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Oldest Extant Off-Air VHS/Beta Tape You Have

One tape found at a garage sale in Medina yesterday. The sale had a few more used blanks, but most of them had mold. The one I did get had some neat finds.
-Clip from a broadcast of West 57th with footage of Roy Orbison recording music for his then-new album (the piece was shown four days after his death) presumably taped from WHIO in Dayton on 12/10/1988
-The Doors in Europe taped from Cinemax on 12/22/1988
-Coming Home: A Rockin' Reunion taped from SuperStation TBS on 8/10/1989 minus most commercials
-Partial episode of The Real Ghostbusters, episode of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo and partial episode of The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show taped from WDTN in Dayton on 4/29/1989 with commercials
-Partial broadcast of the 1988 Skins Game presumably taped from WKEF in Dayton in November 1988 with a few commercials (nothing local though)
-Partial broadcast of Baseball Magazine taped from ESPN circa 1988 with one commercial for Consumer Reports

I hit several other estate sales earlier today in some of the Cleveland suburbs near my radio gig (Strongsville, Berea, Parma, Parma Heights) and only came up with three dud tapes. The ABC Saturday morning stuff was a nice surprise though.
 
Fantastic '80s finds! From an estate sale yesterday off Summitview Ave in Yakima, including breaking a record not once, twice but *three* times for oldest ABC soap find. One tape out-of-market, rest are local or pay TV.

Tape 1 - Fame Looks at Music '83 concert special taped off KOUS-4 Hardin/Billings MT on 1/28/1984 with commercials. FIRST FIND FROM BILLINGS! They were NBC at the time, later went to ABC in '87 and is now KHMT (Fox). Also on this tape: We are the World: The Story Behind the Song taped off HBO on 5/4/1985; 'Give My Regards to Broad Street' (1984) taped off Showtime on 10/11/1985 with a few promos before the film and several more after. Scotch T-120
Tape 2 - 'The Sound of Music' (1965) taped off unknown NBC station circa 1986 minus commercials; partial episode of General Hospital taped off KAPP/ABC on 3/25/1986 with commercials. Scotch T-120
Tape 3 - 'Yentl' (1984) taped off Showtime on 2/3/1985 with promos; 'Romancing the Stone' (1984) taped off unknown pay-TV channel; last 10 minutes of 'Splash' (1984) taped off Showtime on 3/3/1985 with several minutes of promos; partial episode of One Life to Live and full General Hospital taped off KAPP/ABC on 12/12/1984 with commercials; ends with another partial One Life to Live taped off KAPP/ABC in December 1984 with commercials. Sony T-120
Tape 4 - Barbra: The Concert taped off HBO on 8/21/1994 with nearly 20 minutes of promos afterwards. Memorex T-120 (SP)
Tape 5 - Saturday Night Live: Best of Game Show Parodies taped off KNDO/NBC on 2/29/2000 with commercials; episode of 20/20 (interview with JonBenet Ramsey's parents) taped off KAPP/ABC on 3/17/2000 with commercials. Sony T-120
Tape 6 - 'The Firm' (1993) taped off HBO on 9/11/1994 with promos including Free Preview Weekend content; second half of 'GoodFellas' (1990) taped off HBO circa 1991; episodes of Murphy Brown, Designing Women and Northern Exposure taped off KIMA/CBS 5/4/1992 with commercials; partial episode of General Hospital taped off KAPP/ABC on 11/1/1984 with commercials (my oldest find ever from an ABC soap!). Scotch HGX Plus T-120
 
Two tapes from a yard sale in Brunswick on Wednesday.

TAPE 1: Super Bowl XXX and partial one-hour episode of Friends taped from WKYC on 1/28/1996 with commercials. Kodak T-120.

TAPE 2: Fox NFL Sunday (Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Detroit Lions and last few minutes of Chicago Bears vs. Washington Redskins) and Neil Zurcher's High Kickin' Holiday Special taped from WJW on 12/23/2001 with commercials. TDK T-120.

