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Oldest Extant Off-Air VHS/Beta Tape You Have

Hard to believe an estate sale was being held on a Monday afternoon, but there was one in Medina that I visited that day and picked up a few more tapes. It was actually a continuation of a sale that was held throughout last weekend. Three keepers out of four tapes found.

TAPE 1: The Wonderful World of Disney presentation of Toy Story 2 (1999) taped from WEWS on 11/4/2001 with commercials; four episodes of La Femme Nikita taped from USA on 3/4/2001 with commercials, shown in a marathon leading up to the final episode that night. Sony T-120.

TAPE 2: The Wonderful World of Disney presentation of Tarzan (1999) taped from WEWS on 2/24/2002 with commercials; part of Round 3 of the 2001 EMC World Cup taped from WEWS on 11/17/2001 with commercials. Maxell T-160.

TAPE 3: Camelot (1967) taped from Cinemax circa 1986; partially taped-over two-hour pilot episode of Blacke's Magic taped from WKYC on 1/5/1986 with commercials; last few minutes of The Life and Times of Santa Claus (CBS holiday special) taped from WJW on 12/17/1985 with a few commercials; partial episodes of Days of Our Lives and Another World taped from WKYC on 12/17/1985 with commercials. TDK T-120.
 
anotherguy said:
I just recently found a used Toshiba DVD recorder that was manufactured in 2014. But are any actually being manufactured now? It looks like to me that it's becoming like VCRs with used being the only option now.
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I did some checking and found this article: https://www.lifewire.com/disappearing-dvd-recorder-1846591 Apparently DVD recorders are becoming hard to find except for used models and puts the blame on the the movie and TV industry. :mad:
 
Three tapes found at a yard sale in Union Gap on Friday (my last tape lot living in Yakima), and another two tapes found at the Ellensburg Goodwill of all places (wow!) on Sunday...my first tape lot from my new location here in town. However, the blanks were 'bundled' with retail so I had to pay for 2 bundles, in which a third blank in the second bundle with a retail copy of Absolute Power was a rental dud itself.

Union Gap
Tape 1 - Hagler vs. Leonard fight taped off HBO 4/11/1987; end of 'Turk 182' (1985) and about 40 minutes of 'Brewster's Millions' (1985) taped off HBO earlier that night with promos. Sony T-120
Tape 2 - Part 1 of Buffalo Girls, 11 News at 11 and an hour and a half of 'Cyrano de Bergerac' (1950) taped off KSTW/CBS 4/30-5/1/1995 with commercials; very end of part 2 of Texas and KOMO News 4 taped off KOMO/ABC 4/17-18/1995 with commercials. Scotch T-120 taped over multiple times
Tape 3 - U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Womens Trials and first several minutes of Crime & Punishment taped off KING/NBC 6/26/2004 with commercials; U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Womens Trials taped off KING/NBC 6/27/2004 with commercials; promos and part of 'Rumble in the Bronx' (1995) taped off Action Channel in June 2004. Maxell T-120

Goodwill Ellensburg
Tape 1 - Rebroadcast of Jesus Part 1 and start of KIMA News at 11 taped off KIMA/CBS (K51BD translator) 5/14/2000 with commercials; partial broadcast of Jesus Part 2, KIMA News at 11, Late Show with David Letterman, Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn and about 5 minutes of Mad About You taped off KIMA/CBS 5/17-18/2000 with commercials. Unknown brand T-120, in old Laser box.
Tape 2 - Saddleback Church Civil Forum (with both Obama and McCain) and The Strategy Room taped off Fox News on 8/16/2008 with commercials; this is followed by several hours of 2008 Beijing Olympics footage, full Local News newscast and part of Olympic Late Night taped off KNDO/NBC (K31AK translator) 8/16-17/2008 with commercials. TDK T-160
 
I haven't updated this in a while, but last Sunday, I picked up 13 more tapes at the Litchfield Flea Market. A few of them were from the same vendor I purchased from last time I was there.

Vendor #1--same vendor I bought from last time--more duds than keepers this time, six tapes in all, but only two worth keeping
TAPE 1: The Fugitive (1993) taped from HBO in October 1994; Falling Down (1993) taped from unknown pay TV channel circa October 1994; Lost in Yonkers (1993) taped from HBO in October 1994 with a few promos afterward. Polaroid T-120.

TAPE 2: Lengthy hodgepodge of Cartoon Network programs--Greatest Cartoon Countdown taped on 3/21/1999, various episodes of Acme Hour, The Bugs and Daffy Show, Tom and Jerry and Johnny Bravo taped in March 1999, all with commercials. Maxell T-120.

One other tape I got had three pay TV movies without promos, but at the end, also had three music videos taped from VH1 circa 1993--specifically "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John and RuPaul, "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" by Meat Loaf, and "I Can See Clearly Now" by Jimmy Cliff.


