everywhere.<br /><br />BASICS<br />Price: $99.98<br />Street Date: October 25, 2011<br />Order Date: September 20, 2011<br />Catalog Number: RH3021<br />Language: English<br />Running time: 1941 minutes<br />Rating: NRUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197812910864788776.post-65025806625214792812010-12-11T03:00:00.000-08:002010-12-11T03:07:23.144-08:00Toy Commercial Project<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhijyxk0XuybkpSKVNo5GTrVCHtw5po_2cZIFRVDnunYOc0AVgr5GPYXuYno8xjP4YZW6jYOIH66ehe92W_iErTGkXmGAFH1jeCsJveybSolyUo09YJ7YYYP6zgqcvRQuwlO7laVcnuu9Q/s1600/MATTEL+TOYS3.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhijyxk0XuybkpSKVNo5GTrVCHtw5po_2cZIFRVDnunYOc0AVgr5GPYXuYno8xjP4YZW6jYOIH66ehe92W_iErTGkXmGAFH1jeCsJveybSolyUo09YJ7YYYP6zgqcvRQuwlO7laVcnuu9Q/s400/MATTEL+TOYS3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549378827309413298" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197812910864788776.post-52914544163956106002010-11-08T18:02:00.000-08:002010-11-08T18:24:10.831-08:00Not The Beatles Vol. 6<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxpu4DGSIoQEQUrp4fe7Q_GJjS3vtAC1dsXCLRasVGKy1-JY-aJbagh1iirf_w-x2S9UZIx2MtRAJy0nG3CV-YI-BLvb6cwqLvzn-UVQuzLD86b3Kw2hIcvjLOhdQSzz335m1o84sXaA/s1600/NOT-THE-BEATLES-VOL-6a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxpu4DGSIoQEQUrp4fe7Q_GJjS3vtAC1dsXCLRasVGKy1-JY-aJbagh1iirf_w-x2S9UZIx2MtRAJy0nG3CV-YI-BLvb6cwqLvzn-UVQuzLD86b3Kw2hIcvjLOhdQSzz335m1o84sXaA/s400/NOT-THE-BEATLES-VOL-6a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537366597059962146" /></a>After a pretty long lay-off, I've re-visited the budget bins to assemble yet another collection of vintage Beatles cover recordings.<br /><br />I've plundered not one, but two sets of "Alvin & The Chipmunks" cash-ins. Yes, the"real" Chipmunks recorded their own LP of Beatles covers, but the WYNCOTE and DIPLOMAT budget labels pulled off a bank-shot by ripping of rodents ripping off insects!<br /><br />One source was "The Grasshoppers Sing The Beatles Hits" which featured some nice interplay, David Seville style, between the main grasshopper, Henry, and the manager, Jerry.<br /><br />The other group of sped-up vocals came from a Wyncote LP that didn't even bother giving itself a title or identifying the "artists" in print. The cover just showed four chipmunks with "A HARD DAYS NIGHT" and a few other song titles splash across it.<br /><br />Also featured are some "karaoke" versions of Beatles tunes from the "Sing A-Long With The Beatles" LP that was released on the Tower record label. At least this was a Capitol Records subsidiary.<br /><br />Sprinkled in are also covers by a (mid-70s?) LP recorded by The Rip-Offs. Well, at least they're up front about it!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Q90t7RpPYTE0kboxjP4BvCZMSix7u2onby72lq9z7oLn2AtsFuiCcBB90X-GuMXLJ2IjhWCppEb1SNMeCumMTb9AmuSzKyI1hUww_nkpG4MjcGCbBmF1K7bML4_tGbZaSk4uCUHGfF0/s1600/NOT-THE-BEATLES-VOL-6b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Q90t7RpPYTE0kboxjP4BvCZMSix7u2onby72lq9z7oLn2AtsFuiCcBB90X-GuMXLJ2IjhWCppEb1SNMeCumMTb9AmuSzKyI1hUww_nkpG4MjcGCbBmF1K7bML4_tGbZaSk4uCUHGfF0/s400/NOT-THE-BEATLES-VOL-6b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537366213928430882" /></a><br /><br />For the final track, I was able to create my own chipmunk version of "My Bonnie" by tweaking the Tony Sheridan recording. His guitar parts were also pitched up an octave, so now it sounds like he was rocking out on a mandolin!<br /><br />Let me know if I need to upload a link to this masterpiece...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197812910864788776.post-27815722549600361292010-07-30T17:21:00.000-07:002010-07-30T17:50:05.632-07:00S.N.A.F.U. AlertIt's a five-alarm cartoon nerd emergency, gang. Code Red!<br /><br />Thunderbean Animation has announced it will be releasing the most complete, best-looking collection of "Private Snafu" cartoons ever assembled come this October.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFenhvCV-yzHyN4WfKiiTA2vbFg2SvJb9XDvqHMISGyEphma8i8-2BQd0OgNtvg_7hMV_j45Z_JGtA_9RVJSCGmfketZjfePxlPfMcuoC7fvwL13RKboQgy2m9zkaEOq0qy5YLoDISGk/s1600/snafu.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFenhvCV-yzHyN4WfKiiTA2vbFg2SvJb9XDvqHMISGyEphma8i8-2BQd0OgNtvg_7hMV_j45Z_JGtA_9RVJSCGmfketZjfePxlPfMcuoC7fvwL13RKboQgy2m9zkaEOq0qy5YLoDISGk/s400/snafu.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499861649360999682" /></a><br /><br />"Private What?" you ask.<br /><br />These are cartoons that were produced during WWII to be shown to armed forces. Imagine cartoons made by the Warner Brothers studio, produced during their absolute peak with Dr. Seuss thrown in for good measure.<br /><br />That's what these are.<br /><br />Here are a few screen shot from "Rumors" (Friz Freleng, dir.) and "Booby Traps (Bob Clampett, dir.) The pictoral quality is stunning on these!<hr><br /><strong>RUMORS</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwR0tXTMBNZoeA6nzrfRQz3C-3IGz9Z5-PCgqJ8MAewuVEYjtzI87paObL6dyVHYhlNNdJnzDkHn88vU_eXl2em9NmOYu4k0wsUkmGeOeLO1jHXmZI7hLpPjZ7-KaGg43lH6BZx13Ghk/s1600/snafu1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUwR0tXTMBNZoeA6nzrfRQz3C-3IGz9Z5-PCgqJ8MAewuVEYjtzI87paObL6dyVHYhlNNdJnzDkHn88vU_eXl2em9NmOYu4k0wsUkmGeOeLO1jHXmZI7hLpPjZ7-KaGg43lH6BZx13Ghk/s400/snafu1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499861291006736418" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmaQdCcZHDoZAv8gn8fxGZiiNnxWCqaEKtSXtDC2n8wpW-2zh969KOhEPQbrwCUdRhsSSBvHJSX7afuHqbW1SCcyccvjGTQeS0mKIn8yQ2_r1eilAKQo9qB27Eb0BX7NTD3FwmqPD6-8g/s1600/snafu2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmaQdCcZHDoZAv8gn8fxGZiiNnxWCqaEKtSXtDC2n8wpW-2zh969KOhEPQbrwCUdRhsSSBvHJSX7afuHqbW1SCcyccvjGTQeS0mKIn8yQ2_r1eilAKQo9qB27Eb0BX7NTD3FwmqPD6-8g/s400/snafu2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499860882772253810" /></a><br /><br />An off-hand remark ("Good day for a bombing!") gets amplified all out of proportion until the entire base has been convinced that they have lost the war. Pvt. Snafu ends up in a padded cell while he is taunted by the "baloney" he had let loose.<br /><br />This one was scripted by Dr. Seuss.<hr><br /><strong>BOOBY TRAPS</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5R0XXLCt8434iX3_6C2UHJ-oURjpuYbLhBbPQVgW6NvFUGnIA6wmWQK7Ax-9F6QO6eoRmAhEnDv_DaX50hf8L-wj8JWOQpd7HX0CMxchyQtbad4T7Q0ZsUKECXk0urNKb6n4CrfpRwQ/s1600/snafu3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5R0XXLCt8434iX3_6C2UHJ-oURjpuYbLhBbPQVgW6NvFUGnIA6wmWQK7Ax-9F6QO6eoRmAhEnDv_DaX50hf8L-wj8JWOQpd7HX0CMxchyQtbad4T7Q0ZsUKECXk0urNKb6n4CrfpRwQ/s400/snafu3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499860556481256290" /></a><br />A little WWII-era cheesecake for our fighting boys!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxOX6bO9jxSMUQaxQJumeG9Tqvy2isrjQX-gaBP4W75w3Px_Ro-qCkApZrZ6ooOvLNYzCmUvuT_MTKrecam9t2-zFjMb40zzVlLQwRAoHUT98YQDPouNwDVy4FgLmdsXNMNw_QJyeMuI/s1600/snafu4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxOX6bO9jxSMUQaxQJumeG9Tqvy2isrjQX-gaBP4W75w3Px_Ro-qCkApZrZ6ooOvLNYzCmUvuT_MTKrecam9t2-zFjMb40zzVlLQwRAoHUT98YQDPouNwDVy4FgLmdsXNMNw_QJyeMuI/s400/snafu4.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499860110970709042" /></a><br /><br />Even though the enemy has fled, soldiers should be on the lookout for booby traps that have been left behind. Note the characteristic Rod Scribner pose. <em>Those teeth!</em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rDLHfhuZMAvIsmRcOm07JZNo696H1_VrEDNPkvqy0ClsG0LfwHGeJyxqqN7hSg4A3Fx1UV7c77acOKzvVhu7Q2EMmqOwpEeYNkDehpvLnzXLRbssS949AYL4FOQVNcxKRU94Ok8u6jw/s1600/snafu6.