The homeowner said she had more tapes of Steelers games in a box inside the house, but those were the only two I saw among all the yard sale merchandise. Yes, this was a Steelers fan living in Browns territory. She did have some Cleveland Indians merchandise for sale though.
 
I purchased one tape today at an outside moving sale in Ellensburg. The Sony tape I purchased contained a 6 hour aircheck of TBS on 8/23-24/1990 with commercials - 'Deadly Intentions' (1985 - two part TV-movie) and 'Carrie' (1976).

Still going through the mega lot from a few weeks back as well. Lots and lots of movies and miniseries all w/ commercials. Last finds have been:


Tape 17 - (#448) - Part 3 of Dream West taped off The Family Channel on 4/13/1996 with commercials; 'The Hunt for Red October' (1990) and first few minutes of NewsBeat at 11 taped off KIMA/CBS on 4/23/1996 with commercials. TDK T-120
Tape 18 - (#141) - 'Big Business' (1988) taped off Showtime circa 1989 (free preview); 'The Kennel Murder Case' (1933) taped off KCTS-9/PBS in December 1989 with promos; part of Nightline: Viewpoint: Whitewater Overplayed? Underplayed? taped off KAPP/ABC on 4/19-20/1994 with commercials (taped in SP mode, incomplete). Scotch T-120
Tape 19 - (#22) - 'A Force of One' (1979) taped off Superstation WTBS on 2/11/1986 with commercials; 'Dallas' (1950) taped off WTBS on 2/12/1986 with commercials; 'The Love Bug' (1968) taped off KIMA-29 in May 1989 with commercials; part of 'Calamity Jane' (1953) taped off WTBS in February 1986 with commercials. PDMagnetics T-120
Tape 20 - (#199) - 'After the Thin Man' (1936), 'Another Thin Man' (1939) and 'Shadow of The Thin Man' (1941) taped off KCTS-9 in December 1990 with scattered promos; also includes a partial PBS special on the history of quilting. TDK T-120
Tape 21 - (#171) - 'Calamity Jane' (1953) taped off Family Channel on 5/14/1993 with commercials; Ancient Secrets of the Bible Part II taped off KIMA/CBS on 5/15/1993 with commercials; 'The Bachelor and Bobby-Soxer' (1947) taped off TNT on 6/4/1993 with commercials. Scotch T-120
Tape 22 - (#20) - 'The Stork Club' (1945) taped off Nick at Nite on 2/9/1986 with commercials; flips over for 'Time Flyer' (1985) taped off KOMO/ABC the same night with commercials (Disney Sunday Movie); ends with 'Made for Each Other' (1939) taped off Nick at Nite on 2/10/1986 with commercials. PDMagnetics T-120
Tape 23 - (#43) - 'Sergeant York' (1941) taped off WTBS on Memorial Day 1986 with commercials; 'Dinner at the Ritz' (1937) taped off unknown channel, no commercials; first episode of Hawkins (Death and the Maiden), 11PM news broadcast and sign-off taped off KOMO-4 Seattle early morning 8/3/1986 with commercials. PDMagnetics T-120
Tape 24 - (#232) - 'Benji' (1978) taped off TBS on 1/5/1992 with commercials; 'Three Fugitives' (1989) taped off KAPP/ABC on 1/5/1992 with commercials; 'Maid for Each Other' (1992) taped off KNDO/NBC on 1/13/1992 with commercials. Scotch EG+ T-120
Tape 25 - (#401) - 'The Last Time I Saw Paris' (1954) taped off KYVE/PBS in December 1994; 'Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice' (1994) taped off KNDO/NBC on New Year's Eve 1994 with commercials; 'Candleshoe' (1977) taped off KAPP-35 on New Year's Day 1995 with commercials. TDK T-120
Tape 26 - (#400) - 'A Silent Betrayal' (1994) taped off KIMA/CBS on 12/20/1994 with commercials; 'All I Want for Christmas' (1991) taped off KNDO/NBC on 12/23/1994 with commercials; 'Angel On My Shoulder' (1946) taped off A&E on 12/2/1995 with commercials (4am ET late night movie). TDK T-120
Tape 27 - (#95) - 'The Far Country' (1954) taped off KCTS-9 in October 1987 with a couple pledge breaks; 'Pillow Talk' (1959) taped off Superstation TBS on 10/11/1987 with commercials; 'Diamond Horseshoe' (1945) taped off A&E on 6/13/1988 with commercials. Scotch T-120
Tape 28 - (Unmarked) Broadcast of 48 Hours on the devastation of Hurricane Andrew, taped off KIMA/CBS on 8/26/1992 with commercials. Blank after 1 hour (SLP). Scotch T-120
 
