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Jussi Huhtakangas Member From: Helsinki, Finland |
posted 30 May 2004 09:30 AM
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British Stomper Time Records ( www.stompertime.com ) has released a great 42 song DVD of the classic Ranch Party-tv shows. This is the same stuff that has been floatin' around on questionable video releases. These are claimed to come from the original kinescope material, and the picture quality on most of the tracks is indeed really good. Few tracks are kinda fuzzy though, but I can forgive that, especially when I saw Marian Hall soloing on her Bigsby-steel on fast and furious "Town Hall Boogie". Classic material by George Jones, Jim Reeves, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Skeets McDonald, Patsy Cline and many others.  |
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Alvin Blaine Member From: Sandy Valley, Nevada, USA |
posted 30 May 2004 12:10 PM
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This is great news for me. I've had one of those "questionable video releases" for about 20 years now and it's not gettin' any better. Are the DVD's the whole shows or just clips? The video I have has 10 complete shows on it. |
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Walter Stettner Member From: Vienna, Austria |
posted 30 May 2004 01:00 PM
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Thanks Jussi! That really sounds cool! Kind Regards, Walter ------------------ |
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Bryan Bradfield Member From: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
posted 30 May 2004 06:29 PM
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Jussi - One track on the DVD is New Panhandle Rag, by Les Anderson. 1) My experience with this tune is as a vocal. Is Les playing steel guitar on this track, or spanish guitar, or no guitar at all? 2) Does Les appear playing steel in any of the other artists' selections? |
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Jussi Huhtakangas Member From: Helsinki, Finland |
posted 30 May 2004 10:16 PM
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Bryan, Les sings the tune, Marian Hall plays steel on it. She was the Ranch Party house steel player and does all the steel backing on this disc. I don't think Les ever played any steel on these shows, I've seen a lot of them and never seen him doing it. Alvin, these are individual tracks from various shows. |
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Bryan Bradfield Member From: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
posted 31 May 2004 09:18 PM
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Jussi - I thought that might be the case. I knew that Les dropped the steel to become a vocalist during that era. Interestingly, he maintained an interest in, and continued playing the steel guitar right to the end of his life. |
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Tim Whitlock Member From: Arvada, CO, USA |
posted 01 June 2004 05:56 AM
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Jussi - Thanks for the heads up. Trying to watch my old 5th generation tapes has caused my eyesight to go bad (at least I think that's the reason  ). This is a good value for some great historic TV shows (and the inspiration for my own song called "Ranch Party"). - Tim |
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Dave Van Allen Member From: Doylestown, PA , US , Earth |
posted 01 June 2004 08:51 AM
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playable in USA area DVD players? |
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Jussi Huhtakangas Member From: Helsinki, Finland |
posted 01 June 2004 09:59 AM
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Dave, yup, it's all regions, playable on NTSC! |
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