Vendor #2
TAPE 3: Episode of Design Star taped from HGTV on 9/12/2007 with commercials; partially taped-over episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, broadcast of Inside Edition and episode of Big Brother taped from WOIO in Cleveland on 8/30/2007 with commercials; episode of I Love the '70s Volume 2 (1979 episode) taped from VH1 Classic on 9/2/2007 with commercials; partial episode of Without a Trace taped from WOIO on 8/30/2007 with commercials; part of Shallow Hal (2001) and first couple minutes of Nip/Tuck season finale with the late Joan Rivers taped from FX on 10/5/2004 with commercials; 20/20 special edition on the life of Christopher Reeve and first few minutes of Monday Night Football (Tennessee Titans vs. Green Bay Packers) taped from WEWS in Cleveland on 10/11/2004 with commercials. Sony T-160.

TAPE 4: Starts with two hours of blank signal, then cuts to Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis episodes taped from the Sci-Fi Channel on 8/20/2004 and 8/27/2004 with commercials. Focal T-120.

TAPE 5: Partial episode of Clean Sweep taped from TLC in March 2004 with a few commercials; two episodes of Tru Calling taped from WJW in Cleveland on 3/4/2004 with commercials; most of Epoch (made-for-TV movie) taped from the Sci-Fi Channel on 11/24/2001 with commercials; partial episode of The Outer Limits taped from WIXT in Syracuse in October 1995 with commercials. Memorex T-120.

TAPE 6: Last couple minutes of Becker, Return to the Batcave (CBS made-for-TV movie) and first couple minutes of Action News at 11 taped from WOIO on 3/9/2003 with commercials; episode of Miracles and start of News Channel 5 at 11 taped from WEWS on 3/3/2003 with commercials; most of an episode of The Bachelorette taped from WEWS on 2/5/2003 with commercials. TDK T-120.

TAPE 7: Episode of The Chronicle taped from the Sci-Fi Channel in November 2001 with commercials; Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) and episode of Cinema Secrets taped from AMC in November 2001 with commercials; part of A Streetcar Named Desire (CBS made-for-TV movie) taped from WTVH in Syracuse on 10/29/1995 with commercials. Scotch T-120.

TAPE 8: End of 60 Minutes and episode of Big Brother All-Stars taped from WOIO on 7/30/2006 with commercials; part of Secondhand Lions (2003) taped from TBS on 7/30/2006 with commercials (I already have another TBS airing of the full movie on another tape); episodes of Stargate SG-1 (200th episode) and Stargate Atlantis taped from 8/18/2006 with commercials; part of Journey of Man (PBS documentary) taped from WNEO/WEAO in Akron in summer 2006 with a partial pledge break; episode of Feasting on Asphalt taped from Food Network in August 2006 with commercials; partial episode of The Adam Carolla Project taped from TLC on 12/6/2005 with commercials. Sony T-160.

TAPE 9: Episode of TV Tales (The Story of The Love Boat) taped from E! in June 2002 with commercials; most of A Fish Called Wanda taped from HBO in July 1989 with promos afterward. JVC T-120.


Additionally, I picked up nine more tapes today at a moving sale in Medina. The labels have such markings as "Kristy" (maybe they mean Christy, the CBS series?), "NYPD Blue," "Noah's Ark" (could be the 1999 NBC miniseries?), "Cheers Anniversary Special," "Frazier" (I'm guessing they meant Frasier), "Man in the Moon," "Indians Parade," "Mopar Nationals" and "Homefront" (old ABC series from the early '90s). Haven't looked through any of them yet.

Now on to some bad news, unfortunately. After three years of having my current YouTube account, I finally got a copyright strike on it. Quite some time ago, I uploaded the commercials from part one of the CBS miniseries Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-sac and it evidently got reported by Warner Bros. I'm guessing the reason for that was because I included the CBS Special Movie opening sequence to the program in the video.
 
People probably know this by now, but I have gotten two strikes on the VHSgoodiesWA3 account within the past week and a half. Both for episodes of Sunset Beach...they have been up for nearly 2 years without any issues. Then they were taken down, both of 'em. One more and I lose 7000+ videos. Ugh. New videos are being put up on VHSgoodiesWA, the old account.

Yard sales weren't of any luck today, but the Goodwill in Ellensburg had two more blanks bundled for 99 cents for the bundle. Here's what I found...
Tape 1 - End of Front Runners and Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too taped off KOMO/ABC on 12/14/1991 with some commercials. Rest of tape is blank. Maxell T-120
Tape 2 - End of The Education of Max Bickford and start of '9/11' (2002) taped off KIMA/CBS (K51BD translator) 3/10/2002 with commercials; then gets taped over by an episode of Boston Legal, KAPP/KVEW Local News at 11 and a partial episode of The Outer Limits (1995 series) taped off KAPP/ABC (K63BZ translator) on 11/26/2006 with commercials. Fuji T-120
 
Scott2013 said:
I haven't updated this in a while, but last Sunday, I picked up 13 more tapes at the Litchfield Flea Market. A few of them were from the same vendor I purchased from last time I was there.

