(3/6) RARE 1964 NBC COLOR TV SPECIAL - A Worlds Fair Diary with Edwin Newman @musicom67

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS Part 3 of 6. Relive an inside look at the 1964/65 New York World's Fair in this NBC TV Special from 1964 "A World's Fair Diary", with Edwin Newman. See Edwin take you on a first hand tour of the inside of many attractions featured in the fair. He tends more towards the off-the-beaten-path attractions moreso than the mainstays, but he gets a great glimpse of what was a once-in-a-lifetime event.

Sorry for the crappy quality. It was obviously shot in Eastmancolor. ;(

updated 14 years ago

(3/6) RARE 1964 NBC COLOR TV SPECIAL - A Worlds Fair Diary with Edwin Newman

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2010-03-06 | Part 3 of 6. Relive an inside look at the 1964/65 New York World's Fair in this NBC TV Special from 1964 "A World's Fair Diary", with Edwin Newman. See Edwin take you on a first hand tour of the inside of many attractions featured in the fair. He tends more towards the off-the-beaten-path attractions moreso than the mainstays, but he gets a great glimpse of what was a once-in-a-lifetime event.

Sorry for the crappy quality. It was obviously shot in Eastmancolor. ;(

CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL - 1970s - PSA - Prejudice (1975) - Bigots and Stereotypes

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-10-09 | Retro Classic TV Commercial - 'color restored' from very faded films dating between 1960-1975. Film sound is re-engineered in Dyna-Stereo from very scratchy, noisy soundtracks.

This commercial was a Public Service Announcement to counter religious intolerance and prejudice - exposing the bigotry and stereotypical humor still going strong during the 1970s (i.e. "All in the Family" - Archie Bunker, etc.).

This advertising was submitted and was either a winner or a finalist for the Clio Award for Advertising (long defunct).

PLEASE NOTE: For Historical And Educational Use Only. Do Not Duplicate and for Demo Use Only. The original digital source material is library-sourced and fair use for restorations applies. These are not 'archival' and not much time was spent on each for correction.

Please do not include these classic advertising commercials in your videos without permission as these new video productions and new sound recordings are ©2024 MUSICOM Productions.

#classiccommercials #advertising #retrocommercials

CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL - 1970s - One of the first ATM banking commercials in the USA- FIRST WISCONSIN

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-10-09 | Retro Classic TV Commercial - 'color restored' from very faded films dating between 1960-1975. Film sound is re-engineered in Dyna-Stereo from very scratchy, noisy soundtracks.

This commercial features William Christopher (best known as "Father Mulcahy" from the TV show "M*A*S*H" - and you get to see a proto-ATM in 1973! Up to $50 cash withdrawal for a night on the town!

This advertising was submitted and was either a winner or a finalist for the Clio Award for Advertising (long defunct).

PLEASE NOTE: For Historical And Educational Use Only. Do Not Duplicate and for Demo Use Only. The original digital source material is library-sourced and fair use for restorations applies. These are not 'archival' and not much time was spent on each for correction.

Please do not include these classic advertising commercials in your videos without permission as these new video productions and new sound recordings are ©2024 MUSICOM Productions.

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CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL - 1960s - DUTCH MASTERS Cigars with Ernie Kovacs [RESTORED in DYNA-STEREO]

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-10-09 | Retro Classic TV Commercial - 'color restored' from very faded films dating between 1960-1975. Film sound is re-engineered in Dyna-Stereo from very scratchy, noisy soundtracks.

This advertising was submitted and was either a winner or a finalist for the Clio Award for Advertising (long defunct).

PLEASE NOTE: For Historical And Educational Use Only. Do Not Duplicate and for Demo Use Only. The original digital source material is library-sourced and fair use for restorations applies. These are not 'archival' and not much time was spent on each for correction.

Please do not include these classic advertising commercials in your videos without permission as these new video productions and new sound recordings are ©2024 MUSICOM Productions.

#classiccommercials #advertising #retrocommercials

CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL - 1960s - HAI KARATE - Man Trouble - Self Defense from your girl or wife!

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-10-09 | Retro Classic TV Commercial - 'color restored' from very faded films dating between 1960-1975. Film sound is re-engineered in Dyna-Stereo from very scratchy, noisy soundtracks.

This advertising was submitted and was either a winner or a finalist for the Clio Award for Advertising (long defunct).

PLEASE NOTE: For Historical And Educational Use Only. Do Not Duplicate and for Demo Use Only. The original digital source material is library-sourced and fair use for restorations applies. These are not 'archival' and not much time was spent on each for correction.

Please do not include these classic advertising commercials in your videos without permission as these new video productions and new sound recordings are ©2024 MUSICOM Productions.

#classiccommercials #advertising #retrocommercials

CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL - 1960s - PACQUINS Silk and Satin lotion [RESTORED in DYNA-STEREO]

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-10-09 | Retro Classic TV Commercial - 'color restored' from very faded films dating between 1960-1975. Film sound is re-engineered in Dyna-Stereo from very scratchy, noisy soundtracks.

FUN FACT: Pacquins sponsored "The Jackie Gleason Show"

This advertising was submitted and was either a winner or a finalist for the Clio Award for Advertising (long defunct).

PLEASE NOTE: For Historical And Educational Use Only. Do Not Duplicate and for Demo Use Only. The original digital source material is library-sourced and fair use for restorations applies. These are not 'archival' and not much time was spent on each for correction.

Please do not include these classic advertising commercials in your videos without permission as these new video productions and new sound recordings are ©2024 MUSICOM Productions.

#classiccommercials #advertising #retrocommercials

Werner Müller RIAS Tanzorchester - Pauls Boogie 1957 [RESTORED in DYNA-STEREO] German Swing Bands

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-10-04 | The RIAS Dance Orchestra, under the direction of Werner Müller, played a pivotal role in shaping the German music scene during its time.

Courtesy to YouTube user "fritz51260" - for posting the original clip - which has been color/frame adjusted and re-engineered from the original mono to the re-imagineering in stereo which you will hear in this video.

The usual 'Dyna-Stereo' process - by using 8 mono tracks (including 5 music stems) and remixing - is used in this new mix, creating separation and depth.

The original film segment is sourced from the German Berolina-Film studio's (from Berlin) film production of "Hoch droben auf dem Berg" ("High Up On The Mountain"), which was a 'Heimatfilm', or 'homeland' film - a specific genre of films in post-war German-speaking countries that focused on (West German) outdoors, countryside, and natural settings, rather than urbanism and stages - popular at that time of post-war Germany - as RIAS stands for Radio In the American Sector - and much of Germany was undergoing a massive decades-long rebuilding of bombed cities -and the eventual German reunification during the 1990s, making Germany one country - and Berlin the Capital city again, eliminating any foreign 'sectors', as an example, the development of Potsdamer Platz since 1989 has proved.

The RIAS Dance Orchestra
Formation and Purpose: The RIAS Dance Orchestra was established in 1948 in Berlin, Germany. RIAS stands for “Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor” (Radio in the American Sector). It was founded by the US occupational authorities after World War II to provide news, entertainment, and cultural programming to the German population in and around Berlin.

The RIAS Symphony as well as this Dance Orchestra quickly gained popularity due to its creative and innovative programming and musicianship.

RIAS became a beloved source of music and entertainment for listeners, especially during challenging times like the Berlin Blockade (1948-49). The orchestra’s broadcasts carried messages of Allied determination to resist Soviet intimidation.

Musical Excellence: The RIAS Dance Orchestra featured many talented German and international musicians, including British first trumpet player Greg Bowen and trombonist Johnny Marshall.

Over the years, various conductors led the ensemble, such as Dave Hildinger, Kookie Brandenburg, pianist Horst Jankowski, and finally Jiggs Whigham. Their performances contributed significantly to the station’s entertainment program.

