[78-L] Did I sleep through this?

[Gene Baron]

Hi,

I don't see TV much but I don't think it ever showed in the Baltimore area.

Gene
gene.baron at gmail.com


On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 10:46 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> http://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/news/20080207_onrecord.html
>
> Was this ever mentioned here? Did it ever air? Can a woman over 35?
>
> PBS GREENLIGHTS
> “ON RECORD: THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES” HOSTED BY SIR GEORGE MARTIN
>
> New Television Series from Wildheart Entertainment Launches
> Multi-Pronged Project to Include Companion Web Site on pbs.org, CDs, DVDs,
> Books and More
>
> (February 7, 2008; Washington, DC) PBS in conjunction with Wildheart
> Entertainment announced today the greenlighting of a major new television
> series, ON RECORD: THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES, an eight-hour series that
> traces the history of recorded music and its impact on popular culture.
> Featuring hundreds of artists from all genres of music, ON RECORD: THE
> SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES is slated to air nationally as a primetime series
> in
> the Fall of 2010 on PBS; Sir George Martin, legendary producer of the
> Beatles,
> will host. Two-time Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey will narrate.
>
> The television series and an extensive educational outreach initiative,
> including the companion Web site on pbs.org, will be the centerpiece of an
> ambitious multi-pronged project expected to include a companion CD box-set
> and
> branded CD series, 12-hour DVD/home video series, accompanying books, a
> multi-genre worldwide radio show and broadcasting through internet portals
> globally.
>
> “ON RECORD: THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES is a project intrinsically dear to
> my
> heart and one that I have been developing with Wildheart Entertainment for
> over
> five years,” said Sir George Martin, legendary Beatles producer, recipient
> of
> the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and producer of more than 50
> number-one
> hit records. “I am just thrilled that PBS has joined us as our primetime
> broadcaster. ON RECORD affords me the opportunity to work again with so
> many of
> the artists I have worked with throughout my life and to tell a story that
> has
> never been told in such a comprehensive way. Music is the only common
> thread
> and universal language that binds us together, regardless of race,
> nationality,
> age or income. And recorded music is how we experience it and what makes it
> accessible.”
>
> “I’m delighted to be a part of this remarkable, definitive series for PBS,”
> said Spacey. “ON RECORD illustrates how in a little more than a century
> recording technology has moved from wax cylinders to digital downloads.
> These
> extraordinary changes have come to define not only music, but who we are as
> individuals and as a society.”
>
> ON RECORD has been in development by Wildheart executives Maxim Langstaff
> and
> Michele Langstaff with Sir George Martin for more than five years. Both
> have
> been working with Sir George for more than a decade in conjunction with the
> successful “Making of Sergeant Pepper” multi-media events, and both will
> serve
> as creators and executive producers of ON RECORD. Also serving as executive
> producer for the series is Phil Quartararo, former president of EMI Music
> Marketing, founding president and CEO, Virgin Records, and president of
> Warner
> Music. Emmy Award-winning Alan Benson (BBC, Walt Disney) is the series
> director.
>
> “ON RECORD tells the story of how the most universal mass medium of the
> 20th
> century marked the emergence of pop culture worldwide,” said project
> visionary
> Maxim Langstaff, “how the competition between the urban middle class and
> the
> rural working class came to define popular music and in so doing, made
> possible
> the breakthrough of minority cultures into mainstream consciousness.”
>
> ON RECORD will feature artists from all genres of music including pop,
> jazz,
> classical, R&B, folk, rock and country. Told as a narrative tapestry
> weaving
> the words of today’s living legends with memorable musical moments,
> landmark
> cultural events and inspiring inventions/innovations, ON RECORD will
> consist of
> new interviews with top music icons and legends, historic archival
> performances
> and never-before-seen footage exclusive to ON RECORD. Hundreds of artists
> will
> be featured, including the Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan,
> Aretha Franklin, Benny Goodman, Quincy Jones, Elton John, B.B. King, Alison
> Krauss, Paul McCartney, Les Paul, Paul Simon, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis,
> the
> Carter Family, Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, Enrico Caruso, Luciano
> Pavarotti,
> Muddy Waters, Stevie Wonder, Peter, Paul & Mary, Woody Guthrie, John
> Denver,
> Loretta Lynn, Buddy Holly, Leadbelly, Pete Seeger, Jay-Z, the Rolling
> Stones,
> Michael Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald and scores of others. Their comments —
> punctuated with their music — illuminate and reinforce the impact of the
> world’s most pervasive mass entertainment medium.
>
> “So many of us carry in our heads a musical soundtrack that gives our lives
> meaning and vibrancy,” said John F. Wilson, Sr. Vice President & Chief TV
> Programming Executive, PBS. “Music is such an important art form for
> understanding our shared culture and history; this was a natural for PBS to
> greenlight. We feel confident this project, supported with extensive
> educational outreach, will be one of those monumental and long-lasting
> series
> that PBS is so well known for.”
>
> ON RECORD tells the story of how recorded music and its distribution and
> consumption have transformed American life. The technology spawned radio,
> movies, television and the Internet and gave birth to popular culture. In
> little more than a century, recording technology moved from the first
> tin-foil
> and wax cylinders to flat discs; from 78 to 33 and 45 rpm speeds; from the
> acoustic horn to 128-track recording; from magnetic tape to digital
> downloads.
> The series’ educational outreach will provide teachers with a curriculum
> guide
> and source materials to help students discover or reconnect with their
> history
> and culture through the universal language of music.
>
> Recorded in HD and 5.1 surround sound, ON RECORD: THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR
> LIVES
> is produced by Wildheart Entertainment, L.P. Wildheart Entertainment
> manages
> and produces artists, creative content and media products in film, music,
> television, publishing and the Internet, and was created in response to the
> changing landscape of entertainment and communications today.
>
> PBS is a media enterprise that serves 355 public noncommercial television
> stations and reaches nearly 73 million people each week through on-air and
> online content. Bringing diverse viewpoints to television and the Internet,
> PBS
> provides high-quality documentary and dramatic entertainment, and
> consistently
> dominates the most prestigious award competitions. PBS is a leading
> provider of
> digital learning content for pre-K-12 educators, and offers a broad array
> of
> other educational services. More information about PBS is available at
> www.pbs.org, one of the leading dot-org Web sites on the Internet.
>
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