Oops! Hold that Longest Gap chart a moment....

[ken garner]

oh crap. you bastard! And there's also of course, Culture, 89-02. 
That's what comes of doing these things very fast...

k

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, RobF <robfleay@...> wrote:
>
> Another one - how about Misty In Roots - 1986 to 2002
> 
> > 
> > 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!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Top 12 Longest Intervals Between Sessions
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 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
> > 
> > Faust
> > 26 years
> > 1st in June 73, 2nd in Jan 99
> > 
> > Gary Numan
> > 21 years
> > 2nd in March 79, 3rd Dec 2000
> > 
> > The Undertones
> > 20.5 years
> > 6th in Dec 82, 7th in May 03
> > 
> > Wire
> > 14 years
> > 4th in May 88, 5th in Sept 02
> > 
> > Echo and the Bunnymen
> > 14 years
> > 6th in Oct 83, 7th in Sept 97
> > 
> > The Pastels
> > 13.5 years
> > 1st in Feb 84, 2nd in Nov 97
> > 
> > June Tabor
> > 13 years
> > 5th in Feb 78, 6th in Jan 91
> > 
> > Pulp
> > 11.5 years
> > 1st in Nov 81, 2nd in March 93
> > 
> > Orbital
> > 11 years
> > 1st in Sept 93, 2nd in July 04
> > 
> > Eon
> > 11 years
> > 1st in June 91, 2nd in Aug 02
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ... I only have John Fahey as doing one for Peel, does someone 
have 
> > evidence of a second?
> > 
> > 
> > k
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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