Vendor #1--same vendor I bought from last time--more duds than keepers this time, six tapes in all, but only two worth keeping
TAPE 1: The Fugitive (1993) taped from HBO in October 1994; Falling Down (1993) taped from unknown pay TV channel circa October 1994; Lost in Yonkers (1993) taped from HBO in October 1994 with a few promos afterward. Polaroid T-120.

TAPE 2: Lengthy hodgepodge of Cartoon Network programs--Greatest Cartoon Countdown taped on 3/21/1999, various episodes of Acme Hour, The Bugs and Daffy Show, Tom and Jerry and Johnny Bravo taped in March 1999, all with commercials. Maxell T-120.

One other tape I got had three pay TV movies without promos, but at the end, also had three music videos taped from VH1 circa 1993--specifically "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John and RuPaul, "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" by Meat Loaf, and "I Can See Clearly Now" by Jimmy Cliff.


Vendor #2
TAPE 3: Episode of Design Star taped from HGTV on 9/12/2007 with commercials; partially taped-over episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, broadcast of Inside Edition and episode of Big Brother taped from WOIO in Cleveland on 8/30/2007 with commercials; episode of I Love the '70s Volume 2 (1979 episode) taped from VH1 Classic on 9/2/2007 with commercials; partial episode of Without a Trace taped from WOIO on 8/30/2007 with commercials; part of Shallow Hal (2001) and first couple minutes of Nip/Tuck season finale with the late Joan Rivers taped from FX on 10/5/2004 with commercials; 20/20 special edition on the life of Christopher Reeve and first few minutes of Monday Night Football (Tennessee Titans vs. Green Bay Packers) taped from WEWS in Cleveland on 10/11/2004 with commercials. Sony T-160.

TAPE 4: Starts with two hours of blank signal, then cuts to Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis episodes taped from the Sci-Fi Channel on 8/20/2004 and 8/27/2004 with commercials. Focal T-120.

TAPE 5: Partial episode of Clean Sweep taped from TLC in March 2004 with a few commercials; two episodes of Tru Calling taped from WJW in Cleveland on 3/4/2004 with commercials; most of Epoch (made-for-TV movie) taped from the Sci-Fi Channel on 11/24/2001 with commercials; partial episode of The Outer Limits taped from WIXT in Syracuse in October 1995 with commercials. Memorex T-120.

TAPE 6: Last couple minutes of Becker, Return to the Batcave (CBS made-for-TV movie) and first couple minutes of Action News at 11 taped from WOIO on 3/9/2003 with commercials; episode of Miracles and start of News Channel 5 at 11 taped from WEWS on 3/3/2003 with commercials; most of an episode of The Bachelorette taped from WEWS on 2/5/2003 with commercials. TDK T-120.

TAPE 7: Episode of The Chronicle taped from the Sci-Fi Channel in November 2001 with commercials; Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) and episode of Cinema Secrets taped from AMC in November 2001 with commercials; part of A Streetcar Named Desire (CBS made-for-TV movie) taped from WTVH in Syracuse on 10/29/1995 with commercials. Scotch T-120.

TAPE 8: End of 60 Minutes and episode of Big Brother All-Stars taped from WOIO on 7/30/2006 with commercials; part of Secondhand Lions (2003) taped from TBS on 7/30/2006 with commercials (I already have another TBS airing of the full movie on another tape); episodes of Stargate SG-1 (200th episode) and Stargate Atlantis taped from 8/18/2006 with commercials; part of Journey of Man (PBS documentary) taped from WNEO/WEAO in Akron in summer 2006 with a partial pledge break; episode of Feasting on Asphalt taped from Food Network in August 2006 with commercials; partial episode of The Adam Carolla Project taped from TLC on 12/6/2005 with commercials. Sony T-160.

TAPE 9: Episode of TV Tales (The Story of The Love Boat) taped from E! in June 2002 with commercials; most of A Fish Called Wanda taped from HBO in July 1989 with promos afterward. JVC T-120.


Additionally, I picked up nine more tapes today at a moving sale in Medina. The labels have such markings as "Kristy" (maybe they mean Christy, the CBS series?), "NYPD Blue," "Noah's Ark" (could be the 1999 NBC miniseries?), "Cheers Anniversary Special," "Frazier" (I'm guessing they meant Frasier), "Man in the Moon," "Indians Parade," "Mopar Nationals" and "Homefront" (old ABC series from the early '90s). Haven't looked through any of them yet.

