by jon » Mon Apr 29, 2019 2:50 pm
Another lost audio recording was part of the ITV In Concert series recorded here in Edmonton in the late 1970s and early 1980s. And seen around the world. I attended several as my wife worked for one of ITV's sister companies, and ITV gave away free tickets to make sure they had a full house, to "look better" on TV.
The Dionne Warwick show went very well, but the Audio guy was almost having a heart attack when it was over and he rewound the tape to check the audio. Nothing. For the whole show.
When told what happened, Dionne agreed to fly back to Edmonton for $10,000 and record it all. Because of her experience doing Animation voices, she nailed it, in terms of syncing to the video of her lips moving, as well as sounding great.
The Producer was the late Tommy Banks, who never knew until a few years before this death. It was that tightly guarded of a secret.