23Daves
Joined: 11 May 2006
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Age: 34
Sorry, I don't always get the time to respond to emails and comments on YouTube - and in fact, often have notifications turned off - so please refer to the list below if you have any questions.
1. THE EDITING ON YOUR VIDEOS SUCKS
Yes, it probably does. I have a very basic video editing software package, and at the time I recorded most of the videos you can see I had no notion that there would ever be such a thing as YouTube, never mind that I'd eventually be able to upload things online, so I probably wasn't quick on the draw with the remote control. Therefore, if the last second of the video is missing, please don't tell me - I probably already know! And no, I won't have a better copy somewhere else, so please don't ask (rudely or otherwise).
2. CAN I HAVE A VHS COPY OF THIS?
Sorry, but probably not. As I'm typing this, I have about 25-30 things waiting to be taped for friends, some of which have been promised for about a year. Besides which, some of my videos - the XTC ones in particular - were sourced out online, and so I won't have a physical copy. Sorry, but I have a demanding dayjob and also spend my evenings attempting to make a living out of writing, so I often won't have the time to send people physical copies of things in the post.
3. SOME OF THE INFORMATION YOU'VE INCLUDED IS WRONG
Thanks, please do point this out. I'm trying to get the date labels right, but I wasn't very good at including the relevant info on the VHS tapes as a teen, so sometimes I depend on guesswork. If you can help me be more precise, that's good for everyone else.
4. DO YOU HAVE THE VIDEO OF X/ Y/ Z?
Possibly, but at the moment I'm digging through a huge pile of tapes trying to work out what's on them all, so probably won't be able to answer your question just yet! By all means nudge me, but it may take me awhile to reply or respond.
5. DO YOU HAVE ANY CHART SHOWS OR TOP OF THE POPS EPISODES IN FULL?
Some, but not many at all. I tended to tape what I was most interested in and not everything on the show - once again, if I'd known YouTube or video sharing was going to be around in years to come I might have thought harder about it.
To be fair, nobody's asked this question yet, but I can see it coming!
Above all else - be nice. Beavis and Butthead were caricatures, not role models, you know.
Country: United Kingdom
thanks
Thank the lord you taped the indie charts!!! Despite some of the non- videos, these captured the moment the best! Take care, JG.
Those were the days though, getting up on a Saturday morning and trying to work out if the indie chart was due that week.
brilliant stuff, thanks for the memories.
I'm about 1% into a very long night, and it's mostly your fault.
A million thanks for taking the time to do this.. old boys like me appreciate it.