RWD255 – Susan

Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes.

Sound: no sound at all.

Source: original VHS tape donated to me.

Conversion by: me, with menu and chapters added.

Notes: although the source for this was an original Rosalind Woods VHS tape, there are no titles at the start or end, and there is no sound at all. When I spoke to the original owner about this, he commented about how little quality control there was way back when, and the kind of shoddy work we would put up with! I suspect the VHS duplicating process was at fault here. Whatever the cause, it is the only copy I have at the moment. If someone has a better copy, please get in touch!

RWD254 Sheena 1

Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes.

Sound: female “narration” throughout.

Source: original VHS tape donated to me.

Conversion: done by me, VHS>PVR>DVD>PC>DVD. Menu and chapters added.

Many thanks to the kind person that donated this original VHS tape to me (in return for a converted DVD of course). Cheers! You know who you are.

RWD252 – Simone 2

Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes

Sound: 1 hour 30 minutes of female “narration” and last 13 minutes is silent.

Source: original VHS

Conversion: this was done by someone else, and a copy of that DVD came to me. So any menus and so on are outside of my control. The change from “narration” to silence appears at one of those RW breaks where there is a fade to black, and then when it comes back, there is no sound. So this looks like an issue (I could be wrong!) with the VHS that was produced, rather than a tape failure.

Another note is that the title on playback says “Simone 1”. This is in a different colour to that on the actual “Simone 1” tape/DVD which I also have, and it is definitely different content. Quality control!

RWD247 – Gigi

Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes.

Sound: female “narration” throughout.

Source: digital files.

Conversion: by me, with menu and chapters added.

Notes: took a bit of tracking down this one. I found various ‘bits’ of varying use until finally I got a complete source. Unfortunately, the first second or 2 or audio is garbled, but otherwise intact.