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rDLHfhuZMAvIsmRcOm07JZNo696H1_VrEDNPkvqy0ClsG0LfwHGeJyxqqN7hSg4A3Fx1UV7c77acOKzvVhu7Q2EMmqOwpEeYNkDehpvLnzXLRbssS949AYL4FOQVNcxKRU94Ok8u6jw/s400/snafu6.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499859666372018466" /></a><br /><br />Snafu manages to blow himself to kingdom come for not taking heed.<hr><br /><br />I'll try to remember to post further info once this set hits the street.<br /><br />This looks to be <strong><em>the</em></strong> cartoon DVD release of the year.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197812910864788776.post-42996921845967549572010-07-28T15:33:00.000-07:002010-07-28T15:57:28.410-07:00Breakin' Like A Mighty WindOn New Years Eve, 1992 NBC broadcast "A Spinal Tap Reunion" as a TV Special.<br /><br />This was ten years after Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer and Michael McKean were seen as the Heavy-Metal Band <strong>Spinal Tap </strong>but eleven years before the same three guys became <strong>The Folksmen</strong> in "A Mighty Wind.<br /><br />Yet, here we find The Folksmen on the concert bill to open for Spinal Tap's Reunion concert at the Royal Albert Hall! (Note MTV dreamboat Martha Quinn!)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQ-84O44bEP8NOjXARxihjYJE28l0_ufqbnHPZ04ccbcC0M8heQRJMWEein1QsJ9xUUaZAlchyphenhyphenza1IZ4TjNlL745rYDxTYWe7n3svKKEdx9DHFJddxiZg7VHxFsARBVI6t_oJ4CTVatc/s1600/poster.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQ-84O44bEP8NOjXARxihjYJE28l0_ufqbnHPZ04ccbcC0M8heQRJMWEein1QsJ9xUUaZAlchyphenhyphenza1IZ4TjNlL745rYDxTYWe7n3svKKEdx9DHFJddxiZg7VHxFsARBVI6t_oJ4CTVatc/s400/poster.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499093001402320386" /></a><br /><br />Backstage, we find them warming up by singing "Blood On The Coal" which is a folksong about a mining disaster <em>and</em> a train derailment.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMu-svHNpB3TF2AJRsRRSk3M_syyOgIwidzEJdOr0rMEA5INrg1F3SRSUzY9Z6z2kwV3TIjf5KHUjfPh7-fH6XpIkhW39ZiyJC0pY1Huw6a3-Z430H7Q2FrQdgbOHIDWnT0a8BzbCiaE/s1600/folkmen1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMu-svHNpB3TF2AJRsRRSk3M_syyOgIwidzEJdOr0rMEA5INrg1F3SRSUzY9Z6z2kwV3TIjf5KHUjfPh7-fH6XpIkhW39ZiyJC0pY1Huw6a3-Z430H7Q2FrQdgbOHIDWnT0a8BzbCiaE/s400/folkmen1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499092717921394210" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtlR0Y4f0BBxiMejQ4KlfMuPMsNgZ-4s1yCaB7ImGPOCi29bZMt6xSToCbOylybyzTp3HA9dw8t6KO3q9js8I0a1655AFowUjjyc6QKyVKSbV7ZgfF2ZtXhGIulXSoYV8ok-ci0zE24A/s1600/folkmen2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirtlR0Y4f0BBxiMejQ4KlfMuPMsNgZ-4s1yCaB7ImGPOCi29bZMt6xSToCbOylybyzTp3HA9dw8t6KO3q9js8I0a1655AFowUjjyc6QKyVKSbV7ZgfF2ZtXhGIulXSoYV8ok-ci0zE24A/s400/folkmen2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499092486991164066" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidh_MTrMcRHjKHhVmOgL6QeQdHCj7cD43je4HOD7X1Y1En05P16q1_gMdNJfzrgz7Kx2dbwGm1ZoV6HM8aEc60F7f4NnrQsx-WAn_EzwXr3Zy3rRZP36cUcWYnBA2qAfK1_HQBmzaRsKw/s1600/folkmen3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidh_MTrMcRHjKHhVmOgL6QeQdHCj7cD43je4HOD7X1Y1En05P16q1_gMdNJfzrgz7Kx2dbwGm1ZoV6HM8aEc60F7f4NnrQsx-WAn_EzwXr3Zy3rRZP36cUcWYnBA2qAfK1_HQBmzaRsKw/s400/folkmen3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499092233539406434" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyriKsyzAmWXg3KJjoeaz07M68EvRgf-FfP4HJjaXV4amlOtsogFwOY03zMvXnIv7srYtFKm9lBbb4Iri_LLt_GRhaYvJm7CtEpo2PZbO0JUjSXoYxNT8db7gepZoHvf3d328_3RsgudA/s1600/folkmen4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyriKsyzAmWXg3KJjoeaz07M68EvRgf-FfP4HJjaXV4amlOtsogFwOY03zMvXnIv7srYtFKm9lBbb4Iri_LLt_GRhaYvJm7CtEpo2PZbO0JUjSXoYxNT8db7gepZoHvf3d328_3RsgudA/s400/folkmen4.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499092011321568450" /></a><br /><br />I wonder if this was the first appearance of The Folksmen? "Blood On The Coal" would later appear on the soundtrack album for "A Mighty Wind."<br /><br />It also makes me wonder about how long a typical gestation period is for the ideas these guys come up with.<br /><br />Oh, well - <em>I</em> thought it was interesting.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197812910864788776.post-91653567242647494262010-07-24T06:20:00.000-07:002010-07-24T10:50:53.897-07:00CD's CDsI bought and installed my first CD-R drive back in 1999. It was a balky device that would run at the amazing speed of 2x. About one in three discs would have to be scrapped and redone thanks to the "buffer under run" gambit.<br /><br />But, boy was I in heaven!<br /><br />As a fan of mid-sixties garage bands I had spent the previous twenty years buying compilation LPs of obscure tracks. Now here was an opportunity to make my own nearly commercial grade comps!<br /><br />But what good are CD-Rs without artwork to stuff in their jewel cases?<br /><br />PowerPoint to the rescue!<br /><br />Here are some random examples of inserts I've slapped together.<hr><br />One category of comps are the ones I assemble by either transferring tracks from vinyl or cassettes or downloading from other "sixties-geek" websites. I usually just pick a song title from whatever group I've assembled and use that to name the collection-of-the-moment.<br /><br />I like to use as much white space as possible to save on the old ink cartridge. It also looks "cleaner" to my eye.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid75NEGYt90lSaq28ooLe8NCgURIdhp0mC4ZSHULSq2QfjkiCiMxRXOtU2BiVGrcnaCouxdTtVs1gGFKx93V61chyphenhyphenkzlGggwjOycce5v-CHGMQDPAwShmcsAcCAviR0YmmAYncTMgGehw/s1600/I+WISH+I+KNEW.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid75NEGYt90lSaq28ooLe8NCgURIdhp0mC4ZSHULSq2QfjkiCiMxRXOtU2BiVGrcnaCouxdTtVs1gGFKx93V61chyphenhyphenkzlGggwjOycce5v-CHGMQDPAwShmcsAcCAviR0YmmAYncTMgGehw/s400/I+WISH+I+KNEW.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497467972772665314" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ZFAtWz_6wiD9JCvGDqBKDw3-klyL7lBxIrYsCdqvvNldO5EIraewQVEeyA82JrOhPlHORvyE5EwY_jJvM5EHQf3BkTpN9d1deZqYNIHbTC5ckFVs6szJpq2MnKPZfEMHfvzHzzs13U0/s1600/I+TELL+NO+LIES.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ZFAtWz_6wiD9JCvGDqBKDw3-klyL7lBxIrYsCdqvvNldO5EIraewQVEeyA82JrOhPlHORvyE5EwY_jJvM5EHQf3BkTpN9d1deZqYNIHbTC5ckFVs6szJpq2MnKPZfEMHfvzHzzs13U0/s400/I+TELL+NO+LIES.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497467537737090914" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRGgU8RmBwJ2r4ASdk855bWK2nRy0pxzByu_0LRCWBRM07TW6X4VknpdqwaZy8xkpjvkk5-LEbsoZI4J4mSd0mvcjSrUkjrdlChk3JxCft9a1JaoCaYMzD7aHRvdc_rwGyiDPB_x5p_M/s1600/WALKING+DOWN+A+NEW+ROAD.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRGgU8RmBwJ2r4ASdk855bWK2nRy0pxzByu_0LRCWBRM07TW6X4VknpdqwaZy8xkpjvkk5-LEbsoZI4J4mSd0mvcjSrUkjrdlChk3JxCft9a1JaoCaYMzD7aHRvdc_rwGyiDPB_x5p_M/s400/WALKING+DOWN+A+NEW+ROAD.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497466827804525010" /></a><hr><br />Another category is where a fellow garage band enthusiast has created his own collection of tacks, but might not have done any artwork. <br /><br />Once again, PowerPoint to the rescue!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-ZxET5F8apl4xXaSRzWRL5jw_EILr_oBJsmpmkLHrRax-RLWx_84y19L97aQvVKV9GiWxaHdAvPXeKmgtsX5HaFwRKaHZJeCcFk7dS9DU2hIwQ-MMK09qwtbYMReAzD_karie9MWRQc/s1600/BLUE+BYRDS.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 398px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-ZxET5F8apl4xXaSRzWRL5jw_EILr_oBJsmpmkLHrRax-RLWx_84y19L97aQvVKV9GiWxaHdAvPXeKmgtsX5HaFwRKaHZJeCcFk7dS9DU2hIwQ-MMK09qwtbYMReAzD_karie9MWRQc/s400/BLUE+BYRDS.