Can anybody tape the PBS Blues series?

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 27 Sep 2003 10:38 am

I won't be home most of the nights it's being shown, and the timer on my VCR doesn't work.

Chuck Halcomb · Post by **Chuck Halcomb** » 27 Sep 2003 2:58 pm

Mike, I have it all on CD and can send you a copy if you will e-mail me the address to send it. It may take a few days to find time to do the copy, but I'll sure be glad to do it if it will help.

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Chuck Halcomb · Post by **Chuck Halcomb** » 27 Sep 2003 7:47 pm

Oops--I was thinking of the NPR series, not the PBS series. However, send me the dates and I'll be glad to try to tape it.

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David Cobb · Post by **David Cobb** » 27 Sep 2003 8:28 pm

Chuck, my schedule says 8:00-9:30 Sunday night, then 8:00-10:00 Monday and thereafter until all 7 segments are shown, that's my understanding.

Mike Perlowin RIP · Post by **Mike Perlowin RIP** » 27 Sep 2003 11:20 pm

Thanks guys. I've really been looking forward to seeing this series, and am quite unhappy that I'll have to miss most of it. I really appreciate your taping it for me.

Chuck Halcomb · Post by **Chuck Halcomb** » 28 Sep 2003 12:05 pm

We are loaded and ready to tape. I am also looking forward to seeing it. Then if it is good I may order it up on DVD.

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Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 28 Sep 2003 4:23 pm

I'm gonna wait and get the DVD set when it comes out.

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Alvin Blaine · Post by **Alvin Blaine** » 30 Sep 2003 12:23 am

<SMALL>I'm gonna wait and get the DVD set when it comes out.</SMALL>

You don't have long to wait, the DVD set goes on sale today Sept. 30th but won't ship till Oct 9th.
http://www.pbs.org/theblues/bluesshop.html

Chuck Halcomb · Post by **Chuck Halcomb** » 30 Sep 2003 5:43 am

At $138.00 I decided to tape it and then later I can transfer it to DVD if I want.

My tapes are coming out great, and I am starting the process of making a copy so I'll have a set for myself, as well as one for Mike.

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 30 Sep 2003 8:51 am

The quality of tapes from broadcast video leaves a lot to be desired. I'll go for the DVD.

David Mason · Post by **David Mason** » 30 Sep 2003 9:08 am

HERESY - Frankly, it hasn't been very interesting to me from a musical standpoint. All the ground has been covered previously in books. I'll watch Friday to hear Jeff Beck, but so far I think the series has been "dumb-downed" to suit the producer's concept of the ignorant masses.

Chuck Halcomb · Post by **Chuck Halcomb** » 30 Sep 2003 10:29 am

Bob, I agree, but the signal I get from our digital cabel is pretty good, not high definition, but good. So, the tapes I am getting are pretty good quality.

Now if the series was Western Swing covering not only the Texas and Oklahoma development, but also California and other places, I would no doubt spring for the cost of the DVD, if for the logevity if not the quality.

David Cobb · Post by **David Cobb** » 30 Sep 2003 1:47 pm

As I feared, the TV schedule printed in the paper was unreliable and the first show ran long but luckily I was able stay up and catch the entire thing.
As a previous poster stated, the series hasn't exactly been earthshaking.
I'd like to see it liven up a bit in the ensuing installments.