Legacy: After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, RIAS transformed into the public German radio station DeutschlandRadio Kultur at the end of 1993.

#berlin #jazz #bigband

CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL - 1960s - WINSTON Cigarettes Matchbooks [RESTORED in DYNA-STEREO]

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-10-02 | Retro Classic TV Commercial - 'color restored' from very faded films dating between 1960-1975. Film sound is re-engineered in Dyna-Stereo from very scratchy, noisy soundtracks.

This advertising was submitted and was either a winner or a finalist for the Clio Award for Advertising (long defunct).

PLEASE NOTE: For Historical And Educational Use Only. Do Not Duplicate and for Demo Use Only. The original digital source material is library-sourced and fair use for restorations applies. These are not 'archival' and not much time was spent on each for correction.

Please do not include these classic advertising commercials in your videos without permission as these new video productions and new sound recordings are ©2024 MUSICOM Productions.

#classiccommercials #advertising #retrocommercials

Do You Trust Your Wife (CBS - 1956) - hosted by Edgar Bergen - guests Harry James and Betty Grable

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-09-29 | A filmed episode of the Don Fedderson show "Do You Trust Your Wife" - hosted by Edgar Bergen (and his 'dummy' characters including Charlie McCarthy) with special guests trumpeter Harry James and his film star sex symbol, Betty Grable - best known for her 'legs'.

With the dullness of this episode, Betty should have showed her legs.

Of course, you see the similarities in production to NBC's "You Bet Your Life" with Groucho Marx - but without any of the excitement or fun.

The only fun part is the ending theme song.

From A Media Archive collection of an online University Library.

For Historical and Educational Use Only.

CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL - 1970s - TIC TAC Put A TicTac In Your Mouth And Get A Bang Out Of Life

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-09-27 | Retro Classic TV Commercial - 'color restored' from very faded films dating between 1960-1975. Film sound is re-engineered in Dyna-Stereo from very scratchy, noisy soundtracks.

This advertising was submitted and was either a winner or a finalist for the Clio Award for Advertising (long defunct).

PLEASE NOTE: For Historical And Educational Use Only. Do Not Duplicate and for Demo Use Only. The original digital source material is library-sourced and fair use for restorations applies. These are not 'archival' and not much time was spent on each for correction.

Please do not include these classic advertising commercials in your videos without permission as these new video productions and new sound recordings are ©2024 MUSICOM Productions.

#classiccommercials #advertising #retrocommercials

CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL - 1960s - DIAL SOAP - Arent You Glad? [RESTORED in DYNA-STEREO]

CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL - 1960s - RCA - Total Sound 1960 [RESTORED in DYNA-STEREO]

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-09-27 | ...

CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL - 1960s - MILTON BRADLEY - Mystery Date Game [RESTORED in DYNA-STEREO]

CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL - 1960s - SIMONIZ - The Three Stooges [RESTORED in DYNA-STEREO]

CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL - 1960s - SCHAEFER BEER - When Youre Having More Than One Jingle [RESTORED]

CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL - 1960s - PLYMOUTH - Shake, Rattle and Roll [RESTORED in DYNA-STEREO]

CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL - 1960s - CHEMSTRAND - Dont Forget Your Nylons [RESTORED in DYNA-STEREO]

CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL - 1970s - TOYS R US -New Store In Town 1975 [RESTORED in DYNA-STEREO]

CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL - 1970s - AMC - Pacer 1975 [RESTORED in DYNA-STEREO]

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-09-23 | Retro Classic TV Commercial - 'color restored' from very faded films dating between 1960-1975. Film sound is re-engineered in Dyna-Stereo from very scratchy, noisy soundtracks.

This advertising was submitted and was either a winner or a finalist for the Clio Award for Advertising (long defunct).

PLEASE NOTE: For Historical And Educational Use Only. Do Not Duplicate and for Demo Use Only. The original digital source material is library-sourced and fair use for restorations applies. These are not 'archival' and not much time was spent on each for correction.

Please do not include these classic advertising commercials in your videos without permission as these new video productions and new sound recordings are ©2024 MUSICOM Productions.

#classiccommercials #advertising #retrocommercials

CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL - 1960s - LEGGS - Leggs Are Here Stockings [RESTORED in DYNA-STEREO]

CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL - 1960s - PLYMOUTH - Valiant [RESTORED in DYNA-STEREO]

CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL - 1970s - 7-UP - Bubbles The Uncola [RESTORED in DYNA-STEREO]

CLASSIC TV COMMERCIAL - 1960s - CHEVROLET - See The USA New Car Lineup [RESTORED in DYNA-STEREO]

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS is live!

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-09-11 | Live on the NY Waterway Ferry

RETRO TV CLASSICS - The Big Fig Newton (Nabisco - 1975) - James Harder [RESTORED in STEREO]

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-09-01 | Popular Nabisco TV commercials in the 1970s featured Big Fig, the actor James Harder in a costume performing a dance and song, now 'restored' from a very faded poor source,

This new 'hit' from Hal features the most memorable jingle of 1975 - "Doin' the Big Fig Newton".

Apparently, there's a National Fig Newton Day...

Lyrics:

Ooey, gooey, rich, and chewy inside
Golden flaky, tender cakey outside
Wrap the inside in the outside
Is it good? Darn tootin'!
Doin' the Big Fig Newton!
Here's the tricky part!
The Big Fig Newton!
One more time
The Big Fig Newton-n-n-n-n.

But these days Nabisco (aka Mondelez) dropped the word Fig and are now known simply as Newtons.

As for actor/voice actor James Harder - he was more than just the Big Fig guy. You’d assume he’s been in lots of movies and on lots of television shows but it’s all TV commercials!

Not just Fig Newtons, but he was also a Butterball Turkey Pilgrim, and did Scotch Tape ads, etc etc. 3,000 TV and radio commercials (including voice-overs and radio)! He also did 130 stage productions, including one Broadway show, and appeared on "Sesame Street", "The Muppet Show" and a few other appearances on TV.

#classiccommercials #newtons #nabisco

RETRO CLASSIC TV KINESCOPE - (1953) Bye, Bye Blues - The Three Suns [RESTORED in DYNA-STEREO]

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-08-30 | From a 1953 LIVE kinescope TV film recording of The Three Suns performing "Bye, Bye Blues", a 1925 jazz standard, in an over-the-top arrangement! The audio was re-engineered into 8 music stems to create the Dyna-Stereo effect heard in this video. Enjoy!

From Space-Age Pop:

Reputed to be Mamie Eisenhower's favorite group, the Three Suns are the leading small group in exotica. Brothers Al and Morty grew up in Brooklyn, where they joined with their cousin, Artie Dunn, as a trio, Al switching from violin to guitar to pick up more gigs. After a year or two working around New York City, they got their first serious show at the Adelphia Hotel in Philadelphia in 1939 and then moved on the Circus lounge of the Hotel Picadilly in New York in 1940, where a two-week engagement turned into a seven-year stay.

They had their first hit in 1944, with "Twilight Time," and their cover of "Peg O' My Heart," released just after the Harmonicats' version came out, contended with it for the #1 spot.

The Three Suns were a concept as much as a group, since Al Nevins dropped and added players to suit the material. In the late 1940s, the group was a quintet, with a rhythm guitar and bass added. Their first big hit, "Twilight Time," written by Morty Nevins, went on to have over 3 million air plays, according to BMI. In 1951, they recorded as a quintet with Marty Gold on organ and Larry Green on piano. They also recorded as a quartet with Ray Bohr on pipe organ (and later, on "Swinging on a Star," with R&B sax legend King Curtis!), as a sextet, a septet (with Billy Mure on second guitar), a combo of 13 (on "Perdido," 1954), and with orchestral accompaniment. Nevins himself stopped performing live in 1954 and concentrated on producing and publishing. Johnny Buck and later Joe Negri replaced him on guitar. Artie Dunn then reformed the group for live performances in 1957 with Tony Lovello on accordion and Johnny Romano on guitar. Morty Nevins went into studio work as an arranger and composer, and Al Nevins formed a music publishing house, Aldon Music, with Don Kirshner.

