[peel] WE HAVE THE TAPES!

[Alan Ford]

I started downloading the FLAC this morning - it said it would take 12 hours !
Even the MP3 from Steve Walsh was going to take ages, but I'm trying again now and it's running much faster.

Thanks to Rocker and SW,

Alan


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: rockerq@... 
  To: peel@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 9:21 PM
  Subject: Re: [peel] WE HAVE THE TAPES!


  Thanks for your feedbacks! Glad to see no-one reporting problems downloading!

  Rippers! - The Headcleaning thing is important - helluvalotta brown gunk coming off onto my heads and rollers! Never did work out how to adjust azimuth, though! Quite a few of the tapes sound fast - I guess the guy's machine may have run slow, or maybe even a battery deck - either way any opinions on percentage pitch shift would be appreciated as we go along - it may well be that all the tapes are equally fast.

  Keep a note of that link to my iDisk - Will post to list when I update the files but probably only release that address by offlist email in future. You can usually find one or two of my shows for Dandelion Radio on there as well.

  Just ripping another 1978 show - fantastic so far - George Thorogood & the Destroyers; Magazine; Jilted John; The Dickies' bleeped "Eve Of Destruction"; Captain Beefheart ; Steel Pulse; Devo; The Lurkers; Alternative TV session (Peel introducing "The Good Missionary" - "I've used his position for years") - References to "Kid Jerkin" as well as the infamous Radio One Roadshow - brought back memories of what exciting times those were! Thanks to Peelie would hear at least ten new records a week that I would have bought if I could have afforded it! Wish I had now - I wouldn't need to spend (quite) so much on eBay. At the time couldn't even afford not to re-use my cassettes & reels!

  In an update to the "400 tapes" thread - there are actually 427 of the little beggars (and 428 cases, for some reason!)

  Not sure when I'll get time to edit and upload any more as all effort now transfers to preparing my September Dandelion Radio show - which has to be finished by next Monday.

  ALSO - The Special Delivery envelopes arrived today! Will spend this evening packaging up cassettes in bubblewrap - Hopefully will get time tomorrow to sneak out of work to the post office - in which case:

  Rippers - you should expect a package each during the day on Wednesday - will need to be signed for. Here is the current list of Rippers:

  Roger Carruthers (South Wales)
  faggy-fewster (London)
  Rob Fleay (Derbyshire)
  Jimmy Step (Glasgow)
  Dr Mango (Lancashire)
  Bill From (North Wales)
  Chachaman (Leicestershire)

  Will include a special delivery envelope back to me in each package - As soon as I receive the return package (cassettes plus ripped files on CDr or DVDr or USB stick) will send on the next batch (will also return any USB sticks!).

  Cheers!

  Rocker


   
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