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

[Phil Edwards]

They could always uploaded to my Peel File Server.
Phil

 -----Original Message-----
From: peel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:peel@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Martin
Wheatley
Sent: 16 April 2007 16:10
To: peel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [peel] Re: Tapes of Top Gear from 1969 and 1970


  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

  > >
  > > 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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