My Peel tapes

[arclight2525]

Ahh the big debate as to whether once young and cool as f**k bands 
should get back together to tour in middle-age and up? I'm not sure 
on this myself. I felt the Sex Pistols should never have reformed, 
but I still went to see them the other week and had a great time, 
even though it was sort of like music hall for the 21st century, sing-
a-long a Sex Pistols.

Maybe the BBC could bring back `The Good Old Days' and have it set in 
the 1970's?

The Jesus and Mary Chain were one of the coolest indie bands ever 
(and made probably one of the best debut albums with Psychocandy), 
but having caught them live so early on in their career I don't want 
to go see them now and spoil my teenage memories.

I'd say it's ok for bands to tour as long as they're able (for 
example I put on a punk concert earlier this year with the UK Subs 
headlining. Charlie Harper is in his 60's now but they were great), 
just think bands should stop recording any new material after the age 
of about 40 or earlier? I was going to say 35, but look at Radiohead 
all in their late 30's but In Rainbows is far better than most of the 
albums by younger indie bands this year.

Tony 

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Tom Bartlett <tomb242@...> wrote:
>
> I saw JAMC the other month for the first time in 16 years and they 
were 
> great. You are not going to buy the new single then? :-)
> Or go to the MBV gigs?
> 
> Riving Ton wrote:
> >
> > Hello Tony!
> >
> >  
> >
> > Nice introduction! I think that if I say on behalf of the Peel 
Group 
> > that we'd all be thrilled to grab a copy of what-you-got that 
we'd all 
> > be in agreement!
> >
> > I imagine that we all share a similar experience of taping 
cassettes 
> > and then re-recording over the top of them. I know that in a 
warehouse 
> > somewhere where all my gear is currently stashed I have a box of 
> > fragmentary Peel tapes!
> >
> > I loved the early JAMC too - Never Understand was great! What a 
shame 
> > they got back together. I can't see the point of middle-aged 
people 
> > banging out tunes they wrote when they were 17. It's no longer 
music 
> > but cabaret!
> >
> >  
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >  
> >
> > DeeDee
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: arclight2525 <todsy94@...>
> > To: peel@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 3:35:14 PM
> > Subject: [peel] My Peel tapes
> >
> > I've spent the last month converting my old John Peel tapes to 
MP3/CD
> > (the best I can, I've used the Audacity programme, which is good 
as
> > you can slow down any old recordings that have speeded up over 
time.
> >
> > I don't know if I have anything that's not already out there, but 
if
> > I do I would be happy to share it with you and the Peel fans
> > websites. I don't have any full show (the nearest to that is 90
> > minutes of the Black Keys at Peel Acres in 2003).
> >
> > I started listening to the great man's show around about 1981 
after
> > it was recommended to me by my older punk/student sister (and 
never
> > stopped listening, I was tuned in to his last ever show) From the 
mid
> > 1980's I used to tape his shows all the time. This was because I 
knew
> > I'd hear groups and tracks on there that I'd possibly never hear
> > again, so left his voice on the ones I saved so I knew who they 
were.
> > Alas I taped over most of them with another show when I bought the
> > records, not everything though. I've now 11, 80-minute compilation
> > CD's with tracks/sessions from the mid 1980's onwards with Peels
> > voice on.
> >
> > The earliest and possibly the most important recording I have is 
the
> > 1st Jesus and Mary Chain session (Never Understand, You Trip Me 
Up,
> > In A Hole and Taste The Floor) from 1984, with Peelie's voice
> > introducing and commenting on the tracks `I suspect you're going 
to
> > hear more from these people.'
> >
> > I loved the JAMC since the day John Peel played debut single 
Upside
> > Down (hence being paused over the pause button when they were in
> > session) and it's because of him that I saw them live twice before
> > Psychocandy came out. They only played for about 25 mins, William
> > Reid had his back to the crowd and a certain Bobby Gillespie was
> > banging away on one base drum.
> >
> > 3 years on from his passing and I still miss John Peel a great 
deal
> > (it's only this year that I've been able to bring myself to 
listen to
> > the radio between 10 pm and 12.00 again) It's great that people 
are
> > unearthing their tape recordings and making them available to
> > everyone.
> >
> > Best wishes
> > Tony Hill
> >
> >
> >
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