Converting old tapes

[DontFearTheReaper]

Looking forward to hearing how it goes!

I'll keep everyone posted! Who knows if anything else that I have is not currently in circulation, but that 1st hour of Siegel's 1st show seems to be a little slice of history that isn't out there.

[Bodhi1111]

Yes, turning off your internal mic should solve the problem.  I remember it was pretty simple to do, but off the top of my head I don't recall how.

Yes, sure, I'd be happy to share the old Art Bell shows I have.  My problem is I am not a tech wiz either, so I need some help. 

The way I have preserved the cassettes so far is to put them on a CD.

I don't know how to upload them to the internet or create MP3. 

I hope I have done this right so far.

Any advice would be appreciated.

[williedee]

Yes, turning off your internal mic should solve the problem.  I remember it was pretty simple to do, but off the top of my head I don't recall how.

Yes, sure, I'd be happy to share the old Art Bell shows I have.  My problem is I am not a tech wiz either, so I need some help. 

The way I have preserved the cassettes so far is to put them on a CD.

I don't know how to upload them to the internet or create MP3. 

I hope I have done this right so far.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Are they on the CD as .mp3 files, or was it burned to play in a cd player?

[Bodhi1111]

Thanks Willie,

They were burned to play in a CD player.  I don't think the MP3 option is available in the set up I have.

[williedee]

ah i see. you'll have to rip them to .mp3 files if you want to share them with us.

[Bodhi1111]

Willie, Is that easy to do?  Do you know how?

[Juan]

Itunes is free and will rip a CD to mp3.  You have to go into the preferences and set it to rip to mp3, otherwise it will rip to an Apple format.

[DontFearTheReaper]

I'll keep everyone posted! Who knows if anything else that I have is not currently in circulation, but that 1st hour of Siegel's 1st show seems to be a little slice of history that isn't out there.

I think I finally got the noise issues sorted out (by turning off the internal mic). Thanks again for everyone's help!

[williedee]

Willie, Is that easy to do?  Do you know how?

Its no different than ripping music cds.

here's a video on how to change your windows media player settings to rip to mp3 (assuming you're running windows 7)
How To Rip A CD To MP3 Format Using Windows Media Player

and here's an article about ripping.
http://portables.about.com/od/newsandviews/ss/how-to-rip-with-WMP.htm

[Bodhi1111]

Thanks Willie, I'll check it out.  Yes, I use Windows 7, good assumption. 

[DontFearTheReaper]

So I put the list together of the tapes I have been able to find so far (I know some of the missing tapes in the official recordings I have must be in my house somewhere), and mikealden was kind enough to cross-reference them with a list of currently circulating shows. Here is my list of previously unavailable shows that I will work to transfer

Official Art Bell Coast to Coast AM Network Tapes:
050595 (Scallion) Tapes 1, 3, 4 - Still trying to locate tape 2
031997 (Hoagland) Tapes 1, 2, 4, 5 - Still trying to locate tape 3
072498 (North) All 4 Tapes
122198 (Dames) All 4 Tapes
093099 (Paglini) Tapes 1, 2, 4 - Still trying to locate tape 
051601 (Smith/Targ) Tapes 1 & 2 - Still trying to locate tape 3


Art Bell Coast to Coast AM - Personally recorded live from WLS-AM 890 unless otherwise noted
033100 (Hoagland) Joined in progress 60 minutes, includes Art's retirement announcement
041800 (Jim Berkland) Hour 1
042000 (Reed/Raith) Hour 1(This should be a significant sound quality upgrade over what is out there now)
042600 (Art Bell's "Final Broadcast) Hours 1-4 WLS, Hour 5 WTAM fair quality (some static in this hour but still istenable)
042700 (Mike Siegel 1st show) Hour 1
020601 (Open Lines) Hour 1
DATE UNKNOWN (Open Lines) 45 minute Art Opens a line for people who have tried to lick their elbow (seriously)

I also have 2 hours of an interview with John Lear that I never marked and have no idea when it is from. I will upload it, feel free to try to figure out when it is from.

It will be a bit of slog for me to transfer these, but I'll work on it. These are old, relatively cheap cassettes in some cases so I have to be very careful with them. Apparently there is a lot of interest in the 4.26.00 show so I am going to work on that first. I am going to save the 050595, 031997, 093099, and 051601 for last, as I really want to find the missing tapes to complete those shows before uploading them.

