[peel] Tapes of Top Gear from 1969 and 1970

[Eddie Duffy]

I'd imagine there'd be a lot of interest in these. I, for one, would 
love to hear them. And that fast initial playback should be correctable 
if the tapes are encoded to digital format.

So, does anyone in the group have the capability to encode reel-to-reel 
to CD/MP3? The only person I'm aware of is the estimable Guy Brown, but 
he's on the West Coast of the US and is an extremely busy fella. It 
would be terrific if someone could get these shared around the group.

Eddie.

hills1902 wrote:
>
> I have some old 7 inch reel-to-reel tapes of eight Top Gear
> programmes
> that I recorded in 1969 and 1970, with sessions from the following
> bands:
>
> 26 Apr 69 - Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, Eclection, Family
> 11 May 69? - Fleetwood Mac, King Crimson, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Bonzo
> Dog
> Band
> Date unknown - Pentangle, Blodwyn Pig, Mandrake Paddle Steamer, John
> Dummer Blues Band
> Date unknown - Ten Years After, Roy Harper, Third Ear Band
> 29 Jun 69 - Led Zeppelin, Pentangle, Idle Race,
> 6 Jul 69 - John Dummer Blues Band, Colosseum, Pretty Things, Imrat
> Khan
> 4 Jul 70 - Country Joe Macdonald, Fotheringay, Cochise
> 11 Jul 70? - Kevin Ayres, East of Eden, Son House
>
> Some of the tapes are recorded at 3 3/4 inches per second and some at
> 1
> 7/8 inches per second, and are of complete programmes, though
> unfortunately I edited out the half-hourly news on most of them. I
> seem
> to remember Radio 1 was only on medium wave at the time so quality is
> not brilliant, but they were recorded by connecting to the speaker
> terminals of a radio (not using a microphone). Also the tape recorder
> was a bit dodgy and took about 10 mins to warm up to full speed so
> some
> of them now play back too fast for the first 10 mins or so! The tapes
> also have various LPs of that era on them.
>
> Despite all their faults, is anyone interested in them ? I'm willing
> to
> send them by post in return for the postage (plus donation to charity
> if there's a lot of interest), and would be interested in
> copies on CD if that's what someone would like to do with them.
>
>