Tapes of Top Gear from 1969 and 1970

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I'm another who would love to hear these if someone can sort out a 
digital transfer. 

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> At 01:18 PM 4/15/2007 -0000, 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:
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> >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
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> >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. 
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> >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.    
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