Now on to some bad news, unfortunately. After three years of having my current YouTube account, I finally got a copyright strike on it. Quite some time ago, I uploaded the commercials from part one of the CBS miniseries Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-sac and it evidently got reported by Warner Bros. I'm guessing the reason for that was because I included the CBS Special Movie opening sequence to the program in the video.
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Cbs probably gave that strike because they have the show on their paid cbs all access app on demand section. It is unfortunate that they would not just send you a request to take it down instead of filing a copyright strike but common courtesy is not that common these days in my opinion unfortunately.
 
crainbebo said:
People probably know this by now, but I have gotten two strikes on the VHSgoodiesWA3 account within the past week and a half. Both for episodes of Sunset Beach...they have been up for nearly 2 years without any issues. Then they were taken down, both of 'em. One more and I lose 7000+ videos. Ugh. New videos are being put up on VHSgoodiesWA, the old account.

Yard sales weren't of any luck today, but the Goodwill in Ellensburg had two more blanks bundled for 99 cents for the bundle. Here's what I found...
Tape 1 - End of Front Runners and Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too taped off KOMO/ABC on 12/14/1991 with some commercials. Rest of tape is blank. Maxell T-120
Tape 2 - End of The Education of Max Bickford and start of '9/11' (2002) taped off KIMA/CBS (K51BD translator) 3/10/2002 with commercials; then gets taped over by an episode of Boston Legal, KAPP/KVEW Local News at 11 and a partial episode of The Outer Limits (1995 series) taped off KAPP/ABC (K63BZ translator) on 11/26/2006 with commercials. Fuji T-120
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Huh, didn't know The Outer Limits was still being shown in reruns in syndication that long after the show had ended. Funny that you found that since I found that partial episode of the series on one of the tapes I got last weekend, it was taped from WIXT in Syracuse.

The moving sale I went to yesterday had a big box of used blanks that I got my finds from. The homeowner actually offered to sell me the entire box for just five bucks, but I'd rather I not do that since I have so many of these taking up space at home right now as it is. I went through one of the tapes last night--the one marked "Kristy"--and it turned out to be a lengthy aircheck of CNN Headline News from August/September 2007 (Nancy Grace, Showbiz Tonight, Glenn Beck, etc.) Tape is an early to mid '90s Memorex T-120. At the beginning was a couple seconds of an episode of Coach before it cut to the Headline News footage. Still not done looking through this one.
 
I just went to Goodwill in Spencer, Iowa earlier today and I found one recorded VHS tape on the shelf along with other Disney movies.

1. Lassie Come Home (1943) and The Making of The Assassination File - recorded from Starz Encore around summer 1996 with promos before each movie; also includes the first 15 minutes of Don Juan Demarco before the recordings stops; TNN Motorsports RaceTalk recorded on TNN sometime around summer 1996 - also includes TNN sign off as well as infomercials for Ab Roller Plus, Blue Coral One Step Touchless System, Making Money Now System, Alex Langer's Flying Lure, hyG Ionic Toothbrush, and Ab Roller Plus (x2) all recorded from TNN during the overnight hours around summer 1996.

Pre-Recorded VHS Tapes:
1. Filmation's Ghostbusters: Heroes, Haunts, and Hilarity - Just for Kids Video case (1989 release, LP Video mode)
2. Pollyanna (Vault Disney Collection release, 2002 - Print Date: 113004 (November 30, 2004)
 
Someone left that tape running and it got 3 hours of late night infomercials...I have a tape with 1994-era Discovery Channel and a couple of late night infomercials afterwards. Many of these '90s infomercials were amusing to watch.
On the factory rental front, I didn't pick it up but I saw a 2005 VHS copy of 'The Island' with Ewan McGregor. Now that's a very late release! As I recall, the print date was in November of 2005. Just a couple months before the major companies dumped VHS. It was a former rental and everything too! I have one of the last VHS releases in a box somewhere, may be back in Yakima actually. It's the January 2006 VHS release of Nicolas Cage's 'Lord of War' from Lionsgate. I think the print date was actually late 2005.
There was also a really crudely-colored box of a public domain cartoon video...Bugs Bunny. Since when is Bugs Bunny a PURPLE rabbit?!! Parents Approved Video was the 'company'. There must have been 100 of these companies at one point, just releasing cartoons on the junkiest and cheapest tapes they could find in SLP mode. When I was little I occasionally watched a Tweety Bird tape from UAV. It was just a mix of different cartoons, the Tweety Bird one was the debut cartoon 'A Tale of Two Kitties' from 1942.
Nothing else unusual or old for that matter.
 
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There was also a really crudely-colored box of a public domain cartoon video...Bugs Bunny. Since when is Bugs Bunny a PURPLE rabbit?!! Parents Approved Video was the 'company'. There must have been 100 of these companies at one point, just releasing cartoons on the junkiest and cheapest tapes they could find in SLP mode. When I was little I occasionally watched a Tweety Bird tape from UAV. It was just a mix of different cartoons, the Tweety Bird one was the debut cartoon 'A Tale of Two Kitties' from 1942.
Nothing else unusual or old for that matter.
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There were quite a few of those public domain home video companies back then (Kids Klassics & Diamond Entertainment Corpration were a couple of others.). I think I have that same Tweety Bird tape.
 
