[peel] Re: John Peel tapes on Ebay - SECURED!!!

[Tom Bartlett]

Nice one!

I am moving too next week and can sympathise with your plight! �20 from 
me in the next week or two.

Agree with archiving to FLAC and once settled in to the new place I will 
happily help out in the digitizing process.

Tom

Ed Duffy wrote:
>
> Phew - that's a relief. Well done, mate!
>
> I'd assumed that, because of what you'd said previously, the failed
> last-minute snipe must have been yours; very happy to be wrong. So,
> count on �20 from me, though I might have to wait till next Friday as
> I'm moving house at the moment, and what with HIPs, solicitors and
> surveyors, the old bank account's taken a right hammering this month.
>
> Lossless FLAC is great for me too, though to my ageing ears MP3s of
> 192K+ sound almost as good. I expect activity this will keep the group
> buzzing for a fair few months ahead.
>
> Eddie.
>
> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com <mailto:peel%40yahoogroups.com>, Riving 
> Ton <deedeeramain@...> wrote:
> >
> > Ach!
> > My secret identity is now known!
> > Ladies and gentlemen - the Peel Group HAVE secured the archive for
> posterity!
> > I'll arrange with Rocker for collection and then he will arrange
> (with consultation with the group) the digitising and distribution.
> > Personally, I would like to see the tapes digitised in a lossless
> form such as FLAC for posterity's sake but let's have a debate about
> it as this is a democracy!
> > If anyone would like to contribute to the cost of these tapes then I
> welcome nominal payments of �20 to my PayPal account of:
> > mike_hyde@...
> > If you don't have a PayPal account - don't worry about it. I prefer
> not to post addresses on the web for everyone to see. If there's a
> short fall then I'll cover it!  
> > Oh happy day!
> > DeeDee
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: RobF <robfleay@...>
> > To: peel@yahoogroups.com <mailto:peel%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 3:09:18 PM
> > Subject: Re: [peel] Re: John Peel tapes on Ebay
> >
> >
> > > The last-minute snipe from Bidder7 (DeeDee?) appears to have failed,
> > > and the lot went for �529(!) in the end. If we have been beaten, that
> > > must be a very keen Peel fan indeed, or someone with, as you said,
> > > very deep pockets.
> >
> > Astonishing! The winner is called Mike Hyde and is probably the same
> guy who posted a comment here
> > http://www.bbc. co.uk/6music/ shows/inthearchi ve/johnpeel. shtml
> > saying "Did the BBC record John's shows? I could see that a digital
> channel playing solely John Peel shows would work - Pay per listen
> perhaps. (Old shows are available on P2P guys! Check out eMule! Post
> your own old recordings there and maybe we can start our own virtual
> archive!)"
> >
> > So..on that basis I would recommend contacting him via his ebay
> account congratulate him on his win and explain that there is an army
> of people on this list who would dearly love to help him with project
> to digitise the tapes & share them on the web...got to be worth a try
> >
> > Maybe Ken should be the one to contact him to give the offer some
> credence?
> >
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