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April 2008: “Elvis - Six Weeks Only [Week 2]“
Nope– not an April Fool’s joke– here’s the new announcement:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – MARCH 28, 2009
Just ahead of the long-overdue induction of bassist Bill Black and drummer D.J. Fontana into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Restoration Sound & Vision (http://www.restorationsoundandvision.co.uk) is pleased to announce the release of the second installment of “Elvis – [...]
Posted: April 14th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
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“Elvis - Six Weeks Only” - the “Stage Show” performances!!
Well it’s been some time in the making, but the latest LiveFeed Video Imaging restoration is now hitting the marketplace. Elvis Presley’s first network television appearances are finally about to get a long-overdue facelift, and his inaugural performance, on the January 28, 1956 episode of Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey’s “Stage Show” program is [...]
Posted: March 6th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
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August 2008 - Music, Murder and Mayhem: The Three Stooges “Disorder in the Court” (LiveFeed restoration)
It’s the latest (and perhaps least expected) LiveFeed Video Imaging project… The Three Stooges, in their classic short subject “Disorder in the Court”, originally released in 1936.
For me, this was really more of a lark than anything else– one of my friends is an inveterate Stooge-ophile, and commented that they would have loved to have [...]
Posted: August 12th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Guess who’s coming to dinner…?
…for Christmas dinner, no less!!
This falls under the “stocking stuffer” category… as a bonus extra on the final DVD collection of “Dark Shadows” episodes, MPI Home Video will be giving all of the faithful fans of the series a terrific little treat. As fans of the show no doubt know, the final collection [...]
Posted: October 31st, 2007 under Uncategorized.
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Just in time for Halloween– Vampira Lives(??) Again!!
The latest press release from the office:
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“LiveFeed Video Imaging is pleased to announce the restoration of the only known video footage of Maila Nurmi, in her role as the legendary TV horror movie hostess “Vampira.”
Originally airing live during 1954-55, exclusively in the Los Angeles area, it was believed until recently that no footage [...]
Posted: October 16th, 2007 under Uncategorized.
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“Like father, like son…? Think about it.”
Ah, for the days of the Public Service Announcement (PSA)… I recall that our local independent station used to run some of them so frequently that must have ingrained themselves on my DNA. Along with “Popeye Meets Sindbad the Sailor”, of course.
PSAs weren’t always the most clever or technically perfect spots that you’d see [...]
Posted: March 18th, 2007 under Uncategorized.
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100,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong…
…and that’s the number of copies that the LiveFeed-restored DVD Project (“Elvis Presley – The Ed Sullivan Shows” has sold in its first 3 months of release. Hooray for our side!!
That little news-nugget is contained in an interesting article from today’s “New York Times”. You can read the full article here:
The New York [...]
Posted: March 12th, 2007 under Uncategorized.
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The **other** Monty Hall Probability Conundrum…
Monty Hall is without a doubt one of the greatest talkers of our time. You don’t have to go any farther than to watch a few of the over 4,700 “Let’s Make a Deal” shows that he’s hosted to know that. While some fans of classic TV rightfully point out that the talk [...]
Posted: March 8th, 2007 under Uncategorized.
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A bittersweet “Cinderella” story… for now.
In the “good news / bad news” category comes this notable find: we’ve recently unearthed a complete ILR (in-line recording) of the audio portion of the original 1957 live broadcast of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella”, starring Julie Andrews and Jon Cypher!
As I’m sure no one reading has to be told, this broadcast was watched [...]
Posted: March 1st, 2007 under Uncategorized.
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And… we’re back!
Well, that was a rather long-ish station break, but I think we’ve finally got everything going properly, and the forums now appear to be up and running [and we hope you'll use them judiciously], so now from all of us:
Welcome to American Classic Television!
Posted: February 25th, 2007 under Uncategorized.
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