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497466008163753794" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi31y3G3ab9t5skLnkPdjGHkFN-8A_boHllhJjEGX5CYvOMqHPScIOswydSTgc_VDU8CIMM7sHZdufezvBayYlTQHDGFXpzGDuqOzl9KJdsPuPSVPr7iNpi8_4QUa-kslCfkEqSxvat67Q/s1600/BO+DID+IT+AGAIN.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi31y3G3ab9t5skLnkPdjGHkFN-8A_boHllhJjEGX5CYvOMqHPScIOswydSTgc_VDU8CIMM7sHZdufezvBayYlTQHDGFXpzGDuqOzl9KJdsPuPSVPr7iNpi8_4QUa-kslCfkEqSxvat67Q/s400/BO+DID+IT+AGAIN.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497465169242882338" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_JmNUCzyGpc9lxDThTO9YhRaNx65ERQKtJz22tORwHCjnr6C1ZH2nVge8i5CEZfAUl8kWS0CEQndBDZ1a9d7igQPmCUDwrvgO7qDsxhfy6V1msvmy5D9jbs-LkDPkRV1L9N-9mdQm_XE/s1600/ELECTRIC+DEBRIS.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_JmNUCzyGpc9lxDThTO9YhRaNx65ERQKtJz22tORwHCjnr6C1ZH2nVge8i5CEZfAUl8kWS0CEQndBDZ1a9d7igQPmCUDwrvgO7qDsxhfy6V1msvmy5D9jbs-LkDPkRV1L9N-9mdQm_XE/s400/ELECTRIC+DEBRIS.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497464494853507506" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSRGvl2D4UMLPZ5UaTySBDg14KxIywwPSBu8AjCdL83Mvi7Af2xUZkjSkJKCbhpM1KeO13xZiEeXv_-ffWw7nCay3T9k8J_5QXqQ2BSZpA_r0j8UQviqU3Tjxuy1GJC2X5r1iVl7Rlwo/s1600/WORLD+WITHOUT+FUZZ.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSRGvl2D4UMLPZ5UaTySBDg14KxIywwPSBu8AjCdL83Mvi7Af2xUZkjSkJKCbhpM1KeO13xZiEeXv_-ffWw7nCay3T9k8J_5QXqQ2BSZpA_r0j8UQviqU3Tjxuy1GJC2X5r1iVl7Rlwo/s400/WORLD+WITHOUT+FUZZ.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497463894199440786" /></a> <em>Note: The bassist on the "World Without Fuzz" cover has a Vox violin-shaped bass just like one I used to own.</em><hr><br />In looking around my hard drive, I found an insert that I ultimately didn't use. In fact, I had completely forgotten about it.<br /><br />An Internet acquaintance (hi, Lee!) had published the artwork from a mid-sixties Tom & Jerry story and I thought that would pretty funny to use for one of my comps:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-64EkBZFKtui9LNWmf0gbh0a5kbZAif9AuAYhKstBvYveKCXn4uCakCHatX1RdlsUmqncPSgwje92xKOT8_eQqmBPFMsyJnq8_NG6LS9B1tuRED73HIzLyNKPTaNkvAv4ltQqUVy7SwU/s1600/IN+A+BIG+WAY.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-64EkBZFKtui9LNWmf0gbh0a5kbZAif9AuAYhKstBvYveKCXn4uCakCHatX1RdlsUmqncPSgwje92xKOT8_eQqmBPFMsyJnq8_NG6LS9B1tuRED73HIzLyNKPTaNkvAv4ltQqUVy7SwU/s400/IN+A+BIG+WAY.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497462787951465218" /></a><br />Somehow, It must not have filled the bill because I ultimately made new artwork and retitled the same collection of tracks:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlh66W_4jSQku3KagvyKX93nkbYh3LTkesOVIqV7XTRi5bf0XAQ5-TzIcFcavkYG5uZauTWBtXrysEX6P1tSwNbjy_cRiDDKgTmlvPvY6GZTB5T4FSqfN-j_3bsn42Zw8VtZBnk2afP6o/s1600/LITTLE+BITS.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlh66W_4jSQku3KagvyKX93nkbYh3LTkesOVIqV7XTRi5bf0XAQ5-TzIcFcavkYG5uZauTWBtXrysEX6P1tSwNbjy_cRiDDKgTmlvPvY6GZTB5T4FSqfN-j_3bsn42Zw8VtZBnk2afP6o/s400/LITTLE+BITS.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497463149330555090" /></a><hr><br /><br />Yes, I am a nerd.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197812910864788776.post-61052774197735026352010-03-11T07:13:00.000-08:002010-03-11T18:10:00.125-08:00One More Home Made Cartoon Compilation<div><em>Some</em> would say that tinkering around with silent-era "Out of The Inkwell" cartoons is a superfluous exercise in "re-inventing the wheel." But, in the interest of learning more about my Pinnacle Studio 12 video software and my own cartoon nerdiness, I went and did it any way<br /><br />So, <em>"Neener, neener, neener,"</em> says I.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVIw6VtKPJofLe-zm2cf0rbPHA_onZSRrUNMXtq7dMONRQgZ2O99OtrJOmtsYRl4g-wm16Lo1cGcJnGdBZYRddcBM7ZZsYlSaffKcbu5FZSS3Gp_uTvm9LZT8LTmJHpD6mUw9KvzhLdw/s1600-h/CARTOON+CAPERS+VOL+5+front.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447397831806745490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 271px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVIw6VtKPJofLe-zm2cf0rbPHA_onZSRrUNMXtq7dMONRQgZ2O99OtrJOmtsYRl4g-wm16Lo1cGcJnGdBZYRddcBM7ZZsYlSaffKcbu5FZSS3Gp_uTvm9LZT8LTmJHpD6mUw9KvzhLdw/s400/CARTOON+CAPERS+VOL+5+front.jpg" border="0" /></a> In 2007 and 2008, Warner Home Video released a baker's dozen of these "Out of The Inkwell" cartoons as bonus features on their POPEYE THE SAILOR box sets. Unfortunately, the versions of these shorts they offered up were absolutely mute. So I made it my mission to add music and sound effects to enhance my own viewing experience.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWuiBCyKAu8wIei18C9fIzymk4seY70ziptXFczPqdPpYQHL7h_xuo4R1maYckkSKWKq2JVCpgAGeQ2xgP14tYfDq6gdUKvs1AaYB-yXCz3cV9UAE7LoiR70La0_ukoB2vXwpPJowCVo8/s1600-h/Clowns+Brother.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447400686091233122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 161px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWuiBCyKAu8wIei18C9fIzymk4seY70ziptXFczPqdPpYQHL7h_xuo4R1maYckkSKWKq2JVCpgAGeQ2xgP14tYfDq6gdUKvs1AaYB-yXCz3cV9UAE7LoiR70La0_ukoB2vXwpPJowCVo8/s200/Clowns+Brother.jpg" border="0" /></a>The earliest cartoons, from 1919/1920, had dark, blurry "Bray Studios" title cards. I replaced them with my own versions and added vintage music tracks from old 78s.<br /><br /><br />The next group of cartoons, from 1921 - 1924, received new music beds from the 78 rpm archive as well as laboriously synched-up sound effects. The Pinnacle Studio 12 has a rather limited palette of sfx, but through the use of judicious sound-editing I managed to mix it up a bit. "Trip To Mars" turned out especially well, I felt.<br /><br /><br />The last three cartoons in the set received "Stuart Productions" music montages. Missing main title cards were also created and inserted.<br /><br /><br />Two "bonus" cartoons were added:<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtzl_lLYNcY6gl_bZbyviu_MZmkH30h4fgZBaghPzofKQ3d2Px0xqWBnBAZNsbmk025480Y1-te6DibwzH2CQfFBHEPL2mThVhq5J9NUkDYipY_jL0A_eLHD7O2LITZ5yeg5Un2wQU7xQ/s1600-h/inkwellTITLE4-BACKTRACKS2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447563542083320162" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 156px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtzl_lLYNcY6gl_bZbyviu_MZmkH30h4fgZBaghPzofKQ3d2Px0xqWBnBAZNsbmk025480Y1-te6DibwzH2CQfFBHEPL2mThVhq5J9NUkDYipY_jL0A_eLHD7O2LITZ5yeg5Un2wQU7xQ/s200/inkwellTITLE4-BACKTRACKS2.jpg" border="0" /></a>1. "Finding His Voice" was an early sound cartoon that the Fleischers produced in association with the Western Electric company. It explains how the sound-on-film process works. I've had a 16mm print of this for decades and it always bothered me that the sound track falls out of synch about two minutes into the film. I was able to bring the whole picture back into synchronization and it is amazing how well-timed this thing actually is! Mind you, the animators had not yet perfected how to animate dialog, but they were obviously giving it their best shot.<br /><br /><br />2. In the cartoon "Koko Back Tracks" time is made to run backwards and hilarity ensues. I took this cartoon, reversed it and created "Koko Back Tracks (Backwards)" which has to be about the most useless bonus feature ever. But, hey, <em>"Dat's how I roll!"</em><br /><br /><br />Have I finally sated my unwholesome desire to tweak old cartoons via my computer's video editor? Is the animated monkey finally off my back? Don't I have anything better to do?