I am going to create a YouTube page for these shows and will upload them there. I enjoy hearing the commercials (and I don't want to spend too much time editing), so I am keeping them in. For anyone who cares, the official tapes were purchased off ebay in two separate ebay lots years ago (there are a couple Punnett Coast shows from 01 and one Hilly Rose show as well), and the WLS ones I recorded myself on little tape deck in my room as a kid. I'm glad I kept those, had no idea some of them were *rare*.

[williedee]

So I put the list together of the tapes I have been able to find so far (I know some of the missing tapes in the official recordings I have must be in my house somewhere), and mikealden was kind enough to cross-reference them with a list of currently circulating shows. Here is my list of previously unavailable shows that I will work to transfer

Official Art Bell Coast to Coast AM Network Tapes:
050595 (Scallion) Tapes 1, 3, 4 - Still trying to locate tape 2
031997 (Hoagland) Tapes 1, 2, 4, 5 - Still trying to locate tape 3
072498 (North) All 4 Tapes
122198 (Dames) All 4 Tapes
093099 (Paglini) Tapes 1, 2, 4 - Still trying to locate tape 
051601 (Smith/Targ) Tapes 1 & 2 - Still trying to locate tape 3


Art Bell Coast to Coast AM - Personally recorded live from WLS-AM 890 unless otherwise noted
033100 (Hoagland) Joined in progress 60 minutes, includes Art's retirement announcement
041800 (Jim Berkland) Hour 1
042000 (Reed/Raith) Hour 1(This should be a significant sound quality upgrade over what is out there now)
042600 (Art Bell's "Final Broadcast) Hours 1-4 WLS, Hour 5 WTAM fair quality (some static in this hour but still istenable)
042700 (Mike Siegel 1st show) Hour 1
020601 (Open Lines) Hour 1
DATE UNKNOWN (Open Lines) 45 minute Art Opens a line for people who have tried to lick their elbow (seriously)

I also have 2 hours of an interview with John Lear that I never marked and have no idea when it is from. I will upload it, feel free to try to figure out when it is from.

It will be a bit of slog for me to transfer these, but I'll work on it. These are old, relatively cheap cassettes in some cases so I have to be very careful with them. Apparently there is a lot of interest in the 4.26.00 show so I am going to work on that first. I am going to save the 050595, 031997, 093099, and 051601 for last, as I really want to find the missing tapes to complete those shows before uploading them.

I am going to create a YouTube page for these shows and will upload them there. I enjoy hearing the commercials (and I don't want to spend too much time editing), so I am keeping them in. For anyone who cares, the official tapes were purchased off ebay in two separate ebay lots years ago (there are a couple Punnett Coast shows from 01 and one Hilly Rose show as well), and the WLS ones I recorded myself on little tape deck in my room as a kid. I'm glad I kept those, had no idea some of them were *rare*.

thanks for being willing to do this!

[Bodhi1111]

I think I finally got the noise issues sorted out (by turning off the internal mic). Thanks again for everyone's help!

Thanks for the tip. 

[DontFearTheReaper]

Thanks for the tip. 

Definitely, thank you for the tip - sorry if I didn't mention that in my original post! You definitely saved me a lot of time, aggravation, and money.

[mikealden]

So I put the list together of the tapes I have been able to find so far (I know some of the missing tapes in the official recordings I have must be in my house somewhere), and mikealden was kind enough to cross-reference them with a list of currently circulating shows. Here is my list of previously unavailable shows that I will work to transfer

Official Art Bell Coast to Coast AM Network Tapes:
050595 (Scallion) Tapes 1, 3, 4 - Still trying to locate tape 2
031997 (Hoagland) Tapes 1, 2, 4, 5 - Still trying to locate tape 3
072498 (North) All 4 Tapes
122198 (Dames) All 4 Tapes
093099 (Paglini) Tapes 1, 2, 4 - Still trying to locate tape 
051601 (Smith/Targ) Tapes 1 & 2 - Still trying to locate tape 3


Art Bell Coast to Coast AM - Personally recorded live from WLS-AM 890 unless otherwise noted
033100 (Hoagland) Joined in progress 60 minutes, includes Art's retirement announcement
041800 (Jim Berkland) Hour 1
042000 (Reed/Raith) Hour 1(This should be a significant sound quality upgrade over what is out there now)
042600 (Art Bell's "Final Broadcast) Hours 1-4 WLS, Hour 5 WTAM fair quality (some static in this hour but still istenable)
042700 (Mike Siegel 1st show) Hour 1
020601 (Open Lines) Hour 1
DATE UNKNOWN (Open Lines) 45 minute Art Opens a line for people who have tried to lick their elbow (seriously)

I also have 2 hours of an interview with John Lear that I never marked and have no idea when it is from. I will upload it, feel free to try to figure out when it is from.

