[peel] Re: Tapes of Top Gear from 1969 and 1970

[Martin Wheatley]

I would suggest that since there is so much interest (including me)
that once the conversion is done mp3s be put up somewhere for download
that'll save a lot of sending CDs back and forth


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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:
> > >
> > >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.
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> > >Yahoo! Groups Links
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