From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #1889 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, December 20 2016 Volume 16 : Number 1889 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Fwd: Private message regarding: Happy Gift Project anniversary [Kerry] Re: Fwd: Private message regarding: Happy Gift Project anniversary [Mitch] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 10:43:32 -0600 From: Kerry White Subject: Re: Fwd: Private message regarding: Happy Gift Project anniversary Yes, it did. 8-) I wonder if you or anyone else with the tape have the wherewithal to get it from tape to MP3 file. I can do it, having both player and a CD recorder with Hard drive. Input the cassette, burn a disc and feed that to the PC. But _If_ I still have it the label has been lost. I have several later years and several, including # 1, of the Happy birthday Project. Enjoy Saturnalia! On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 12:55 AM, Mitch Pravatiner < mitch.pravatiner@gmail.com> wrote: > It doesn't seem to be on either YouTube or Spotify. A Google search turned > up a "2014 remastered" rendition on SoundCloud, but it sounds like it was > taken from a studio session, complete with talk between artist and control > room, and it's badly undermodulated. I've just written to the auteur of > the '91 HGP, asking if she has the answers; I'll have to get back to you on > that one. > > For all that, this is a fortuitous time to bring up the subject of the 1991 > Happy Gift Project, as this month is its 25th anniversary. I have fond > memories of that entire tape series, in whose production I played a major > role. It brought together a lot of great music. > > Mitch > On Dec 18, 2016 2:47 PM, "Kerry White" wrote: > > > Hi, I know someone here, maybe even beside Woj, will have this and can > > help. > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: > > Date: Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 10:50 AM > > Subject: Private message regarding: Happy Gift Project anniversary > > To: kerrywht12@gmail.com > > > > > > Hi Kerry, > > I saw your post about the Happy Gift Project tapes, and wondered if you > > have the Happy Gift Project 1991? I am looking for the 10,000 Maniacs > cover > > of "Goodbye" by Mary Hopkins and I think it's on that tape. If so, would > > you be willing to share this with me? > > > > Thanks! > > Jennifer > > > > On Monday, January 5, 2015 at 12:56:38 PM UTC-5, Kerry White wrote: > > > > > > I have most of the tapes and not nearly enough song titles and artists. > > I > > > was once in the process of making a best of tape. Not too sure where > > that > > > is now. Thanks for the memory. > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Mitch Pravatiner < > > > mitch.pravatiner@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > It being the proverbial 12th Day of Christmas today, I believe it's > > > still > > > > timely to observe an anniversary, probably long-forgotten by now, but > > > still > > > > significant in the history of the Ecto community: this holiday > season > > > > marked the 23rd anniversary of the first Happy Gift Project. > > > > > > > > The HGP was conceived in 1991 as a Christmas gift from the Ecto > > > community > > > > to Happy, and secondarily to the community itself. Ectophiles would > > > send > > > > in musical selections, which could be either recorded, or original > > > > performances. These were compiled into a tape which was sent on to > > > Happy, > > > > and dubbed onto the cassettes on which contributors sent their > musical > > > > selections, which were then returned to them. A couple of years > later, > > > the > > > > concept was expanded to a companion effort, the Happy Birthday > Project, > > > > those tapes being sent to Happy for her birthday in August, and > > > similarly > > > > shared among the contributors. > > > > > > > > The annual editions of the HGP and HBP continued almost to the end of > > > the > > > > decade. During that time, Ectophiles shared a lot of great music with > > > Happy > > > > and with each other. I remember them fondly. > > > > > > > > Mitch ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 18:33:14 -0600 From: Mitch Pravatiner Subject: Re: Fwd: Private message regarding: Happy Gift Project anniversary Sadly, all of my H*P tapes were lost in a disaster several years ago. But you may be able to determine whether you still have your HGP91 tapes this way: they came, or at least mine did, with blue flannel placed between the box lids and the inlay cards. The song under discussion is toward the end of the second tape. On Dec 19, 2016 10:43 AM, "Kerry White" wrote: > Yes, it did. 8-) > I wonder if you or anyone else with the tape have the wherewithal to get > it from tape to MP3 file. > I can do it, having both player and a CD recorder with Hard drive. > Input the cassette, burn a disc and feed that to the PC. > But _If_ I still have it the label has been lost. > > I have several later years and several, including # 1, of the Happy > birthday Project. > > Enjoy Saturnalia! > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 12:55 AM, Mitch Pravatiner < > mitch.pravatiner@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It doesn't seem to be on either YouTube or Spotify. A Google search >> turned >> up a "2014 remastered" rendition on SoundCloud, but it sounds like it was >> taken from a studio session, complete with talk between artist and control >> room, and it's badly undermodulated. I've just written to the auteur of >> the '91 HGP, asking if she has the answers; I'll have to get back to you >> on >> that one. >> >> For all that, this is a fortuitous time to bring up the subject of the >> 1991 >> Happy Gift Project, as this month is its 25th anniversary. I have fond >> memories of that entire tape series, in whose production I played a major >> role. It brought together a lot of great music. >> >> Mitch >> On Dec 18, 2016 2:47 PM, "Kerry White" wrote: >> >> > Hi, I know someone here, maybe even beside Woj, will have this and can >> > help. >> > >> > >> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> > From: >> > Date: Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 10:50 AM >> > Subject: Private message regarding: Happy Gift Project anniversary >> > To: kerrywht12@gmail.com >> > >> > >> > Hi Kerry, >> > I saw your post about the Happy Gift Project tapes, and wondered if you >> > have the Happy Gift Project 1991? I am looking for the 10,000 Maniacs >> cover >> > of "Goodbye" by Mary Hopkins and I think it's on that tape. If so, would >> > you be willing to share this with me? >> > >> > Thanks! >> > Jennifer >> > >> > On Monday, January 5, 2015 at 12:56:38 PM UTC-5, Kerry White wrote: >> > > >> > > I have most of the tapes and not nearly enough song titles and >> artists. >> > I >> > > was once in the process of making a best of tape. Not too sure where >> > that >> > > is now. Thanks for the memory. >> > > >> > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Mitch Pravatiner < >> > > mitch.pravatiner@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > >> > > > It being the proverbial 12th Day of Christmas today, I believe it's >> > > still >> > > > timely to observe an anniversary, probably long-forgotten by now, >> but >> > > still >> > > > significant in the history of the Ecto community: this holiday >> season >> > > > marked the 23rd anniversary of the first Happy Gift Project. >> > > > >> > > > The HGP was conceived in 1991 as a Christmas gift from the Ecto >> > > community >> > > > to Happy, and secondarily to the community itself. Ectophiles would >> > > send >> > > > in musical selections, which could be either recorded, or original >> > > > performances. These were compiled into a tape which was sent on to >> > > Happy, >> > > > and dubbed onto the cassettes on which contributors sent their >> musical >> > > > selections, which were then returned to them. A couple of years >> later, >> > > the >> > > > concept was expanded to a companion effort, the Happy Birthday >> Project, >> > > > those tapes being sent to Happy for her birthday in August, and >> > > similarly >> > > > shared among the contributors. >> > > > >> > > > The annual editions of the HGP and HBP continued almost to the end >> of >> > > the >> > > > decade. During that time, Ectophiles shared a lot of great music >> with >> > > Happy >> > > > and with each other. I remember them fondly. >> > > > >> > > > Mitch ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V16 #1889 ****************************