It will be a bit of slog for me to transfer these, but I'll work on it. These are old, relatively cheap cassettes in some cases so I have to be very careful with them. Apparently there is a lot of interest in the 4.26.00 show so I am going to work on that first. I am going to save the 050595, 031997, 093099, and 051601 for last, as I really want to find the missing tapes to complete those shows before uploading them.

I am going to create a YouTube page for these shows and will upload them there. I enjoy hearing the commercials (and I don't want to spend too much time editing), so I am keeping them in. For anyone who cares, the official tapes were purchased off ebay in two separate ebay lots years ago (there are a couple Punnett Coast shows from 01 and one Hilly Rose show as well), and the WLS ones I recorded myself on little tape deck in my room as a kid. I'm glad I kept those, had no idea some of them were *rare*.

Can I just say how intrigued I am by the "elbow licking" open lines?

[DontFearTheReaper]

So I just uploaded the following show in Widespread's archive:

2000-04-26 - Art Bell - Farewell - Kaku

This is the Art's farewell show in 2000. The first 3 hours of the show were recorded by me in Chicago off of WLS 890 AM in extremely good quality. Hours 4 and 5 were recorded by me off of WTAM 1100 (as WLS didn't carry the end of the show). These hours have some static and a few brief dropouts, but are very listenable in my opinion.

[jazmunda]

So I put the list together of the tapes I have been able to find so far (I know some of the missing tapes in the official recordings I have must be in my house somewhere), and mikealden was kind enough to cross-reference them with a list of currently circulating shows. Here is my list of previously unavailable shows that I will work to transfer

Official Art Bell Coast to Coast AM Network Tapes:
050595 (Scallion) Tapes 1, 3, 4 - Still trying to locate tape 2
031997 (Hoagland) Tapes 1, 2, 4, 5 - Still trying to locate tape 3
072498 (North) All 4 Tapes
122198 (Dames) All 4 Tapes
093099 (Paglini) Tapes 1, 2, 4 - Still trying to locate tape 
051601 (Smith/Targ) Tapes 1 & 2 - Still trying to locate tape 3


Art Bell Coast to Coast AM - Personally recorded live from WLS-AM 890 unless otherwise noted
033100 (Hoagland) Joined in progress 60 minutes, includes Art's retirement announcement
041800 (Jim Berkland) Hour 1
042000 (Reed/Raith) Hour 1(This should be a significant sound quality upgrade over what is out there now)
042600 (Art Bell's "Final Broadcast) Hours 1-4 WLS, Hour 5 WTAM fair quality (some static in this hour but still istenable)
042700 (Mike Siegel 1st show) Hour 1
020601 (Open Lines) Hour 1
DATE UNKNOWN (Open Lines) 45 minute Art Opens a line for people who have tried to lick their elbow (seriously)

I also have 2 hours of an interview with John Lear that I never marked and have no idea when it is from. I will upload it, feel free to try to figure out when it is from.

It will be a bit of slog for me to transfer these, but I'll work on it. These are old, relatively cheap cassettes in some cases so I have to be very careful with them. Apparently there is a lot of interest in the 4.26.00 show so I am going to work on that first. I am going to save the 050595, 031997, 093099, and 051601 for last, as I really want to find the missing tapes to complete those shows before uploading them.

I am going to create a YouTube page for these shows and will upload them there. I enjoy hearing the commercials (and I don't want to spend too much time editing), so I am keeping them in. For anyone who cares, the official tapes were purchased off ebay in two separate ebay lots years ago (there are a couple Punnett Coast shows from 01 and one Hilly Rose show as well), and the WLS ones I recorded myself on little tape deck in my room as a kid. I'm glad I kept those, had no idea some of them were *rare*.

Can you please let us know where we can get these?

[DontFearTheReaper]

Can you please let us know where we can get these?

I've only had the chance to convert one show so far (4.26.00), and it is here http://coast.willstare.com/data/public/5d6d86.php#1 in the 2000 archive.