a request

[ken garner]

many thanks, Richard, you are too kind. Unlike the 4th review that's 
just gone up! It's by someone called J Atkins (are you out there?). I 
shouldn't quibble about a review that gives me 4 stars, but I cannot 
help feeling his complaints - which fill his text - about me "hardly, 
if at all" mentioning reggae in the late 70s era are not quite 
accurate or fair in the context of 37 years to cover in 50000 words 
only. I would love to have written more about the reggae sessions, 
but simply ran out of time to track down more musicians. One thing I 
was determined to do in the book was give a full hearing in the back 
reference half and latter main chapters to the DJ and electronic 
sessions which are largely absent from all other books on Peel and 
the official tribute website, for the simple (not conspiratorial, not 
racist, not judgemental, in other words) reason that because they 
were all either live or done in DJ's or acts' own studios, there were 
no session sheets, so no romeo computer entry, so no ready-made data 
to copy over into that site!

k

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Fewster" <r.fewster@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Ken,
> 
> Finally got round to reviewing your exsential book on Amazon. Once
> again, take a huge bow!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Richard F
> 
> On Oct 8, 2007 9:55 PM, Paul Bryant <pbryant98@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > By the way, a couple of songs are misnamed in the
> >  Incredible String Band setlists - do you want to know
> >  about this kind of thing?
> >
> >
> >  --- ken garner <ken_garner@...> wrote:
> >
> >  >
> >  > notwithstanding the ongoing refinement of the
> >  > "Longest Gaps" roll of
> >  > honour, the publisher has asked me to encourage any
> >  > of you who would
> >  > wish to, to contribute a reader review to Amazon,
> >  > that is, er, assuming
> >  > your judgement is broadly favorable, of course! Or
> >  > if you fear a
> >  > conflict of interest, encourage someone you know who
> >  > might have a
> >  > useful view...
> >  >
> >  > k
> >  >
> >  > ps. Sue Armstrong at Universal tells me the 3 CD T
> >  > Rex / Tyrannosaurus
> >  > Rex at the BBC set, including all Peel Sessions, is
> >  > out on 15 October,
> >  > complete with sleevenotes from Bolan biograqher Mark
> >  > Paytress.
> >  >
> >  >
> >
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