<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDtd682A58KMB8Vxfmb-remOcvXSrj_BJ-m5NqBL6IstW6NB4Gp88bUi6v23aD0DMPhU5cba2h2nCXW5RTIxsj4Cy8zqoeLlArSY0VOe3Uni7JH0Zk2l1Q8klXhjEJ5vTHxQqsxi96s4/s1600-h/CARTOON+CAPERS+VOL+5back.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447405620079912994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 274px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDtd682A58KMB8Vxfmb-remOcvXSrj_BJ-m5NqBL6IstW6NB4Gp88bUi6v23aD0DMPhU5cba2h2nCXW5RTIxsj4Cy8zqoeLlArSY0VOe3Uni7JH0Zk2l1Q8klXhjEJ5vTHxQqsxi96s4/s400/CARTOON+CAPERS+VOL+5back.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong><em>I wish I knew.</em></strong></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197812910864788776.post-74128334700296495982010-01-20T06:27:00.000-08:002010-01-20T07:34:10.145-08:00More Home-Made Cartoon CompsWhat better way to while away the house-bound Winter months than to nerd out with my various low-end video editing programs? (Also, being unemployed helps to create a huge window of opportunity!)<br /><br />Thus was "CARTOON CAPERS" born.<br /><br /><hr /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNHRXHtkLnfYCDpkhmPOoYKazCeJ9eOpHrxzUuzBuceuFBIKpPCsQAQ20u-a8UHMxSeSL7aNNxZrRYE38xQivYc2KkU8W0VNp8eKJJdjNgBtRyAb50HNJxTHvoZ99_o48sXTT_wdRR-0/s1600-h/CARTOON+CAPERS.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428833161677198690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 274px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNHRXHtkLnfYCDpkhmPOoYKazCeJ9eOpHrxzUuzBuceuFBIKpPCsQAQ20u-a8UHMxSeSL7aNNxZrRYE38xQivYc2KkU8W0VNp8eKJJdjNgBtRyAb50HNJxTHvoZ99_o48sXTT_wdRR-0/s400/CARTOON+CAPERS.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Initially, I had concentrated on tweaking silent-era cartoons and this spilled over into the first volume. Included are Three silent "Aesop's Fables" and a like number of "Out Of The Inkwell" cartoons.</p><p>From then on, I decided to concentrate on sound-era cartoons.</p><p>My first task was to take the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Felischer</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Talkartoon</span> "Radio Riot" and re-synchronize the soundtrack. For some reason, the track on my video copy slid 'way out of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">synch</span> throughout <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">the cartoon</span>. It actually turned out pretty good and emboldened me to continue my <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">experiments</span>.</p><p>The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Terytoon</span>, "Bull <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Ero</span>" was interesting. The source for my video copy seemed to have been made up of a couple of prints that were spliced together in such a way as to repeat certain scenes and make for a very confusing narrative. (Suddenly that's an issue for a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Terrytoon</span>?) I did a little scene shuffling and trimming. I also lifted a song from the middle of the cartoon and used it as the "bed" for the new title cards I created.</p><p>For "Farmer Al <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Falfa's</span> Ape Girl" I simply took stills of the existing title cards and redid the opening to remove some unsteady framing issues. I did a similar thing for "The Lorelei" but also increased the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">brightness</span>, as it looked rather murky.</p><p><hr /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtifhQ-mBJP5DUHseQqVlrdBn14Kmgct3kBiizI9JNkelDYn1OuFLt9DMegikpbcQJcqnlnBRqhVfSoPJbE8YWHQfuMaUI5faLLP0AJUr3aRnOi-CFfUgwgMNxHoBStb3or1pAQBWnns/s1600-h/CARTOON+CAPERS+VOL+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428832588815906594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 275px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtifhQ-mBJP5DUHseQqVlrdBn14Kmgct3kBiizI9JNkelDYn1OuFLt9DMegikpbcQJcqnlnBRqhVfSoPJbE8YWHQfuMaUI5faLLP0AJUr3aRnOi-CFfUgwgMNxHoBStb3or1pAQBWnns/s400/CARTOON+CAPERS+VOL+2.jpg" border="0" /></a> I felt my experiments on the first group went well enough to continue with a second volume of all-sound cartoons.</p><p>"Jazz Mad" was another dark and murky-looking <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Terrytoon</span> that needed considerable "brightening up." I made no attempt to re-edit it as no amount of fussing could possible make a dent in this cartoon's incoherence.</p><p>"Ye <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Olde</span> Songs" and "Radio" got new title cards.</p><p>The Fleischer cartoons "Yip-Yip-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Yippy</span>" and "Pudgy and the Lost Kitten" got new title sequences. In the case of "Yip-Etc." it was to re-do the curious case of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">the</span> main title being <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">inserted twice</span> during the sequence. The Pudgy ones were done to remove some German subtitles. I didn't remove the subtitles during the cartoon itself, though.</p><p>The "Stone Age Cartoons" all <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">received</span> new title sequences to spiff up edits, sound track glitches, etc. <hr /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7EyozTzBsfdtC2VfUZIFF28el78sdk7q6gfWqwmAc7pimIyUqQiSTkDSdj4HUl5EspYfhXFayaJI4jzHA7N9vf4WKp2M2dmdEkOr1aeKKla4f0hij1N2NhyPIr1f8zzl5OeA74PCJ4E/s1600-h/CARTOON+CAPERS+VOL+3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428831966726600578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 275px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7EyozTzBsfdtC2VfUZIFF28el78sdk7q6gfWqwmAc7pimIyUqQiSTkDSdj4HUl5EspYfhXFayaJI4jzHA7N9vf4WKp2M2dmdEkOr1aeKKla4f0hij1N2NhyPIr1f8zzl5OeA74PCJ4E/s400/CARTOON+CAPERS+VOL+3.jpg" border="0" /></a> I tackled "cleaning up" <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">the</span> titles on a bunch of "Scrappy" cartoons. Particularly he short main title for "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Scrappy's</span> Expedition."</p><p>I redid the main titles for a bunch of "Oswald" cartoons, as well. This was mainly to get rid of the Sunset Films TV titles and to approximate (my concept) of their theatrical versions.</p><p>Included are also some "Aesop's Sound Fables" that I had been wanting to tweak for some time now. Number one on my "hit list" was an entry from a dollar DVD <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">called</span> "Frisky Frolics." The whole cartoon was about two seconds out of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">synch</span> and I was able to remedy this using the experience gleaned from the "Radio Riot" <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">experiment</span>, above.</p><p>The title sequence for "<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Cinderella</span> Blues" had some framing problems and I was able to remedy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">that </span>by grabbing a section that was stable and looping it over the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">soundtrack</span>. The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">synch </span>wandered in one part due to a splice in the track, but it seems to corrects itself quickly enough. <hr /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbHpzcZ55PWmiK3N0j0ctmnOeCsJxrBnAsH3RNBTbgh-3DRoHSHVYzJ19WIABQqUaC9dRb55UHOAm_-9PL1Nc5irvuSnG1W040ZlpRVG9O5AGmzwD4ubOo-9635HcfR6CJSSSeVfyL_E/s1600-h/CARTOON+CAPERS+VOL+4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428831047303588834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 276px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbHpzcZ55PWmiK3N0j0ctmnOeCsJxrBnAsH3RNBTbgh-3DRoHSHVYzJ19WIABQqUaC9dRb55UHOAm_-9PL1Nc5irvuSnG1W040ZlpRVG9O5AGmzwD4ubOo-9635HcfR6CJSSSeVfyL_E/s400/CARTOON+CAPERS+VOL+4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />For volume four, I took an entire disc of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Terrytoons</span> and played with them.