How The Great Neumann U87 Is Made…
My favorite mic. Enjoy. -Bobby Ellerbee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvtjHhtxmpI
Interesting little clip about how a Neumann U87 microphone is manufactured. Pretty fiddly, with a ton of hand labor – no wonder they’re so freaking expensive!
The Huge Mystery Of The NBC ND-8G Cameras…Part 2 In yesterday’s “The Huge Mystery Of The NBC ND-8G Cameras…A Discussion” post, I danced around a nagging question till I got more sources and last night, I got them*. Here’s the problem: if 8G went live on April 22, 1948, how is it that ‘Hour Glass’ […]
‘I’ve Got A Secret’: A Fred Westbrook Photo In 1964, Gary Moore left the show (details below in the Show History post) and was replaced by Steve Allen. This photo is thought to be of the last episode on April 3, 1967 and was taken at the shows final home, CBS Studio 50 also known […]
Classic! ‘Sammy Davis Jr. Show’ With TK41s From NBC Brooklyn, here’s a clip from April 26, 1966 that opens with Sammy in front of a crane mounted RCA TK41. Behind the camera is NBC veteran Frank Gaeta. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXjKNl0C-AU from April 22, 1966. thanks to fromthesidelines and wmbrown6 for the great comments and info on this […]
The Marconi Mark VII Era: In the summer of 1967, the Marconi Mark VII color cameras went into service at CBS Studio 50 and were the go to cameras for many years at the network. The color photo above the last color photo were taken by our friend and author Nick Van Hoogstraten in 1973 […]