Ten out of 12 keepers from a lot of Betas from eBay based out of suburban Philadelphia. Features my oldest C-SPAN find, some Philly-exclusive Wrestling, my first find off the short-lived Tempo channel (later used to launch CNBC), and a couple other scarcities.

Tape 1: Begins with most of Police Academy, likely taped off an unknown cable channel circa May 1985 (ends several minutes before the end), then cuts ahead to about the last 20 minutes of WWF Championship Wrestling, followed by syndicated reruns of The Nancy Drew Mysteries and about half of Voyagers taped off WOR on 5/11/1985 w/commercials.

Tape 2: Part of the 1933 film Jungle Bride taped off Tempo circa 1988 with some commercials, followed by most of the 12/15/1986 episode of Jeopardy! taped off WPVI w/commercials (no intro and ends near the end of Double Jeopardy!, unsure if its a 1987 RPT), followed by an hour of C-SPAN footage from March 1989 involving a panel discussion on Supreme Court nominees from Northwestern University, then it cuts back to about the last five minutes of Ryan's Hope followed by most of the Noon WPVI Action News from 12/14/1987 w/commercials.

Tape 3: Three vintage Abbott & Costello movies (The Naughty Nineties, The Noose Hangs High, and Lost In Alaska) taped off WPIX on 6/24, 7/1, and 7/8/1984 w/commercials.

Tape 4: Most of Sledge Hammer and most of Heart Of The City (perhaps best known for starring Christina Applegate before M...WC) off WPVI/ABC on 1/3/1987 with commercials, then cuts back to Wrestling at the Spectrum off PRISM on 5/27/1985 with promo breaks during the bout as well as afterwards.

Tape 5: Starts with Monsters of Wrestling (1985) copied off a retail or rental tape, then cuts back from most of the KYW 11 PM News, followed by all of The Tonight Show (Joan Rivers hosting) and Late Night with David Letterman off KYW/NBC on 4/8/1985 w/commercials.

Tape 6: Monsters of Wrestling Volume II (1986) retail/rental copy, then continues with most of Super Bowl XX off KYW/NBC on 1/26/1986 with some commercials, with the tape running out just before the two minute warning (pretty much all commercials from the 3rd and 4th quarter prior to when the tape runs out it found). The game starts a couple minutes in as well. This DID contain the halftime though unlike a couple other copies I've seen, though most of the commercials were paused out for this portion.

Tape 7: Two episodes of Wrestling at the Spectrum off PRISM in February and June 1986 with promo breaks

Tape 8: A promo loop for Wrestlemania II off a random Pay-Per-View channel circa March 1986, with the same 22 minutes looping numerous times throughout the tape.

Tape 9: Deadly Force (1983) taped off a rental or unknown pay channel, followed by the 1985 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship taped off WCAU/CBS on 4/1/1985 with some commercials (all during the 2nd half), then a short clip from KYW Eyewitness News at 11 on the same night about Villanova's title, followed by a couple of kids shorts taped off WHYY. I've already got the last 20 minutes of air time of that Georgetown-Villanova game off WBAL with the commercials, along with the late newscast there.

Tape 10: Days Of Our Lives, Another World, and the first ten minutes of Maury Povich taped off KYW/NBC on 3/29/1994 w/commercials (unfortunately, occasional video blackouts during DOOL shows the overuse of this tape even if the tape itself still looks pretty good), then cuts over to the last seven minutes of WWW wrestling as well as a syndicated rerun of The White Shadow taped off WPHL on 5/24/1986 w/commercials.