Route66Fan said:
There were quite a few of those public domain home video companies back then (Kids Klassics & Diamond Entertainment Corpration were a couple of others.). I think I have that same Tweety Bird tape.
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I still have some of those types of tapes with 6 hours of cartoons. I haven't played them in years and don't know how they will hold up now. But then most of them can be found on cheap PD channels on Roku now.
 
Here's what I ended up finding on the tapes I got from the moving sale in Medina on Saturday. Seven keepers, two duds.

TAPE 1: Broadcasts of Nancy Grace, Showbiz Tonight, Glenn Beck, replay of Nancy Grace, replay of Showbiz Tonight and first segment of yet another replay of Nancy Grace taped from Headline News on August 31-September 1, 2007 with commercials; partially taped-over pilot episode of Christy taped from WJW on 4/3/1994 with commercials. Memorex T-120.

TAPE 2: Episode of Frasier taped from WKYC on 5/7/1996 with commercials; most of In Search of the Oregon Trail (PBS documentary) taped from WNEO/WEAO on 4/29/1996 with promos halfway through and after the show; episode of Frasier taped from WKYC on 5/14/1996 with commercials; part of Cleveland Indians vs. New York Yankees taped from WUAB on 4/2/1996 with commercials; part of The Goodbye Girl (1977) taped from TNT in March 1996 with commercials; small part of The Deer Hunter (1978) taped from TNT on 3/5/1996 with a few commercials. Unknown brand T-120.

TAPE 3: Both parts of Noah's Ark (NBC miniseries) taped from WKYC on May 2 and 3, 1999 with commercials, both recordings also include the first few minutes of Channel 3 News at 11 afterward; last segment of News Channel 5 at 11, Nightline and first few minutes of Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher taped from WEWS on April 26-27, 1996 with commercials. RCA VK-250 T-120 (starts with an MGM/UA Home Video logo from a rental movie that was originally copied onto the tape before it cuts to the NBC footage).

TAPE 4: Cheers 200th Episode Anniversary Special taped from WKYC on 11/8/1990 minus commercials; L.A. Law 100th Episode Celebration taped from WKYC on 2/6/1991 with commercials; last couple minutes of Face to Face with Connie Chung taped from WJW in November 1990 with a few commercials; partially taped-over NFL on NBC broadcast of Cleveland Browns vs. Houston Oilers taped from WKYC on 11/18/1990 with commercials. Maxell T-120.

TAPE 5: Home video of the 1989 Mopar Nationals at National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio; home video of the total lunar eclipse recorded on 8/17/1989; news packages from WUAB Channel 43 Ten O'clock News and WKYC Channel 3 News on the closing of Carney's Drive-In in Brunswick and the regular classic car cruise-ins held there, taped sometime in 1993 (note of interest: the shopping center where that drive-in was still holds weekly cruise-ins every Saturday from May through September). Certron T-120.

TAPE 6: Partial episode of Homefront (special two-hour episode) taped from WEWS on 4/26/1993 with a few commercials, then gets taped over by an episode of Home Improvement taped from WEWS on 1/26/1994 with commercials, then reverts to the last 10-15 minutes of the Homefront episode from 4/26/1993 along with the start of that night's News Channel 5 at 11; Waco: The Decision to Die (ABC News special) taped from WEWS on 4/20/1993 with commercials; episode of Reasonable Doubts taped from WKYC on 3/27/1993 with commercials. JVC T-120.

TAPE 7: Ei8ht Is News coverage of the Cleveland Indians American League Championship parade and rally, episode of Mark Walberg joined in progress halfway ("Girl, Birth Control Is Cheaper Than Those Babies You Keep Having!") and episode of Tempestt ("Be a Man, Raise Your Baby!") taped from WJW on 10/30/1995 with commercials. JVC T-120.
 
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Here's what I ended up finding on the tapes I got from the moving sale in Medina on Saturday. Seven keepers, two duds.

TAPE 1: Broadcasts of Nancy Grace, Showbiz Tonight, Glenn Beck, replay of Nancy Grace, replay of Showbiz Tonight and first segment of yet another replay of Nancy Grace taped from Headline News on August 31-September 1, 2007 with commercials; partially taped-over pilot episode of Christy taped from WJW on 4/3/1994 with commercials. Memorex T-120.

TAPE 2: Episode of Frasier taped from WKYC on 5/7/1996 with commercials; most of In Search of the Oregon Trail (PBS documentary) taped from WNEO/WEAO on 4/29/1996 with promos halfway through and after the show; episode of Frasier taped from WKYC on 5/14/1996 with commercials; part of Cleveland Indians vs. New York Yankees taped from WUAB on 4/2/1996 with commercials; part of The Goodbye Girl (1977) taped from TNT in March 1996 with commercials; small part of The Deer Hunter (1978) taped from TNT on 3/5/1996 with a few commercials. Unknown brand T-120.

