From the vaults

[altariel]

Right. The bulk of what's lurking under the stairs is a vast pile of video cassettes, mostly stuff taped off air in the late 80s, early 90s. What the hell shall I do with them? I feel like I shouldn't be shoving video cassettes into the bin for landfill. (I'm umming and ahing over whether to keep the off-air copies of Blake's 7 from 1980 and 1981, which must be unplayable by now.) Any ideas? There's over 100.

I also have a large number of back issues of Starburst, going back to issue #1, and up to something like #180, if my memory serves me correctly. (I haven't pulled them out yet to check, will update when I have.) Back issues of Starburst are going for peanuts on eBay and frankly I can't be bothered with all the fuss. Any thoughts? Do you think a library would be interested? They're a bit musty.

I also have a box file of Horizon newsletters, again slightly musty (issues 18-30 from 1987-92, and also issues 38 and 39). Anyone want them? They're going in the bin otherwise. (Horizon is the Blake's 7 Appreciation Society: these are A4-sized magazines with a glossy cover.)

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[altariel.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely going to test the B7 ones and see how they've done. There's some other tapes in that set that my brother made in the early 80s, and I don't want to throw them much either. This cupboard under the stairs had a big hole in the wall for years, and a lot of what's been in there has got quite damp, unfortunately. I'm also going to keep the recordings of Jim Henson's The Story Teller: last time I checked, the DVDs were astronomically expensive.

There's so much stuff: loads of films and TV series. I'm a little anxious about advertising it on something like Freecycle because of copyright issues.

[manna]

and a lot of what's been in there has got quite damp, unfortunately.

You might be lucky with them. A friend of ours had a flood in his basement, which soaked a lot of his old VHS tapes. Although it looked like they were ruined, surprisingly, once they'd really *thoroughly* dried out, they played fine.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Wow! Well, I really hope so with these B7 videos. The last time I looked at them (c. 1994?) they played pretty well, considering they dated back to 1981!