Yes, it's in one of the earlier FFTC editions but without checking through them all again, I don't know the exact number off the top of my head.
It's a double page spread, I remember that much, and it really made me realize just how much the Super 8mm community owed a huge thank you to Derek for sustaining something all else were abandoning in droves.
Referring back to Phil's questions in point #11, I don't think there ever was an exact point in time when the switch came about from pre laminated stock to pasted.
Derek bought as much of the Agfa, Kodak and Fuji stock that he could lay his hands on as the big players decided to pull the plug on sound stock.
This lasted quite a while by all accounts given the quantities he managed to secure.
Derek was quick to quash any rumour mongering that occurred at the time that and assured everybody that Super 8mm would still be around for years to come.
From all of the films I have ever purchased from Derann's back catalogues, I have only ever had one film which proved to be bad enough to need to try and have re-
striped.
This eventually proved disastrous for that one and only print as it proved impossible to ever get it any better unfortunately.
This print though, remains my one and only disappointment despite purchasing hundreds of others now, and many of those come from the era when it's 50/ 50 chance you may get it on laminated or you may get it on pasted.
Madagascar is one such example as is Dancing In The Street for those that have one or ever heard a print of about as bad as things typically get.
These can be made much much better if recorded and even if not everyone has this ability, they are still prized prints in anybody's collection now given the era these were still being made in and given outstanding print quality in those days.
As I said earlier, later prints especially those toward the very end, can leave a little to be desired in their original state regarding the sound department, but if it's a choice between having prints at this standard where SQ is concerned, or not having them at all, then certainly from my own perspective, all of Derek's outstanding commitment to Super 8mm film is very gratefully appreciated by myself and certainly can never be considered a wasted attempt.