<br /><br />Nearly all of them got new title sequences to remove the standard cut-n-paste TV title cards. I left a few <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">with</span> "Castle Films" and "Barker Bill" title sequences in tact just because I liked them that way.<br /><br />I think I'll stop after four volumes. Unless, or course, another pile of old cartoons fall into my lap and I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">once</span> again am bitten by the bug to tamper with them.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197812910864788776.post-90740009770874933512009-11-13T07:42:00.000-08:002009-11-14T07:27:42.380-08:00And Make It Snappy!Call it "synchronicity."<br /><br />Call it "serendipity."<br /><br />Call it "ippity-bippity."<br /><br />Through a series of events, I managed to score a pile of overlooked "golden age" cartoons on video and meet an interesting fellow in the process.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi60pVyJLh1NeO7MejDfWCVUR_7jarmWq-Z0BdMou3pAZxASUJPWyBg8FWk1TMB_gC01aEtkUWm37FPPKBfYUn0TQYuyJzA0SslgWSHkv0K5swmT7pioPwNOmn-PPj8XLn6nofW9aTcq4k/s1600-h/01snappy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403616906871715746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 328px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi60pVyJLh1NeO7MejDfWCVUR_7jarmWq-Z0BdMou3pAZxASUJPWyBg8FWk1TMB_gC01aEtkUWm37FPPKBfYUn0TQYuyJzA0SslgWSHkv0K5swmT7pioPwNOmn-PPj8XLn6nofW9aTcq4k/s400/01snappy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Back around 1991 or so, I received a copy of "The Whole Toon Catalog." This was an impressive mail order company that handled a pretty comprehensive array of videos. They included the mainstream releases of the day from the likes of Disney and Warners, as well as "niche" producers. (This was back in the days of VHS cassettes, kiddies.)<br /><br />One of these obscure labels was "Snappy Video." As I went through the catalog, circling titles of interest, their name kept coming up over and over. Clearly, my fantasy shopping list was going to be a budget-breaker.<br /><br />Also around this time my wife had gone back to school to earn her Radiologic Technologist degree. In order to finance some of the educational costs, I decided to put some films up for sale in "The Big Reel" which was "the" monthly swap-sheet for film collectors.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3BMm53plt77i3w3eQFTATi19gDdwHKnu_Eu8BvpdfQ5QNn4sbsNxTy9L5Y_ykz2nHNpBWisQFNXl3eoFHX2DWvCA_SiRjaH9IvzQScdcQMojtTNjNtOBX5qT6Ac_1zV0fUI5v_dTXHo/s1600-h/02snappy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403616533365588450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 328px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3BMm53plt77i3w3eQFTATi19gDdwHKnu_Eu8BvpdfQ5QNn4sbsNxTy9L5Y_ykz2nHNpBWisQFNXl3eoFHX2DWvCA_SiRjaH9IvzQScdcQMojtTNjNtOBX5qT6Ac_1zV0fUI5v_dTXHo/s400/02snappy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />One of the items for sale was an incomplete print of "Dumbo." It was missing the first hundred feet, so I had it listed at a fairly reasonable price.<br /><br />Amongst the calls I received in response to the ad was from a fellow named Steve Stanchfield, who was interested in that print of Dumbo. In the course of our conversation, he mentioned that he was the guy behind those "Snappy Video" releases.<br /><br />Oh, WOW!<br /><br />Long story short, I bartered that print of Dumbo for copies of all his current titles. This was mutually beneficial, as Steve was able to burn off some stock (I'm guessing, maybe $50 worth of raw materials) and I was able to grab maybe $200 worth of videos. Sweet!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfNa0RER4jElOqaAKy64SqJct9g92pJ-60FtT1oWlx7jfLYgD9NmXVL6OFaRdcGSo0PdKQVjivjV4uj-OFbZAkneg85DJcNOPRUDYF030Xqlxvz0r0vOui4fvBdZ2p4jqA0NOHUphvdc/s1600-h/03snappy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403616174655458098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 328px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfNa0RER4jElOqaAKy64SqJct9g92pJ-60FtT1oWlx7jfLYgD9NmXVL6OFaRdcGSo0PdKQVjivjV4uj-OFbZAkneg85DJcNOPRUDYF030Xqlxvz0r0vOui4fvBdZ2p4jqA0NOHUphvdc/s400/03snappy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />One of Steve's releases was an excellent collection of Popeye cartoons that had fallen into "public domain" status. I wrote an enthusiastic review of this tape for the "Official Popeye Fan Club" newsletter and included ordering info.<br /><br />This served to give Steve a nice spike in sales for this title and it also brought the OPFC to his attention.<br /><br />Every year the OPFC has a "Popeye Picnic" celebration during Labor Day weekend in Chester, Illinois. This was E. C. Segar's home town.<br /><br />In 1994 there were particularly big doings at the Picnic and I finally caved in and attended. Who should I meet there by Mr. Stanchfield, himself?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJs4HNyU6465qSdgDL8tcXRuu1jsG822fSy2BFBE2A0ReEhNLrAPrx7zKDuu87DkhWghYl_vHjiESsG1DYe_PuWkt1XGaNVo2vh2G1TA7PwCJUMNhiB4mW6dkYuZf7Z2GxernpDiIFFNs/s1600-h/04snappy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403615855953612434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 328px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJs4HNyU6465qSdgDL8tcXRuu1jsG822fSy2BFBE2A0ReEhNLrAPrx7zKDuu87DkhWghYl_vHjiESsG1DYe_PuWkt1XGaNVo2vh2G1TA7PwCJUMNhiB4mW6dkYuZf7Z2GxernpDiIFFNs/s400/04snappy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The highlight of the picnic was sitting with Steve, Leonard Kohl and several other spinach-heads at the annual banquet. We drew all over the paper table cloth and had a swell time "geeking out."<br /><br />I lost track of Steve for about ten years after that. My googling on the internet for "Snappy Video" only served to conjure up page hits for a video capture device with the same name.<br /><br />Of course, the internet being what it is, Steve eventually surfaced on a couple of cartoon message boards about five years ago, with a new video company called Thunderbean Animation. Once again we resumed our bartering; only this time it was based on my providing cartoons to be included in his new collections in exchange for copies of the resulting DVDs.<br /><br />Sometimes you never know how these threads are going to weave together in this rich tapestry of cartoon nerdom.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYwETm8aRtQOEoPAFz1nZvRGw9bL8tpI65PaBvYTCRBhGTm7nvEOZ9sKr_GdT5qUXwWa3-v_Jqa7KpFBWR3cjj8TjuYDSRQvvA-yPDEu2vVDD3eVLMWMLLmnOVyrm0LoRYMAG1Bt9dLg/s1600-h/05snappy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403615526215275554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 328px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYwETm8aRtQOEoPAFz1nZvRGw9bL8tpI65PaBvYTCRBhGTm7nvEOZ9sKr_GdT5qUXwWa3-v_Jqa7KpFBWR3cjj8TjuYDSRQvvA-yPDEu2vVDD3eVLMWMLLmnOVyrm0LoRYMAG1Bt9dLg/s400/05snappy.jpg" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197812910864788776.post-1573636259288989472009-07-20T09:51:00.000-07:002009-07-20T11:26:09.476-07:00The Bugs Bunny ShowThanks to my on-line pal, <a href="http://cartoonsonfilm.blogspot.com/">Tom</a>, I have had four of my 16mm prints of The Bugs Bunny Show transferred to DVD-R. Here's the menu for the disc:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5eOL8c67H12Un21VmFqPGfpS1nSUKnJ3-xTJO_ZLTYCBeQrkkgSqA4jxSsRtJ2ixNlcWvmdak_Gf6hhAOnXuVReH33yDvZo26l85ptYodaWWByTXwNbrddePwQmEDyf_-ujzULUE7lQ/s1600-h/bbs-0.