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Re: Suspense Upgrades
by greybelt 1/28/2019, 4:33 am
Suspense_1953-01-19_GoldOfTheAdomar_wJohnHodiak UPGRADE-3.mp3
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1953-01-18 Decatur IL Daily Review
1953-01-18 Shreveport LA Times
Note the comment about Ross Murray. When his Case History of a Gambler
was performed in 1951 (recently posted here), he was "fired" for the evening!
With the excitement of his first script being broadcast now out of the way,
and his second (Flight of the Bumble Bee from May 1952 with Fred MacMurray),
he can be "trusted" with his usual assignment.
Murray would write five more scripts.
1953-01-18 Tampa FL Times
1953-01-19 Wilkes-Barre PA Times Leader
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1953-01-18 Decatur IL Daily Review
1953-01-18 Shreveport LA Times
Note the comment about Ross Murray. When his Case History of a Gambler
was performed in 1951 (recently posted here), he was "fired" for the evening!
With the excitement of his first script being broadcast now out of the way,
and his second (Flight of the Bumble Bee from May 1952 with Fred MacMurray),
he can be "trusted" with his usual assignment.
Murray would write five more scripts.
1953-01-18 Tampa FL Times
1953-01-19 Wilkes-Barre PA Times Leader
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Re: Suspense Upgrades
by greybelt 1/29/2019, 6:23 am
Suspense_1953-01-26_TheSpencerBrothers_wRichardWidmark UPGRADE-2.mp3
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1953-01-25 Shreveport LA Times
1953-01-26 Battle Creek MI Enquirer
1953-01-26 Cincinnati OH Enquirer
1953-01-26 Tampa FL Times
Since it's mentioned in the news clippings, here is a re-posting of the item about the Golden Mike Award
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1953-01-25 Shreveport LA Times
1953-01-26 Battle Creek MI Enquirer
1953-01-26 Cincinnati OH Enquirer
1953-01-26 Tampa FL Times
Since it's mentioned in the news clippings, here is a re-posting of the item about the Golden Mike Award
1952-10-12 Quad-City IA Times
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Re: Suspense Upgrades
by greybelt 1/30/2019, 6:59 am
Suspense_1953-03-02_The_Storm_wFrankLovejoy (skips @ 12m30s) UPGRADE-6.mp3
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The circulating recordings of this episode has always had the disc skip -- I thought it was time to document it in case a new recording is ever found -- or if someone has the disc as an incentive to re-record it.
1953-03-02 Indianapolis IN Star
1953-03-02 Miami FL News
1953-03-01 Shreveport LA Times
1953-03-02 Battle Creek MI Enquirer
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I found another 32kps online set of Suspense [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] that pre-dated the OTRR set, recorded from someone's reel collection, which is probably from the 1980s. Like nearly all of the sets from that era, there are many mislabeled and misdated programs. I'm almost done going through it and found five more of those horribly edited AFRTS episodes from the late 1970s/80s, one AFRS with different announcements for 19 Deacon Street, and four recordings of various shows from 1959+ that have extra music or commercials or some other detail. The life of a Suspense completist never ends.
It is strange going through these series and thinking what we considered to be good sound at that time.
It's also a reminder that Suspense is probably the most recorded program of the golden era, with numerous versions through more decades than any other.
Had a phone chat with with a long-time Suspense collector who was recounting many of the recordings that were available from the final New York period. Many were airchecks from Durham, NC, Texas, and other stations beside the WROW Albany, NY area (probably made by a young collector in the area, Pat Rispole, whom I have mentioned many times earlier). Over the years those recordings have disappeared and fallen out of circulation or collectors "fixing" the recordings have edited commercials and station IDs out. This is why it's so important to find old reel and cassette collections. Many of the recordings of that period have been so overprocessed and have been complicated by encoding artifacts that starting with a fresh substandard recording is actually a good thing.
When we finally get there, there are 20 upgrades from this era that will be posted. In the meantime, we have another 60 to go of the Hollywood shows -- and there are more sets for me to review in the meantime that might end up delaying those 1959-1962 recordings being posted.
I still find this process so amazing. Had a chat with collector Ryan Ellett, who with others is picking up the pieces of OTRR since its founder died. He visits Cobalt often, and he said "you'll always be working on Suspense, won't you?" when the topic was the timing of a potential replacement of the current OTRR set and how that might be done. I had to think a bit before I answered "I guess so." For a second there I couldn't figure out if I was happy or sad about that. As some of you know I study karate (Okinawan Shorin-Ryu in the Shorinkan style; I didn't start until I was 45, and it's been marvelous, hence the nickname "greybelt"), and the think we always tell students is part of becoming a black belt is not the end of your work but a step to realizing how much you'll never know, and that's what keeps you studying and practicing. I guess this is the almost same thing. Suspense is an onion that when peeled layer by layer keeps getting bigger.