Aldon Music, located at 1650 Broadway, was just across the street from the legendary Brill Building. Nevins and Kirschner signed many of New York's best young songwriters and Aldon Music placed over 200 songs on the Top 40 charts, including "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" and "Up On The Roof" by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, and "Uptown" by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. Aldon Music was bought by Columbia Pictures-Screen Gems in 1964. Kirschner took over as head of the music company, and Al Nevins retired.

The Three Suns became considerably more experimental after Nevins formed Aldon Music. Al suffered a series of major heart attacks in the early 1960s that forced him out of performing, and he began to shift the producing work to others.

Al Nevins, guitar (Born Albert Tepper 1915, Washington, DC; Died 25 January 1965, New York City, NY)

Morty Nevins, accordion (Born Morton Tepper 26 May 1917, Washington, DC; Died 20 July 1990, Beverly Hills, California)

Artie Dunn, organ (Born 14 March 1922, Dorchester, Massachussetts; Died 15 January 1996, Palm Springs, California).

Please visit spaceagepop dot com for some excellent reviews like you just read. All rights reserved for this information used for historical purposes only.

PSA - LC Biomarkers :25 - A.I. created music production with scripted lyrics to promote a fundraiser

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-08-17 | A complete music jingle and production soundtrack created by A.I.

Bicentennial 1976 aka 200 - Psychedelic USA Patriotic Propaganda animated cartoon [4K - RESTORED]

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-08-13 | Known as "200" or "Bicentennial" (1976), this trippy tribute to the United States of America's 200th birthday was funded by a Bicentennial Project Grant - and animated by Vincent Collins who'd created other psychedelic animations. [film release was technically 1975].

This film was produced by the United States Information Agency - the government propaganda agency.

This clip was originally sourced as a color-faded archival digitization - as found on The Internet Archive - and has been color-corrected and sound re-engineered to restore a classic piece of history of the American Bicentennial of 1976 back to its intended vibrancy.

This film is presented on YouTube for historical and education use only. All Rights Reserved to this new color-corrected, sound-corrected version.

To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC - however, you will obtain the original and not this color correction / sound restoration version.

The Internet Archive info & comments:

Addeddate 2005-03-18 08:39:49
Color
Director Vincent Collins
Run time 3:15
Sound
Type MovingImage
Year 1975

Reviews:

I am currently an online student and thought this was great. It would be nice if the type of animation was labeled as I found this on a search for the anime "Yellow Submarine" 1968, created by and animated by George Dunning.

These are your national symbols on drugs
Any questions?

Seriously, this animator must have spent his USIA swag on some serious chemical inspiration. Is this the same guy who did the trippy drive-in movie refreshment ads with the fake Peter Max vibe?

The "pyramid" is on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States. Check the back of a 1.

The "recycling symbol" is actually the logo for the Bicentennial Commission.

Also, check out Grant Wood's "American Gothic" (When the eagle's flying around), with the very flashy farmer!

Government Plot To Hypnotize Viewers To Vote Republican! Paid For By The N.R.A & Jerry Falwell's Acid Dropping Grandmother

Subject: One of the strangest things I ever saw
I think I saw this on public television when I was little. I am having flashbacks to this day. This is a strange bit of propaganda, a good one at that has the watered-down corporate psychedelic flavor of the plastic 70's.

Subject: Wow.
There's not a lot I can add that other commenters haven't already said. I was 15 when this came out, and I'm sure I've never seen it before. It's too long to be a tv spot, so where was it shown?

I actually feel pretty patriotic after watching it. Not to mention very nostalgic. And high.

Trippy, and I mean trippy animated salute to what makes America great. Using a lot of familiar icons, the artist creates, uh, quite a collage of interesting things. I liked the pyramid, not too sure where he was going with that, and the recycling symbol, even though America was hardly recycling at that time. A fun watch.

"Bicentennial" (aka "200") is pure 1970s psychedelia. The designs remind me strongly of Peter Max and Yellow Submarine. This short film is a series of the flag and other American symbol motifs, almost done to abstraction. Interesting bits include the remnants of the hippie culture (the Woodstock logo, the flag-shaped around a peace sign) contrasted with the symbols of mainstream consumer culture (a cornucopia spewing out cars, televisions, hamburgers, and hot dogs). Washington crossing the Delaware becomes a Fauvist riot of color. While trying to use all the American symbols it becomes an oblique critique of those symbols, as they are shown to be changeable and repeated unto abstraction. The fact this was made for the US Information Agency is all the more surprising.

Subject: A perfect period piece
You can spot this as a US government production because the visual style is about five years out-of-date for 1976. Yet, it's great to see this stuff again.

Upper Delaware River Scenic Roadway (NY-97) passing the Hawks Nest Lookout near Port Jervis, NY

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-08-12 | Just a short ride up NY State Route 97 near Pond Eddy and Deer Park, NY from Port Jervis, NY passing by The Hawks Nest lookout (as seen on the left of the roadway), as we are driving in a northeasterly direction.

Oh, we are listening to Howard 100 and The Howard Stern Show while we are driving - on SiriusXM - as there is crappy cell service throughout this region.

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Exploring the Universe (1963 - NET) Dave Garroway asks Is there other life in the Universe?

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-08-11 | Here's a rare videotape. The pre-PBS Educational TV network known as NET (National Educational Television & Radio Center) presents the former NBC Today host and Wide Wide World host, Dave Garroway, who asks the question "Is there other life in the Universe?"

In this typical Dave Garroway-styled presentation (with his ad-libs), he takes on an educational journey into our own solar system and beyond and has a discussion with the interviewed specialists in their fields.

Hear them predict where we are 65+ years later in time...

Following are the credits to the show:

Exploring the Universe with Dave Garroway

This series is coordinated with the American Foundation for Continuing Education Adult Discussion Program "The Exploration of the Universe".

Produced for National Educational Televions under a Grant from the National Science Foundation.

For you logo aficionados, there's a nice clean 1963 "NET" ID at the end of the program.

FOR HISTORICAL AND EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY!!!! I DO NOT OWN THIS VIDEO AND IS PRESENTED AS CONVENIENT ACCESS TO LIBRARY MATERIALS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

#aliens #space #PBS

Looney Tunes Cartoon Sound Effects Sound Design Demonstration - Spacy Cartoon Mashup in 4K Stereo

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-08-03 | This video features many Chuck Jones directed space-themed Looney Tunes cartoons in a visual mashup - with a soundtrack including the famous Treg Brown WB cartoon sound effects used in the classic Warner Brothers cartoons, with the music provided by an obscure mono (re-engineered) single (or "45") from 1952 - featuring Johnny Mercer (and a vocal quartet) in, "Hello Out There, Hello!", musically arranged and conducted by a cartoon himself, the tremendous Billy May and his 'touring' Orchestra.

The mono record has also been split into 5 music stems and re-engineered into Dyna-Stereo.

#cartoon #looneytunes #sounddesign

By listening to the lyrics, I couldn't help but remember certain scenes from the classic Warner Bros. Cartoons from Chuck Jones that featured all sorts of space-themed/rocket-themed cartoons.

After viewing them, it was like a jigsaw puzzle, piecing together all the appropriate video clips to certain lyrics - and after some editing, a kind of storyline develops. The trick is to find all the footage WITHOUT any characters or talking or backgrounds without any animations -etc... so you can make freeze-frames, duplicate frames when you run out of footage and add tons of camera moves to make otherwise still artwork into moving and swaying modern creations and appearances with the perfection of the classic artwork.

