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

[RobF]

I'll see your Culture and I'll raise you a New Order 82 - 98!
> 
> From: "ken garner" <ken_garner@...>
> Date: 2007/10/07 Sun AM 11:46:32 GMT
> To: peel@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [peel] Re: Oops! Hold that Longest Gap chart a moment....
> 
> 
> 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
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >  
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> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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