The screening of Julien Temple‘s new film The Clash: New Year’s Day 1977 at New Year put the spotlight on a video format dear to our hearts. Parts of the film were taken from footage shot on EIAJ 1/2″ video tape while Temple was at film school. EIAJ, whose hey day was the late 1960s to late 1970s, was the… Continue reading 1/2″ EIAJ video tape – aesthetic glitches
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Audio cassette transfer and Martin Parr’s The Non Conformists
We were recently sent a collection of recorded interviews with residents of Hebden Bridge, a mill town in the Pennines. They were recorded on regular, domestic tapes of the mid-1970s, the kind that were sold in shops such as Woolworths or WHSmith. As magnetic cassette tapes go, these cheaper tapes can often deteriorate at a… Continue reading Audio cassette transfer and Martin Parr’s The Non Conformists