After patching together all the clips into a general apparent descriptive story-line to the lyrics, the entire production was color-corrected and visually enhanced to 'pop' - as well as to make the differences in the quality of each less noticeable - plus I threw in a few comedic "Easter Eggs" (i.e. hint: Uranus sign). All credits and production are done in Avid Media Composer - the broadcast standard in editing programs, which I also use professionally.

Again as a reminder, the music was recorded and pressed in MONO (Stereo records weren't invented until 1957).

That single track was split into 5 tracks, and each track was effected/equalized/corrected and panned to create this modern-sounding sound of the 72 year-old recording that was recorded flat and in mono.

Bugs Bunny cartoon fans will see I've added a few 'cameo' scenes from unmentioned cartoons. The Elmer Fudd in drag was none other than a Bob Clampett cartoon, "The Big Snooze". And of course the Do-Do's come from "Dough for the Do-Do" (attributed to Art Davis - completing a redraw of Bob Clampett's "Porky in Wackyland".

Cartoon clips were sourced from these classic Warner Bros. cartoons:

"Martian Through Georgia"
"Haredevil Hare"
"Rocket Squad"
"Jumpin' Jupiter"
"Duck Amuck"
"Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century"

As for Billy May's musicians in the music soundtrack, this is a recording of Billy's younger musician's "Touring Orchestra" with the soloists as his normal 'older' studio lead musicians (i.e. Skeets Herfurt). Billy's normal studio session musicians (older guys) declined the offer of going on the road with Billy for a Capitol Records live coast-to-coast Big Band tour during that time.

Have fun! and please note - THIS IS FOR HISTORICAL AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY - and for DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY of what you can do with old stuff and some creativity - however, this is NOT LICENSED FOR BROADCAST.

If you are a copyright holder and have any issues with anything used in this demonstration video, please notify me at once and I will promptly remove said video.

Greetings, Earthlings!

DIRTY POLITICS - Sen. John Kennedy pays a visit to support Tim Sheehy and C-Span offers a heart-on.

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-07-25 | ADULTS ONLY!!! - - GRAPHIC LANGUAGE and SEXY TALK - KIND OF...

Talk about a Political Mashup = = Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana pays a visit to the Tim Sheehy campaign office to offer his very graphic and sexy words of wisdom - and show some support and love for Tim - in "The Adventures of John & Tim".

Sen. John Kennedy's soliloquy was performed in front of Congress courtesy of C-Span.

Unfortunately, Jon Tester invades 'in the end' of all of the sexy, intimate 'fun' 'between' the two politicians.

This is political satire folks. Parody. First Amendment stuff.

NOTE: Jon Tester does NOT endorse this message, nor anyone else - it is a video that tests the waters in Montana and finds them to be cold. (Disclaimer in the video).

The musical score is from the original Jackie Gleason's "Music To Make Love By" recording of "I'm in the Mood for Love" by the Jackie Gleason Orchestra.

Video courtesy of the Tim Sheehy Ad campaign on Twitter - and C-Span, where Sen. Kennedy (Louisiana) does his best "Mr. Haney" Pat Buttram - impression reading before Congress out-of-context parts of a "drag queen book", in case you were, ahem, "buy curious"...

#satire #parody #politicalads

Behind the Scenes of Mister Rogers Neighborhood Fred Rogers (1967) NET Presents The Creative Person

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-06-18 | Fred Rogers was a television phenomenon known for his long-running PBS children's show, "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" for the latter part of the 20th century, ending production in 2001.

Fred Rogers died in 2003 at the age of 74 years.

In the late 1960s, before the formation of PBS, there was NET - National Educational Television - and this rare interview and behind-the-scenes documentary of Fred Rogers brings a very fascinating look at the earliest productions at WQED Pittsburgh, where Fred's show would be produced.

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SPECIAL NOTE TO LOGO FANS: There's a NET logo and Eric Siday synthesizer theme at the end of this show.
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From the Description of the Episode:

Series: NET Presents "The Creative Person"

Subject: Fred Rogers

In this 1967 film from the Library of Congress, Fred was a 39-year-old ordained minister, an educator, a musician, and a quiet, gentle, unselfconscious young man who possessed a mysterious and quite remarkable attraction for pre-school children.

When his daily half-hour program, "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," was threatened with cancellation for lack of funds last spring in Boston, station WGBH-TV was deluged with protests. When Rogers himself made a personal appearance there, 6,000 pint-sized fans turned out to see him.

Since then, Rogers' program (a composite of songs, conversation, puppet neighbors, and people neighbors, palatable lessons and ideas) has attracted a Sears-Roebuck Foundation grant and will be a regular five-day-a-week children's feature on NET stations across the country this season. This Creative Person film shows the man behind "Mister Rogers'," the television personality. Rogers is visited at his home, is seen at the studio rehearsing his television program and observed working with study groups. He talks about his feelings towards his own two children and explains his intense desire to find a means of communicating with children honestly on their own terms.

Creative Person: Fred Rogers was produced for National Educational Television by its Pittsburgh affiliate, WQED-TV. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)

Series Description: This series focuses on the private vision of the creative person. Each program is devoted to a 20th century artist whose special qualities of imagination, taste, originality, intelligence, craftsmanship, and individuality have marked him as a pace-setter in his field. These artists --- whose fields span the entire gamut of the art world --- include filmmaker Jean Renoir, poet John Ciardi, industrial designer Raymond Loewy, Hollywood producer-director King Vidor, noted Broadway couple Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, artist Leonard Baskin, humorist James Thurber, satirist Robert Osborn, Indian musician Ravi Shankar, poet P. G. Wodehouse, painter Georges Braque, former ballet star Olga Spessivtzeva, Rudolf Bing, and Marni Nixon. The format for each program has been geared to the individual featured; Performance, interview, and documentary techniques are employed interchangeably. The Creative Person is a 1965 production of National Educational Television. The N.E.T. producers are Jack Sameth, Jac Venza, Lane Slate, Thomas Slevin, Brice Howard, Craig Gilbert, and Jim Perrin. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Broadcast Date1967-10-08

FOR HISTORICAL AND EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY.

Everybodys Fancy 1967 | Mister Rogers sings with Mister Rogers in Mister Rogers Neighborhood STEREO

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-06-18 | Fred Rogers, star of the long-running PBS educational kid show, "Mister Rogers Neighborhood", also composed his own songs for his show. Here are two renditions of his now-not-so-politcally-correct song, "Everybody's Fancy" - a song about "body integrity" and having "one's body being whole" - sung in duo and synchronized from two separate episodes - with the great Johnny Costa at the piano - videotaped at WQED Pittsburgh for National Educational Television (NET) just before the creation of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Watch the 1967 documentary link on the end page.

Blende auf (Fade up) - Werner Müller - RIAS Tanzorchester - 1954 [RESTORED in DYNA-STEREO] Polydor

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-05-27 | Werner Müller and his Dance Orchestra: “Blende auf!” (1954) - Pop, Light Music

The original 1954 mono recording of the song “Blende auf!” by Werner Müller and His Tanz-Orchester is a very popular German big band orchestra composition - still performed by numerous musical groups in Germany - yet relatively unknown and unheard of in the United States - now re-engineered into DYNA-STEREO!

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Werner Müller und sein Tanzorchester: „Blende auf!“ (1954) – Pop, Unterhaltungsmusik

Die Original-Monoaufnahme des Liedes „Blende auf!“ aus dem Jahr 1954. von Werner Müller und seinem Tanz-Orchester ist eine sehr beliebte deutsche Big-Band-Orchesterkomposition – immer noch von zahlreichen Musikgruppen in Deutschland aufgeführt – in den Vereinigten Staaten jedoch relativ unbekannt und unbekannt – jetzt in DYNA-STEREO überarbeitet!

