longest F50 tracks

candyskinn@... candyskinn@...
Wed Oct 26 17:03:59 CEST 2005


 

More to the point, how's this for a roll of honour:
 
Vatican Broadside - Half Man Half Biscuit,  2001                    30  
seconds
Dr Dre Buys a Pint of Milk (AKA The Minute) - Grandmaster Gareth,  2003    1 
minute
Go to Rhino Records - Wild Man Fischer,  1976                    1m  03s
Open Field - Maher Shalal Hash Baz,  2003                          1m  23s
All Nighter - Elastica,  1995                                                 
1m  33s
Bob Wilson Anchorman - HMHB,  2001                                1m  36s
Rebel Without a Pause - Evolution Control Committee,  1998    1m 38s
 
Or, to paraphrase the Lester Bangs character in 'Almost Famous', How can  
Half Man Half Biscuit achieve in 30 seconds what it takes Pink Floyd 23 minutes  
and 32 seconds NOT TO ACHIEVE...?
 
best wishes all :-)
 
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 26/10/2005 13:12:46 GMT Daylight Time,  
peel@yahoogroups.com writes:

I've  been trawling my F50 recordings archive and compiled a list of 
the longest  track times (ie. any over 10 minutes).  All the following 
(except the  1976 tracks) are stopwatch timings taken directly from 
the Festive Fifty  show recordings.

23:50    Orbital – Out There Somewhere  (47/1996) (after playing this 
track, Peel commented that he thought it was  probably the longest F50 
track he'd played)
23:32    Pink  Floyd – Echoes (4/1976)
23:07    Grateful Dead – Dark Star (Live  Dead version)(40/1976)
22:53    Genesis – Supper's Ready  (31/1976)
20:50    Tortoise – Djed (21/1996) (interrupted by  Stereolab track)
20:12    Mogwai – My Father My King (10/2001)  (the Radio 1 emergency 
tape cut in on this and played for a few minutes;  the Mogwai track 
must have kept running in the background during this  interruption, as 
track time seems about the same as the CD  track)
20:10    The Orb – Loving You (session  track)(10/1990)
18:08    God Speed You Black Emperor! – Hung Over  as the Oven at Maida 
Vale (session track)(21/1999)
17:31     The Orb – Blue Room (20/1992) (Peel commented that the full 
version of  this lasted 39:58 but playing that version would have 
played havoc with  the scheduling of F50 programs; not sure if the 
track he played is another  version/mix or just the 38:58 one 
cut short)
13:30    Pink  Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond (8/1976)
12:09    Orbital –  The Box (7/1996)
11:22    Bob Dylan – Desolation Row  (3/1976)
10:57    Mogwai – Xmas Steps (2/1998)
10:54   Aereogramme – The Unravelling (15/2004)
10:41     Propaganda – Dr.Mabuse (31/1984)
10:36    Stereolab and Nurse  With Wound – Simple Headphone Mind 
(14/1997)
10:17    Deep  Purple – Child in Time (25/1976)
10:04    Sigur Ross – Svefn G  Englar (47/2000)
10:04    Yes – And You and I  (50/1976)






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