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5eOL8c67H12Un21VmFqPGfpS1nSUKnJ3-xTJO_ZLTYCBeQrkkgSqA4jxSsRtJ2ixNlcWvmdak_Gf6hhAOnXuVReH33yDvZo26l85ptYodaWWByTXwNbrddePwQmEDyf_-ujzULUE7lQ/s400/bbs-0.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360587350524091986" border="0" /></a>The segments that the WB crew created to bridge the cartoons are so cool. Look at these weird combinations of characters:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJ51SDWBgVeLiM0ZYDjly0dUJbIO2MHFw-CbvW4Hsxy1dSZsI2L66rLNfXn8k49nzIEUqjW0JhUkmdhIe5_ZlAASG4VduPJ240Zw17tFbDBtXjCMdIGg6dyWskiKUn_kbiSWn3QE-Mfk/s1600-h/bbs-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJ51SDWBgVeLiM0ZYDjly0dUJbIO2MHFw-CbvW4Hsxy1dSZsI2L66rLNfXn8k49nzIEUqjW0JhUkmdhIe5_ZlAASG4VduPJ240Zw17tFbDBtXjCMdIGg6dyWskiKUn_kbiSWn3QE-Mfk/s400/bbs-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360587264073400002" border="0" /></a>Bugs with the "Goofy Gophers"<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioebq1zauiSJ30lt78-nb_BSruHw-VBaCUJNnOmw2enlecv2Ju-ByRUWCBefyvQWz_xgtPoLPugzyjjs4HlZqPtqXYZDviX9-S5MY9eaTJPJAuDYgDkuL0eGnccJ5hK8MmrivEaGjnweA/s1600-h/bbs-4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioebq1zauiSJ30lt78-nb_BSruHw-VBaCUJNnOmw2enlecv2Ju-ByRUWCBefyvQWz_xgtPoLPugzyjjs4HlZqPtqXYZDviX9-S5MY9eaTJPJAuDYgDkuL0eGnccJ5hK8MmrivEaGjnweA/s400/bbs-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360587112941465282" border="0" /></a>Bug with Sylvester (hawking Post cereals!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULWc3TCDRuCF84pck2fsHF-ow4OVod-Y1UT_T6QBo3Kc9iO24GX6WV9rOI6rIF8H_e4KroFfp85SMM_o6lvCM66ElQDiBNjeDPsbM7HepsrulyU0NgTPO8pAnK3OATTJtYoWpW_2eIdw/s1600-h/bbs-5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULWc3TCDRuCF84pck2fsHF-ow4OVod-Y1UT_T6QBo3Kc9iO24GX6WV9rOI6rIF8H_e4KroFfp85SMM_o6lvCM66ElQDiBNjeDPsbM7HepsrulyU0NgTPO8pAnK3OATTJtYoWpW_2eIdw/s400/bbs-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360587033567722850" border="0" /></a>Bugs & Pepe LePew (Bugs can't take it!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHPkv0WwAMCEtXZG8e3gtP-kU5vAtuNIfxIxmqNaYA868n-NNxkE2Ws5znF28j_wHGgbYyCcMnzovuNeO9l2gK8PAdTniR9LwSZbO1lCn4YW-dwlxm6hdLVDfOOiSN4QZLVfbAVtgGO4/s1600-h/bbs-6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHPkv0WwAMCEtXZG8e3gtP-kU5vAtuNIfxIxmqNaYA868n-NNxkE2Ws5znF28j_wHGgbYyCcMnzovuNeO9l2gK8PAdTniR9LwSZbO1lCn4YW-dwlxm6hdLVDfOOiSN4QZLVfbAVtgGO4/s400/bbs-6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360586973475830738" border="0" /></a>Yosemite Sam & Pepe<br /><hr /><br />Here are a couple "made-for-TV" title cards:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Bm4X1DWJqBB53rf04VS-P2lqiG-p3r3OnoS8C8As99uPwbRF7PTDJd-aYyzg_VWLj4pGhL6gv91oM9yKzxUO4LuWvrnjFEPYqW4nhGR7nMS8xGGpbV0X-7QUYrFaAMmKP5MlV_5wWeM/s1600-h/bbs-7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Bm4X1DWJqBB53rf04VS-P2lqiG-p3r3OnoS8C8As99uPwbRF7PTDJd-aYyzg_VWLj4pGhL6gv91oM9yKzxUO4LuWvrnjFEPYqW4nhGR7nMS8xGGpbV0X-7QUYrFaAMmKP5MlV_5wWeM/s400/bbs-7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360586894856467954" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNLTeyfPJwrORSpJYzkzhfIDbyHizFObAt5_a3CQnxENMiX6sk4Wh7A8PyIiXIAmSbewXs0Kb12S_VwL5NdmILhr_XbyLL0aTEgMe3e8Op1h81tKhl3OZxNiu0naUXlidk7ocKZyfSxYo/s1600-h/bbs-8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNLTeyfPJwrORSpJYzkzhfIDbyHizFObAt5_a3CQnxENMiX6sk4Wh7A8PyIiXIAmSbewXs0Kb12S_VwL5NdmILhr_XbyLL0aTEgMe3e8Op1h81tKhl3OZxNiu0naUXlidk7ocKZyfSxYo/s400/bbs-8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360586811784538098" border="0" /></a><br /><hr /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5DZyS_kZHzPLzPZ62wSQu_I_saFMdq5Jv1wHXNI1WbfB5_9fWIv29sruTKE9Le9lFeag8MOGqQdTLlkF2G8F6xnb7kU9_XfIWg4bFsOVQCFQK_zlxmpKo1AJBfdE3GSbJ-6xThVBZu0/s1600-h/bbs-9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5DZyS_kZHzPLzPZ62wSQu_I_saFMdq5Jv1wHXNI1WbfB5_9fWIv29sruTKE9Le9lFeag8MOGqQdTLlkF2G8F6xnb7kU9_XfIWg4bFsOVQCFQK_zlxmpKo1AJBfdE3GSbJ-6xThVBZu0/s400/bbs-9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360586757772403538" border="0" /></a><br />A Freleng character (Rocky) in a McKimson-directed segment!<br /><hr /><br />Some opportunities for re-using theatrical animation over TV backgrounds:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Pk7BeadGk4viXk1JH_DK-rcwPd8w9Q6Ikm10AtxP_WFw9Yu5Z0Ss8WxdolWKH0qswg5LA8NJWXdBaKCl2rJHzhFZXZT8cAjALA3kf9YKh9Exx2hrEvwRgJBIk1mwMsrAd4kcWlMj94k/s1600-h/bbs-10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Pk7BeadGk4viXk1JH_DK-rcwPd8w9Q6Ikm10AtxP_WFw9Yu5Z0Ss8WxdolWKH0qswg5LA8NJWXdBaKCl2rJHzhFZXZT8cAjALA3kf9YKh9Exx2hrEvwRgJBIk1mwMsrAd4kcWlMj94k/s400/bbs-10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360586683396776034" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5C8RfCnhKCVX-IXIoPVqyexfJfDpRwAWPwEysUwhamrzzWr36ImN67dQxTihf7kx5_jlrqnOTFmrpNGcVNqrUeKWw3kdrYrq9utq8QgD8ej4GAJXNBOMKfxAWfpQWE58ok7gF_wBzDK0/s1600-h/bbs-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5C8RfCnhKCVX-IXIoPVqyexfJfDpRwAWPwEysUwhamrzzWr36ImN67dQxTihf7kx5_jlrqnOTFmrpNGcVNqrUeKWw3kdrYrq9utq8QgD8ej4GAJXNBOMKfxAWfpQWE58ok7gF_wBzDK0/s400/bbs-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360587193965447346" border="0" /></a><br />I'd sure like to get more of these early 'sixties show on video someday. Anybody want to trade?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197812910864788776.post-69224746248345903902009-06-16T22:28:00.000-07:002009-06-20T05:34:20.153-07:00Popeye? Why the Audacity!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGEn6ozh08dqrC0fE3bo2wZ5gFNv3KMloqmGLCYt6hEIMe9vWQqa-svQwNkZxGfAZICqtnxfyo7Yp7rvNJa4eYR0VKeykhrHHOtJkK6kGKEnlbFTcNeiiDAK2AzD7uWP_T6rlGlx1Xfe0/s1600-h/popeye78.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348350595720385842" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 291px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGEn6ozh08dqrC0fE3bo2wZ5gFNv3KMloqmGLCYt6hEIMe9vWQqa-svQwNkZxGfAZICqtnxfyo7Yp7rvNJa4eYR0VKeykhrHHOtJkK6kGKEnlbFTcNeiiDAK2AzD7uWP_T6rlGlx1Xfe0/s400/popeye78.jpg" border="0" /></a>Here is a yellow, five inch, 78 rpm record that is a touchstone of my childhood. Jack Mercer singing "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man!"<br /><br />My original copy is long gone, but I've had this one for some years, now. I have not, however, owned 78 rpm turntable sice maybe 1978.<br /><br />AUDACITY TO THE RESCUE!<br /><br />I recorded a wav file with my turntable set to 45 rpm and then used the speed change option in the to convert the file from 45 rpm to 78 rpm.<br /><br />It worked like a charm, but...<br /><br />The original recording on the record was sped up so that it sounded like one of his nephews, rather than Popeye, himself, was singing.<br /><br />AUDACITY TO THE RESCUE, ONCE AGAIN!<br /><br />I found that by bringing the pitch down one whole note (from "C" to "B-flat") the sailor's voce was more natural. Well, as "natural" as Popeye's voice can sound.<br /><br />It worked like a charm, but...<br /><br />This record also had some pretty bad pops and click on it.<br /><br />AUDACITY TO, <em>well, you know.