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Released on the Polydor label, this lively track features Müller’s skilled arrangements and the infectious energy of his 33-piece dance orchestra.

The literal translation of this song title is: "Fade up!" as you would direct an audio engineer.

The original Polydor 45rpm EP included 4 selections, one of which was:

“Blende auf!”: A vibrant swing tune that invites listeners to hit the dance floor.

The RIAS Dance Orchestra, under the direction of Werner Müller, played a pivotal role in shaping the music scene during its time (although the recording makes no mention of "RIAS").

The RIAS Dance Orchestra
Formation and Purpose: The RIAS Dance Orchestra was established in 1948 in Berlin, Germany. RIAS stands for “Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor” (Radio in the American Sector). It was founded by the US occupational authorities after World War II to provide news, entertainment, and cultural programming to the German population in and around Berlin.

The RIAS Symphony as well as this Dance Orchestra quickly gained popularity due to its creative and innovative programming and musicianship.

RIAS became a beloved source of music and entertainment for listeners, especially during challenging times like the Berlin Blockade (1948-49). The orchestra’s broadcasts carried messages of Allied determination to resist Soviet intimidation.

Musical Excellence: The RIAS Dance Orchestra featured many talented German and international musicians, including British first trumpet player Greg Bowen and trombonist Johnny Marshall.

Over the years, various conductors led the ensemble, such as Dave Hildinger, Kookie Brandenburg, pianist Horst Jankowski, and finally Jiggs Whigham. Their performances contributed significantly to the station’s entertainment program.

Legacy: After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, RIAS transformed into the public German radio station DeutschlandRadio Kultur at the end of 1993.

Polydor Records: A Brief History

Origins: Polydor Records, also known as Polydor Ltd., was established in London in 1954 as a British subsidiary of the German company Deutsche Grammophon/Schallplatte Grammophon GmbH (who also was in control of their domestic Polydor GmbH of which this recording was originally mastered at in Berlin).

Initially, it operated as an export label, distributing music from Germany to other countries. Polydor’s close relationship with Universal’s Interscope Geffen A&M Records allowed for cross-distribution of releases between the United States and the United Kingdom.
Notable Artists: Polydor has been home to an impressive roster of artists, including the Cure, James Brown, Deep Purple, Cream, the Who, Jimi Hendrix, Bee Gees, and many more. Its influence spans various genres, making it a significant player in the music industry.

Polydor continues to be a respected label, leaving an indelible mark on the world of music.

So, next time you listen to “Blende auf!” by Werner Müller and His Tanz-Orchester, remember the rich history behind both the orchestra and the Polydor label.

ADDITIONAL NOTE: Apparently this may have been used by a popular radio show in the Midwest U.S. as a theme (probably in a predominantly German area)...

#rias #monotostereo #lightmusic

Trump Rally Wildwood, NJ 5/11/24 - Jimmy Connors was the worst President. Jimmy is a very happy man.

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-05-12 | ...

Trump Rally 5/11/24 -Jimmy Connors was the worst President...Jimmy is very happy. #trump

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-05-12 | From the Wildwood Trump Rally:

"Jimmy Connors ....Jimmy is a very happy man. You know what, they want him out..."

Chuck Norris and the Total Gym (2023) - Everybody Workout

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-04-28 | This is probably the worst jingle yet. Chuck Norris has been hawking the Total Gym for years, and now he has a new song: "Everybody Workout"

Everybody workout
Feel the energy
Build a better body
The best that you can be
Better body as easy as 1-2-3!

Strong abs
Lean back
Tight buns
Love to run...

Only $14.95!

The Judy Garland Show Episode 1 [REIMAGINED in STEREO] Judy Garland Mickey Rooney CBS-TV 1963 in 4K

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-04-20 | Experience (most of) the first videotaped episode of CBS-TV''s "The Judy Garland Show" recorded on June 23, 1963 at CBS Television City in Los Angeles - which is now completely re-imagined into 'fake' stereo using 5 music stems and 3 effect tracks (8 total) to create this Dyna-Stereo version. Mort Lindsey, the Musical Director, opens the show conducting a showstopper Overture.

Unfortunately, there was one song in this show 'owned' by a claimant which caused worldwide blocking of this video, so it had to be edited out (you won't notice) to be able to post this video (a dispute has been made). The ORIGINAL SOURCE came right here from YouTube, where you can experience this exact show in its original mono - so the blocking makes no sense as the claimant's source was not where this video came from. Either way, enjoy this edited version and after the dispute, I will make public the unlisted full show in sparkling stereo - if allowed.

From Wikipedia:
"The Judy Garland Show" was an American musical variety television series that aired on CBS on Sunday nights during the 1963–1964 television season. Despite it being canceled relatively early on, it is now revered and considered an important piece of television history.

Production difficulties beset the series almost from the beginning. The series had three different producers in the course of its 26 episodes and went through a number of other key personnel changes. With the change in producers also came changes to the show's format, which started as comedy and variety but switched to an almost purely concert format. (In fact, as of episode 20, the on-screen title of the show became Judy Garland In Concert.)

While Garland herself was popular with critics, the initial variety format and her co-star, Jerry Van Dyke, were not. The show competed with NBC's Bonanza, then the second most popular program on television, and consistently performed poorly in the ratings. Although fans rallied in an attempt to save the show, CBS canceled it after a single season.

Judy Garland's four-year contract for the series called for 26 weekly shows, for which Garland's corporation, Kingsrow Enterprises, would be paid $140,000 per episode. Of that Garland was guaranteed between $25,000 and $30,000 per show. Kingsrow Enterprises would also retain ownership of the tapes, allowing Garland to sell the series into syndication.

In the first few episodes, George Schlatter was the producer, while Bill Hobin was retained to direct. Schlatter set about assembling the crew for the series.

Mort Lindsey was hired to conduct the show's orchestra.

Although initially planned for an East Coast shoot, The Judy Garland Show was taped in Studio 43 at CBS Television City in Los Angeles. The network had gone to great expense to prepare the studio, including an estimated $100,000 to raise the stage and install a separate revolving stage (as seen in use in the opening scene).

Garland's old friend and frequent MGM co-star Mickey Rooney was, at Garland's insistence, her first guest — although, because the network elected to air the series out of production order, this was actually the tenth episode to be broadcast.

Hopefully, Paramount/CBS will realize this video was not sourced from their "Sid Luft Press Screener" and will allow the complete show to be posted, as many others have done.

Copyrighted Music in this video with proceeds going to Orchard Music and Sony/UMG:

"When the Sun Comes Out"

"Too Late Now (Live)"

"You're So Right For Me (Live)"

#judy #remastered #monotostereo

A.I.-created commentary:
The Judy Garland Show wasn't your average Sunday night variety program. It was a dazzling dream riddled with backstage drama, a shooting star that burned bright but briefly. Though canceled after just one season, it's now a cherished relic of television history.

Imagine Judy Garland, a vocal powerhouse adored by critics, battling network executives and a format that just didn't click. Originally envisioned as a comedy and variety show, it clashed with her co-star, the wacky antics of Jerry Van Dyke proving an awkward fit next to Garland's elegance.

The show was a whirlwind of changes. Producers came and went, the format morphed from variety to pure concert, and the competition was fierce – facing off against the then-unbeatable "Bonanza." Despite a fan campaign, CBS pulled the plug, leaving behind a trail of "what-ifs."

But the story doesn't end there. Garland's savvy business moves secured her a sweet deal: $140,000 per episode and ownership of the tapes, allowing her to profit later through syndication. Talk about a woman who knew her worth!

