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#2985: HELEN REDDY SHOW, THE

1973-08-09, WNBC, 51 min.

June 28, 1973-August 16, 1973. Helen Reddy hosted this variety hour, a summer replacement for "The Flip Wilson Show." 

Comedians Mort Sahl and Dick Gregory take off on politics; all-girl rock group Fanny appears in a sequence filmed in London; and singer-composers Billy Preston, Albert Hammond and Peter Allen perform their own music. Nelson Riddle orchestra.    

At the end of the show, Helen Reddy and Mort Sahl take questions from the audience.   

HIGLIGHTS:

"Will It Go Round in Circles?" "That's the Way God Planned it"
...........................Billy Preston

"Charity Ball".............Fanny All Girl Rock Band

"Smokey Factory Blues".........Albert Hammond

"More than I Like You"............Peter Allen

"Tightrope," "This Masquerade," "I'm a Bit Okay," 
"Westwind Circus"..........Helen Reddy

#3871: MAC DAVIS SHOW, THE

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1975-05-15, WNBC, 52 min.

July 11, 1974-August 29, 1974; December 19, 1974-May 22, 1975; March 18, 1976-June 17, 1976. Singer Mac Davis hosted three hour-long variety shows. Regulars included mimes Shields and Yarnell.

#9878: WHO'S WHO

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1977-02-01, CBS, 60 min.

January 4th, 1977-June 26th, 1977

Hour-long news magazine with an emphasis on people. Dan Rather was the chief reporter and Barbara Hower and Charles Kuralt were regular contributors. 

A profile of entertainer Peter Allen.

#6743: GRAMMY HALL OF FAME, THE

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1981-05-18, CBS, 52 min.

A night of spectacular stars and entertainment. Tonight, Grammy honors some of the greatest recordings of all time, and the performers who made them legend. Host: Andy Williams.

Peter Cullen announcer.
Commercials not recorded.

This predominately musical hour is rounded out with a tribute to Bing Crosby by daughter Mary and Bob Hope. Other clips of Judy Garland ("Over the Rainbow") and Nat King Cloe ("Unforgettable").

HIGHLIGHTS:

"Straighten Up and Fly Right,"
"The Christmas Song"----------------------------------Natalie Cole

"White Christmas"------------------------------------Andy Gibb

"Quiet Please, There's a Lady on Stage" -------------Peter Allen

"One O'clock Jump"--------Count Basie and his Orchestra

"Every Day (I Have the Blues)"----------------------Joe Williams

"Oh, What a Beautiful Morning"----------------------John Rait
"Oklahoma"

"I Can't Say No"------------------------------------Celeste Holm

Big Band Medley------------------------------------Andy Gibb

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It is interesting that as late as the 1980's very well produced and important television SPEICALS are considered not extant to todays audiences...its original 2" Quad master tapes erased to be used for other programming. By 1981 this practiced had diminished greatly, especially those production broadcasts on CBS Television. But still there are "victims" of such practices as represented by this first and only tribute to THE GRAMMY HALL OF FAME which aired as a special one time presentation on CBS on May 18, 1981.

Archival Television Audio, Inc. has had this broadcasts in its inventory for many years, but never played back until a client requested it. Sadly, the audio tape had its own problem issues and at first it appeared that it could not be salvaged at all.
This tape was a victim of a condition detailed below. it was in very severe condition with 30% of its oxide layer flake off. However, by "baking" the tape for 13 hours I, Phil Gries, owner of ATA, was able to at least get a transcription discernable dub of this broadcast. It took a number of passes...stop and go...cleaning the tape recorder heads numerous times.

The sound rendition of this baked tape has sections that are very good, sections that have issues with drop outs, some occasional drops in audio, occasional echo effects of audio, etc. I was able to also use Q tips with Isopropyl alcohol in addition to
keep audible tonality as much as possible, keeping content of this broadcast as much possible, retaining 98% of this broadcast.

The end result is that one can listen to this "lost" broadcast in its entirety with enjoyment realizing its limitations.

STICKY-SHED SYNDROME is a condition created by the deterioration of the binders in a magnetic tape, which hold the ferric oxide magnetizable coating to its plastic carrier, or which hold the thinner back-coating on the outside of the tape. This deterioration renders the tape unusable. Some kinds of binder are known to break down over time, due to the absorption of moisture (hydrolysis).

