color recording before videotape?

[orthophonic]

Yes they did as late as 1968 or 1969 maybe even later.
I am a telecine colorist
(transfer and color correct
negative and positive film to video tape), and a few
years ago I was working for a company that was transferring the NBC kinescope archives for the museum of broadcasting.
Most of the color Kinescopes
were of live specials, The
1968 Tony awards and An Evening with Julie Andrews
and Harry Belafonte are a couple that come to mind.
The quality was pretty good
considering.