The show boasted lavish sets, a custom-built stage, and even a dressing room resembling Garland's own home, complete with a "Yellow Brick Road" hallway leading to the stage. Her first guest? None other than her longtime friend, Mickey Rooney, making for a heartwarming reunion (though it aired much later in the season).

Woody Woodpecker Cartoon Theme (1962) - Darrell Calker arranged Music Cue Open/End [in DYNA-STEREO]

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-04-02 | Darrell Calker (February 18, 1905 – February 20, 1964) was an American composer and arranger celebrated for his work in film scores. He contributed significantly to various films and television shows, including renowned classics like "The Twilight Zone." However, he is perhaps best remembered as the music director for Walter Lantz Productions' animated cartoons, where his distinctive swing and big band arrangements left an indelible mark.

In the mid-1930s, Calker worked as a session musician in Los Angeles and composed songs like "Strings Full of Swing" and "Dixieland Strut." He even formed his own band, which gained recognition through radio appearances in the early 1940s.

Calker was an uncredited composer (along with Michael Michelet and Clarence Wheeler) on Shirley Temple's teen star vehicle, Miss Annie Rooney (1942). His first cartoon was the Andy Panda short Mouse Trappers (Released in January 1941) and Calker composed the scores for all Walter Lantz Productions' cartoons until Drooler's Delight (1949) when the studio temporarily closed. Included were the Swing Symphony cartoons featuring musicians like Nat King Cole, Meade Lux Lewis, Jack Teagarden, and Bob Zurke, whom Calker knew and convinced to work on the cartoons. His classical music scores for The Poet and Peasant (1946) and Musical Moments from Chopin (1947) earned the studio Academy Award nominations for Best Musical Short and a Musical Courier Citation in 1947 for best cartoon score. Calker also scored animated shorts for Screen Gems (the cartoon division of Columbia Pictures) from 1946 until it closed in 1947.

Feature films
Calker's first feature film was the independently made Dangerous Millions (1946). The musical supervisor was David Chudnow, who later took music that had been composed for films he worked on and released it as television stock music in the Mutel Library. He also composed, with Del Porter, the Reddy Polka in 1945, used in industrial films about Reddy Kilowatt, the cartoon spokesman for electrical power.

Calker spent the 1950s working on B movies for Eagle-Lion Films, such as Forbidden Jungle (1950), Allied Artists, such as From Hell It Came (1957) and American International Pictures, including Voodoo Woman (1957) and Beyond the Time Barrier (1960). He also composed the scores for Rolling Home (1946), Albuquerque (1948), El Paso, and Superman and the Mole Men (1951), which functioned as a pilot for the 1950s television series.

He returned to the Lantz studio in 1961 and scored twelve cartoons before his death, aged 59, in Los Angeles, California.

He composed the themes to the Beary Family, Willoughby (both with Judy Zahler) and Homer Pigeon (with Porter) cartoons. His last picture was Rah Rah Ruckus (1964).

Calker's career in Hollywood also included orchestration work for Victor Young. He also composed scores for ballet productions, including works for the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo and Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet. Among his notable compositions were suites for orchestra, such as "Golden Land" and "Penguin Island."

This particular theme was identified as part of a recording session described in the Darrell Calker papers in a University library who is in possession of the music score and orchestrations. Although the cartoon that followed was scored by Clarence Wheeler, this particular 'Open' and 'Close' cue has distinctive Calker arrangements - with double-reed (bassoon) and flute and a swinging' bass and hard-hitting drummer. This cue would also be heard on episodes of Lantz' syndicated TV series, "The Woody Woodpecker Show" (alternating with a very familiar Walter Greene arrangement).

The endpage music is from a late-'40's Calker score.

This :60 PSA made using text to A.I. voiceover, A.I. scriptwriting - with original soundscape score

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-02-29 | This :60 PSA for Long C0v!d Awareness Day on March 15, 2024 is an example of utilizing a condensing of the "11 goals" found on the LCDC website in the video, and with a few commands, Gemini A.I. from Google created the script you read (of course with a few human additions and changes). Then that text script got sent to Natural Reader where "Davis" was the chosen A.I. voiceover artist to 'read' the inclusive copy. The photographs are all sourced from whitehouse.gov and the royalty-free stock footage is from YouTube. Gemini A.I. also created the Lincoln Memorial image on the endpage - which is entirely simulated. The music is composed using Steinberg Cubase and a sample collection part of the Halion 6 package - which is an amazing sequencing program to score-to-picture, as in this production the samples and music was manufactured in Cubase and export to Avid Media Composer for final mix.

#ai #publichealth #psa

Eubie Blake performs his Charleston Rag he composed in 1899 in 1981 at Carnegie Hall at 98 years old

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-02-20 | January 22, 1981, performing at Carnegie Hall, Eubie Blake was the opening act at a special event called "One Night Stand: A Keyboard Event" (also heard and seen here on YT) where he performed his ragtime classic (which he wrote in 1899, same year Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag was introduced).

This clip is to be seen as an 'after' of Eubie's first performance on film (as linked on the end screen of this video)

As per the New York Times:

The ''One Night Stand'' at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday ''an evening of all stars,'' as the program advertised on its front page, or ''a keyboard concert,'' as the same program stated inside? Or was it an expensive promotion for Columbia records' roster of jazz artists? The 16 jazz musicians who performed, mostly in rushed 10-minute segments, couldn't be sure, but whatever ''One Night Stand'' was, it resulted in some moments of fine jazz, along with some that were not so fine. And it was all recorded for a forthcoming Columbia album.

The ragtime pianist Eubie Blake was on first and, as usual, his jaunty playing was a delight.

#ragtime #ragtimepiano #1980s

EARLIEST SOUND FILM (1923) of a solo piano performance by Eubie Blake (de Forest Phonofilm) RESTORED

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-02-20 | In this 1923 de Forest Phonofilm, you will see and hear one of the earliest sound-on-film recordings of a live solo piano performance synchronized on film using Lee de Forest and Theodore Case's optical process of recording directly on film.

Pianist, Composer, and iconic showman and national treasure Eubie Blake (bn: James Hubert Blake) (1883-1983), performs 2 versions (takes) of the same song, a Eubie Blake arrangement of his "Fantasy on Swanee River" (aka "Old Folks At Home"), melody written by Stephen Foster in 1851.

This video comes from the Library of Congress and has had noise-reduction added (de-hum, de-click, de-noise), gamma-corrected - and re-engineered (not too intensively) to make a more enjoyable listening experience - NOT ARCHIVAL. As I focused on removing the hum and artifacts, there is another post of this Phonofilm on YT using de-oldify which is interesting as well.

Everybody always thought Al Jolson's Vitaphone 1927 "The Jazz Singer" was the first 'talking picture" (using a synchronized disc process).

That is not true. Lee de Forest and Theodore Case began their experiments in 1918 and continued throughout the 1920s. This would lead to RCA Photophone, Fox Movietone (and the Western Electric process), and other optical film sound systems.

Eubie Blake, originally from Baltimore, MD - would be 39 years old in this performance on film, shot in de Forest's studio in NYC.

As for Phonofilm, on March 12, 1923, de Forest presented a demonstration of Phonofilm to the press. On April 12, 1923, de Forest gave a private demonstration of the process to electrical engineers at the Engineering Society Building's Auditorium at 33 West 39th Street in New York City.

On April 15, 1923, de Forest premiered 18 short films made in Phonofilm — including vaudeville acts, musical performers, opera, and ballet — at the Rivoli Theater at 1620 Broadway in New York City. The Rivoli's music director Hugo Riesenfeld co-hosted the presentation.

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Watch Eubie perform at Carnegie Hall in 1981 his Charleston Rag, composed by Eubie in 1899 in the end screen video link).