A head cleaning tape was also included, and it came in handy a couple times since it seems like this recorder seemed to reuse those tapes to death! Another lot from Los Angeles will come next week, and this is interesting in that I specifically requested tape labels off a lot, as a means to try to get the older tape stock as seen. Has anybody else who finds these "Dutch" lots ever done something similar by asking for a specific tape, and if so, how did the transaction go?
 
I have most of Super Bowl XX taped from KING 5. Only copy found. It's Johnny Carson's finale and multiple TV-movies/miniseries that keep popping up (i.e. Lonesome Dove).
 
crainbebo said:
I purchased one tape today at an outside moving sale in Ellensburg. The Sony tape I purchased contained a 6 hour aircheck of TBS on 8/23-24/1990 with commercials - 'Deadly Intentions' (1985 - two part TV-movie) and 'Carrie' (1976).

Still going through the mega lot from a few weeks back as well. Lots and lots of movies and miniseries all w/ commercials. Last finds have been:


Tape 17 - (#448) - Part 3 of Dream West taped off The Family Channel on 4/13/1996 with commercials; 'The Hunt for Red October' (1990) and first few minutes of NewsBeat at 11 taped off KIMA/CBS on 4/23/1996 with commercials. TDK T-120
Tape 18 - (#141) - 'Big Business' (1988) taped off Showtime circa 1989 (free preview); 'The Kennel Murder Case' (1933) taped off KCTS-9/PBS in December 1989 with promos; part of Nightline: Viewpoint: Whitewater Overplayed? Underplayed? taped off KAPP/ABC on 4/19-20/1994 with commercials (taped in SP mode, incomplete). Scotch T-120
Tape 19 - (#22) - 'A Force of One' (1979) taped off Superstation WTBS on 2/11/1986 with commercials; 'Dallas' (1950) taped off WTBS on 2/12/1986 with commercials; 'The Love Bug' (1968) taped off KIMA-29 in May 1989 with commercials; part of 'Calamity Jane' (1953) taped off WTBS in February 1986 with commercials. PDMagnetics T-120
Tape 20 - (#199) - 'After the Thin Man' (1936), 'Another Thin Man' (1939) and 'Shadow of The Thin Man' (1941) taped off KCTS-9 in December 1990 with scattered promos; also includes a partial PBS special on the history of quilting. TDK T-120
Tape 21 - (#171) - 'Calamity Jane' (1953) taped off Family Channel on 5/14/1993 with commercials; Ancient Secrets of the Bible Part II taped off KIMA/CBS on 5/15/1993 with commercials; 'The Bachelor and Bobby-Soxer' (1947) taped off TNT on 6/4/1993 with commercials. Scotch T-120
Tape 22 - (#20) - 'The Stork Club' (1945) taped off Nick at Nite on 2/9/1986 with commercials; flips over for 'Time Flyer' (1985) taped off KOMO/ABC the same night with commercials (Disney Sunday Movie); ends with 'Made for Each Other' (1939) taped off Nick at Nite on 2/10/1986 with commercials. PDMagnetics T-120
Tape 23 - (#43) - 'Sergeant York' (1941) taped off WTBS on Memorial Day 1986 with commercials; 'Dinner at the Ritz' (1937) taped off unknown channel, no commercials; first episode of Hawkins (Death and the Maiden), 11PM news broadcast and sign-off taped off KOMO-4 Seattle early morning 8/3/1986 with commercials. PDMagnetics T-120
Tape 24 - (#232) - 'Benji' (1978) taped off TBS on 1/5/1992 with commercials; 'Three Fugitives' (1989) taped off KAPP/ABC on 1/5/1992 with commercials; 'Maid for Each Other' (1992) taped off KNDO/NBC on 1/13/1992 with commercials. Scotch EG+ T-120
Tape 25 - (#401) - 'The Last Time I Saw Paris' (1954) taped off KYVE/PBS in December 1994; 'Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice' (1994) taped off KNDO/NBC on New Year's Eve 1994 with commercials; 'Candleshoe' (1977) taped off KAPP-35 on New Year's Day 1995 with commercials. TDK T-120
Tape 26 - (#400) - 'A Silent Betrayal' (1994) taped off KIMA/CBS on 12/20/1994 with commercials; 'All I Want for Christmas' (1991) taped off KNDO/NBC on 12/23/1994 with commercials; 'Angel On My Shoulder' (1946) taped off A&E on 12/2/1995 with commercials (4am ET late night movie). TDK T-120
Tape 27 - (#95) - 'The Far Country' (1954) taped off KCTS-9 in October 1987 with a couple pledge breaks; 'Pillow Talk' (1959) taped off Superstation TBS on 10/11/1987 with commercials; 'Diamond Horseshoe' (1945) taped off A&E on 6/13/1988 with commercials. Scotch T-120
Tape 28 - (Unmarked) Broadcast of 48 Hours on the devastation of Hurricane Andrew, taped off KIMA/CBS on 8/26/1992 with commercials. Blank after 1 hour (SLP). Scotch T-120
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It would be cool if you saved all those to MP4 format when done transferring.
 