<br /></em><br />I zoomed in on each click and used the "repair" tool to neutralize them. This works better than the click filter, I find, but it is infinitely more tedious.<br /><br />One last tweak...<br /><br />The last few seconds of the record had some fatal skips, so I edited in a repeat chorus and forced a fade out.<br /><br />Click on the link, below, to download the resulting mp3.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/7681718-3d4">POPEYE GOLDEN RECORD</a><br /><br /><object id="divplaylist" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="335" height="28"><param name="_cx" value="8864"><param name="_cy" value="741"><param name="FlashVars" value=""><param name="Movie" value="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=7681718-3d4"><param name="Src" value="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=7681718-3d4"><param name="WMode" value="Window"><param name="Play" value="-1"><param name="Loop" value="-1"><param name="Quality" value="High"><param name="SAlign" value=""><param name="Menu" value="-1"><param name="Base" value=""><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value=""><param name="Scale" value="ShowAll"><param name="DeviceFont" value="0"><param name="EmbedMovie" value="0"><param name="BGColor" value=""><param name="SWRemote" value=""><param name="MovieData" value=""><param name="SeamlessTabbing" value="1"><param name="Profile" value="0"><param name="ProfileAddress" value=""><param name="ProfilePort" value="0"><param name="AllowNetworking" value="all"><param name="AllowFullScreen" value="false"><embed src="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=7681718-3d4" name="divplaylist" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="335" height="28"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Well, blow me down!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197812910864788776.post-59358159641466619172009-05-29T05:00:00.000-07:002009-05-29T09:08:40.946-07:00Not Quite The Chipmunks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMbi94B4ElNVEftGMVzaKORXOLO0Lg7oOAuRXMVayF51_HRJorLEK9DUs0CZsNi7Rpmum_Jgv-mkQ6YoJmU2pBDz60axegJqXCDADTzJrymD5KRR3Ae91-OQmgPqDRdMT_k3DhJkpvXQ/s1600-h/chipmunksLP-neg.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 390px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMbi94B4ElNVEftGMVzaKORXOLO0Lg7oOAuRXMVayF51_HRJorLEK9DUs0CZsNi7Rpmum_Jgv-mkQ6YoJmU2pBDz60axegJqXCDADTzJrymD5KRR3Ae91-OQmgPqDRdMT_k3DhJkpvXQ/s400/chipmunksLP-neg.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341276612494423586" border="0" /></a>What happens when you run <b>The Chipmunks Sing The Beatles Hits</b> through the de-novelizer?<br /><br />Download the zip file I have attached to find out!<br /><br />Track list:<br /><br />01 ALL MY LOVING<br />02 DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET<br />03 SHE LOVES YOU<br />04 THERE IS NO TRACK 04<br />05 LOVE ME DO<br />06 TWIST AND SHOUT<br />07 A HARD DAYS NIGHT<br />08 PS I LOVE YOU<br />09 I SAW HER STANDING THERE<br />10 CAN'T BUY ME LOVE<br />11 PLEASE PLEASE ME<br />12 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND<br /><br />I "pitch corrected" The Chipmunks vocals to normal speed and then re-synced them against the original backing tracks to create a Frankenstein vintage Beatles Cash-In LP.<br /><br />Why?<br /><br />Because I could! <img src="http://www.rockhall.ro/com/Smileys/classic/what.gif" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/7516712-bdf">Download the zip file here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197812910864788776.post-19293405588318812102009-04-22T05:11:00.000-07:002009-04-22T05:15:04.971-07:00Garage Full of HIT RECORDS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha__ilfOuFubHx9Anbxy4rD2wxzrvWYu0wVh4EwqV5DkLiW9UMi28zD9GZc0jLIbfoe5ZtCSyBhnCHpvzRvT4ZRQ7bSJOLD2r9AfCg6OF2hc618OVj_dJIxuM4cU1Ipmy6Vaq7SCUDNJs/s1600-h/life+guitars.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha__ilfOuFubHx9Anbxy4rD2wxzrvWYu0wVh4EwqV5DkLiW9UMi28zD9GZc0jLIbfoe5ZtCSyBhnCHpvzRvT4ZRQ7bSJOLD2r9AfCg6OF2hc618OVj_dJIxuM4cU1Ipmy6Vaq7SCUDNJs/s400/life+guitars.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327487426214489298" border="0" /></a>I've put together a pile of mid-sixties sides from the Tiffany's of USA budget labels, <a href="http://www.dereferer.org/?http://hitrecordsofnashville.com/" target="_blank">HIT RECORDS</a>.<br /><br />The emphasis here is "Nuggets" style / "garage band" / "psych-pop" material.<br /><br />Enjoy the HIT RECORDS versions of tunes originally made famous by the likes of THE KINKS, SAM THE SHAM & THE PHAROS, THE DOORS, THE BOX TOPS, CREAM and P.J. PROBY!<br /><br />Track list:<br /><br />Various / Garage Full Of Hit Records<br /><br />101-Dandy<br />102-Little Red Riding Hood<br />103-The Hair On My Chinny Chin Chin<br />104-Hello I Love You<br />105-Sunshine Of Your Love<br />106-Hurdy Gurdy Man<br />107-Hanky Panky<br />108-Little Bit Of Soul<br />109-Eve Of Destruction<br />110-Hang On Sloopy<br />111-I Got You Babe<br />112-Do Wah Diddy Diddy<br />113-I Can't Get No Satisfaction<br />114-Keep On Dancing<br />115-Sugar Sugar<br />116-Last Train To Clarksville<br />117- It's A Beautiful Morning<br />118-Catch Us If You Can<br />119-Cry Like A Baby<br />120-Just A Little Bit Better<br />121-When I Grow Up To Be A Man<br />122-Jolly Green Giant<br />123-People Are Strange<br />124-Whatcha Gonna Do<br />125-Hold Me<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dereferer.org/?http://www.divshare.com/download/1357542-db7">GARAGE FULL OF HIT RECORDS</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197812910864788776.post-22483400112463359232009-03-22T19:46:00.000-07:002009-04-22T05:15:29.367-07:00Moody Jangle Punk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7jhKrDkEAkfE5RKFRvO_HZwbQzTcVuXXIegd6QHxE0yYV3o3IHb8aeZ-EJuGb35_hcthg8Y6Hz5vK4rjpw8m185srdUusLtJNCqnDOVyngUPLzoCMl_1kyDXw4Dfcw3Z5PysdUK-OO_g/s1600-h/!moody.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7jhKrDkEAkfE5RKFRvO_HZwbQzTcVuXXIegd6QHxE0yYV3o3IHb8aeZ-EJuGb35_hcthg8Y6Hz5vK4rjpw8m185srdUusLtJNCqnDOVyngUPLzoCMl_1kyDXw4Dfcw3Z5PysdUK-OO_g/s400/!moody.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316396836570168370" border="0" /></a><br />Here is a compilation of various 'sixties garage track I put together some time back.<br /><br />Basically, I scoured a pile of my vinyl garage comps looking for tracks that had either 12 string, harmonica, or a moody teen subtext.<br /><br />1. AL'S DYNAMICS - DISAPPOINTED IN YOU<br />2. BOO-BOO & BUNKY - THIS OLD TOWN<br />3. CHRISTOPHER & THE CHAPS<br />4. THE CORPORATE IMAGE - I'M JUST NOT THE SAME<br />5. DISTANT COUSINS - LET IT RING<br />6. FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH - DON'T BLAME ME FOR TRYING<br />7. THE GO-BETWEENS - HAVE HER FOR MY OWN<br />8. THE JAGGED EDGE - HOW SHE'S HURTIN' FOR ME<br />9. THE JAGGERS - FEEL SO GOOD<br />10. JIM "HARPO" VALLEY - I'M REAL<br />11. THE MOTIFS - IF I GAVE YOU LOVE<br />12. THE NEW ORDER - YOU'VE GOT ME HIGH<br />13. THE PALACE GUARD - A GIRL YOU CAN DEPEND ON<br />14. THE SHAGGS - RING AROUND THE ROSIE<br />15. THE SOUP GREENS - THAT'S TOO BAD<br />16. THE ONES - I CAN'T EXPLAIN<br />17. THE WEBS - YOU PRETTY FOOL<br />18. THE VIBRASONICS - SEND HE TO ME<br />19. THE WEADS - DON'T CALL MY NAME<br /><br />This is one of those home brew comps that came together just as I wanted it to. I like the music, the title and the insert. The perfect CD-R trifecta! <br /><br />ENJOY:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/5755821-f6c">MOODY JANGLE PUNK</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197812910864788776.post-71578079512632486272009-03-01T16:45:00.000-08:002009-03-02T04:48:34.551-08:00Some of the Best Hits of California<div>"Some Of The Best Hits From California" on the "WW" label was an unexpected find! It is a collection of cover tunes by studio musicians much in the mold of my beloved "Hit Records" series. I had never come across the "WW" imprint before. Apparently this series was put out by something called "World Wide Productions," hence the double W. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8BtywwzK5fxXPrvaALjuJo376SVH2XO7uNtcP_wjIAyOROV2AwV5Btfx9ZXRt6IcW3dYR8qwmFWzEuAVvCK4ztIR9stDmQAnUHONU3WPsWqwqyZ3BwGvBcOQG051YqeyGgLMoaZE9yQ/s1600-h/california-hits.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289629920036092690" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 192px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8BtywwzK5fxXPrvaALjuJo376SVH2XO7uNtcP_wjIAyOROV2AwV5Btfx9ZXRt6IcW3dYR8qwmFWzEuAVvCK4ztIR9stDmQAnUHONU3WPsWqwqyZ3BwGvBcOQG051YqeyGgLMoaZE9yQ/s200/california-hits.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div></div><div>The first side is the surf/folk-rock side with covers of Surf City, Fun, Fun, Fun, It Ain't Me, Babe and Eve of Destruction. The second side kicks off with "Everybody Loves Somebody!" </div><div></div><br /><div>The covers are ably performed, but the energy level seems a little low over-all. Still, I'm happy to have this one in my pantheon of bogus LPs collection.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/6697723-03c">SOME OF THE BEST HITS OF CALIFORNIA</a><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197812910864788776.post-6843830894011039632009-02-15T04:08:00.000-08:002009-02-16T07:52:38.364-08:00Dragsville by The Woofers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5KlNOMyQo-AZaCSEWtOHLvtQEwHzReEh1GrO2FBHK-nHpOCgDpb1FhH2aYeR-zKr20n7wXMI27hn3GovaTujqQA4iHOhskxbDJvOrv6XGySa3ngFU07jiLMJyjVTxsTK0tBld7WMz4w/s1600-h/dragsville.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288921722625923026" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 193px; cursor: pointer; height: 200px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5KlNOMyQo-AZaCSEWtOHLvtQEwHzReEh1GrO2FBHK-nHpOCgDpb1FhH2aYeR-zKr20n7wXMI27hn3GovaTujqQA4iHOhskxbDJvOrv6XGySa3ngFU07jiLMJyjVTxsTK0tBld7WMz4w/s200/dragsville.JPG" border="0" /></a>Dragsville, by The Woofers, is a pretty good album. In addition to not-too-bad versions of "Little Deuce Coupe" and "Drag City" we're treated to eight other decent exploitation-themed originals. Not up there with The Beach Boys or Jan & Dean, but a solid third-tier offering, I'd say.<br /><br />Ken Burroughs suggests that this was recorded by The Dovells, given the Cameo-Parkway-Wyncote pedigree. Sounds logical to me!<br /><br />Tracks:<br /><br />1. Drag City<br />2. Hot Rod Races<br />3. Mister Hot Rod<br />4. Wailin' Wheels<br />5. Ridin' The Rails<br />6. Little Deuce Coupe<br />7. Bench Racer<br />8. Dragster On The Prowl<br />9. Cool Bash<br />10. Down By The Draggin' Strip<br /><br /><a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/6568584-f99">DRAGSVILLE BY THE WOOFERS</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197812910864788776.post-69424243060679862832009-01-29T04:40:00.000-08:002013-02-13T08:57:04.206-08:00Hit Records That Were Never Hit Records<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadXmOpyyycrvLYCHrxFLjrcc5dpu9lVco-cKlSbaxT8prA_qu5pZkcb2de9R5EhSIH5ZIYIjYrCrdHD2L2JiNo7K0hCJJ0EM7gMjdVE_HLKyohyphenhyphenr5c2yQafcj0QoaF-cD0TsoQzrnTQ/s1600-h/HIT-LOGO.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023948603995063762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadXmOpyyycrvLYCHrxFLjrcc5dpu9lVco-cKlSbaxT8prA_qu5pZkcb2de9R5EhSIH5ZIYIjYrCrdHD2L2JiNo7K0hCJJ0EM7gMjdVE_HLKyohyphenhyphenr5c2yQafcj0QoaF-cD0TsoQzrnTQ/s400/HIT-LOGO.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a>The Hit Records label released "sound-a-like" singles back in the 'sixties. Sometimes they would plop an original composition on the B-side, though.<br />
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I compiled a CD-R of some of these original tunes and called it "Hit Records That Were Never Hit Records." This is because I am so clever.<br />
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These tunes can be downloaded by right clicking the links below:<br />
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<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ozp9o82fphw3th5/Hit%20Records%20That%20Were%20Never%20Hit%20Records%2001.zip?m">PART ONE</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/on8qhryqeo7nnmz/Hit%20Records%20That%20Were%20Never%20Hit%20Records%2002.zip?m">PART TWO</a><br />
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A tip o' the hat to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">rockinbee</span> for requesting this one.<br />
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NOTE: Dead DivShare links have been replaced with new Dropbox links on 13-Feb-2013.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197812910864788776.post-16768587564611999412008-01-20T04:43:00.000-08:002008-01-20T18:51:35.776-08:00Upstate NY<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj10TzGS-RadxcyvGn_PzVFA3ENveyKhkReD9RiRn2J8mem72UQyjQ84sRle7McZza3iucyIZemVUEND6CDcnLqGcA5PlHHs4ADEMyHptiRd12YoOzQbbv2CW6kWHrUX1bMWtUgXrKzJXs/s1600-h/UPSTATE+NY.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157539886133771858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj10TzGS-RadxcyvGn_PzVFA3ENveyKhkReD9RiRn2J8mem72UQyjQ84sRle7McZza3iucyIZemVUEND6CDcnLqGcA5PlHHs4ADEMyHptiRd12YoOzQbbv2CW6kWHrUX1bMWtUgXrKzJXs/s400/UPSTATE+NY.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDB81Xg7SSo7ICaKwNFT21KCCISwYSu_uX99LB4IitlzqMBCjS9wuOeJ4yWoIGU8QksoUDRX-2DE97jsSRXQr0JpQgIQXW7yNbt0NamruCJNyaOcrqj4SqmY5dqnQysPykrxru9OyKwsI/s1600-h/UPSTATE+NY+LIST.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157756300945882722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDB81Xg7SSo7ICaKwNFT21KCCISwYSu_uX99LB4IitlzqMBCjS9wuOeJ4yWoIGU8QksoUDRX-2DE97jsSRXQr0JpQgIQXW7yNbt0NamruCJNyaOcrqj4SqmY5dqnQysPykrxru9OyKwsI/s400/UPSTATE+NY+LIST.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Front & back covers for this excellent compilation cd-r put together by Chuck C.<br /><br />Right-click the images to save them for your use.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197812910864788776.post-50429387659666499462007-10-15T06:32:00.000-07:002007-10-15T06:33:55.372-07:00An Example of Commonwealth Title Card<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZf9pd8f8sL8Do9txzuF60FYVLezxqgPZsa57HFHP0uIBoAhM_7G2tUsNqHfrumBRQ0JpudZ1KgOHgUuHx2aMGXxbV6u1Oi6plYI75ZyaIa30f-p56z1q3a6zO5XLswJSoPNV6y4x52Ok/s1600-h/bg1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZf9pd8f8sL8Do9txzuF60FYVLezxqgPZsa57HFHP0uIBoAhM_7G2tUsNqHfrumBRQ0JpudZ1KgOHgUuHx2aMGXxbV6u1Oi6plYI75ZyaIa30f-p56z1q3a6zO5XLswJSoPNV6y4x52Ok/s400/bg1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121556093087365858" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197812910864788776.post-31079964567240412272007-03-13T04:23:00.000-07:002007-03-13T11:43:32.486-07:00Jerry On The Job Graphics<div style="text-align: center;">These are posted for Tom Stathes...<br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh04QL1n-vrFH5MjPw4Jae4pOhxSFuTHlOeLWK02nt9D8lfM_G1MD5838YmufTvJmF40zC2PH0W-aVpAmAv27sOY75A95ADGe3WLeqc2pSYeNI8vt7zr6UQi0MtYoJEq2gQs71QiSxT0q8/s1600-h/jerryonthejob-pigs.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; 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