Late Night with David Letterman - Show open - 7/16/91 (Audio from board tape)

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  • Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
  • Here's a real treat -- the opening theme of "Late Night with David Letterman" recorded directly (on DAT) from the mixing console. This was the music mix only, so it contains no announce audio from Bill Wendell, or the audience (other than what you can hear bleeding through at the end). I added video from an S-VHS recording of the open (from the NBC satellite feed) so you'd have something to watch.
    Crank up your subwoofer and enjoy this as you've never heard it before.

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  • @patton303
    @patton303 11 місяців тому +9

    If you’re a music nerd it’s fun to hear the theme song and mixes evolve over the years. The early 80’s shows were really dry with little stereo separation and this era was full of fat compression, reverb and gated drums. The CBS years with the larger band were beautifully mixed for 5.1. Thank you for sharing.

    • @billrood7500
      @billrood7500 11 місяців тому

      I would argue that in a lot of ways, the mix for the current late night shows sound pretty bad, with Kimmel being the worst -- the band sounds mono, with virtually no bass. Very brittle and harsh. Sadly, it hard to get an accurate impression of mixes if listening to an off-air TV station as most employ very heavy-handed compression that totally destroys the work that goes into creating them. A sad state of affairs.

    • @patton303
      @patton303 11 місяців тому

      @@billrood7500 I was only talking about Letterman.

  • @FomorViceroy
    @FomorViceroy Рік тому +16

    Thank you so much for this. The Late Night theme never sounded better!

    • @VPR2B
      @VPR2B  Рік тому +2

      I agree!

  • @herrbrahms
    @herrbrahms Рік тому +5

    Paul Shaffer is one seriously talented MFer.

  • @jnadle1
    @jnadle1 2 роки тому +7

    Paul and the band were so tight on the theme music during those years. Just him, Sid, Will and Anton.

    • @VPR2B
      @VPR2B  2 роки тому +1

      So true. Be sure to check out the other file I posted, from the same show: ua-cam.com/video/_D_nwDiTsTo/v-deo.html

  • @foleynj86
    @foleynj86 Рік тому +4

    I thought this was the coolest intro when I was a little kid. I think I was 3 or 4 and would watch the show after my parents went to bed.😂

  • @LucasKombo
    @LucasKombo 2 роки тому +6

    What a treasure. What I wouldn't give to dig through those DAT tapes and pick at the musical legacy heading in there, hidden away.

    • @VPR2B
      @VPR2B  2 роки тому +3

      I agree! Check out this other recording I posted, if you haven’t already: ua-cam.com/video/_D_nwDiTsTo/v-deo.html

    • @hgrunt100
      @hgrunt100 Рік тому +1

      Oh man those DAT's have gotta have some gold on them

  • @Flavum
    @Flavum Рік тому +3

    That song just crushes. Thank you, Paul.

  • @nedwart
    @nedwart 3 роки тому +4

    It's not very often that these pop up. Thank you!

  • @mhmrules
    @mhmrules 3 роки тому +4

    I understand what you mean when you say turn your subwoofer up! Will Lee is killing it on bass, as are the rest of the WMDB.

  • @moniemaker27
    @moniemaker27 2 роки тому +5

    Great stuff!!! I hope to see more like this from paul and the band! Happy holidays

  • @JayDeeIsMyName
    @JayDeeIsMyName 2 роки тому +13

    This is amazing. This is like, the cleanest tune of Late Night with Dave that will ever surface, will it? 🤩😁

    • @VPR2B
      @VPR2B  2 роки тому +6

      I don’t see how there could be anything better.

    • @JayDeeIsMyName
      @JayDeeIsMyName Рік тому

      @@VPR2B Maybe the audio in uncompressed WAV/FLAC, instead of through the usual UA-cam-compression? But maybe I'm a little bit reaching now 😄

    • @VPR2B
      @VPR2B  Рік тому +1

      @@JayDeeIsMyName The original is an uncompressed WAV from DAT. I can upload it to WeTransfer and send a link if you would like to marinate in its goodness. 😃

    • @JayDeeIsMyName
      @JayDeeIsMyName Рік тому

      @@VPR2B I would absolutely love that, thanks!

    • @paulrichter2863
      @paulrichter2863 11 місяців тому

      There is a studio version recorded on Paul Schaffer's 1988 album:
      ua-cam.com/video/v_qicmK13og/v-deo.html

  • @hankkingsley9300
    @hankkingsley9300 Рік тому +3

    This is what it's supposed to sound like accept no substitutes

    • @VPR2B
      @VPR2B  Рік тому +1

      Hey now!

  • @MitchellHang
    @MitchellHang 3 роки тому +2

    This sounds spectacular.

  • @HorneATL
    @HorneATL 2 місяці тому

    0:32 I’ve been at that bar!!! Old Town Bar on E. 18th!!! I sat basically where that guy in the striped shirt is.
    Had a long day of travel and walking through Manhattan. Ended with being at this bar, drinking a Ballentine, and enjoying an amazing cheeseburger - complete with the homemade potato salad! I even scored a “cwuhp of cawfwee!” … or, “cup of coffee” for the non-locals.

  • @abe_froman8360
    @abe_froman8360 2 роки тому +13

    That camera shot flying into and through the Twin Towers... yikes.

    • @corduerorose9747
      @corduerorose9747 Рік тому

      Yeah now it a bad choice before you know

    • @JohnEDoey
      @JohnEDoey Рік тому

      Probably regretted that...