crainbebo said:
No thanks, as I already have enough tapes. But there's an estate sale coming up this weekend in Ellensburg with at least 400 home-recorded tapes for sale! They all have labeled numbers on top of the tapes. Looks like based off other evidence in this house, they lived here for quite a long time. Same thing applies (likely) as other Ellensburg-area recordings - nearly all pre-SyndEx network recordings came from 4/5/7 Seattle, post-SyndEx from Yakima. I have never, ever seen this many tapes at one estate sale before, 5+ years doing this. Went to a sale in Yakima one time with over 300 tapes, but 15 of 16 were complete scoped-commercial duds. And those were 1980s TV shows (Equalizer, Miami Vice, Night Court, even reruns of Sheriff Lobo), ugh. Let's hope for the best at this one!
They also have a vintage Zenith VCR, must be the one that recorded everything. VR3000 looks like, mono unit from 1985ish.
At the same time I just purchased a lot of 28 '90s-era VHS tapes from an eBay seller down in West Richland! Hopefully lots of Tri-Cities recordings on them. One says Brooklyn Bridge, the CBS show from circa 1995, a few football games, some Ken Burns PBS stuff, movies, some unknown tapes.
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They're actually saved on MP4 format.
 
Route66Fan said:
Do you have a YouTube channel? I would like to see the Kansas City stuff you have.
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I checked the tape a couple nights ago and all there is worth salvaging is a broadcast of The Philadelphia Story from KCMO 5 (the CBS affiliate in Kansas City), but it does have its commercials intact and the quality's pretty good for 1980 video technology. The rest of the stuff is just random TV clips. The tape was a Quasar 60 that only had 2 hours of recording time. I do have a YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChRoatyxfQbCVKtLVF07UrQ/featured
 
Went to the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds Flea Market in Berea this past Sunday and came home with five tapes, only two keepers.

TAPE 1: Episode of Montel Williams ("Witness to Murder: A Child's Nightmare") taped from WKYC on 4/13/2005 with commercials; episode of Oprah and start of Live on Five taped from WEWS on 4/13/2005 with commercials; episode of Dr. Phil ("Stage Parents") and first few minutes of Channel 3 News at Six taped from WKYC on 4/13/2005 with commercials; episodes of Montel Williams ("Watched by a Stranger"), Ellen (guests were Matthew McConaughey and Maura Tierney) and Dr. Phil ("Stories of Survival," included Robin McGraw's sister as one of the guests) and first few minutes of Channel 3 News at Six taped from WKYC on 4/14/2005 with commercials. Fuji T-120.

