[Tech1] Thanks for the TC1 and TVT information

[David Taylor]

Hi all,
I was wrong with the numbers I see...but looks like they still grew rapidly
from 13 once more studios opened at TVC.

Can anyone tell me if the two Ella Fitzgerald shows 'Sings' (TX 8th May
1965 ) and 'Swings' were done in TC1...looks like it to me.
The shows were joined into one for a repeat on BBC2 after her death in
1996. The first 'Ella Fitzgerald Sings' was off 2" QUAD and the second from
16mm telerecording.
Luckily the sound on those 16mm telerecordings is surprising good quality,
must have been done on a Mag Track. Len Shorey would have be pleased with
his mixes of both Johnnie Spence's Orchestra (with Tubby Hayes soloing)
plus The Tommy Flanagan Trio on both.
YouTube has it:* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7XkpN29kNE
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7XkpN29kNE>*

*David T.*



On Sat, 15 May 2021 at 18:08, Mike Giles via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk>
wrote:

> I believe that when I came to TVC in 1974/5 allocations had paperwork for
> up 22 crews, but I think that 21 and 22 were never staffed whilst I was
> there. Likewise, I think there were posts for something like 42 Sound
> Supervisors, but at least two posts were not filled.
>
> Mike G
>
> > On 15 May 2021, at 18:02, Ian Norman via Tech1 <tech1 at tech-ops.co.uk>
> wrote:
> >
> > Dear David,
> >
> > When I joined in 1978, there were 19 crews.
> >
> >
> > Stay safe
> >
> > Ian Norman
> >
> > Email: mailto:ian.norman at armoor.co.uk
> > Telephone: 01643 888181
> >
> > On 15/05/2021 15:55, David Taylor via Tech1 wrote:
> >> Many thanks to all of you for digging into your diaries and memory
> banks and giving me so many programmes done in the early years at TC1 and
> TVT.
> >> You were a busy lot in those days.
> >> I've been told that the number of crews was about six in 1962 and it
> was up to 13 by 1966, after the 'growth spurt' of BBC2. What number did it
> level off to?
> >> David T
> >
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