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Deryk Barker <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 6 Jun 2002 09:04:55 -0700
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Janos Gereben ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Naxos and BBC have joined to publish the Queen's Jubilee concerts (both
>the classical and the pop evenings) on DVDs and VHS tapes.
>
>What's interesting about the news is the timing - the recordings will be
>distributed in less than a month.  The concerts concluding only last night
>will be available in stores on July 2.

In 1968 the live recording of the Last Night of the Proms, which finished
on the Saturday night at around 10 p.m., was in the stores by 9 a.m.  on
the Monday, appx.  35 hours later.

When somebody beats that, I'll be impressed.

deryk barker
([log in to unmask], http://www.camosun.bc.ca/~dbarker)

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