TAPE 2: The Bikini Collection taped from WAX/WAOH (Network One) on 9/13/1997 with commercials; Inside Sports: Beauties on the Beach taped from WAX/WAOH (Network One) on 10/25/1997 with commercials; last few minutes of McDonald's Sports Extra from WUAB's Ten O'clock News taped from WAX/WAOH on 9/13/1997 with a few commercials (WAX/WAOH would rebroadcast WOIO and WUAB's evening and nighttime newscasts an hour after they originally aired on their respective stations); partial episode of Beavis and Butt-head, Headbangers Ball (taped on location at Texas Stadium with special guests Pantera), Liquid Television and music videos taped from MTV in March 1994 with commercials. ATL T-120.

Both of the Dr. Phil episodes on the first tape are episodes that are not currently in rotation on OWN. That network has been airing Dr. Phil reruns since it launched in 2011 and still only shows episodes starting from the 2005-2006 season to this day. His show premiered in first-run syndication in 2002.

As for the second tape, the Network One recordings were from the waning days of that network's run. N1 went off the air on November 13, 1997. Many of the national commercials from those recordings were for adult chat lines, which was apparently the norm on that channel per what I've read about it. As far as the MTV footage is concerned, I'm sorry to say, those commercials likely won't make it to YouTube because that recording was in very bad quality, likely due to dirty VCR heads at the time of recording.

Here's a list of the music videos that were shown that day (not the ones from Headbangers Ball, but the ones from the video block after Liquid Television):
Urge Overkill--Positive Bleeding
Eric Clapton--Layla (Live from MTV Unplugged)
Scorpions--Under the Same Sun
Red Hot Chili Peppers--Higher Ground
Guns N Roses--Since I Don't Have You
Nirvana--Come as You Are
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers--Mary Jane's Last Dance
Tori Amos--God
Metallica--Wherever I May Roam
Meat Puppets--Backwater
Van Halen--Right Now
Tool--Prison Sex
Sarah McLachlan--Possession
Counting Crows--Mr. Jones (incomplete, ran out of tape)
 
I'm currently searching through a lot of 30 Betas out of a seller not far from you (Columbus). About halfway in so far, it's been all '80s with every tape containing commercials on them so far. It was a bit pricey at about $2.50 a tape, but after a similarly priced lot on eBay sold, I had to take the plunge given that these have good resell value if they're good stuff on them. It also includes my earliest complete Entertainment Tonight episode from April 17, 1983 with the commercials, on a SONY L-165 tape that still was half blank despite being able to hold just an hour of stuff, cutting off after the beginning of Family Feud. I'd found quite a few first/second run Magnum, PI's, mostly from 1985 and 1986, with about two thirds with commercials, as well as a couple Tonight Shows from early 1985 as well. One of them (3/1/1985) turned out to be my first non-final Carson week or annual special duplicate as I found a copy off of KTSM back in 2017, though that started after the first commercial break, and this copy begins with the monologue after the intro. It also includes the full Friday Night Videos afterwards, an upgrade from my KTSM copy where the tape ends about halfway through on Sheena Easton's "Sugar Walls" (ironically given Johnny's comment about Sweeps month being over and the sexual content would be toned down). The other Carson episode (with Joan Rivers guest host) featured about half of another episode of Friday Night Videos from April 1985 that I don't have so far, including an early showing of Madonna's Get Into The Groove and Phil Collins "Sussudio" (I'll still take the '80s over the '90s anyday Scott!). I've also found a WCMH newscast from 1985, most of two Hour Magazines from July 1986 (the recorder was probably a Tom Selleck fan), and over an hour of the CBS Morning News (pre-This Morning) from Veterans Day 1985. But that's not all so far: a few World News Tonights from 1985/86, a couple more ET's, the 1986 Academy Awards as well as the preceding Barbara Walters Special were also found. BTW, I found a scoped copy off of that Pittsburgh lot last year that I decided to pass, but this is all with commercials. A couple duplicates that I also found were another copy of Carson's 22nd Anniversary Special and the 1986 People's Choice Awards as well.

