Need Help locating Soul Alive WPIX Channel 11 footage

[Anonymous]

Ah...the good all days of the hustle....I am trying to get a hold of footage for a documentary I am doing.

I know that Sould Alive aired on Channel 11 WPIX in NYC in the late 70s but I have called the station and they tell me that they do not have any archive of the show...They even went as far to say that they never carried the show.... With the growth of the industryu and the changes in ownership, no wonder they are clueless.

So I am left to the generosity of YOU. I kindly ask that if anyone out there know the name of a Production company, or producer for this show, I would love to get in touch with him/her. I need to review footage from the 77-79 season for a documentary I am doing on a friend.

If you can help, I will be eternally grateful :). I can be reached at pablo@goinggoingproductions.com

:D

[ricklamb5160]

Originally Posted by Anonymous

Ah...the good all days of the hustle....I am trying to get a hold of footage for a documentary I am doing.

I know that Sould Alive aired on Channel 11 WPIX in NYC in the late 70s but I have called the station and they tell me that they do not have any archive of the show...They even went as far to say that they never carried the show.... With the growth of the industryu and the changes in ownership, no wonder they are clueless.

So I am left to the generosity of YOU. I kindly ask that if anyone out there know the name of a Production company, or producer for this show, I would love to get in touch with him/her. I need to review footage from the 77-79 season for a documentary I am doing on a friend.

If you can help, I will be eternally grateful :). I can be reached at pablo@goinggoingproductions.com

:D

(RickLamb5160) I was on The Soul Alive dance show in New York City back in January of 1978. The show began originally for New York City High Schools. Each Saturday Soul Alive would show case a High School, their students, a DJ of the week from that school. The D.J was nicknamed: S.I.D. for the School Information Desk. S.I.D. would do voiceovers for video clips that made each school unique. I was the DJ of the week when Al Green was on the show. He sang Belle (a ballard) and an up-tempo song.
It was filmed in what was at the time WPIX TV's news room on 42nd Street, Midtown Manhattan. You could see the weather maps and news desks behind the mirrored panels that they used for the show. They would film 2 one hour shows every Saturday. It took about 6 to 7 hours to film each of those 1 hour shows. The weekend that my High School (LaGuardia Middle College H.S., the one on the campus of LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, Queens, New York) was filmed, they also filmed Food & Maritime High School right afterwards. Their musical guests were The Manhattans. They only filmed a handful of the High School episodes then changed the format by dropping the “High Schoolers” and adding professional dancers.
If anyone out here has any video footage or information as to where it can be obtained, please contact via email address below.

I'm really interested in the Soul Alive episode with Al Green as the musical guest.

Thank you,
Rick Lamb
ricklamb5160@yahoo.com