TAPE 3: Both parts of Noah's Ark (NBC miniseries) taped from WKYC on May 2 and 3, 1999 with commercials, both recordings also include the first few minutes of Channel 3 News at 11 afterward; last segment of News Channel 5 at 11, Nightline and first few minutes of Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher taped from WEWS on April 26-27, 1996 with commercials. RCA VK-250 T-120 (starts with an MGM/UA Home Video logo from a rental movie that was originally copied onto the tape before it cuts to the NBC footage).

TAPE 4: Cheers 200th Episode Anniversary Special taped from WKYC on 11/8/1990 minus commercials; L.A. Law 100th Episode Celebration taped from WKYC on 2/6/1991 with commercials; last couple minutes of Face to Face with Connie Chung taped from WJW in November 1990 with a few commercials; partially taped-over NFL on NBC broadcast of Cleveland Browns vs. Houston Oilers taped from WKYC on 11/18/1990 with commercials. Maxell T-120.

TAPE 5: Home video of the 1989 Mopar Nationals at National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio; home video of the total lunar eclipse recorded on 8/17/1989; news packages from WUAB Channel 43 Ten O'clock News and WKYC Channel 3 News on the closing of Carney's Drive-In in Brunswick and the regular classic car cruise-ins held there, taped sometime in 1993 (note of interest: the shopping center where that drive-in was still holds weekly cruise-ins every Saturday from May through September). Certron T-120.

TAPE 6: Partial episode of Homefront (special two-hour episode) taped from WEWS on 4/26/1993 with a few commercials, then gets taped over by an episode of Home Improvement taped from WEWS on 1/26/1994 with commercials, then reverts to the last 10-15 minutes of the Homefront episode from 4/26/1993 along with the start of that night's News Channel 5 at 11; Waco: The Decision to Die (ABC News special) taped from WEWS on 4/20/1993 with commercials; episode of Reasonable Doubts taped from WKYC on 3/27/1993 with commercials. JVC T-120.

TAPE 7: Ei8ht Is News coverage of the Cleveland Indians American League Championship parade and rally, episode of Mark Walberg joined in progress halfway ("Girl, Birth Control Is Cheaper Than Those Babies You Keep Having!") and episode of Tempestt ("Be a Man, Raise Your Baby!") taped from WJW on 10/30/1995 with commercials. JVC T-120.
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Would you be interested in selling the tape one with nancy grace and showbiz tonight on it?
 
I drove 35 miles back into Yakima yesterday and hit a couple of estate sales, one near downtown and another out in West Valley. Nice local finds made!

First sale
Tape 1 - 'Collateral Damage' (2002) taped off pay-per-view circa early 2003; broadcast of Good Morning America taped off KAPP/ABC 11/20/2003 with commercials. TDK T-120
another tape had Pretty Woman copied from a rental

Second sale
Tape 2 - First of two tapes marked 'Flood 96'. Starts with a partial broadcast of the 2/10/1996 KAPP Northwest Now with commercials; followed by clips of The Weather Channel, Headline News and CNN from the same day (early evening); followed by partial broadcasts of KNDO's First at Five, KAPP 35 News at 5:30 and KIMA News at 6 taped 2/12/1996, with very few commercials on all broadcasts; clips of KNDO First at Five, KAPP 35 News at 5:30 and KIMA News at 6 taped 2/13/1996 (same situation with ads); most of 'To Each His Own' (1946) taped off AMC 2/14/1996 with some promos at the end. Maxell T-120. This tape was loaded with goodies on it. The February 1996 floods were some of the worst to ever hit central Washington. Many places were under feet of water, hundreds lost their homes, Nile was cut off from the rest of the world for weeks after the bridge leading out of the area collapsed, and Ellensburg had its worst flooding event in recent history too. This was the same system that sparked the much-more-catastrophic flooding in Portland and the Willamette Valley.
Tape 3 - Coverage of the 1986 National Finals Rodeo taped off ESPN minus commercials; coverage of the 1989 National Finals Rodeo taped off ESPN 12/6/1989 with commercials. Sony T-120
Tape 4 - Partial clip of KSTW Ten O'Clock News taped 11/25/1990 minus commercials (on the big windstorm); KAPP 35 News, KIMA NewsBeat and KNDO NewsCenter 23 clips taped 11/26/1990 with some commercials (on flooding in Selah); KSTW Ten O'Clock News clip taped 11/26/1990
Tape 5 - Starts with 11 minutes of a KNDO First at Five broadcast taped sometime in mid February 1996 with one commercial break (flood coverage); KIMA Flood of '96 special with commercials (already have the retail copy of this); ends with partial broadcast of 'The Last of the Mohicans' (1992) taped off HBO 10/9/1993 with promos afterwards. Laser T-120
Tape 6 - Coverage of the 1989 National Finals Rodeo and about 30 minutes of second round coverage from the Chrysler Team Championships taped off ESPN 12/8/1989 with commercials; partial coverage of the 1987 National Finals Rodeo taped off ESPN sometime in December 1987 with commercials; part of 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" (1962) taped off WGN-9 11/25/1987 with commercials. Memorex T-120
 
It was a big day for tapes yesterday. There was an estate sale south of Ellensburg at a storage complex...the family moved a lot of the belongings into a storage, everything up for grabs. 11 tapes found and I still left some behind. Not a surprise, none of these local finds came from Yakima. All Puget Sound, a couple of rare KVOS recordings, and my first CBUT find on this lot, plus cable.