Regarding that Los Angeles lot I mentioned on that last post regarding "requesting labels", I'd say that it isn't a great idea unless if the seller specifically approves of it. I got a reply saying that he'll "charge extra" if I tried to single out the seller, bigdeals870 based on what's shown. But after taking a special discount offer, it appears that the seller just did his/her usual grab bag method, resulting in more late '90s/'00s tapes than what I'd wanted, and even a dreaded Ampex tape. At least there were several good finds from the late '80s on there, like a block of Sledgehammer and The Charmings of KABC from late 1987 w/commercials, Hunter from 1/14/1989 off KNBC with ads, a few episodes of The Equalizer from the late '80s off KCBS w/spots, and even some Discovery Channel and A&E stuff from 1998, including a summer rerun of NYPD Blue off KABC. It cost less than a buck per tape, and a few other tapes from the '90s did have commercials on them, even if I passed on the content just for being syndicated reurns as well as being "not special enough". This hobby is like a great RPG game; once you pass a certain level, you need more special finds to really advance compared to just starting out!
 
What are some good Ebay stores that I could get prerecorded Beta tapes from? I would like to eventually get some, but I am kinda short on money right now & am busy with some other things.
 
One tape found yesterday at a big downsizing yard sale near Cle Elum. Contains the following:
Summer rerun of Northern Exposure taped off KIRO/CBS on 8/10/1992 with commercials; summer rerun of Northern Exposure, full KIRO News at 11 with Hurricane Andrew aftermath and most of Sweating Bullets taped off KIRO/CBS on 8/24-25/1992 with commercials. Scotch T-120

After selling 26 Betas and 26 VHS tapes last week, another lot will be going up to eBay by the end of next week. Hopefully will have another 25-30 VHS tapes ready to go. And speaking of, more finds I've made from the big Ellensburg estate sale last month:


Tape 29 - (#159) - 'The Last Emperor' (1987) taped off HBO circa 1989; a JFK special taped off unknown pay-TV Channel; '18 Again!' (1988) taped off HBO circa early 1989 with a few promos; Biography episode on John Candy taped off A&E on 12/15/1995 with commercials. Kodak T-120
Tape 30 - (#56) - 'Harper Valley PTA' (1978) taped off KING-5 on 9/7/1986 with commercials; 'Murder in Three Acts' (1986) taped off KIRO/CBS on 9/30/1986 with very few commercials intact; partial Spenser: For Hire episode taped off KOMO/ABC in August 1986 with commercials; Dalton: Code of Vengeance Part 1 taped off KING/NBC on 8/10/1986 with commercials; part 2 of Dalton: Code of Vengeance taped off KING/NBC on 8/17/1986 with commercials. PDMagnetics T-120
Tape 31 - (#227) - 'Ben Hur' (1959) taped off TBS on 12/3/1991 with commercials; 'Meet John Doe' (1941) taped off K53CY (Fox) Yakima on 12/13-14/1991 with commercials, sadly tape runs out a few minutes before the end of the movie and a forthcoming sign-off. TDK T-120
Tape 32 - (#165) - Episode of Murder, She Wrote taped off KIRO/CBS on 10/9/1988 with commercials; then flips over to KING/NBC for 'Going to the Chapel' (1988) with commercials; 'Guns of the Magnificent Seven' (1969) taped off TBS on 1/10/1990 with commercials; ends with Legends of the West with Jack Palance taped off KIMA-29 in June 1994 with commercials. Scotch T-120
Tape 33 - (#350) - 'A River Runs Through It' (1992) taped off HBO on 1/8/1994 with free preview promos; 'The Last of the Mohicans' (1992) taped off HBO early on 1/9/1994; 'Tango & Cash' (1989) taped off KAPP/ABC on 1/9/1994 with commercials. BASF T-120
Tape 34 - (#480) - Both parts of True Women taped off KIMA/CBS on 5/18 and 5/20/1997 with commercials (already have the first part); 'Little Big League' (1994) taped off TBS on 5/21/1997 with commercials. TDK T-160 (with 1.5 hours blank at end)
Tape 35 - (#320) - 'Weekend at Bernie's' (1989) taped off K68EB/Fox on 7/12/1993 with commercials (Fox Night at the Movies); 'The Naked Spur' (1953) taped off TNT on 8/1/1993 with commercials; 'Sidewalks of New York' (1931) and half an hour of TNT Toons (Pink Panther) taped off TNT at 4:30A ET 8/4/1993 with commercials. Scotch T-120
Tape 36 - (#244) - 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (1938) taped off TBS on 4/26/1992 with commercials; 'Miss Rose White' (1992) taped off KNDO/NBC Hallmark Hall of Fame later thatnight with commercials (already have this); 'Treasure Island' (1990) taped off TBS on 5/1/1992 with commercials. Scotch T-120
 