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The circulating recordings of this episode has always had the disc skip -- I thought it was time to document it in case a new recording is ever found -- or if someone has the disc as an incentive to re-record it.
1953-03-02 Indianapolis IN Star
1953-03-02 Miami FL News
1953-03-01 Shreveport LA Times
1953-03-02 Battle Creek MI Enquirer
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I found another 32kps online set of Suspense [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] that pre-dated the OTRR set, recorded from someone's reel collection, which is probably from the 1980s. Like nearly all of the sets from that era, there are many mislabeled and misdated programs. I'm almost done going through it and found five more of those horribly edited AFRTS episodes from the late 1970s/80s, one AFRS with different announcements for 19 Deacon Street, and four recordings of various shows from 1959+ that have extra music or commercials or some other detail. The life of a Suspense completist never ends.
It is strange going through these series and thinking what we considered to be good sound at that time.
It's also a reminder that Suspense is probably the most recorded program of the golden era, with numerous versions through more decades than any other.
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Had a phone chat with with a long-time Suspense collector who was recounting many of the recordings that were available from the final New York period. Many were airchecks from Durham, NC, Texas, and other stations beside the WROW Albany, NY area (probably made by a young collector in the area, Pat Rispole, whom I have mentioned many times earlier). Over the years those recordings have disappeared and fallen out of circulation or collectors "fixing" the recordings have edited commercials and station IDs out. This is why it's so important to find old reel and cassette collections. Many of the recordings of that period have been so overprocessed and have been complicated by encoding artifacts that starting with a fresh substandard recording is actually a good thing.
When we finally get there, there are 20 upgrades from this era that will be posted. In the meantime, we have another 60 to go of the Hollywood shows -- and there are more sets for me to review in the meantime that might end up delaying those 1959-1962 recordings being posted.
I still find this process so amazing. Had a chat with collector Ryan Ellett, who with others is picking up the pieces of OTRR since its founder died. He visits Cobalt often, and he said "you'll always be working on Suspense, won't you?" when the topic was the timing of a potential replacement of the current OTRR set and how that might be done. I had to think a bit before I answered "I guess so." For a second there I couldn't figure out if I was happy or sad about that. As some of you know I study karate (Okinawan Shorin-Ryu in the Shorinkan style; I didn't start until I was 45, and it's been marvelous, hence the nickname "greybelt"), and the think we always tell students is part of becoming a black belt is not the end of your work but a step to realizing how much you'll never know, and that's what keeps you studying and practicing. I guess this is the almost same thing. Suspense is an onion that when peeled layer by layer keeps getting bigger.
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Re: Suspense Upgrades
by greybelt 1/31/2019, 6:56 am
UPDATE
I got tired of figuring out where all my Suspense stuff was so I gave in and did one of those free Google sites. Enjoy!
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Here are two copies of the same program, one from the reel tape with minor adjustment and one with extra processing to reduce background noise.
Suspense_1953-03-23_TheSignalman_wAgnesMoorehead UPGRADE-3.mp3
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1953-03-22 Shreveport LA Times
1953-03-22 Lincoln NB Star
1953-03-23 Battle Creek MI Enquirer
The spelling in some of these newspaper clips is atroshis
1953-03-23 Latrobe PA Bulletin
I got tired of figuring out where all my Suspense stuff was so I gave in and did one of those free Google sites. Enjoy!
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Here are two copies of the same program, one from the reel tape with minor adjustment and one with extra processing to reduce background noise.
Suspense_1953-03-23_TheSignalman_wAgnesMoorehead UPGRADE-3.mp3
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1953-03-22 Shreveport LA Times
1953-03-22 Lincoln NB Star
1953-03-23 Battle Creek MI Enquirer
The spelling in some of these newspaper clips is atroshis
1953-03-23 Latrobe PA Bulletin
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Re: Suspense Upgrades
by dbf 1/31/2019, 7:57 pm
Thanks for everything.....I'm listening to more Suspense since joining this group - and didn't realise how many of the shows in my collection sound awful ... thanks for all these upgrades, they're a pleasure to listen to...
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Re: Suspense Upgrades
by greybelt 2/1/2019, 8:03 am
Suspense_1953-04-27_The_Man_Within_wHerbertMarshall UPGRADE-3.mp3
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1953-04-26 Decatur IL Herald
1953-04-26 Tampa FL Tribune
1953-04-27 Indianapolis IN Star
1953-04-27 Tampa FL Times
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1953-04-26 Decatur IL Herald
1953-04-26 Tampa FL Tribune
1953-04-27 Indianapolis IN Star
1953-04-27 Tampa FL Times
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Re: Suspense Upgrades
by artatoldotr 2/1/2019, 9:10 am
Good Morning greybelt
This is what I get when I try to download...
9500 Internal server error
Best regards
Art
This is what I get when I try to download...
