[peel] Oops! Hold that Longest Gap chart a moment....

[RobF]

Another one - how about Misty In Roots - 1986 to 2002

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> From: "ken garner" <ken_garner@...>
> Date: 2007/10/06 Sat PM 04:49:02 GMT
> To: peel@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [peel] Oops! Hold that Longest Gap chart a moment....
> 
> Well there's a clunker and no mistake: Prompted by Rob to look at my 
> longest-gap-between-sessions top 10 again, I noticed my maths went a 
> bit, er, wonky regarding The Undertones - the gap from their sixth in 
> 82 to their 7th in 03 is of course 20.5 years, not 10.5! ...which in 
> one fell swoop rockets them to 4th in the chart (or 5th, if we allow 
> John French). Mind you, if this is the worst cock up, I can live with 
> it. Still plenty of time, though. I was not planning to do a 
> corrections update for the dedicated until after Christmas (by which 
> time I expect to have teased out all my worst howlers from keen 
> readers), but seeing as we're on this, here's an amended Top 12 as of 
> today - I feel this one is going to run and run!
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> 
> Top 12 Longest Intervals Between Sessions
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> John French
> 36 years
> 2nd with Beefheart in May 68, 3rd with new Magic Band in July 04
> 
> Incredible String Band
> 27 years
> 11th in Oct 73, 12th in Nov 2000
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> Faust
> 26 years
> 1st in June 73, 2nd in Jan 99
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> Gary Numan
> 21 years
> 2nd in March 79, 3rd Dec 2000
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> The Undertones
> 20.5 years
> 6th in Dec 82, 7th in May 03
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> Wire
> 14 years
> 4th in May 88, 5th in Sept 02
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> Echo and the Bunnymen
> 14 years
> 6th in Oct 83, 7th in Sept 97
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> The Pastels
> 13.5 years
> 1st in Feb 84, 2nd in Nov 97
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> June Tabor
> 13 years
> 5th in Feb 78, 6th in Jan 91
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> Pulp
> 11.5 years
> 1st in Nov 81, 2nd in March 93
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> Orbital
> 11 years
> 1st in Sept 93, 2nd in July 04
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> Eon
> 11 years
> 1st in June 91, 2nd in Aug 02
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> 
> ... I only have John Fahey as doing one for Peel, does someone have 
> evidence of a second?
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> k
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