An unseen JEAM-performance?

[dreamer]

Well, the original tape is probably gathering dust in some tv station's archive...

[Just a Guest]

Originally Posted by Max

I wish we could have Amsterdam performance in good quality.

Me too...
I tried a long time ago to get my hands on a decent copy but gave up that time since that organisation was a complete mess (MTV/TMF)
I'm a little short on time coming weeks, but I'll promise to give them a call again to see what's still in the archives.
b.t.w: She also appeared that same night in a big lottery show.
This has never been published anywhere as far as I know.

Originally Posted by dreamer

Well, the original tape is probably gathering dust in some tv station's archive...

That would be the best scenario. It means it is still somewhere.
I would be happy to take the dust off.

[Max]

Maybe in the future, like 5 years from now, they will realize there is some commercial potential in old TV tapes.

Netflix+Xbox360 is a very promising direction, years from now we'll see lots of such devices/content sellers. Once they make all the current stuff available, they'll turn their attention to old TV tapes.

No doubt there are some forgotten treasures in that dusty pile.

[Just a Guest]

The problem is that you only know after say 5-30 years what has historical value.
That was no problem with film, books, newspapers, printed photographs (negs) etc.

In our digital era it is so much easier to re-use media and destroy content.
Footage shot on tape or film, you just store somewhere. (although you COULD re-use tape off course)

Nowadays if a server or disk-array is full, the trend is to only back-up some stuff and simply delete the rest...

I'm pretty sure that within 10 years from now, we all come to the conclusion that there is a huge historical gap.

[Max]

Originally Posted by Just a Guest

In our digital era it is so much easier to re-use media and destroy content.

There are also some simple backup solutions available.