In June 1972 , David Bowie made his debut as Ziggy Stardust on British TV show Lift Off with Ayshea , but years later a technician accidentallywiped the only acknowledge footageof the operation instead of converting it to digital . Audio of the show isavailable online , but a picture archive of the iconic moment was seemingly lost in clock time . On Tuesday , however , it was unveil that a buff had recorded Bowie ’s show with a domicile video vertical flute . And if we ’re lucky , it may even seem in a BBC documentarynext month .
The menage video recorder was a precursor to VHS , though the latter finally won out for beingcheaper , loose , and capable of storing more capacity . The footage from the June 1972 Ziggy carrying into action was only recently unearth , and it still stay to be seen whether it will be viewable by the time the documentary introduction next month — or viewable at all .
The tape has degraded over the years and is presently being “ baked ” with return expect to continue until just before the docudrama air , the BBC reported . tape from the early seventies are at danger of what ’s call up Sticky Shed Syndrome , in which the tape film ’s reaper binder is worn down , but perchance recoverable , according to the University of Illinois’Preservation Self - Assessment Program ( PSAP ) . Baking is routinely used to remedy this topic , which involves bake a tape at a modest temperature ( from 130 ° farad 140 ° fluorine ) for one to eight hours or more , depend on the tape format . Though it ’s not a permanent result — the tape recording may only last up to a few months before it will absorb moisture .
The original tapeline from the TV show were sent by Granada Television to a technician to be digitise . Of the 144 , “ a handful ” had an “ X ” on them to signify that they were good to cancel since they were duplicate , harmonise to the Telegraph . The technician believed that those marked with an “ X ” were the unity to be converted to digital , and instead blue-pencil all of the remain tape , let in the one with Bowie ’s first Ziggy debut .
Ayshea Brough , the host of Lift Off with Ayshea , told Record Collectorthat she did n’t really find out about the scope of the issue until 2014 around Granada ’s 50th anniversary , in which the producer told her about the edit tapes . “ He wiped year of my life and carrying into action , and everybody else ’s performance , ” Brough said . “ It ’s a terrible affair . ”
Record Collector also asked Brough if she believed there were any copies of the tapes still in existence . “ I ’m hoping so , ” she order . “ I want to get onto societal media and put the word out . burden of multitude must ’ve taped various show , ” impart that she herself never recorded them because of her busy schedule . “ I think there has to be a magnetic tape of that David Bowie performance out there somewhere . ”
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