[78-L] Dates on AFRS transcriptions

[simmonssomer]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78L" <78-L at 78online.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 4:31 PM
Subject: [78-L] Dates on AFRS transcriptions


> When an AFRS transcription shows a date in the land, which other sources
> confirm to be the original broadcast date, is it safe to assume that this 
> may
> have nothing to do with the actual date of cutting or dubbing? I've been
> transferring several "Date with the Duke" programs, some of which show 
> dates
> and others showing "dubbed" (meaning pieced together from leftovers), but 
> in a
> couple of cases with dates, there are songs inserted which the band didn't 
> play
> till a couple of months later.
>
> (Related question: Did the AFRS producers have a bet to see how many times 
> they
> could insert the execrable Kay Davis massacring "Yesterdays"? I swear I've
> heard it six times so far. What was the deal with her anyway..did she come 
> out
> naked?)
>
> dl

 You didn't think she was with the band for her singing didya?

Al S,