BSO plan to digitise John Williams concerts almost complete

The archival project preserves 233 live radio broadcasts conducted by Williams. Photo: AP

An effort to digitise more than 200 Boston Pops radio broadcasts conducted by John Williams from 1979 until 1991 is almost complete, the Boston Symphony Orchestra announced recently to coincide with the composer's 91st birthday.

The project to preserve 233 live radio broadcasts that were recorded on 256 one-quarter inch (0.63cm) reel-to-reel analog tapes that were becoming increasingly fragile and in danger of chemical deterioration was funded by grants totalling US$24,000 (RM104,000) from the Grammy Museum and the Council on Library and Information Resource.