Peel 400 box - 6 NEW SHOWS FROM 1980

[thebarguest]

I've just finished listening to the 80-03-10 show and its one
of the best I've heard for many moons !

I think 1980 was possibly the best year ever for "new-wave"/indie
and even pop. From then on, new-wave morphed into new-romanticism
or sat on its laurels (with some exceptions of course)...

Sound quality is very good, the sound issues Bill mentions are
not that bad - Peel's voice gets a bit distorted for a while.

Interesting hearing Peely's story about him being given a crate of
booze at one of his "gigs" and getting drunk !
I've always thought of JP as a non-drunk, non-high, very self-
controlled type of person.........

Great Slits song at the end of the show (108m) - I thought it
sounded a bit like Bjork/Birthday Party. 

Weird (and great) to hear "Rock & Roll" by the Undertones - I
bet they don't do that one nowadays (Mr Glitter).

Thanks again Bill & other converters !


Finis


--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "billfromnorthwales" 
<billfromnorthwales@...> wrote:
>
> Please go to here
> 
> http://www.30242b.net/Peel%20Group/billfromnorthwales/B_index.html
> 
> or here
> 
> http://tiny.cc/kJ9VT
> 
> Shows are
> 
> 1980-3-10 Complete but major sound issues in the middle
> 1980-3-12 Complete
> 1980-3-18 Complete
> 1980-3-25 Complete
> 1980-3-6 Incomplete
> 1980-5-6 Incomplete
> 
> Not the best quality of course, mainly BASF tapes which will not 
play 
> without squeaking (loss of binder lubricant) or shedding oxide(loss 
of 
> binder adhesive.
> 
> They sound OK in the car, though, if you are old enough to remember 
> listening to AM at night on your car radio.
> 
> Only 1 tracklisting available with these first shows of my 3rd 
batch.
> 
> 1980-3-10 available here
> 
> http://tiny.cc/OI40B
> 
> Many thanks to Gary for hosting the files
> 
> Other shows available here
> 
> http://www.mediafire.com/Peel400
> 
> and
> 
> http://rapidshare.com/users/OO0Y85
> 
> until I can move them to 30242.net
>