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

[ROGER CARRUTHERS]

If I get the job (still waiting to hear) I will
certainly post them somewhere for public consumption,
cheers
R

--- Phil Edwards <festive50@...> wrote:

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