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[thebarguest]

I reckon there was a big listener crossover between Peel, Vance, 
Freeman esp around 77 to 81, cos its all "rock" ! Its like racism,
you've far more in common than differences .....



--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Eddie Duffy <eddie.duffy@...> wrote:
>
> 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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