#filmhistory #1920s #blackhistory

SARS2: In Our Connected World- PSA :60 (2024)

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-02-14 | Look, we're all tired of it. This demo PSA video was created in Wiinter 2024 - during the second largest (and not reported) surge of the fifth year of the pandemic - which continues, regardless of the hopium that it is 'over'. That's not how any of this works. READ MORE - -

As so many of the world's population are slowly finding out, re-infection of this constantly mutating virus is not healthful by any means as there can be no 'herd immunity'.

Before 2020, you probably rarely heard of RSV, measles outbreaks, bubonic plague, or tuberculosis (or even polio!!!) in your region.

You DO know SARS2 is in the same level of danger as TB as a biohazard? Would YOU want TB!?

The message is simple.

SARS2 is an airborne virus and anybody can get infected and pass it on to another unknowingly. You may not get sick, but someone else may - and not in a good way either.

SARS2 is not just a 'cold', but a virus that promotes vascular disease, organ damage, and worse.

Damage is not always instantaneous, as the virus resides in your body after your 'mild' acute infection of the virus (which was the 'cold') doing its deadly deeds without your awareness - because you are just SO busy!

This video is for informational purposes only and is fact-checked thoroughly.

This video may be shared for educational use in its current DEMONSTRATIONAL form, but it is NOT licensed for broadcast or any 'commercial' use.

If you are interested in any major distribution or are a PSA-type organization looking for content, please contact me to discuss clearances and licenses.

#safety #publichealth #health

MUSIC PRODUCTION/SOUND DESIGN by: Conrad J. deVroeg.

Steve Diamond Orchestra - 1990 Wedding Band Showcase Demo Video - Long Island, New York (VHS Hi-Fi)

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-01-27 | Here is a time capsule of what a top-flight 'show band' (aka 'wedding band') looked and sounded like in 1990 - in this 'Demo Video' produced at a Long Island, NY soundstage studio.

The story goes: Atlantic City comedian Sal Richards has a brother singer who went by the stage name "Steve Diamond".

Well, a singer needs a backing band and a 'girl singer'.

The Steve Diamond Orchestra was a 'gem' of a 'show band' who'd performed at the most special time for newlyweds - their wedding... and hundreds of them! The band would vary between an 8 and 9-piece combo with percussion - and sometimes 10 with a trombone (3-piece instrumental section).

Steve was a dynamo at the parties - and would always piss off the new grooms by 'sitting' in their new brides' laps belting out "Mala Femmena" in true 'continental' fashion - making them melt (or squirm) in their seats.

Lee, the 'girl singer' had pipes for the theater.

She could growl and stylize her vocals right up there with the best of 'em.

And the rhythm section was kickass.

Louie on drums (kept rhythm like a Swiss clock - with the tastiest riffs and fills) was too professional for this troupe. Dave on guitar and Conrad on keyboards - what could go wrong? Probably Joe on bass if he didn't get enough sleep - or if it was a swing tune.

Rock musicians don't take well to Big Band swing!

Top it off with the best brass/sax section in the business - and you had the Steve Diamond Orchestra.

The Orchestra was a house band out of Huntington, LI, New York - at the now-demolished "Huntington Towne House" - a former wedding factory.

We were also regulars, via Tommy Donato Orchestras as agent, at the famous "Russo's On The Bay" in Howard Beach, Queens, NY - where the Italian songs went over REAL WELL. (BTW: The Viennese table there is to die for).

There was not a catering hall within the tri-state area of New York City (and a few in New Jersey) that the band didn't perform at.

And I can safely say 7 out of 10 venues were great, and at some of the other fancy catering venues, I wouldn't have my dog eat there.

Performances at:

Tavern on the Green
On the deck of the Intrepid Museum
Villa Russo
Russo's On The Bay
Floral Terrace
Jericho Terrace
Chateau Briand
Westbury Manor
Swan Club
Crescent Beach Club
The Fox Hollow
Crest Hollow Country Club
Cherry Valley Country Club
Guerney's Montauk
Giorgio's Baiting Hollow
Danford's Port Jefferson
Grand Prospect Hall - Brooklyn
The Metropolitan Club - NYC
The Hotel Pierre - NYC

and a 100+ more venues.

Enjoy a blast from the past when live bands at your wedding were a regular thing.

The Price Is Right Music - TPIR 1972 Edd Kalehoff Score Productions Music Cue Mashup in DYNA-STEREO

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2024-01-14 | Using the same musical theme in different arrangements, these classic game show music cues (composed by Edd Kalehoff) from 1972 for the Goodson/Todman game show "The New Price Is Right" starring Bob Barker were recorded in mono.

I've been asked how exactly this "Dyna-Stereo" process is performed to get the end result you hear.

In this video (best using headphones) you will hear (and see) how you can split a mono track by creating music stems from mono tracks - and re-engineering them into an entirely new recording - creating arrangements and new remixes with existing classic vintage recordings.

The audio includes a mono-to-stereo complete Music Cue 14. Then you experience a mashup of Cues 3 and 6 solos with Music Cue 15 - followed by a complete re-engineering of Music Cue 15.

They are affectionately known as the "Furniture Cue" and haven't discovered Edd's 'name' for this very well-known composition - later presented with his Moog synthesizer lead lines.

Using Avid Media Composer as the 'composition' audio tool in this example, you will see the timeline of the multiple music stems and a rolling timeline of the tracks as they are re-edited, combined, and muted. The tracks include VST plug-ins such as Stereo Enhancers, Mastering Compressor/Limiters, and usual stuff like Pan and EQ.

I personally chose to work on this cue as the drummer's 'urgency' and total arrangement as a backing track (cue #15) was just brilliant. I will note the extra difficulty was the time expansion and compression that was done to the flute and trumpet stems - since those cues have a slightly different tempo - thanks to the magic of real live musicians performing humanly - instead of the 'robotics' we are so used to today.

Plus, I've been lately watching the streaming channel "The Price Is Right The Barker Era" and this cue is used in every 1972 episode that has been airing as of 2024. On that note, all materials are more than likely owned by Fremantle - and they own all copyrights, and all rights to the music used are reserved. This video is for historical and educational use only and is NOT licensed for broadcast. Please do not duplicate without permission.

#audiomastering #monotostereo #gameshow

The San Francisco 69ers #funnyshorts #newsbloopers #comedy

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2023-10-22 | Aussie news team describe American "Footballers"...

Yah-Ta-Ta, Yah-Ta-Ta (1945 - NBC Radio) The Kings Men with Billy Mills Orchestra RESTORED in STEREO

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2023-08-23 | Gossip, Blabbermouths, Yakety Yak, Gab, Girl Talk - has always been a problem for the guys apparently, and so a song with end lyrics "Though I'd really love to pop you" - was made popular during World War 2 in 1945 by Bing Crosby and Judy Garland, but in this transcription, you get The King's Men singing live on NBC radio about runs in their nylons - with modern sound design in Dyna-Stereo! READ MORE...

Enjoy a look at NBC Radio City Hollywood and inside one of the radio studios - while listening to this special sound design edition featuring AI music stems - done to isolate Ken Darby's vocal harmony group, The King's Men - allowing some isolation to the track (as heard at the end of the video) and more true instrument separation.

The King's Men vocal quartet sings the novelty song written by Jimmy Van Heusen, "Yah-Ta-Ta, Yah-Ta-Ta (Talk, Talk, Talk), made popular by Bing Crosby and Judy Garland on Decca Records.

Hear a digitally enhanced and restored NBC Orthacoustic Electrical Transcription disc of the musical portion of the "Fibber McGee and Molly Show" as heard on the live OTR broadcast. Billy Mills was the "maestro" - or musical director of the show - and his 18 to 22-piece radio studio orchestra was populated with musical radio stars like Buddy Cole on piano, Perry Botkin on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, and soloists like Andy Secrest on trumpet and Abram Lincoln on trombone and Matty Matlock on clarinet - as well as NBC staff musicians and 'stars' from the big bands that were disbanding during this time.