Tape 1 - Starts with some commercials and the first part of 'Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book' (1942) taped off TNT 1/27/1991; then gets taped over by 50 minutes of 'The Pink Panther' (1963) taped off KSTW-11's 8:00 Movie in March 1991 (sometime between 3/13 and 3/19) with commercials before returning to the Jungle Book recording; 'Mighty Joe Young' (1949) taped off TNT 3/3/1991 with commercials; end of Night Court and most of Wings taped off KING/NBC 11/23/1990 with commercials; part of KIRO News at 11, the Prep Locker Room show and part of America Tonight taped off KIRO/CBS 11/23-24/1990 with commercials; ends with part of "The Hangman" (1959) taped off TNT on 6/26/1990 with commercials. Fuji T-120
Tape 2 - 'The Man from Snowy River' (1982) and start of Disney's Return to Treasure Island taped off Disney Channel 3/4/1989 with promos; most of 'Any Which Way You Can' (1980) and start of KIRO News at 11 taped off KIRO/CBS 8/12/1988, all but the final commercial break pulled out; end of an unknown Clint Eastwood spaghetti western, commercials and partial episode of On Trial taped off KVOS-12 Bellingham taped 10/9/1988. Scotch T-120
Tape 3 - 'Mr. Majestyk' (1974) taped off Encore Suspense circa 2008; part of 'Death Wish 4: The Crackdown' (1987) taped off AMC in April 2008 with commercials; rest of tape has multiple Gunsmoke episodes taped off TV Land with commercials, a couple taped in April 2002 and a couple taped in November 1999. At the end is an Alias Smith and Jones episode with commercials. TDK EHG T-120
Tape 4 - 'The Strawberry Roan' (1948) and Gene Autry: Melody of the West taped off AMC 3/22/1996 with promos (during the Film Preservation Festival); then cuts to 12 minutes of Merrie Melodies taped off TNT sometime in 1994 with commercials; end of 'Man in the Saddle' (1951) and part of 'A Lawless Street' (1955) taped off TNT on 7/3/1994 with commercials; cuts to coverage of the 1994 Goodwill Games and partial TNT Toons taped off TNT in late July 1994 with commercials. Maxell T-120
Tape 5 - 'Irma la Douce' (1963) taped off Cinemax on Christmas Eve 1992 with promos; 'The Searchers' (1956) taped off TBS 4/20/1995 with commercials. Maxell T-120
Tape 6 - 'Every Which Way But Loose' (1978) taped off unknown pay-TV channel; 'Walking Tall' (1973) and part of 'You Can't Win 'Em All' (1970) taped off TBS 11/12-13/1987 with commercials; part of 'Breakheart Pass' (1975) taped off KSTW-11 in November 1987 with commercials. Maxell T-120
Tape 7 - 'Conagher' (1991), 'Ten Wanted Men' (1955) and 'Best of the Badmen' (1951) taped off TNT on 6/27/1992 with commercials; partial broadcast of The Road to Albertville taped off TNT in December 1991 with commercials. Maxell T-120
Tape 8 - 'The Shakiest Gun in the West' (1968) taped off KCPQ-13 in March 1987 with commercials; 'The Apple Dumpling Gang' (1975) and Imagine segment taped off The Disney Channel 6/11/1988 with promos; 'Death Hunt' (1981) and opening moments of On Trial taped off KVOS-12 in October 1988 with commercials; ends with about 10 minutes of a National Geographic Explorer episode taped off TBS sometime in 1988 with commercials. Polaroid T-120
Tape 9 - Kind of a disappointment here. 'Gunfight at Dodge City' (1959) and part of 'The Fastest Gun Alive' (1956) taped off Encore Westerns in July 2010 with promos; then flips over to most of 'Elevator Girl' (2009) taped off Hallmark Channel in July 2010 with commercials; 'The Nanny Express' (2008) taped off Hallmark Channel in May 2010 with commercials; part of 'The Stalking Moon' (1968) taped off AMC in May 2010 with commercials. Maxell T-120 dating back to the 1990s
Tape 10 - 'The Big Country' (1958) taped off The Family Channel 11/8/1997 with commercials; two episodes of Gunsmoke and one episode of The Beverly Hillbillies taped off TV Land in February 2002 with commercials. Maxell T-120
Tape 11 - Clip of The Tommy Hunter Show taped off TNN in 1987 with commercials; episode of Three's Company and start of NewsCentre taped off CBUT-2 Vancouver/CBC 10/13/1987 with commercials (first ever from CBUT!); different episode of Three's Company taped off KSTW-11 the same night with commercials; part of the Gallagher: Overboard special taped off Showtime; a Yellowstone special taped off Disney Channel circa 1988; Frosty the Snowman taped off KIRO/CBS 11/28/1988 with commercials; followed by National Geographic on Assignment: Our National Parks taped off KTZZ-22 in March 1989 with commercials; ends with first 15 minutes of Dynasty taped off KOMO/ABC 3/16/1989 with commercials. Scotch T-120