crainbebo said:
Just one tape from a yard sale today. Three found, the other two were duds (copied off rentals).
Tape 1 - "Pitch Black" (2000) taped off Dish on Demand circa late 2000; "Turner & Hooch" (1989) taped off WWOR-9 New York 12/3/2000 with commercials; ends with about 40 min of an unknown romantic movie from the 1990s, in SP mode and no ads
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Wish you would post that January 1990 episode of Days to archive!
 
Scott2013 said:
Went to the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds Flea Market in Berea this past Sunday and came home with five tapes, only two keepers.

TAPE 1: Episode of Montel Williams ("Witness to Murder: A Child's Nightmare") taped from WKYC on 4/13/2005 with commercials; episode of Oprah and start of Live on Five taped from WEWS on 4/13/2005 with commercials; episode of Dr. Phil ("Stage Parents") and first few minutes of Channel 3 News at Six taped from WKYC on 4/13/2005 with commercials; episodes of Montel Williams ("Watched by a Stranger"), Ellen (guests were Matthew McConaughey and Maura Tierney) and Dr. Phil ("Stories of Survival," included Robin McGraw's sister as one of the guests) and first few minutes of Channel 3 News at Six taped from WKYC on 4/14/2005 with commercials. Fuji T-120.

TAPE 2: The Bikini Collection taped from WAX/WAOH (Network One) on 9/13/1997 with commercials; Inside Sports: Beauties on the Beach taped from WAX/WAOH (Network One) on 10/25/1997 with commercials; last few minutes of McDonald's Sports Extra from WUAB's Ten O'clock News taped from WAX/WAOH on 9/13/1997 with a few commercials (WAX/WAOH would rebroadcast WOIO and WUAB's evening and nighttime newscasts an hour after they originally aired on their respective stations); partial episode of Beavis and Butt-head, Headbangers Ball (taped on location at Texas Stadium with special guests Pantera), Liquid Television and music videos taped from MTV in March 1994 with commercials. ATL T-120.

Both of the Dr. Phil episodes on the first tape are episodes that are not currently in rotation on OWN. That network has been airing Dr. Phil reruns since it launched in 2011 and still only shows episodes starting from the 2005-2006 season to this day. His show premiered in first-run syndication in 2002.

As for the second tape, the Network One recordings were from the waning days of that network's run. N1 went off the air on November 13, 1997. Many of the national commercials from those recordings were for adult chat lines, which was apparently the norm on that channel per what I've read about it. As far as the MTV footage is concerned, I'm sorry to say, those commercials likely won't make it to YouTube because that recording was in very bad quality, likely due to dirty VCR heads at the time of recording.

Here's a list of the music videos that were shown that day (not the ones from Headbangers Ball, but the ones from the video block after Liquid Television):
Urge Overkill--Positive Bleeding
Eric Clapton--Layla (Live from MTV Unplugged)
Scorpions--Under the Same Sun
Red Hot Chili Peppers--Higher Ground
Guns N Roses--Since I Don't Have You
Nirvana--Come as You Are
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers--Mary Jane's Last Dance
Tori Amos--God
Metallica--Wherever I May Roam
Meat Puppets--Backwater
Van Halen--Right Now
Tool--Prison Sex
Sarah McLachlan--Possession
Counting Crows--Mr. Jones (incomplete, ran out of tape)
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Let me know if you would be interested in selling the tape one with the montel episodes. I enjoy these id be willing to give you any price you asked for it within reason let me know thanks.
 
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