Last steam recording

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Jim

Not trying to be spoilsport here, but most likely those recordings are 
copyrighted, therefore cannot be copied and sold without the owners 
permission. I was very involved in the production of the Link CD set, 
and can tell you it was an amazing amount of work. It is quite possible 
the original field tapes of Mr. Sherry still exist, if someone knows 
him or how to get in touch with him, it may be a worthwhile endeavor to 
see about remastering the tapes for CD. However, after just going 
through this on Link's material, the original field tapes may be 
falling apart, Link's are, they were shedding some of the magnetic 
media as they were transferred. Link used 1/2 inch tape, as most people 
did in those days. The binder between the magnetic media and the 
plastic base is now failing after the years, not too unusual for that 
type of media. Most commercial recordings (i.e. studio) used larger 
tape, and therefore better made.

There has been copies of the Link material selling on ebay from one 
seller, he was notified by the attorney to cease and desist.

Ken Miller
On Apr 9, 2005, at 1:18 AM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:

> Jeff,
>
> Is it possible to get a copy of this recording, maybe in CD format?  
> Are
> record copies still available somewhere?  I see Link's records showing
> up on ebay occasionally (I've picked up 2 dupes of ones I have 'cause
> mine are getting worn out from playing!).  I know the Society has all 5
> on CD and I need to get them.  Having other N&W records converted to CD
> would be great.
>
> Re: Mr. Jackson, there is a picture of "Walter Jackson, Asst.
> Trainsmaster, Norfolk Div." on the back of Link's "Thunder on Blue
> Ridge" record.  A date of 4/18/59 is given for the color cover shot at
> Boaz.  I suspect that timeframe was when Link's recordings were made, 
> so
> it's likely that the May date Mr. Sherry mentions is accurate.
>
> Jim King
> Smoky Mountain Model Works, Inc.
> www.smokymountainmodelworks.com