[peel] Other Rock Radio Groups/Blogs

[Eddie Duffy]

Yes mate, I've occasionally wondered that myself. I know that there are 
various 'aircheck' collections out there, and tape trading of other 
radio shows does take place. And every trader will naturally have his 
own favourite DJs. But it seems that, in the UK at least, more people 
taped Peel, and kept the tapes, than for just about any other DJ. I 
seriously think that there's a thesis waiting to be written on this 
subject (a good one for one of Ken's students, perhaps), because I don't 
think there's an easy answer. Maybe something about Peel's search for 
the different, elusive and wonderful new sounds tended to attract the 
type of obsessive personalities (99.9% male) who would be just the sort 
to squirrel away their own recordings of the man's work. Maybe his shy, 
blokey decency hit a chord with disaffected bookish youth that continued 
to resonate with many of them through adulthood. But maybe there's 1001 
equally plausible theories.

The only comparable UK DJ I can think of (as regards collectors) is 
probably Everett, but I'd hazard a guess that there are probably quite a 
few Alan Freed and Wolfman Jack collectors across the Pond.

Eddie.

thebarguest wrote:
>
> Itsmeagain (whatevershebringswesing) !
>
> I was just thinking, why there don't seem to be any groups
> like this (or blogs) discussing and sharing old rock radio
> from the likes of Vance and Freeman .......
>
> Maybe its because 'generally' Peel is mainly associated with
> new-wave/indie music and those followers were/are 'generally' more
> middle-class (and better educated) and therefore more likely to
> make blogs etc. than your average Status Quo or Deep Purple fan...
>
> ps just listening to this 400Box show imagining I'm lying in a
> tent in the Lake Distict, unable to get FM on my radio, high on
> several pints of real ale and perhaps a toke or 5 ! Try it ....
>
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