The symptoms of this breakdown can be immediately obvious even when rewinding the tape: tearing sounds and sluggish behavior. If a tape with sticky-shed syndrome is played, the reels will make screeching or squeaking sounds, and the tape will leave dusty, rusty particles on the guides and heads. In some cases, the symptoms are more subtle, causing intermittent dropouts.

This television audio air check seems to be the only existing broadcast record, in this less than pristine playback condition, of this iconic broadcast, not existing in any known archive museum, CBS archives or in any private collection.

#10275Q: "NIGHT OF 100 STARS"

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1982-03-08, ABC, 90 min.

All Star Variety special celebrating the centennial of the Actors Fund Of America. 

Note: 90 minute excerpt of 3 hour program. 

Other stars appearing are Treat Williams, Henry Winkler, Robin Williams, Orson Welles, Jack Warden, Ben Vereen, Peter Ustinov, Liv Ullmann, Cicely Tyson, Daniel J. Travanti, Elizabeth Taylor, Lynn Swann, Donald Sutherland, Lee Strasberg, Beatrice Straight, James Stewart, Robert Sterling, Maureen Stapleton, Allison Smith, Alexis Smith, Sylvia Sidney, Brooke Shields, William Shatner, George Segal, Ricky Schroder, John Schneider, Isabel Sanford, Jane Russell, John Rubenstein, Mickey Rooney, Gunger Rogers,  Cliff Robertson, Pernell Roberts, Jason Robards, Lionel Ritchie, Christopher Reeve, Robert Reed, Tony Randall, Charlotte Rae, Anthony Quinn, Victoria Principal, Robert Preston, Stephanie Powers, Jane Powell, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Perkins, Gregory Peck, Hildy Parks, Al Pacino, Frank Oz, Jerry Orbach, Leonard Nimoy, Paul Newman, Roger Moore, Mary Tyler Moore, Dudley Moore, Jaime Monroy, Anna Moffo, Liza Minnelli, Ann Miller, Dina Merrill, Ethel Merman, Maureen McGovern, Michael McDonald, Marcello Mastroianni, Joel McCrea, James Mason, Mary Martin, Penny Marshall, Gavin McLeod, Myrna Loy, Dorothy Loudon, Priscilla Lopez, John Lindsay, Gina Lollabridgida, Hal Linden, Jack Lemmon, David Letterman, Janet Leigh, Michele Lee, Michael Learned, Linda Lavin, Frank Langella, Burt Lancaster, Edward Koch, Laura La Plante, Ted Knight, Jack Klugman, Robert Klein, Richard Kiley, Grace Kelly, Deborah Kerr, Gene Kelly, Howard Keel, Diane Keaton, James Earl Jones, Van Johnson, Ann Jillian, Ann Jeffries, Judith Jamison, Kate Jackson, Bernard Hughes, George S. Irving, Ken Howard, Lena Horne, Celeste Holm, Dustin Hoffman, Judd Hirsch, Doug Henning, Florence Henderson, Helen Hayes, Goldie Hawn, Julie Harris, Valerie Harper, Margaret Hamilton, Larry Hagman, Robert Guillaume, Harry Guardino, Charles Grodin, Joel Gray, Rocky Graziano, Linda Gray, Farley Granger, Ruth Gordon, Lillian Gish, Anthony Geary, Andy Gibb, Melissa Gilbert, Eva Gabor, Jane Fonda, Phyllis Frelich, John Forsythe, Peggy Fleming, Jose Ferrer, Alice Faye, Peter Falk, Lola Falana, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Morgan Fairchild, Linda Evans, Nancy Dussault, Sandy Duncan, Alfred Drake, Placido Domingo, Joyce DeWitt, Danny DeVito, Colleen Dewhurst, Frances Dee, Gabriel Valez, (Muppets Puppeteer).

5 records found for Peter Allen

#2985: HELEN REDDY SHOW, THE

1973-08-09, WNBC, 51 min.

#3871: MAC DAVIS SHOW, THE

1975-05-15, WNBC, 52 min.

#9878: WHO'S WHO

1977-02-01, CBS, 60 min.

#6743: GRAMMY HALL OF FAME, THE

1981-05-18, CBS, 52 min.

#10275Q: "NIGHT OF 100 STARS"

1982-03-08, ABC, 90 min.