    • @LucasKombo
      @LucasKombo 9 місяців тому +6

      You can’t hide history because bad things happened. Celebrate that time. Remember that shot. It’s a treasure to have. In a hundred years, it’ll he a treasured relic of a dead time.

    • @thomasmassey322
      @thomasmassey322 7 місяців тому +2

      If it only could've remained so ... Nothing has really been right since ...

    • @nate567987
      @nate567987 24 дні тому

      New York was proud

  • @johnathanmcdonald4378
    @johnathanmcdonald4378 11 місяців тому

    Thank you!

  • @srpdesigns
    @srpdesigns Рік тому +4

    I was living and going to school in Boston and never missed Late Night w/DL ..Im sure I watched this when it originally aired ...My God it was a lifetime ago and it still brings me right back to that time and place ....Never knowing Id be looking back on something like this with such great memories...Thanks for posting this !...What a time it was !

  • @corduerorose9747
    @corduerorose9747 Рік тому +4

    Breaks my heart 10 years later the buildings will deceased 0:02

  • @SirMixALotRareMusic
    @SirMixALotRareMusic 3 роки тому +1

    Wow, fantastic! Keep up the great uploads.

    • @VPR2B
      @VPR2B  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks! I’ve been looking for golden nuggets in my archive, I generally only upload things that I believe can’t be found anywhere else, especially from the standpoint of quality.

    • @SirMixALotRareMusic
      @SirMixALotRareMusic 3 роки тому

      @@VPR2B You're doing a heck of a job of it!
      I especially appreciate the Beyond the Nut Tree video ya put up. Used to have a copy of the blooper tape from the shoot but lost it so yours is the next best thing.

    • @VPR2B
      @VPR2B  3 роки тому

      @@SirMixALotRareMusic Were there more bloopers than the ones contained in the raw footage I posted? I thought that was all the film that was shot, but this many years (decades!) later, my memory could be faulty.

    • @SirMixALotRareMusic
      @SirMixALotRareMusic 3 роки тому

      @@VPR2B From my memory it was from a tape of the finished 3 spots, then at the end (or maybe it was the other way around?) featured bloopers, including one where Leslie used his fart hand machine walking by each camera. Maybe I'll ask the guy who gave me the tape awhile back if he still has it.

    • @Rob_Kates
      @Rob_Kates 3 роки тому

      Cue Bill Wendell.

  • @tonyrizzo3910
    @tonyrizzo3910 9 місяців тому

    Wow!

  • @middlefinger1565
    @middlefinger1565 2 роки тому

    I think Paul Shaffer's band played the Letterman Electric Company cartoon theme, too.

  • @a_plus
    @a_plus 2 роки тому +2

    Late Night theme > Late Show

    • @VPR2B
      @VPR2B  2 роки тому +1

      My thoughts exactly.

    • @1AstralKing
      @1AstralKing Рік тому +2

      Late Night>Late Show.

  • @wecantfightgravity
    @wecantfightgravity Рік тому +1

    I hope you will do this same thing to the other episodes' intros, especially the ones with the horn sections.

    • @VPR2B
      @VPR2B  Рік тому +1

      This is the only other one I have, which does have the horns: ua-cam.com/video/UEVZDMnONRg/v-deo.html

  • @scee1871
    @scee1871 3 роки тому

    This is phenomenal! Any chance you might share a flac version of this?

    • @VPR2B
      @VPR2B  3 роки тому

      I wouldn’t mind, if you have a way I can get it to you.

    • @scee1871
      @scee1871 3 роки тому

      @@VPR2B have you used wetransfer.com?

    • @VPR2B
      @VPR2B  3 роки тому

      @@scee1871 Heard of it - never used.

    • @scee1871
      @scee1871 3 роки тому

      @@VPR2B It's pretty straight forward, click "no thanks" to signing up, drag and drop the files you want to transfer onto the screen, and then click "Get a link". It will upload to wetransfer and then provide you with a download link once it's done.

    • @VPR2B
      @VPR2B  3 роки тому

      @@scee1871 Here you go then: we.tl/t-DnsKlj11nq

  • @plaws0
    @plaws0 3 роки тому +2

    LSwDL was always, to me, a pale imitation of LNwDL. This is awesome. Now - educate me - did the band play this live every night? And was what they played what was broadcast? Or was the aired intro recorded?

    • @VPR2B
      @VPR2B  3 роки тому +5

      I agree on your first point - nothing beats the NBC show. To your question, yes, the band played live every night. Not just the opening, but they played all through the time when the commercials were being aired, in order to keep the studio audience entertained. At home, all you heard was the beginning as they headed into the break, and a little bit when the show came back on.

    • @plaws0
      @plaws0 3 роки тому

      @@VPR2B Was more curious about the intro music (did I mention I love that theme???). So great.

    • @VPR2B
      @VPR2B  3 роки тому +1

      @@plaws0 Sorry for any confusion. Yes, the intro was played live every night.

    • @sillygoose635
      @sillygoose635 3 роки тому

      while I disagree, I think both shows are incredible and Dave rightly ruled Late Night,

  • @rudyiraheta80
    @rudyiraheta80 Рік тому

    when has letterman been on abc i know he went to cbs

    • @VPR2B
      @VPR2B  Рік тому

      Letterman has never been on ABC. This clip is from his NBC show, which ran from 1982-1993.

    • @rudyiraheta80
      @rudyiraheta80 Рік тому

      @@VPR2B he has been on all stations