9500 Internal server error
Best regards
Art
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Re: Suspense Upgrades
by greybelt 2/1/2019, 12:31 pm
Just checked link and it is working
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Re: Suspense Upgrades
by greybelt 2/2/2019, 3:50 am
Suspense_1953-06-08_MysteryOfTheMarieCeleste_wVanHeflin UPGRADE-2.mp3
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There was a slight change in title for this episode, substituting "The Mystery of" for "The Case of"
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There was a slight change in title for this episode, substituting "The Mystery of" for "The Case of"
1953-06-06 Sunbury PA Daily Item
1953-06-07 St Louis MO Post-Dispatch
1953-06-08 Des Moines IA Tribune
1953-06-08 Tampa FL Times
1953-06-08 Victoria BC Times Colonist
1953-06-07 St Louis MO Post-Dispatch
1953-06-08 Des Moines IA Tribune
1953-06-08 Tampa FL Times
1953-06-08 Victoria BC Times Colonist
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Re: Suspense Upgrades
by greybelt 2/3/2019, 7:02 am
Suspense_1953-09-14_AMessageToGarcia_wRichardWidmark UPGRADE-4.mp3
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1953-09-14 Cincinnati OH Enquirer
1953-09-14 Des Moines IA Tribune
1953-09-14 Tampa FL Times
1953-09-14 Miami FL News
"A Message to Garcia" is a famous essay about military loyalty
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It was a movie in 1936
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1953-09-14 Cincinnati OH Enquirer
1953-09-14 Des Moines IA Tribune
1953-09-14 Tampa FL Times
1953-09-14 Miami FL News
"A Message to Garcia" is a famous essay about military loyalty
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It was a movie in 1936
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Re: Suspense Upgrades
by greybelt 2/4/2019, 3:58 am
Suspense_1953-09-28_Hellfire_wJohnHodiak UPGRADE-2.mp3
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1953-09-27 Shreveport LA Times
1953-09-28 Des Moines Tribune
1953-09-28 Tampa Bay FL Times
Guess Ross Murray was allowed to do the sound effects for his own script!
1953-09-28 Tampa FL Times
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1953-09-27 Shreveport LA Times
1953-09-28 Des Moines Tribune
1953-09-28 Tampa Bay FL Times
Guess Ross Murray was allowed to do the sound effects for his own script!
1953-09-28 Tampa FL Times
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Re: Suspense Upgrades
by greybelt 2/5/2019, 7:57 am
Suspense_1953-10-12_The_Shot_wVanHeflin UPGRADE-3.mp3
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The Shot may not have been the original script scheduled for today. Needle in a Haystack was broadcast on November 9, 1953, a few weeks after this appeared.
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The Shot may not have been the original script scheduled for today. Needle in a Haystack was broadcast on November 9, 1953, a few weeks after this appeared.
1953-10-12 Rochester NY Democrat & Chronicle
And our properly listed broadcast in most other newspapers...
1953-10-12 Camden NJ Courier-Post
1953-10-12 Dayton OH News - WHIO ad
1953-10-12 Syracuse NY Post-Standard
1953-10-12 Tampa FL Times
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Interesting item about Heflin turning down
TV roles to stick with film projects
1953-10-11 Denton TX Record-Chronicle
And our properly listed broadcast in most other newspapers...
1953-10-12 Camden NJ Courier-Post
1953-10-12 Dayton OH News - WHIO ad
1953-10-12 Syracuse NY Post-Standard
1953-10-12 Tampa FL Times
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Interesting item about Heflin turning down
TV roles to stick with film projects
1953-10-11 Denton TX Record-Chronicle
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Re: Suspense Upgrades
by greybelt 2/6/2019, 8:01 am
Suspense_1953-11-02_Ordeal_InDonnerPass_wEdmondOBrien UPGRADE-3.mp3
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Newspaper clippings for this episode were posted earlier.
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Re: Suspense Upgrades
by greybelt 2/7/2019, 3:33 am
This is an upgrade, but there is a second copy here with a little more processing. The second half has a pickup in noise -- I have to figure out where that begins and see if I can work on it and still get the overall sound to match. But this is a little better for now.
Suspense_1953-11-09_NeedleInTheHaystack UPGRADE-2.mp3
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1953-11-07 Montreal QB Canada
1953-11-07 Indianapolis IN News
1953-11-09 Miami FL News
1953-11-09 Indianapolis IN Star
Suspense_1953-11-09_NeedleInTheHaystack UPGRADE-2.mp3
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1953-11-07 Montreal QB Canada
1953-11-07 Indianapolis IN News
1953-11-09 Miami FL News
1953-11-09 Indianapolis IN Star
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Re: Suspense Upgrades
by dbf 2/7/2019, 6:55 am
greybelt wrote:This is an upgrade, but there is a second copy here with a little more processing.
The unprocessed version leads to a FBI In Peace & War script...!
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