Hear these vintage and rare big band swing arrangements as performed live during the 'musical interlude' of the show - never intended to be heard again - with a high-fidelity quality than originally heard on AM radio over 65 years ago. Billy Mills was the orchestra leader for the show from 1938 to 1953, at which point NBC dropped the live orchestra and cut the show to 15 minutes due to viewer competition with television.

At their peak, this top-rated Old Time Radio show, "Fibber McGee and Molly", would have had over 35 million listeners on a typical Tuesday night broadcast (at 9:30p ET) - until television came along, decimating the radio network audiences.

The King's Men, led by the talented Ken Darby, were a renowned vocal quartet known for their captivating performances on the popular radio program "The Fibber McGee and Molly Show."

They are best known as Bing Crosby's backup vocalists on his famous "White Christmas" Decca recording. In the 1950's, Ken Darby wrote the theme and the vocal group provided the musical accompaniment to the syndicated filmed TV show "Jim Bowie".

Formed in the early 1930s, The King's Men consisted of four exceptional vocalists: Bud Linn, Rad Robinson, Jon Dodson, and Ken Darby himself.

The King's Men are best known for their appearances on "The Fibber McGee and Molly Show," a highly popular radio comedy program.

#oldtimeradio #sounddesign #swing

But I Did (1945 - NBC Radio) Music from Fibber McGee & Molly | Billy Mills Orchestra - Looney Tunes

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2023-08-20 | "But I Did" may sound familiar as its melody was also a highly used music cue / opening titles music by Carl Stalling in Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons during the late 1940s. Here is the classic swing tune performed by Billy Mills and the Orchestra with a nice guitar solo by Perry Botkin Sr. This would be the last season of the 'big' orchestra - and some new players (and arrangements) would be changed in the next 1946 season. The harpist is always the first to go...

A digitally enhanced and restored NBC Orthacoustic Electrical Transcription disc of the musical portion of the "Fibber McGee and Molly Show" as heard on the live OTR broadcast. Billy Mills was the "maestro" - or musical director of the show - and his 18 to 22-piece radio studio orchestra was populated with musical radio stars like Buddy Cole on piano, Perry Botkin on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, and soloists like Andy Secrest on trumpet and Abram Lincoln on trombone - as well as NBC staff musicians. This group has Rex Koury still on piano, performing his 'theatre piano' style. Hear just an arrangement two years foward and note the drastic change in pretty much everything in arrangments.

Hear these vintage and rare big band swing arrangements as performed live during the 'musical interlude' of the show - never intended to be heard again - with a high-fidelity quality than originally heard on AM radio over 65 years ago. Billy Mills was orchestra leader for the show from 1938 to 1953, at which point NBC dropped the live orchestra and cut the show to 15 minutes due to viewer competition with television.

At their peak, this top-rated Old Time Radio show, "Fibber McGee and Molly", would have had over 35 million listeners on a typical Tuesday night broadcast (at 9:30p ET) - until television came along, decimating the radio network audiences.

Among the Warner Bros. Cartoons this song was featured as an opening theme was:

1946 - Robert Clampett's "Kitty Kornered"
1947 - Friz Freleng's "Slick Hare"

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Gotta Be This Or That (1945 - NBC Radio) Music from Fibber McGee & Molly | Billy Mills Orchestra

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2023-08-19 | "Gotta Be This Or That", made popular by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra, was also a highly used music cue in Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons during the War Years. Here is the classic swing tune performed by Billy Mills and the Orchestra. This would be the last season of the 'big' orchestra - and some new players (and arrangements) would be changed in the next 1946 season. The harpist is always the first to go...

A digitally enhanced and restored NBC Orthacoustic Electrical Transcription disc of the musical portion of the "Fibber McGee and Molly Show" as heard on the live OTR broadcast. Billy Mills was the "maestro" - or musical director of the show - and his 18 to 22-piece radio studio orchestra was populated with musical radio stars like Buddy Cole on piano, Perry Botkin on guitar, Phil Stephens on bass, and soloists like Andy Secrest on trumpet and Abram Lincoln on trombone - as well as NBC staff musicians. This group has Rex Koury still on piano, performing his 'theatre piano' style. Hear just an arrangement two years foward and note the drastic change in pretty much everything in arrangments.

Hear these vintage and rare big band swing arrangements as performed live during the 'musical interlude' of the show - never intended to be heard again - with a high-fidelity quality than originally heard on AM radio over 65 years ago. Billy Mills was orchestra leader for the show from 1938 to 1953, at which point NBC dropped the live orchestra and cut the show to 15 minutes due to viewer competition with television.

At their peak, this top-rated Old Time Radio show, "Fibber McGee and Molly", would have had over 35 million listeners on a typical Tuesday night broadcast (at 9:30p ET) - until television came along, decimating the radio network audiences.

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Sunrise Mountain Road in Stokes State Forest New Jersey - Timelapse Video Test Google Pixel 6 Pro

MUSICOM PRODUCTIONS 2023-08-18 | A timelapse drive using a Google Pixel 6 Pro at "5x" - direct from the phone. Music from YouTube Audio Library: "Read All Over" by Nathan Moore. The drive was 18 minutes, 7.8 miles, and a speed of 25 mph - condensed to 3 minutes - and the road is one-way through most of the New Jersey State Forest. READ MORE

History of the Road:

Sunrise Mountain Road in Stokes State Forest, New Jersey, was constructed during the 1930s as part of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) initiatives under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program. The CCC was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942, providing employment to young men during the Great Depression while also focusing on conservation and development projects in natural areas across the United States.

The construction of Sunrise Mountain Road was a collaborative effort between the CCC and the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry. The road was built to provide improved access to Sunrise Mountain, which offers breathtaking panoramic views of the Kittatinny Mountains and the surrounding landscape. The CCC workers used manual labor and basic tools to carve out the road, construct overlooks, and create recreational facilities in the area.

Stokes State Forest itself has a rich history that dates back even before the creation of the CCC. Here's a short biography of the history of Stokes State Forest:

Early History:
The land that would become Stokes State Forest was originally owned by the Stokes family, who were prominent New Jersey residents. In 1907, a portion of the land was donated to the state by the children of Governor Edward C. Stokes in memory of their parents. The donation was intended to preserve the natural beauty of the area for future generations.

Development and Conservation Efforts:
During the 1920s and early 1930s, the state of New Jersey took steps to develop the donated land into a state forest. The construction of facilities, roads, and recreational areas was initiated. However, it was the involvement of the CCC that significantly transformed the forest and its infrastructure.

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Era:
The establishment of Stokes State Forest as a CCC camp marked a pivotal point in its history. From 1933 to 1941, CCC workers engaged in various projects that included building roads, trails, bridges, and recreational facilities. The construction of Sunrise Mountain Road was one of the notable achievements during this period.

Modern Era:
After the CCC era, Stokes State Forest continued to evolve as a popular outdoor recreational destination. The forest offers opportunities for hiking, camping, fishing, and wildlife observation. It is part of the larger Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, which spans across New Jersey and Pennsylvania and protects a diverse natural landscape.

Today, Stokes State Forest stands as a testament to the efforts of conservationists, the CCC, and the state of New Jersey in preserving and enhancing the natural beauty of the region. It serves as a haven for outdoor enthusiasts, offering a glimpse into the history of conservation and public works during a challenging period in American history.

The crest of Sunrise Mountain is one of the most visited sites in the 16,000-acre forest. The road to the summit was constructed by the CCC in the 1930s (not in this video).

Google: Stokes State Forest 1 Coursen Rd, Branchville, NJ 07826-5127

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