Next week I'm back in Yakima for another estate sale that will be on Craigslist this Thursday. (Some of the estate sale folks down there let me know in advance about where the next sale is approximately.) This one is just loaded with home-recorded VHS. I don't know how many, probably several dozen however. Looks like cherry pickin' time.
 
Ten tapes found at a garage sale in Litchfield last Thursday. Awful lot of newer recordings on older stock tapes this time though. Nine keepers in all.

TAPE 1: What the Deaf Man Heard (CBS Hallmark Hall of Fame movie) and first couple minutes of CBS 19 News at 11 taped from WOIO in Cleveland on 11/23/1997 with commercials; Sears Family Theater presentation of Miracle on 34th Street (1994) and first few minutes of Fox 8 News at Ten taped from WJW in Cleveland on Thanksgiving 1997 with commercials. Polaroid T-120.

TAPE 2: Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) taped from WJW on 11/25/2005, most commercials are cut, only one near the end is intact. Fuji T-120.

TAPE 3: Lincoln (History Channel documentary) taped from the History Channel on 1/1/2006 with commercials; partially taped-over broadcast of part two of Category 7: The End of the World (CBS miniseries) taped from WPEC in West Palm Beach on 11/17/2005 with commercials (I already have another partial recording of this from WOIO). Memorex T-120.

TAPE 4: Nanny McPhee (2005) taped from AMC in December 2010 with commercials. Polaroid T-120.

TAPE 5: The Ultimate Gift (2006) taped from the Hallmark Channel on 12/23/2009 with commercials; part of Disclosure (1994) taped from Bravo in December 2009 with commercials; end credits of Visitors of the Night (1995 NBC made-for-TV movie) and first couple minutes of Channel 3 News at 11:00 taped from WKYC in Cleveland on 7/26/1997; short clip of The Ten O'clock News taped from WUAB in Cleveland circa 1992. Polaroid T-120.

TAPE 6: Episodes of Lost taped from WEWS in Cleveland on 3/20/2008, 4/24/2008, 5/1/2008, 5/8/2008 and 5/15/2008, first two episodes include commercials, the others do not. Maxell T-120.

TAPE 7: New Visions of the Future: Prophecies III taped from TLC in March 2001 with commercials; short clip from an episode of Encounters with the Unexplained taped from WPXP in West Palm Beach circa March or April 2001; Heart Full of Rain (1997 CBS made-for-TV movie) taped from Lifetime in April 2001 with commercials; part of Passion and Prejudice (made-for-TV movie) taped from USA on 4/17/2001 with commercials. Kodak T-120.

TAPE 8: Jerusalem: Center of the World and part of Pat Boone: Love Letters in the Sands of Time taped from WPBT in Miami in March 2010 with pledge breaks and promos; partially taped-over broadcast of Wrong Turn (2003) taped from FX on 1/5/2010 with commercials. Maxell T-120.

TAPE 9: Two episodes of Whose Line Is It Anyway taped from WEWS on 11/16/2000 minus most commercials, only one was intact. Fuji T-120.


Also, last week, I picked up another tape from the Salvation Army Family Store in Copley.
TAPE 10: Episode of Nature, first two episodes of Savage Skies and partial episode of Waiting for God taped from WNEO/WEAO in Akron in summer 1996 with promos; Tornado! (Fox made-for-TV movie) taped from WJW on 9/1/1996 with commercials; Never Fade Away: Remembering Buddy Holly taped from TNN in June 1996 with commercials; partially taped-over broadcast of Tuesday Night Fights taped from USA in May 1996 with commercials; partially taped-over episode of Hope & Gloria and episode of The Home Court taped from WKYC on 3/30/1996 with commercials; partially taped-over episode of High Incident taped from WEWS on 3/12/1996 with commercials. BASF T-160.

Also, for those of you who are familiar with the AOA DVD Ripper, for whatever reason, my software has not been working with a couple of DVD+Rs I finalized of some of the more recent finds I want to put on YouTube. The DVD will load into the ripper, but when I try to rip anything, it won't rip or convert anything from said discs. I did install a different piece of software called WinX DVD Ripper Platinum, and it does work with the latest discs I put together, but it is not nearly as user-friendly as AOA is. Does anyone have any idea of what the problem I'm having with AOA could be and what I should do? When I try to rip, it will stall for a minute or two, and then a message will appear that says "Unable to read" or something to that effect.
 


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