Old Tattoo Documentaries

[ShawnPorter]

So I'm pretty much a packrat. And I have 1000s of hours of VHS video in various rubber maids around my house. Some commercially produced stuff. Some literally one of a kind transfers of old 8mm films that were left to me when older friends passed away.

I found out last night that my "dazzle" video hub doesn't work with a mac, so I put an order in for a Apple compatible device. Soon I'll be transcoding old films to digital.

I'll try to remember to post links to anything I put on youtube here, though some of the footage (Cliff Raven tattooing naked) may not be everyone's cup of tea so I'll use discretion.

First up is some NON naked Raven, some classic Realistic Tattoo stuff with Hardy, Irons, Salmon, Zulueta and the gang. Just have to wait for the hardware to arrive!

[Iwar]

Oh man, what treasures!! Can't wait to see what you upload.

I'd even be interested in buying some if the quality turns out ok and you burn some dvd's. If that's something you'd consider of course.

I'm kind of a nerd when it comes to stuff like that. YouTube is great and all, but nothing can compare to watching it on the old television :)

[hogg]

Dude. Dude. Thanks so much! I'm ridiculously excited about this.

[ShawnPorter]

I wish the commercially produced stuff would get legit dvd releases; I don't want to step on anyone's toes but I figure I'll put them online until someone says "hey, I hold the copyright to those, you dick". Then I'll pull them.

[ShawnPorter]

as a side note... have you handled a VHS tape lately? They seem so f'ing BIG now. This is coming from a dude who only sold his laser disc collection four years ago :D

[Avery Taylor]

Thanks a lot Shawn.

[Stewart Robson]

Hey, thanks for sharing (or promising to share). I'm super looking forward to seeing some of that stuff.

[ShawnPorter]

I haven't watched some of this stuff in years, so Im sure there'll be bits I have to cut out due to tape degradation, but I'll do my best to preserve it.

[waverly]

I would love to get a copy of any of that stuff. If naked Cliff Raven is in it, then so be it. I've been trying to get any of those videos for a long time.

[Nick Colella]

Ive seen that Cliff Raven stuff Mike Wilson has it as well. It's super naked. Ha!!

[ShawnPorter]

Ive seen that Cliff Raven stuff Mike Wilson has it as well. It's super naked. Ha!!

Haha. Ask Mike who he got the stuff from :D

[mario desa]

any chance you have that zeke owens movie??? i used to have it on vhs, but would love to get a dvd of it.

[ShawnPorter]

any chance you have that zeke owens movie??? i used to have it on vhs, but would love to get a dvd of it.

Hmm. Honestly not sure. I have a lot of the common stuff (Signatures of the Soul, The metamorphosis II stuff, et all) and a lot of home video stuff. It'll all turn up eventually if I have it.

[abees]

TATTOO CLUB - British Pathe

TATTOO SOLDIERS - British Pathe

WOMAN TATTOOIST - British Pathe

[Deb Yarian]

I have a great film of Paul working in his workshop talking to me and Don Lucas

--- just waiting on Don Lucas to have it produced and released

[MsRad]

I wish the commercially produced stuff would get legit dvd releases; I don't want to step on anyone's toes but I figure I'll put them online until someone says "hey, I hold the copyright to those, you dick". Then I'll pull them.

as a rights and reproductions assistant, that is a totally legit thing to do.

[Mr. Frog]

Sweet! I wanna see some RoyBoy Vids too!

[ShawnPorter]

Sweet! I wanna see some RoyBoy Vids too!

Oh, I gots me some RoyBoy vids. They're indescribable.

[ShawnPorter]

Im importing some stuff now; Phil Sparrow talking about meeting Hardy. I'm not going to import full documentaries till I fully figure out the software, but I'll likely have something online tonight.

[sboyer]

thanks shawn! can't wait to see them.

[ShawnPorter]

thanks shawn! can't wait to see them.

No worries. Thanks again for sending that Higgs video back over; it's resizing and going up on my newly made youtube account.

[ShawnPorter]

Ugh. So I uploaded the first video to my facebook account- it's been "processing" for an hour and I just got a "we're sorry, we encountered problems" message and it's been deleted. I always export movies to facebook from my iMovie with no problems, so.... I'm clueless.

We'll see if the Higgs/Corbin youtube upload is more successful. If it is, I'll move the Hardy one there.

[Perez]

Amped on this thread! Is the Higgs stuff from the Tattooing in the East Bay Doc?

[ShawnPorter]

Frisco Skin and Tattoo Ink from Metamorphosis II productions. It's where those beardless Higgs vidcaps came from.

[ShawnPorter]

One down. LOTS to go!